Deposits
- We require a $300 non-refundable deposit to reserve a puppy. The deposit will be taken off the total purchase price at pick up time. We take deposits by cash, check, PayPal, credit or debit card. With credit and debit a 3.5% fee applies. Please keep in mind that there's MN sales tax of 7.375%. We do not give discounts for those paying in cash.
- Deposits are transferable to different litters within 7 days of age. We do notify everyone on the reservation list once puppies are born with a quick picture, estimated full grown weight, genders, and colors. If you decide on a different puppy after 7 days of age, a new $300 deposit will be required and the previous $300 will be lost. Please keep in mind that one deposit holds one puppy. We have this policy is place so that if a puppy that was reserved becomes available again it compensates us for our time to re- create their profiles, re- update the home page with their availability, get new pictures, schedule appointments with new family’s, and call people back that were inquiring on the puppy prior to a deposit being placed.
- Please take the time to ensure you're ready for the commitment of a puppy.
How Selection Works
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Most people will visit us initially in person to meet the parents of the upcoming litters and ask questions. If they decide they’d like to reserve a puppy, they place a $300 deposit. Once someone places a deposit it puts them in an order for first, second, third, fourth, fifth pick, etc of the litter. Whoever has been waiting the longest or left the deposit soonest gets a higher pick of the litter as that’s the only fair way to say which family gets to select their puppy first. Once the puppies are born, I contact those who've left a deposit to tell them what genders and colors were born and confirm their pick of the litter. I also like to send out a newborn picture. Then, once the puppies are 6 weeks of age we require selection to be made. We don’t require selection to be made prior to that as we think it’s important that people see the puppies personalities when picking out their puppy. The puppies looks tend to be more prominent at that time too.
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Estimates
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When inquiring on a puppy, we will give you a price estimate. Price depends on color, gender, breed, size, and time of year. Price is not set until 6 weeks of age when size is more prominent. If a puppy is under 6 weeks of age you may see "Molly- Available for $1,800- 2,100." Although we try to give a close price estimate, sometimes the puppies stay smaller than expected and if that's the case, the price may exceed the estimate.
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Pictures
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Visits
- You're welcome to visit your puppies! Most will visit once to meet parents before birth and visit again before puppy pick up time. A puppy cannot regulate their own body temperature until 4 weeks of age, so until then they will need to be with mom and around a space heater, on a heating pad, or by a heat lamp. Please understand that visits made prior to the 4- week mark will be shorter (less than 10 minutes.) If traveling a distance, we recommend visiting around 5 weeks of age so that you can spend more time with the puppies.
- All visits must be made by appointment. Even an hour or two notice is plenty for us. We're also pretty flexible with appointments.
- Our visiting hours are Monday- Sunday 11 AM- 4 PM. We also take appointments later in the day if those times don't work in your schedule.
Puppy pick up time
- Our puppies can leave no earlier than 8 weeks of age. If the puppy isn't 2 lbs at that time, the puppy will need to stay with us a minimum of 10 weeks. If we think it's best for the puppies to be with us longer we may delay pick up.
- Some products we recommend and our puppy kit can be found here. It may be beneficial to look this over prior to picking up the puppy.
Returning a Puppy
As a rule, when you buy the puppy you need to make sure you thoroughly think about the needs of your household, family, and other pets. Some people find that their busy work lives, children's sports schedules, and requirements for a new puppy become a challenge. Puppies are a commitment, as these dogs can live 11-17 years of age. House training is usually accomplished within 2 weeks to 2 months so long as you're consistent and the puppy is on a strict schedule using crate training.
For some reason if your puppy doesn't work out, we will take the puppy back as we don't want any of our dogs to go to shelters. Some no kill shelters are very good, but many humane societies have high euthanasia rates and give very little to local shelters. We will refund part of your total purchase price. However, that depends on the length of time you've had the dog since most people would prefer an 8-10 week old puppy.
For some reason if your puppy doesn't work out, we will take the puppy back as we don't want any of our dogs to go to shelters. Some no kill shelters are very good, but many humane societies have high euthanasia rates and give very little to local shelters. We will refund part of your total purchase price. However, that depends on the length of time you've had the dog since most people would prefer an 8-10 week old puppy.