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 (and sometimes paypal) a 3.5% fee applies. Please keep in mind that there's also MN sales tax of 7.375%. 
  • 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

​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. 
  • If a puppy is under 6 weeks of age you may see that the description of the puppy say, "Fluffy- 3rd pick puppy available of 5" as selection hasn't yet occurred. That means 2 puppies have been reserved so 3rd pick of the 5 puppies in the litter is available. (In that instance, there would be 3 puppies for you to select between at the 6- week mark if you left a deposit.) I would highly recommend looking at the main categories for the puppies versus breaking it down into male or female as some puppies in the litter may be hidden from your sight.  (Usually each litter born has a mix of males and females.) Once selection occurs you’ll see that "3rd pick puppy available of 5" disappear and it’ll say as an example “Teddy- Available for $1,600.” Any puppy that has that written as the description means it is available or selection has already taken place.

Pictures

  • With pictures, you can expect to see them posted on the website at 4 weeks of age (sometimes sooner) or receive them on your phone or by email. We plan to give you one set of pictures in the first 3 weeks, not more, until their eyes are open and you can see some changes. (The eyes and ears don't open until 10-14 days of age.) Our goals are to send pictures around 4 weeks of age and  again before they go to their new homes around 7.5 weeks. Please respect that we are very busy taking care of moms and puppies. You're definitely welcome to visit and take your own pictures between those times if you'd like. If we get extra time, we will send out more pictures.

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.