Deposits
- We require a $200 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 2.75- 3% fee does apply. Please keep in mind, those who live in Minnesota are subject to MN sales tax of 7.375%. We do not give discounts for those paying in cash.
- Deposits are transferable between litters within 1 week of age ONLY if a specific color or gender wasn't born in the original litter you were waiting on. If you decide on a different puppy after the 1 week mark, a new $200 deposit will be required. One deposit holds one puppy.
- 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 the 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 occurred. That means two 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 for-surely 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 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.
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.
- 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 are on our "Puppy Kit & Recommended Items" page. It may be beneficial to look this over prior to picking up the puppy. We have linked websites to all of the products we really like too.
Price
- We try to be as accurate as possible with our pricing. We give a general estimate before birth, a closer estimate once the puppies are born, and set price at 6 weeks of age when size is more prominent. If the puppy stays extremely small (charting less than 4.5 lbs full grown,) the price may increase more than expected.
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.