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We do have puppies for sale at this time out of Mindy and Bandit. Three of the females are already sold. They are now 4 weeks old. Their probable individual aptitudes will range from, working or herding, agility, family pet or companion, to therapy dog.
We maintain only 2 to 3 breeding females at any given time. Our goals determine our breeding choices. Our first priority is to have healthy puppies and second to that is work ability with disposition being just as important. Color is fourth in our list of priorities. Once breeding decisions are made, the rest is left to nature with some help from us.
HEALTH PROTOCOLS: When the puppies are 2 weeks old, we start our worming schedule. They are handled daily and when they are able to move around, they are taken outside daily to get used to being in the grass and have room to run and develop their bodies. They have a doggie door that they quickly learn to use and by the time they are about 5 weeks they are all going outside to potty. They learn very quickly to come when called, go up and down steps, and when it's time to eat. They are fed twice a day.
At 5 1/2 to 6 weeks, they get their first vaccination and are sent to their new homes at about 7 weeks of age. When all puppies in a litter are sold, the papers are sent in to ABCA for registration. When the puppies are 49 days old or 7 weeks a Volhard or PAT Test is done on the puppies to assess their possible behavioral traits as adults. In some instances, I test at 6 1/2 weeks, since some of our puppies leave us before they are 7 weeks of age.
DEPOSITS: For a puppy to be held until it's old enough to leave, a non refundable deposit of $100 is required. The balance is due when you pick up your puppy. When you put a deposit on a puppy, pictures will be sent to you on a weekly basis so that you can monitor their development.
SHIPPING: We do ship puppies via Continental Airlines. However, they have to be 8 weeks of age to be shipped. Shipping is extra and generally is $300, depending of the airline ticket price. This past year, we also used a particular individual for shipping VIA GROUND on her schedule.
While Tootsie was out getting her exercise, I let some of Molly's and Mindy's puppies out to play. When Tootsie made her circle around the pens and across the porch, she saw the pups and wanted to check them out. However, when they saw Tootsie coming, they ran and hid under the deck. I couldn't resist the picture...it was too funny!
Doc is a Ghost Sable (a rare coloring). This coloring is sometimes called a "Seal" color. Here is a link that you can access for viewing what he will probably color out to look like. Scroll to the end of this link and you will see a slide show (taking you from 1 month of age to 1 yr.) of his probable coloring. From time to time we have several puppies of this coloring.
Mindy and Bandit's puppies have all been sold. "Mischief" is the only one here, but he will be going to his new home on Friday, the 3rd. This is my favorite picture of him.
Tootsie has already been bred to Gremlin and her puppies are due about February 15th. As soon as puppies arrive, I will post pictures of them. I am anxious to see what colors, they will give us. They should be great pups for almost any area of work, frisbee, family, agility, and so on.
