Our Dogs

Puppies in the initial days of life have their ears and eyes closed. This makes the mother very important in terms of her view of the world. Attentive mothers raise calm, attentive adults. Eyes and ears open at about 10 days of age. At that point, the puppies begin to investigate their environment. They get teeth at about 21 days, which is when we start feeding them so that they don’t become too much of a physical burden on their mother. They will eat twice a day, at least, sometimes three times a day, depending on their needs.

Puppies don’t display any of their character traits, really, until five or six weeks of age. They mostly are learning how to be alive, how to find their food, and how to play with their siblings. Trying to choose a puppy prior to this time is inadvisable. I often have a special liking for a particular puppy right when it’s born. Truth be told, I never end up keeping that puppy, and they change drastically between birth and six or seven weeks of age. There is also a particularly virulent strain of parvo in New England. Parvo travels on your feet. If you have walked in a place where a parvo dog has defecated, you can carry parvo to a brand new litter of puppies. For this reason, and because we sell puppies in all 50 states, nobody visits our puppies until they are 8 weeks of age and have two sets of vaccinations. When you come to pick your puppy, if you don’t like your selection, you don’t like me, or you don’t like the color of my eyes, you can get your deposit back.

Since I have been breeding for quite a long time, most of our puppies are claimed before they are a week or two old. I will take deposits once I know a female is pregnant, once she delivers her puppies, and we know the colors and genders. The rest of the puppies will get deposits on them. Everybody has an opportunity to see videos, and if you are close enough to come and visit the puppies when they are ready to go home, you can make your choice. If you don’t like your choice, like me, or like the color of my eyes, you may also have the option of moving your deposit to another litter. This is also possible if you’ve had a change of circumstance, such as a sick family member.

Puppies are always chosen in the order in which the deposits are received.