Frequently Asked Questions

Our goal is to have every puppy ready for their new homes at 8 weeks old. We make sure they are eating dry puppy food and overall doing well before we will let them leave our care. If we ever have a puppy that needs a little extra time with us because they have a health concern or aren't hitting milestones then we will keep them as long as needed before they go to their new home. 

We raise our puppies in our home! We have a puppy room right off our living room which makes it really easy to keep a constant eye on the puppies and makes it easy for our 5 kids to play with them. The puppies are also frequently brought into our living room and kitchen area where they can run and play and experience what it's like to be in a busy household. 

Yes, depending on the circumstances we will keep a puppy past 8 weeks old. We totally understand that life can be crazy and we do our best to be flexible. If you have a vacation planned around the time when your puppy is ready to go home we generally don't mind keeping a puppy for an extra week or two. Usually the only time we won't keep a puppy past 8 weeks old is if we have something in our schedule that wouldn't allow us to care for your puppy. We will ask for extra money if your puppy needs to receive vaccinations while it is in our care for the extra time and we will ask for full payment of the puppy before we keep it for extra time. If your puppy needs to be kept with us longer than 2 extra weeks we will ask for $50/week to help pay for it's food and any other supplies. 

We do so much with our puppies because we want them to adjust quickly to their new homes and overall they will have a better life if they are socialized as small puppies. Beginning when they are 3 days old we do Early Neurological Stimulation and Early Scent Introduction. As they get older we add in more and more socialization exercises such as new toys, new people, and new sounds. When our puppies are 2-4 weeks old they receive their first bath and continue to receive them every 2-3 weeks until go home day. When they are 4 weeks old we begin crate training as well as weekly car rides. When the weather is appropriate our puppies go outside daily where they are free to explore. 

No, but we do our absolute best to have our puppies well on their way to being potty trained before they go to their new home. It takes weeks ,sometimes even months for a puppy to be 100% potty trained so we don't feel it is appropriate to tell people their puppy is potty trained when it goes home. When our puppies are 2 weeks old we begin litter box training which teaches them that there is a certain place that is meant for going potty and when they are older it is easier to teach them that that place is outside. Until our puppies go home they have constant access to their litter box during the day and night. If we have any puppies past 10 weeks old then their litter box is taken away and they begin full time crate training which also really helps with future potty training. 

Yes, we will do our best to be flexible and deliver puppies when needed. We usually can deliver puppies within 2 hours of us no problem and no extra fee applies. Anything beyond 2 hours we will deliver if our schedule allows, but traveling fees do apply. We charge $75/hour of drive time past the initial 2 hours. We also have an awesome flight nanny that will fly your puppy to your nearest major airport. Extra fees do apply for that as well and just depend on your location and flight prices. 

Yes! In fact we love having people come meet our puppies. It is great socialization for our puppies. We also really encourage you to come meet them when picking out which puppy you want. We have seen it happen so often that a person looks at the pictures of our puppies and think they know which puppy they want, but then when they come meet them they make a bond with a different puppy and end up choosing that puppy instead. We welcome visits anytime after the puppies are 4 weeks old.