About our puppies
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About our puppies!!!
Our puppies are raised in our homes, with lots of exposure to kids, other animals, and all of our family chaos that goes along with it!
We do early neurological stimulation from day 3-16. This helps them to develop improved cardiovascular performance, lower heart rates, stronger heartbeats, stronger adrenal glands, greater tolerance to stress, and improved resistance to disease. They get constant handling from family members and friends. We strive to come up with new and creative enrichment for them at all stages of their development. It is our pride and joy to raise outgoing, happy puppies!
Our pups are dewormed with Pyrantel at 3 and 5 weeks, and with Panacur for 3 days at 7 weeks. They get a complete exam by a Veterinarian at 7 weeks old along with their first Distemper vaccine. They are also microchipped at this appointment.
We offer a 1 year health guarantee against genetic diseases (ie. hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, or other genetic issues that will affect their quality of life.) We know what it is like to get a puppy with problems like this, and we stand by our puppies!!!
We feed and recommend Purina Pro Plan Puppy Chicken and Rice formula diet. We strongly do not recommend our new owners feed raw diets of any kind, grain free diets, or other boutique diets that pet stores may recommend. These diets can drastically increase the incidence of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) along with chronic GI issues. We encourage them to have a conversation with their veterinarian if a diet change is needed.
We do expect our puppies to be spayed or neutered. That being said, we do recommend if possible, that they be allowed to reach sexual maturity (after 1st heat for females, and around 18 months for males) before they are altered. Allowing them to reach sexual maturity allows their hormones to tell their long bones when it is time to stop growing. It allows their hips to fully mature, and their knees to tighten. This helps decrease the incidence of irregularities with their hip formation and ACL tears in their knees. We formed these recommendations based on recent studies.
Our puppies go home with a small bag of food, a blanket that smells like their mom and littermates, a new toy, along with other goodies.
We are always available if any questions need answering, or advice is needed. As we've said before, we have 20 plus years of experience each. There's not much we haven't seen!
