Frequently Asked Questions
What will my puppy come home with?
Your puppy will go home with AKC registration, a clean bill of health from our vet, all health guarantees stated in our contract, AKC Provides 30 day pet insurance and a free visitation from an AKC partnered Veterinarian. Puppy will have introduction to potty training and crate training. All pups will be up to date on age appropriate vaccines and dewormer. Prepaid AKC Registration, Prepaid Microchip enrollment, Started on Flea prevention, Started on Heartworm prevention, As well as Started on Whipworm & roundworm Prevention. All puppies also come home with a care bag from us that includes a blanket, food, toys, treats, all paperwork, and a gift!
What exposure do you guys do?
This is a great question! From day 3 your puppies have early neurological stimulation done! As they grow they are exposed to different noise and sounds, textures, surfaces, animal species (as we have many of them), wings, bumpers, water, and gunshots. We also raise our puppies on puppy culture and Rule of 7. We do all of these to be able to have them be sound when they go to their new home and have them set up for a successful life.
What age does my puppy come home?
Your puppy will go home after the 8 week age mark per Texas state law. Not only is this because of the state law but also because we understand the importance of the behavior correction and stimulation a puppy can receive from its siblings and mother. We are required to send puppies after 8 weeks, but we actually send home at nine, this is done for the reason being that all proper evaluations can be fulfilled on each litter. Many puppies that go home at an earlier age tend to be harder to break of bad habits because they didn’t get to experience that neurological development and correction that only another canine can provide.
Are you a dilute breeder?
No, we are not a dilute breeder or support dilute breeding. If you are an owner of a dilute dog you must purchase same sex as your dilute or show veterinarian records of a spay/neuter. You will only be sold limited registration. We understand that dilutes can be hard to comprehend and the issues that arise with them. A dilute Labrador is a Silver, Charcoal, or champagne Labrador. These dogs produce the Dd or dd dilute gene which is not a naturally occurring gene in the Labrador Retriever. Purebred Labradors will posses the DD (non dilute) gene. Many questions arise on the fox red and “white” coats. These are YELLOW coats. A yellow Labrador can range from a very pale coat to a very deep yellow coat. These shades of yellow are recognized by AKC and many ethical breeders, and can be shown, unlike the dilute labradors. If you'd like anymore information on dilutes we are more than happy to educate.
What is your price of a puppy?
The price of our puppies are $3,000. When setting this price and evaluation of each litter many factors come into consideration as to why this price is the way it is. We must take into consideration the expenses of breeding, whelping and raising each litter. This includes, vet fees, food, supplies, etc. We also base this off of what we have invested into our Dam and Sire and what their achievements have been and what their pedigree has possessed. Breeding is not by any means easy or cheap and is time consuming.
Do you sell litter-mates?
No, we do not sell litter-mates and we are more than happy to explain why. We do not sell littermates as we have seen, heard and witnessed too many horror stories where the behavior of one dog has always been significantly less to the other. Littermates are very hard to train as they both need secluded time away from each other to be able to develop into their own self. We see as too many families have decided to place the other dog, usually the one who didn't receive as much alone training into another home. It is our responsibility as breeders to ensure that we are placing our puppies in homes with the best outcome for both the home and the dog. We are more than happy to sell dogs from a separate litter with a bit of an age gap as one is able to go home sooner than the other and have basic obedience started and get familiarized with its family and surroundings.
Do you offer training?
At this time we are only offering training for our own puppies. If you’d like more information in regards to what that involves head to our training tab.
Can we come meet you guys?
If we do not have any litters on the ground you are of course able to visit as long as you reach out and we plan a date. When a litter is on the ground we ask that no one tries to come and visit as its an increased health risk for all of our dogs including your own. We love you guys as our own family so FaceTimes, calls, and text messages are welcomed at anytime.
Why is a deposit required?
A $250 deposit is due at the time of an approved application to become apart of our waitlist. Deposits are non refundable but are transferable from litter to litter. Your deposit is set at $500 which goes towards the $3,000 purchase price. This deposit is broken into two separate payments, $250 is due at the time of an approved application to reserve your spot, this is non-refundable but is transferable. The remaining $250/$500 is due after we contact you that there is one available for you. This is required in order for us to understand that you understand that animals are not cheap to care for, but also that you are committed to us and the puppy.
How do we get onto your waitlist?
To get onto our waitlist you must submit your puppy application and we have to approve it, after approval we reach out to you. If we do not get communication after reaching out to us we move on. After 24 hours of you not submitting our puppy application to us if we communicated before hand, we also move on or move people up the list that have already submitted their application. We really have to ask to please not waste our time and only submit an application if you are seriously interested and have reviewed our contract. Note: we will refuse a sale at anytime which may include your deposit if we have some doubt. This is in the best interest of our puppies as we will be responsible for them all of their lives.
Do you Microchip?
We do! We microchip with AKC Reunite. All of our pups are sent home with a microchip and we are their secondary contact, that way no matter what happens our dogs will always return safely home to us.
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