The puppies will go home 8-10 weeks after birth, as long as all are healthy and ready to go.
Puppy selection – this is something that has changed through the years and especially during 2020. Due to Covid-19 and the general craziness that exists in the world these days, we’re no longer doing farm visits. This was a tough decision for us as we’ve always loved having families out to see the farm, the dogs, chickens and fainting goats! And to meet the family!
Ultimately, however, the main reason for keeping the public off the farm is for the health of the puppies. Our primary responsibility is to provide you with a healthy, well socialized puppy. We’re about an hour from the DFW Metroplex, and lots of families like to “shop” for puppies. There’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with this, however the risk of a stranger coming out to the farm after having visited a pet store or another breeder is extremely dangerous. The Parvo virus can live for months on shoes or clothing and we don’t want to take the risk that someone might track it in unknowingly after simply visiting a park or walking through a parking lot. Parvo can kill an entire litter of puppies quickly, and Parvo is just one of the concerns.
So having said all that, we intend to make the puppy selection process easy and fun. Once the puppies are 5-6 weeks old, Michele will begin reaching out to you, one family at a time, beginning with the first choice. She’ll send pictures and videos and can do Facetime, Telegram, Facebook or Duo video calls as needed. (If you use an android phone, Duo is a good alternative to Facetime.) Michele is very good at matching puppies with families in regards to desired temperament, so please feel free to give her all the details you can!
Once one family has chosen (or passed to the next litter), then Michele will contact the next. And so on…down the list.
*Note – each family will only have about 48 hours to select their puppy. This is so that every family has a chance to select their puppy and then prepare as needed for the puppy coming home. (We often have families from other states and they need time to plan trips or schedule airline transportation for their puppies.) We hope you understand this request and we appreciate your cooperation. As you can imagine, if every family took a week to decide, the process would simply take too long! Thank you again for your understanding.
The entire selection process usually takes about a week. We haven’t had any issues with this approach. In fact, it’s worked very well! Families have been happy with their new little ones and all have appreciated our efforts to keep their pups safe.
As always, please feel free to email or text with comments or questions.
