We raise our puppies with love and intention, and we hope you feel that as you journey with us into puppy parenthood. We believe in bettering the breed by health testing our parent dogs (screening for hundreds of breed-related diseases and traits). We breed even-tempered parents that we'd be proud for any puppy to grow up and become like. We never breed parents with a history of health issues or untestable diseases (like cancer, etc.). Most of our parent dogs live in wonderful guardian families. If you live locally and are interested in learning about becoming a guardian home for one of our parent dogs, you can learn more and apply here. We stand by our puppies' health by providing a two-year health guarantee, which you can review in our application. If you have more questions about our program, please review our Frequently Asked Questions here.   

 

We raise our puppies based on the Puppy Culture and the Empowered Breeder Curriculum. This involves early neurological stimulation (click to learn about ENS) and early scent introduction (click to learn about ESI). We litter box train our pups for a head start on potty training and introduce age-appropriate challenges. 

 

We facilitate matching puppies to their forever families based on the Empowered Breeder Puppy Evaluation method when puppies reach 6 weeks of age and their unique temperaments are emerging. The puppy matching meeting can be done in person at Cherokee Veteran's Park in Canton or via FaceTime/Zoom, in the order that families reserved a puppy from the litter. As the breeder, I always reserve the right to take the first and second pick from any litter (at any time). When it's your turn to pick your puppy if you aren't satisfied with your choices, you can choose to defer to a different litter up to three times. Your litter page will be updated prior to your puppy matching meeting so you can view each individual puppy profile and can let me know which 3 pups you'd like to meet.

 

Our puppy application does require the puppy be spayed/neutered by age 1, so if you are looking for a dog with breeding rights we have a completely separate Breeder Application (apply here).

 

Our pups transition to their forever homes between 8 - 9 weeks of age. Their Gotcha Day bag includes a month of complimentary puppy insurance, a leash and collar, health records, educational resources, several toys, a blanket with mom and littermates scent, and a starter bag of pawtree puppy food (you can order more here). To learn about crate & potty training and how to prepare for your pup's arrival, click here to read our blog about Taking Your Puppy Home.