Now the long wait and excitement begins! As you start to prepare your home for your new family member (setting up a designated area for them and puppy-proofing especially), we are spending time imprinting and socializing your pup. Due to our strict biosecurity, we do not allow in home visits from people/families that we do not know personally. We accept scheduled puppy visitors when the puppies are age 6 weeks and older.

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       As the puppies grow, we try to take weekly portraits of them so that you can watch them grow. Sometimes we are a bit late, or are busy with life, so are unable to get to the photos right away, but we do try! All photos are posted to our facebook page, so please be sure to look there for new photos. If you do not have a facebook page, you do not need to create one so that you can view the photos. We do not have the time or the internet capacity to upload many photos through email unfortunately. Usually we make a facebook album for each litter so that the images can be found easily. Unfortunatly for facebook pages you can not add videos to photo albums like you can on a personal page, so those can be found loose on the page's timeline.

       As soon as they are old enough, puppies are moved to a small pen in our livingroom (the epicenter of our active home) where they are exposed to life in a household. This is when real paper training begins and we start to get an idea for who is who in the litter. We get to know their little personalities individually, and they get to start spending time separate from their littermates. This is when real confidence starts to build!

 

       By the time the puppies are 6 weeks old, their immune system is such that they can handle outside contact with others. We schedule visits according to when deposits are received. While you are here, you have the chance to meet the mother and father of the litter, and see where they have grown up.

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The only exception to this is if we have used an outside sire. If this is the case, we will share as many personal photos and videos of him as we can.

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       We let puppy families choose their own puppies, but are there every step of the way letting you know what we know about each individual puppy. We don't normally do any sort of standardized temperament testing because we are around the puppies so much, and are able to see everything about them in a more natural environment.

       All Puppies go to our vet for a checkup at around 6 1/2 weeks. While there they get a thorough look-over by our vet (who also owns Corgis!)- heart, lungs, eyes, ears, etc. are checked to make sure that everyone is sound and healthy! They then receive their first set of vaccinations (distemper, adenovirus-2, parainfluenza and parvovirus) and another deworming. We have a deworming schedule that our vet helped us create, so puppies have been dewormed for prevention of parasites and worms according to this schedule. We also either have the puppy microchipped at our vet, or send them home with the microchips that are attached to their registration.

       We own a state licensed dog boarding and daycare facility, so after the puppies have had their first vaccinations they start to see more of the world! They are able to meet and socialize safely with dogs off all different shapes, sizes, and color. They have also been imprinted on by our house cats since birth.

       We like to send out a big email titled "Puppy Operating Instructions", which will help you know what we recommend getting your puppy. This includes information like: Puppy Proofing/containment, Feeding/Water, Socialization/ Training, Potty Training, Vaccinations/Deworming, Flea/Tick Preventatives, Biting/Teething, Stairs, and other things that we feel are important to know when getting a new puppy!

Important things to note:

• By the day that they turn 8 weeks old, the full payment of the purchase price for your puppy is due.

• All Personal checks must clear our bank before the puppy leaves our home.

• All Maine Residents pay an additional tax of 5.5% of the purchase price.