If you're interested in an Ensemble puppy, we'd be happy to hear from you and discuss what you're looking for! I place my puppies based on the home I feel they'd be best suited. While I do take into consideration preferences (i.e. male/female), I do not place my puppies based on who you think is the cutest and I cannot take special order requests and create a puppy specific to what you want it to look like. I take placing my puppies very seriously and there is no first come first serve. Below is our questionnaire. Please fill it out and email to [email protected] when you're finished. You can also reach out to me via Facebook as well. We also have a profile on GoodDog that has a questionnaire as well.
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FAQ's
How much are your puppies? Puppies are not priced on gender/color. Puppies are priced at $2000. Unless you're looking for full registration, in which I will discuss with you on a one on one basis and go over my expectations. I do not require a deposit because I won't know which puppy will go where until after they are evaluated.
How do you raise your puppies? Puppies are raised in our home and using Puppy Culture and AviDog protocols. I keep puppies for 9 weeks in order to get them through their 8 week fear period before going to homes. In that time they will experience ENS, different noises, sights, people of all shapes and sizes: including children of varying ages. They will be raised around our cats and other dogs, and experience as many different animals as possible while they are here, they will get safe outings to public places. They will also start on basic clicker training, crate training, and potty training. I will do my best to raise each litter of puppies with the foundations necessary to ensure they are well rounded and stable adults.
What kind of health testing do you provide? Before breeding, my dogs have been tested and passed all the required testing for the border collie breed. This includes OFA passing Hips, Elbows, BAER, CERF, and a full genetic screening that includes 250+ genetic traits. Most are tested for color as well in order for me to be aware of what to expect when pairing. I also do extensive research into the pedigree of each parent to ensure no history of epilepsy is recorded. While no pedigree is perfect, I do my best to ensure I am sending home a healthy puppy.
I want a blue merle female with blue eyes - do you have any available? I do not place my puppies based on color/eye color/gender. I place my puppies into the homes best suited for the potential owners need/want in a puppy and also into the home best suited for the puppy. The reasoning behind this is because I feel the right puppy is never the wrong color. If you want a blue merle female with blue eyes to be a family pet and also a couch potato but the only blue merle female with blue eyes that I have is very high drive and energy, it would be a terrible idea for me to place that puppy in your home because while she looks how you want, she would not be what you're looking for personality wise and tensions between puppy and owner would be very high. It would not be an ideal match.
How often do you have litters? At this time I only breed when I am expecting to keep a puppy back for my program. So litters are few and far between. I do not breed my dogs to make a profit so I have no need to have litters more often than when I need/want them.
How do you raise your puppies? Puppies are raised in our home and using Puppy Culture and AviDog protocols. I keep puppies for 9 weeks in order to get them through their 8 week fear period before going to homes. In that time they will experience ENS, different noises, sights, people of all shapes and sizes: including children of varying ages. They will be raised around our cats and other dogs, and experience as many different animals as possible while they are here, they will get safe outings to public places. They will also start on basic clicker training, crate training, and potty training. I will do my best to raise each litter of puppies with the foundations necessary to ensure they are well rounded and stable adults.
What kind of health testing do you provide? Before breeding, my dogs have been tested and passed all the required testing for the border collie breed. This includes OFA passing Hips, Elbows, BAER, CERF, and a full genetic screening that includes 250+ genetic traits. Most are tested for color as well in order for me to be aware of what to expect when pairing. I also do extensive research into the pedigree of each parent to ensure no history of epilepsy is recorded. While no pedigree is perfect, I do my best to ensure I am sending home a healthy puppy.
I want a blue merle female with blue eyes - do you have any available? I do not place my puppies based on color/eye color/gender. I place my puppies into the homes best suited for the potential owners need/want in a puppy and also into the home best suited for the puppy. The reasoning behind this is because I feel the right puppy is never the wrong color. If you want a blue merle female with blue eyes to be a family pet and also a couch potato but the only blue merle female with blue eyes that I have is very high drive and energy, it would be a terrible idea for me to place that puppy in your home because while she looks how you want, she would not be what you're looking for personality wise and tensions between puppy and owner would be very high. It would not be an ideal match.
How often do you have litters? At this time I only breed when I am expecting to keep a puppy back for my program. So litters are few and far between. I do not breed my dogs to make a profit so I have no need to have litters more often than when I need/want them.