Litters
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." Ben Williams
When planing a litter we look for temperament, type and ability. We only breed from parents who have clear eye certificates and good hip scores. During the time that the puppies are with us we socialise them and provide them with as much mental and physical stimulation as suitable to make them into confident and happy adult dogs. We only let puppies go to people who can give them excellent home, to do this we will keep puppies for as long as we have to until the perfect person comes along.
The puppies are raised in the centre of the home and accustomed to all household noises. Puppies are designated a large area of the house to use as their playpen. This contains a varied assortment of items which focus on stimulating a puppy to encourage mental development. These include items which have different textures and sounds. The playpen includes swings, see-sores and toys suspended from above. There are also toys with different textures and noises, ramps, tunnels, rugs, balls, bones, and boxes in the play area of the pen. The other part of the pen is divided between the sleep and toilet area, to aid in future toilet training. The puppies are raised within the family and spend many hours outside the playpen with the big dogs and the family in the house or garden.
We also encourage early socialisation by introducing the puppies to other breeds of dog, cars and even baths. We believe that it is important for a puppy to learn to communicate with dogs and humans successfully to live a happily co-existing life, therefore we spend many hours with the puppies handling and playing with them. The puppies have bi-weekly grooming sessions which include nail clipping and brushing. They are also occasionally isolated to prepare them for separation and being on their own.
Before the puppies leave us they will have been introduced to a lead and collar and we will have done our best to encourage good house training. They will also have begun learning a few basic commands and will have undergone a Puppy Aptitude Test to help evaluate each puppy's future personality.
The following pages are a guide to bringing up a puppy once they have left us.
Taking your puppy home for the first time
CURRENT LITTER
We have no litter plans in the next few years.