How We Price Our puppies
So your interested in the big question. The price of our puppies. I'll try to explain it all here.
If you run into any questions just contact us and we'll try and clear it up.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PRICES ARE FOR DOGS SOLD AS PETS. DOGS SOLD FOR
SHOW/BREED ARE ON DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND PRICING VARIES ACCORDING TO
EACH CONTRACT.

Our pet quality puppies start at $1000 Canadian.
The day puppies are born we will assume that each puppy is valued at $1000. As they grow up
over the next 8 weeks and their quality and personality become more apparent, their price may
change.

Puppies which will be $1000 (plus tax)
  • Any puppy who is mis-marked in colour according to our breed standard. Such as white
    around the eyes or white body splashes.
  • Any puppy who may  have a structure flaw that makes it not the best candidate to show in
    conformation or to breed. Such as ears that stand up. These are the pups priced right at
    $1000.
It does not affect it as a pet in any way. It just means it is not a puppy that we would keep in our
breeding program and we would not offer it as a show/breed prospect to other breeders. Often
the reasons we label them as pet quality are not evident to the average pet owner.

Puppies which are generally priced at $1200 ( plus tax)
  • Any puppy who is evaluated at 8 weeks old as show/breed quality. These are puppies who
    have the correct color and markings for the breed. They have outstanding structure for the
    breed and would be eligible to be shown in conformation. They may be a benefit to our
    breeding program or to another breeders program. These puppies are exceptional quality
    and could go on to better the quality of the breed. We would like these pups to go into
    homes where they will live up to their fullest potential. If we have people looking for a
    show/breed puppy, these are the only puppies they may choose from. If we do not have
    any show homes on our list, then they may be offered as pets after all of the pet quality
    pups are spoken for and they are priced at $1200 to make up for their loss to the
    show/breed community.

Dogs priced above $1200.  
  • Sometimes we place pups with other breeders, these pups generally go for $1500.
  • Sometimes we have puppies we have raised up and for various reasons we decide not to
    keep them. They may be too small or too large for what we are looking for. They may have
    developed a personality or temperament that is not suited to a group situation. We may not
    have other dogs to breed with those blood lines etc. What ever the reason a lot has gone
    into these dogs. They are house trained, crate trained, up to date on all medical needs and
    usually spayed/neutered. Sometimes they are finished conformation champions, and even
    have hip and eye tests done as adults. For these reasons we often price the dogs higher to
    reflect all that has gone into them. Each dog is priced individually.   

Now you may ask why we price our show quality puppies higher if they are going as pets.
It is not always possible to find homes for all of our puppies by 8 weeks of age. If for what ever
reason we are going to have a puppy stick around that we had not planned on, we would prefer
if it was a show/breed quality puppy we could work with until it found a home. By raising the
price of our higher quality puppies, we hope to encourage people to take an interest in our pet
quality puppies first.

** We do not price puppies based on color or gender. We look at the overall quality of the dog
and close our eyes to the rest.**

If you have any questions about the way we price puppies. Please feel free to contact us and
we'd be happy to answer your questions.

Sue