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We are not planning any litters in the near future. However, we have an
18-month-old black female available to
an approved home. Please
contact us for information.
We have approximately one litter per year. All pups are sold with a
spay/neuter agreement and a written health guarantee. All breeding dogs are OFA
hip and elbow certified, CERF'd for eyes, and Optigen tested - unless we know
that status due to lineage. We encourage visits,
especially before the pups are born, in order to meet our family and our dogs. (Please
do not visit directly after viewing another kennel due to the potential of
disease transmission.) We
encourage - but don't require - repeated visits when the pups are between 4 and 8
weeks old.
When the puppies go to their
new homes at 8 weeks old, they will have had their first puppy shots as well as
having been routinely de-wormed. We promise that we try to have the pups
well socialized by the time they go home. An inexpensive paperback that we
suggest is called "What All Good Dogs Should Know: The Sensible Way to Train," by Volhard and Bartlett (published by Macmillan/Howell Book House). There are
many other good books that we can suggest as well. When it is helpful, we
also try to help find references for obedience trainers and veterinarians as we
have contacts in many areas. There are many other great foods that we use
and can recommend but our puppies are usually fed "Eagle Pack, Holistic Chicken
Blend".
We like to keep two pups
whenever we have a litter, although usually only one will become a permanent
member of our family. We spend as long as a year or more making this
decision. Therefore, we often have pups ranging from 4-5 months to a year
or so old that we make
 available to other families. Occasionally, we have
adults available for placement into pet homes. Please email us for more
information.
Joint and other health
evaluations can be researched at the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals website.
You can do searches by dog's name, kennel name, or by AKC registration number.
After you've found the records for a particular dog, you are linked to parents,
offspring, siblings, etc.
www.offa.org
Please feel free to email us
at any time with puppy questions. We can provide you with information
about our upcoming litters but are also glad to recommend other breeders or just
discuss Labradors. Thank you for visiting our site.
mld@aragornlabs.com |