We are cautious for our dogs, puppies, and our safety.  Unfortunately, we do not have an open door policy where you can just show up.  Safety is the utmost concern for us.  However, we can FaceTime or video our puppies when time allows.  Please go to a dog show and check out the type and temperament of any dog breed you are interesting in purchasing if you are wondering about the breed temperament.  Herding dogs are not for everyone.  With these breeds,  you need to have had a dog prior as they are higher energy dogs.  They also need space to move and run off energy.  They are super active, loyal, and never grow old.  They bark and they shed.  In addition, they drop their coat seasonally, so you will need to prepare yourselves to groom the dog regularly.   All our puppies must have families willing to spend the two years exposing them to every situation available.  We do not want reactive dogs!  Reactive dogs generally are this way because they lacked socialization and exposure.  

 

We do meet and greet events when it is nice outside if you are a person that has placed a deposit.  We do not have physical meet and greet events for every litter.  If it is at the beginning of the school year, that time is not available.  However, I will be posting videos and pictures on my Battlefield Facebook page!  As stated, we don't have people come to our house for random visits.  We don't do meet and greet in the winter if we have a litter.  We do videos for all parents to see.  These start around week 4.     Because my dogs are my home, I don't have a "business area" for presentation of puppies.  I have to put my own dogs in their crate until people leave if we have people come in the house.  We are in the process of creating two puppy yards for people to see video of them playing.  We are buying Forever Lawn K9 Grass that will cover a 10 x 10 space that is also linked to a 10 x 10 kennel.  Puppies will play in this area due to avian activity.  Usually, we let them run all over the back yard, but there are too many places they can get under where they can't be seen.  With hawk overhead, there is a chance a puppy is taken.  All puppies are behind a gated yard and inside a secondary gated area.  They are kept in an inside area to learn to potty train and learn what a "crate" is for.  This area can be video in past litters as well as current when they are big enough to play.

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With our assistance after temperament testing , we will help you select the best puppy for you out of those who fit your life and home. Your puppy will be ready to leave at 8 -9 weeks.  If there are any schedule conflicts and you are unable to take your puppy home at that time , please let me know ahead of time and arrangements can be made.   Any puppy needing to stay longer than 9 weeks of age will have a boarding fee assessed  to cover food, age appropriate vaccines, and additional deworm if needed.  This boarding fee is $15 per day which is due at pick up. 

 

Thank you for helping us protect the health of our puppies!

 

Welcome to the Battlefield family!  

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