All of our puppies are reared indoors, they are born in the living room at the heart of the home and they live with us as part of our family. Mum is free to spend as little or as much time as she wishes with her pups.

At two weeks of age the puppies receive their first worming treatment with Panacure or Dronatal. I have also put different coloured ribbon on them so that I can clearly see how each puppy is developing, this is only necessary when they are all the same colour but not for long as I soon learn who each individual puppy is. Now is the time that their eyes will start to open.
At 21 days old the puppies become aware of their surroundings, between 2 - 3 weeks
they will also naturally not want to soil their bed, it is important that they are given
the opportunity to be clean, this is the first stage of house training, puppies who are
not given this opportunity will not learn to be clean.

To the right is a video of a puppy at 2 wks and 3 days old moving away from the nest
to urinate of the newspaper. Sorry about the quality but they are under a heat lamp.

At this young age puppies spend most of their time sleeping but I ensure that they
have a bed and a seperate area with plenty of clean newspaper, they will then come
off the bed to toilet on the paper. Over the following week they become more active
and at 4 - 5 wks they will start to adventure around the kitchen.

When the puppies start showing signs of 'being clean' we move them into the
kitchen into their 'Crufts Freedom Puppy Pen' they have a bed area, a carpeted
area and then the toilet area. As they become more adventurous the door will be
left open during the day so that they can explore their surroundings at their own
pace, they will interact with our other dogs and our cats. Our puppies live in our
home as part of the family. They have listened to the television, hoover, washing
machine, tumble dryer and the radio from 21days when they first started to hear,
this will all serve to improve their confidence and individual characters. Our house
Is very busy so they see lots of different people and children.

At this stage they also start to have their first solid food, I wait until they start to
show an interest in thier mums food and then I introduce them to raw lean minced
steak, I only feed natural raw meat ~ chicken, rabbit, tripe and plain biscuit. As they
get older they will be introduced to sardines in oil, fresh raw fish, meaty rib bones
and raw chicken wings. Read more about our choice of diet here.
 
We start to have prospective new puppy owners visit from 5~6 wks of age

The rearing of puppies is extremely rewarding but also involves a lot of hard work, how a puppy is reared is very important for his development as an adult dog, what he learns in his first 16wks he will never forget. For a full explanation please click here
The Five Critical Stages of Development   
 
No-one leaves our home with just a puppy, Our puppies are reared
indoors and live with us in the heart of our home, handled from birth, well
socialised, regularly wormed with Panacure or another veterinary brand of
wormer, micro-chipped, they leave home with first vaccination given,
pedigree, you will receive an extensive puppy pack including a new copy of
'The Perfect Puppy' by Gwen Bailey. All of our puppies also leave home
with a soft doggy toy whom we call 'Smelly Dog' he is a substitute for the
siblings that he will miss and a reminder of home.

You will be given a lifetime of support, you will be asked to sign a contract
to agree to contact us if your circumstances change and you are no longer
able to keep your dog, we will always take him back and we will also refund
your money.

We only take a deposit when puppies are born, a deposit is to secure a
puppy, if you or I are not happy when you visit your deposit will be refunded.
 
We are very particular about where our puppies go, it is very important to us
to choose the right people, as it should be to you where you get your puppy from, vetting is a part of this relationship.
You can read some of the testimonials from our previous puppy parents here.