How to Adopt a Puppy
We don’t keep a traditional waitlist or accept deposits in advance. Instead, we open applications only when we have a confirmed litter with availability. This ensures each puppy is matched with a family that’s fully ready, aligned with our program, and excited to bring home a puppy right now—not someday.
1) Join our email list
When a litter is born and we have available puppies, we’ll announce it to our email list first. This announcement will include the date of Adoption Day and a link to the application.
2) Apply for a puppy
The application will remain open only until all spots are filled for the current litter. These tend to fill very quickly, so we suggest submitting your application as soon as possible if you are interested in a puppy from that litter.
3) Submit a deposit
If your application is approved, you will need to submit a NON-REFUNDABLE $500 deposit within 48 hours in order to secure your spot on the list. We accept Venmo or PayPal, and your deposit will be applied toward the final puppy price.
4) Prepare for your puppy
After securing your spot for a puppy, it’s time to begin puppy preparations! This includes buying supplies, thinking about names, and puppy-proofing your home, but also reading over our purchase contract, getting education on training a puppy, and finding a good vet. We give you all of this information on a private webpage after you join a litter list. You will also receive weekly email updates on the puppies as well as access to a private photo album of pictures and videos of your puppy growing up!
5) Read & watch puppy evaluations
Puppies are evaluated by us around 7 weeks of age. Every family on the list will receive an evaluation video and scorecard of each puppy, as well as a helpful guide to puppy placement. This allows you to choose the puppy that is the right fit for your family and lifestyle and gives the puppy the best shot at a happy life.
6) Choose your puppy
Every family on the litter list will have a 30-minute spot on Adoption Day to choose their puppy, scheduled in order by their rank on the list. This is why it is important to read and watch all of the puppy evaluations. When it’s your turn to pick from the available puppies, you’ll know which one is more energetic and which one needs a little more love and you can make the best choice. Of course, we will also be right there to offer advice as needed.
7) Take your puppy home!
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for! After you’ve made your selection, there’s nothing left to do but pay and go home with your new family member. Your puppy will go home with a fun gift bag, a vet health certificate and all of the paperwork your own vet will need to see. And if you have any questions or concerns, you are always welcome to reach out to us. We are committed to our puppies for their whole lifetime!