Info & policies
How It Works
From your first message to go-home day — what to expect, what's included, and the few policies that keep our puppies safe.
Apply
Tell us about your family, home and what you're hoping for in a puppy.
Chat & FaceTime
We talk through timing, size and temperament, and you meet the dogs virtually.
Reserve
A $500 non-refundable deposit holds your place — transferable to our next litter if timing changes.
Weekly updates
Photos, weights and videos from the whelping room every week.
Matching
Around week 7 we match puppies to families by temperament, with your preferences in mind.
Go home at 8 weeks
Pick-up day in Cold Spring, a halfway meet, or an airport hand-off.
Included with your puppy
Everything they come home with
- Health-tested parents — Embark plus OFA hips, elbows, eyes, heart and patellas
- Raised on our puppy curriculum from birth (ENS & ESI, sounds, grooming, crate, potty, car rides)
- Veterinary examination and health documentation
- Age-appropriate vaccinations and deworming
- Microchip, registered to you
- Weekly photo and video updates from the whelping room
- A blanket with mom and littermates' scent, food and treats to start
- Go-home guide and puppy starter kit
- Two-year health guarantee
- Lifetime breeder support — one text away
Puppy price
$3,500
$500 deposit reserves your puppy
The deposit is non-refundable but transfers to our next available litter if your timing or circumstances change. The balance is due when your puppy is ready to go home at 8 weeks.
Go home at 8 weeks
Pick-up & travel
Bringing your puppy home
Puppies are ready at 8 weeks. Three easy ways to get them from Cold Spring to you — and we've delivered as far as Chicago.
Pick up in Cold Spring
Pick up in Cold Spring by appointment on go-home day and drive your puppy home.
Meet halfway
For Midwest families we're happy to meet at a point between us — a flexible meeting spot that works for both.
Fly into MSP
Fly into Minneapolis–Saint Paul International and we'll meet you at the airport; many families fly home with their puppy in-cabin.
Need a little extra time? Puppies can stay with us past their go-home date for $30 per night, continuing their curriculum until you arrive.
Visitation policy
Why we meet on FaceTime first
We raise our puppies right in our home, not in a kennel. Because we only have a few litters each year, we set up a special puppy area in our great room before each litter arrives and take it down once the puppies go to their forever families.
Puppies are especially vulnerable in their early weeks while their immune systems are still developing. They haven't built up resistance to viruses and parasites — and parvovirus in particular can be fatal to a young puppy. Foot traffic into our home can unintentionally introduce germs that compromise not just one litter, but our entire program.
So we don't host in-person visits before go-home day. Instead we schedule FaceTime calls so you can meet the puppies, ask questions, and watch their personalities blossom as they grow. You'll still feel connected while we keep their environment safe — thank you for understanding and supporting the health of our little ones.
Puppy contract & health warranty
Our promise, in writing
Every puppy goes home with a signed puppy contract and a two-year health guarantee. Download the full contract to read at home, and ask us anything before you sign.
What's inside
- Two-year guarantee against genetic / hereditary defects
- Two-year congenital heart defect warranty
- Two-year hip & elbow warranty
- Complimentary 30-day Trupanion pet insurance
- Microchip, return policy & spay/neuter terms
- Pet-only contract — no breeding rights
PDF · 7 pages. Ready to sign? Use the online puppy contract — sign with your finger and a copy is emailed to you.
Ready when you are
Let's find your puppy
$500 deposit · $3,500 puppy price · home at 8 weeks