Hope puppies

Our puppies come with a life time Genetic Health Guarantee. If there is a
confirmed genetic defect in the pup we will replace it from the next available
litter from a breeding of your choice.

Puppies will be ready for their new homes between 8 and 9 weeks of age.
Please take your new puppy to the vet within the first 72 hrs of receiving
him/her for the Health Guarantee to be valid. Confirmation is required from
your vet via phone call or written for guarantee to be valid.

A deposit is required to reserve a puppy; balance must be paid one week
prior to pups release. If for some reason you are unable to take your puppy
from the litter you choose, your deposit would then be carried over to the
next available littler; sorry deposits are non refundable.

Breeders reserve the right to first pick male and/or female of any litter.

Our Dogs are Registered ARF and IOEBA

Fourth significant period is from three to six months

* Puppies are most influenced by playmates and humans
* Puppies should be feed at least 2 meals a day from now on and throughout their life
* Puppies should receive a rabies vaccination between four and six months
* At four months puppies may experience another fear stage and can last up to two
weeks. Handle onsets of fear calmly; do not comfort the puppy and do not make a big
issue out of the puppy's fear. Try to make the puppy investigate, or at least ignore the
object that they fear. Allow the puppy to work it out and walk past the object many times
so the puppy get used to it again.

*Puppy begins to wander farther away form the pack; allow the puppy to explore in under
safe conditions however maintain close supervision

*Teething and associated chewing begins. Some puppies are oblivious to teething; others
seem to get painful gums; be careful, show and tell rather then correcting a puppy during
this period. Puppies tend to chew a lot during this period, so provide lots of safe chew
toys.

*Puppy begins to see and use ranking within the pack, including humans. During this time
the puppy tries to determine who will be the pack leader; him or his owner? Bad habits,
especially those showing attempts to dominate such as biting, even in play, biting the
leash when walked and chasing moving objects such as brooms, vacuums, shovels, tires
have to be strongly discouraged through positive training methods.

Dominant signs to look for are;
- When a dog stands on its owners feet, leaning against them, "talking back," standing in
front or in the doorway, blocking the owner, or attempting to knock them over, demanding
affection and/or jumping in your lap, placing a paw on people and/or the shoulder of
another dog during introduction and/or play and/or mounting another dog during play,
excessive territorial marking.

- When introduced to another dog of social maturity, dominant dogs may stand tall, with
their ears up and forward, tail high and wagging slowly and stiffly from side to side, with
raised hackles, staring, and/or growling lowly with lips pursed and teeth exposed. If the
other dog displays submissive behavior, these displays subside.

- In dogs that display aggression toward other dogs regardless of social maturity, or
submissive reaction in response to the display, are considered dog-aggressive not
dominance aggressive.

- A dog can be confident, even pushy and assertive without being aggressive. A dog can
"talk back" and snort at you, or demand affection, without being aggressive. However, the
longer controlling behaviors are tolerated, the more the behavior is likely to escalate into
aggression as the dog begins to enter into social maturity (18-36 months). Once a dog has
begun growling or snarling when a person reaches over its shoulders or head, handles
its muzzle or face, looks it in the eye, reprimands it, or disturbs it while sleeping, the
pushy behavior has risen to a level that is now considered aggressive.

- Any behavior in a puppy or dog that defies its owner can be considered as the puppy or
dog exercising dominants and should be examined as them attempting to move up in the
ranks; maintaining a calm, assertive behavior along with consistent training and
behavioral corrective techniques enables the owner in maintaining pack leader status. At
no time should you let your dog claim pack leader over you; it promotes unpredictability
and can place you and others as well as the dog in harms way