No litters planned at this time...
Steps to purchasing a Minisoda Miniature American Shepherd:
1. Read this page and then fill out an APPLICATION to introduce yourself.
2. If we feel our litter fits your needs, we will send you a Minisoda Shepherds Questionnaire and a copy of our Puppy Spay/ Neuter Contract which includes our health guarantees. Fill the Questionnaire out and return. The questionnaire will ask you about yourself, your yard and your family. We are very careful about placing our puppies because we are responsible for each puppy we produce.
3. When we confirm receipt of your questionnaire and finds answers suitable to that particular litter, we will send you a simple Deposit Agreement. Sign the agreement and send a deposit check of $200 to hold a puppy. When you hold a puppy we ask for you to give us your top 1-3 puppies in the litter, just in case your first pick does not suit your needs after testing and discussion.
4. Each pup will be assessed for energy level, structure, biddability, confidence, reserve, food and toy motivation while we raise the litter and in testing done at
7-8 weeks. Health and biddability (willingness to please) are the two most important things I am breeding for. By the time the pups leave our home we have a good idea of what to expect if they were to be trained by us. We would expect even the "pick of the litter" to need a lot of training, patience and consistency.
5. If you have placed a deposit, a puppy will be offered to you at 8 weeks
with a discussion on the results of these temperament/structure tests.
Miniature American Shepherds are primarily working dogs and they want a job to do. This is why temperament must be considered when placing a puppy in a home. If you do not accept one of the puppies we offer you, your deposit will be returned immediately along with a reference to another litter or breeder.
6. If you accept a puppy: a date will be arranged for pickup/delivery
at buyer's expense, the contract will be signed and full payment
must be made with a cashier's check or cash.
Puppies are $1000 for tris and $1300 for merles.
$200.00 discounts given on merles to serious performance homes.
(Basic economics here: Merles are not better, just higher demand for them in general among broad buyer base, performance folks know that health/structure/courage/toy & food motivation
are much more important than color.)
7. Your puppy goes home with you, is trained by you to be a good dog, is treated by you with patience, compassion and love even when he makes mistakes. He steals your heart so much you send us pictures of him as he grows,
and you might even be tempted to go back to step #1.
We do not sell littermates but encourage you to thoroughly train one puppy before getting another one in 2-3 years time.
We do not sell our pups to breeders unless we have a
co-own agreement that could benefits both parties involved.
Why are puppies so expensive?
1. Time and money spent training, traveling and
showing the breed quality sire/dam in various venues? A lot.
2. Health testing done on Sire/Dam (OFA, yearly eye, blood tests, etc.) A lot.
2. Stud fees $500-$1500 dollars for outside stud dog.
3. Vet costs per litter $600-$2500 per litter.
4. Food and bedding for Dam and litter $400-$500 dollars.
5. Time spent trimming toenails, socializing, cleaning,
and monitoring growing pups? A lot
6. Pictures, Website and Advertising? Some
7. Time spent researching pedigrees, structure, temperament? A lot.
8. Guarantee of conception or high number of pups in a litter? Zero.
When pups are on the ground their page will be updated weekly
with the following information.
Pups will be marked on their page as follows:
Sold - 1 person has deposit on, 2 more people have back up
interest
On hold - Deposit has been placed, waiting for testing
Pending - Verbal agreement, waiting for a deposit to come
by mail.
Available - No one has placed a deposit.
Reserved - We are watching this puppy for our breeding
program, may be available at 8 weeks for pet or show.
(If you are interested in a co-own/show dog let us know!)
