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 $300 to hold a puppy.
4. Each pup will be assessed at 7-8 weeks. Each deposit holder will be offered a puppy at this time. Show/partner/performance dogs will be placed first.
Our Miniature American Shepherds are primarily working dogs, they require daily exercise and mental stimulation.
If you do not accept one of the puppies we offer you, your deposit will be returned (in good faith) 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 $1500 for tris and $1800 for merles. $300.00 discounts given on merles to serious performance homes or breed/show parners.
(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, is treated with patience, compassion and love even when he makes mistakes.
We do not sell littermates. 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, researching 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 $1300-$1800 dollars for outside stud dog. 3. Vet costs per litter $1500-$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. Guarantee of conception or high number of pups in a litter? Zero.
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