{"id":17,"date":"2015-10-18T17:28:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graymatter.pointhere.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-06-10T17:45:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T17:45:12","slug":"puppies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/puppies\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We get very excited about each subsequent litter as we try to make each one better and better.\u00a0 We always select both the sire and dam very carefully to insure they are individually wonderful examples of the \"\"<\/a>breed standard.\u00a0 We do several health tests:\u00a0 HUU, HYM, SD, Heart, Thyroid, Eyes, Hips, and Elbows.\u00a0 Both will have their American Kennel Club Championships (or will be currently showing in conformation) and both are or were actively shown in an AKC Hunt or Field discipline, having obtained or working towards a Senior Hunt title or higher.\u00a0 We also strive to obtain AKC titles in the other disciplines such as agility, obedience, scent work, barn hunt, etc.\u00a0 This requirement of ours insures that the parents will meet or exceed the breed standards and perform to meet or exceed expectations in performance.\u00a0 Every litter is then fully evaluated to determine which are show puppies and those puppies will go to homes that will actively show in conformation.\u00a0 Picks are made at 8 weeks.<\/p>\n

From day 3 to day 16 of the puppies lives we do Neural Stimulation (Dr. Carmen Battaglia) and Scent Stimulation (Avidog).\u00a0 We expose the litter to toys, textures, and sounds while still in the whelping box and then start them in their \"play pen\" at 4 weeks.\u00a0 We do a lot of things with the puppies that we have learned over the years and have recently added some of the things that Avidog recommends like the Adventure Box.<\/p>\n

All puppies are sold with a contract.\u00a0 If for any reason you are unable to keep one of our puppies, the dog must come back to us and not to a rescue program or other home.\u00a0 We do not, and will never, sell puppies as breeding stock for new breeding programs.\u00a0 Don\u2019t even ask.<\/p>\n

All puppies, other than those sold as show dogs, are sold with a limited registration and a spay\/neuter contract.\u00a0 For the health of the puppy, puppies can not be spayed or neutered until they are mature; which means at least 24 months.\u00a0 Most puppies that are sold as show dogs come with a co-ownership.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We evaluate for show potential and perform the Volhard Method test on the puppies at 8 and 7 weeks. While we expect nothing but great puppies, some puppies will be more gentle and some more dominant out of any litter.\u00a0 Puppy evaluations are not a pass\/fail, they are simply an indicator of which puppies best suit the new owners and their intended purposes.<\/p>\n

We breed regularly - but not constantly.\u00a0 If we have a litter on the ground or planned and upcoming you may view it by clicking here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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We get very excited about each subsequent litter as we try to make each one better and better.\u00a0 We always select both the sire and dam very carefully to insure they are individually wonderful examples of the breed standard.\u00a0 We do several health tests:\u00a0 HUU, HYM, SD, Heart, Thyroid, Eyes, Hips, and Elbows.\u00a0 Both will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graymatterkennels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}