Frequently Asked

To reserve a puppy, reach out to us to talk about your needs and if these puppies are right for you.  Also, feel free to review the upcoming litters expected, the current waitlist and current puppies available.

Yes.  To join the waitlist a $100 fully refundable deposit is made either through the link on the web page or through Gooddog.

The waitlist preliminarily reserves your spot for your selected dam/sire, color and/or gender.

Once a litter is born, to confirm your spot to proceed with that litter the non-refundable Holding Fee is due.

The Holding Fee is a non-refundable payment made to lock in your spot to pick a puppy from an already born litter.  This fee will be due after the litter is born and we feel confident in the number of puppies that will be available.  Normally around 2 weeks old.

Full payment is due before the puppy leaves for their new home.  

If you have joined the waitlist, the waitlist deposit will be applied to the Holding Fee due when the pups are around 2 weeks old.  Then half of the full purchase price is due when your final puppy selection is made.  Puppy selection starts around 6 weeks old.

Puppy selections are made in order of Holding Fee placement beginning around 6 weeks old.  

We are very happy to assist with selection by advising about our observations of the puppies traits.  

We love to show off our adorable puppies to new puppy parents, but we do have a few guidelines for in-person visits.

1. The litter will need to be at least 6 weeks old.

2. Your deposit has been placed for this litter.

3. When you come to our home, you are dressed in clothes that have not been exposed to any other animals since being washed and have not been into any public places.

4. When you arrive, we will have either a sink with soap and water or hand sanitizer that we ask for you to use.  Depending on the weather, we may visit the puppies inside or outside, and we would ask to either remove your shoes, or we will have a bottom of shoe wash to use.

5. We do not allow any other animals to visit with the litter.

*If you are ill or recovering from being ill, please let us know.  

We can have video calls to show you the puppies one on one, as well as talk about the puppies traits as we have observed them and puppy evaluations. 

We will post weekly videos and pictures of the litter to our Instagram and FaceBook pages.  If there is interest, we can also host weekly zoom meetings to see the puppies.

We do our best to realistically estimate what each puppy’s adult height, weight and color will be, but it is impossible for anyone to know this for sure, so we cannot guarantee these traits.  

If any of these traits are non-negotiable to you, we suggest looking for an adult dog.

Puppies can go to their new homes after they are 8 weeks old and have passed their state required veterinary health inspection.  

All puppies will be vaccinated against Parvo and Distemper.  The puppies will also be tested for internal parasites and treated, if needed.

The puppies will also have a microchip inserted.

We do not dock our puppies’ tails.  This is done when the puppies are 1-3 days old, and is not able to be requested on a case by case basis.

We feed our puppies a high quality food, such as Orijen, Acana or Fromm.

We will advise which food your puppy is eating when your puppy selection is made so you have time to purchase food before you pick up your puppy.  

Our puppies are also given NuVet vitamin supplements and we highly recommend continuing these supplements.  We will provide our code which is needed to order.

Your puppy will need their collar and/or harness and a leash.  You will also want to bring puppy pee pads, a water bowl, and if traveling far a food bowl as well.  

We do recommend a puppy car seat or a crate to travel with, especially if traveling far and/or alone.

Young puppies are susceptible to many diseases. For example, Parvo is deadly to puppies and can live on surfaces and the ground for up to a year.  Older dogs can carry diseases and/or parasites that may not affect a mature dog, but can sicken or even be deadly to a puppy. With this in mind, our recommendation is no public places until the puppy’s vaccination series is complete.  This includes no paws on the ground at the vet and no pet stores.

Please work with your vet on their specific recommendations for your area.

Puppies will be started on training before they go home with you, so we recommend you continue their training from day 1.  

We recommend Baxter and Bella online training, and the discount code PINEAPPLE will give you 25% off the purchase price.  We do not recommend in person training until after vaccinations are complete.

Like training, grooming will begin before your puppy goes home with you.  We recommend brushing/combing your puppy at home and desensitizing your puppy to having their feet, ears and mouth touched. We also recommend desensitizing to a small personal clipper, or if you do not have one an electric toothbrush works very well.

We do not recommend professional grooming until after vaccinations are complete. 

Poodles have a single coat that continuously grows which is one of the traits we love about the breed.  This hair does not shed like most dog or cat fur and continues to grow from the hair root  necessitating the end to be trimmed to shorten the coat length.  Your poodle can be groomed in so many different ways, but inevitably this will involve having the hair cut.  Depending on the style chosen, your puppy’s coat may require daily or weekly brushing.  We typically wash and blow-dry our dogs every 2 – 3 weeks and do a hair trim about every 6-8 weeks.