High House Labradors and Juniperscar
Labradors
www.arabianhorse.co.uk
Vet checked three times for pallette, umbilical, heart, lung, ear, eye, digestive
and skin problems at appropriate ages;
Wormed at least twice;
Tick and flea treated at least once;
Inoculation(s) appropriate to age and development;
Socialised to humans, other dogs, cats and some livestock;
Free-outdoor play and some problem solving experience;
Fully health guaranteed - refund or replacement if available, based on veterinary
opinion of unfitness for a healthy, active life;
Parents hip/elbow/eye tested and DNA screened for PRA prcd, and results recorded
on Kennel Club official documentation; Our own adults (not all outside stud
dogs) DNA screened for EIC, HMLR/CNM and narcolepsy, and results made known
and viewable to puppy owners;
Lifetime guarantee against being affected by PRA prcd, EIC, CNM/HMLR, and narcolepsy;
Full pedigree information including hip/elbow/eye and DNA test results for parents,
and as many grandparents and earlier as have had tests;
Full written health history and health background information for your vet;
4 weeks free health insurance activated while you are collecting your puppy,
covering accidental injury and acquired illness;
Kennel Club registered; with 6 week’s free health insurance if you transfer
the registration to yourselves, covering accidental injury and acquired illness;
Written advice on all aspects of upbringing;
24 hour lifetime telephone backup;
Lifetime emailed advice on any problems that arise;
Home visits if necessary at cost by special arrangement;
Very low price boarding for our puppies and our older dogs (older dogs depending
on how they fit back into the pack, and the current presence of infant puppies
here), when available. (Boarding here is not available for puppies and dogs
not bred by us);
Rehoming help in worst-case scenarios;
Kennel Club Accredited Breeder standards exceeded;
Training courses available at reduced cost, when available - behaviour, sheep
training.
As for infant puppies, with further upbringing and training:
The specific package will be agreed with you in advance in terms of the training
stage you require and the cost. We ask you to buy the puppy at the usual age
and then pay its costs. All puppies and young dogs are integrated into the pack
for socialisation, and are given training in basic obedience and house training
in line with their ages and development. We will not keep puppies in isolation
or leave them untrained, as they need to develop continuously for their future
health, behaviour and happiness.
Backup service:
All of our puppies and young dogs come with lifetime backup in terms of behavioural and healthcare advice. This is for their benefit, but also benefits you. We have extensive experience of training dogs and owners to very high standards both of home behaviour and of work up to professional level. A successful pet or working dog is a happy dog, and the owner is happy, confident and without the horrific home and car repair costs that go with an unsettled dog! As we have put a lot of time and care into your puppy before you appear on the scene, we very much wish you to use the service whenever you need to, before you have a signficant problem. We are completely happy to answer the phone in the small hours if you have a health worry, and to discuss any other issues by phone or email. We do draw the line on phone calls at 3 a.m. to tell us how well things are going...
Families who have one of our puppies as a first dog or who have small children should build this into their thinking from the very beginning, as it will make a huge difference to the chance of having a really wonderful life together. Many of our more experienced owners still find that the service makes a big contribution, as all dogs are individuals and our advice is based on hundreds of problems solved or avoided.
Quality control puppies:
Every year we keep a small number of puppies for "quality control" purposes, and as prospective permanent members of our pack. These are raised and trained to meet our house dog standards (no mess, no fuss, no damage...), be sucessful members of the domestic and the canine pack, and to be ready for formal training. We also monitor their physical development in detail, to check that our programme of breeding for health is definitely benefitting the next generation. Many defects are genetic in origin, and even the most healthy adults may carry recessive genes. Once we are certain that the puppies are of the highest quality, we make a decision about their future in terms of whether they are available for selected homes. The price of these puppies depends on the costs we have incurred in raising and health testing them, as well as the basic price of the puppy at 8 weeks. We will calculate the price on an individual basis when we have discussed your requirements. We will also assess whether a particular puppy suits your circumstances, as we know a great deal about his or her temperament and physical requirements.
Additionally, we are in regular contact with a very large number of owners of dogs we have bred over the years. Their messages add further health and temperament information to our knowledge of the way a particular parent's puppies develop long term.
Deposits:
We work strictly on a first deposit - first choice basis. We already have a number of deposits for 2010. Deposits are normally £50, and are returnable or deferrable until we know whether we have a suitable pup for you. Therefore, if you want (say) a chocolate dog from the next litter, you book one in advance. We confirm a few weeks before the birth that the bitch is actually pregnant, and the sexes and colours after the birth. You decide then whether to have one from that litter. If you changed your mind about the sex and /or colour, and wanted (say) a black dog, then an earlier black dog deposit would have first pick IF they wanted one from the same litter as yourselves ... This looks complicated, but it is really quite straightforward and fair.
Lots more information is on our website www.arabianhorse.co.uk , follow the labrador links. We update the site as we have new photos, etc.
Do call us on 01 539 821 019 for more on our plans and answers to your specific questions.
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