• If you get a show puppy, you will be expected to do your best to "finish" it (attain AKC conformation championship).  You should be willing and able to make a major time and financial commitment.  Whether you do your own handling or pay a professional handler, showing a dog can cost a bundle of money. 
• We will be happy to offer advice regarding the showing of your puppy, but we will not make the decisions for you.  You will be expected to enter your PWD in dog shows and make the necessary arrangements with a handler.
• A dog must be intact (not spayed or neutered) to be shown.  Having an intact dog is a big responsibility.
  • Intact male dogs tend to be more domineering than neutered dogs.  This can lead to obedience issues.  Also, other intact dogs may be threatened by your intact dog, and react negatively.  All of the boys do know who has or has not been neutured!
  • An intact bitch (female dog) will start coming into season between 5 months and a year of age. They will generally be in season twice a year for several weeks at a time.  During that time, they must be kept inside, going out only on a leash, to avoid unwanted pregnancies. 
  • If you have any intact male dogs yourself, you may need to rehome them during the female's cycle.  The sweetest, most obedient dog will have a drastic personality change around a bitch in season.  Even a neutered dog may react.

Our Pet Puppies

If you purchase a pet puppy, you will enter into a "pet contract" with us, which includes AKC Limited Registration and a spay/neuter agreement. 

AKC Limited Registration

A dog registered with an AKC Limited Registration is purebred and the parents are AKC registered.  Limited Registration is a tool offered by the American Kennel Club for responsible breeders to protect their breeding programs and their puppies.  Limited Registration is just like regular registration, except that Limited Registration dogs may not be shown in conformation, and their offspring cannot be AKC registered.  They may compete in any other AKC licensed or member events, such as agility, obedience, water work, tracking, rally, etc., and obtain titles in those areas.

Our Show Puppies

If you purchase a show prospect puppy, you will enter into a "show contract" with us, which includes a co-ownership” agreement.  You will be expected to show your puppy to its AKC conformation championship. 

Co-Ownership

This means that we, the breeders, will be listed on the AKC Registration Certificate along with you, the buyer.  Co-ownership is actually a misnomer, because the puppy's buyer is its only true owner.  The co-ownership agreement is used to give us, as breeders, certain rights pertaining to the showing and breeding of the PWD.  Those terms are spelled out in our show contract.

We will transfer a Lakecrew show contract PWD from co-ownership to sole ownership upon one or the other of the following:

• The PWD obtains its AKC conformation championship, and breeding terms of the contract are met.
• We jointly agree that an AKC conformation championship is unattainable for this PWD and it is then spayed/neutered.