If you are interested in acquiring a Lakecrew PWD, we ask that you submit a puppy placement questionnaire. Your honest and detailed answers will help us place the right puppy in the right home. As you go through the form, please give careful thought to our questions and your answers. We encourage you to ask questions at any time.
We will review your completed questionnaire and determine whether or not we feel our puppies would be a good match for you and your family. We may call you as part of the evaluation process. Please be aware that Lakecrew PWDs reserves the right to refuse to provide a puppy to ANY applicant for ANY reason.
While this method may seem a bit intimidating, rest assured that the majority of PWD breeders out there will have a similar puppy placement process. In fact, it is our advice that you not consider purchasing a PWD puppy from a breeder who doesn't! Remember that you can, and should, ask prospective breeders your own questions!
If we jointly agree that a Lakecrew PWD puppy is right for you:- If we have puppies or are expecting a litter (confirmed pregnancy):
We will ask for a good faith deposit of $500 to hold your puppy. That deposit will be applied toward the total cost of the puppy. When we send the deposit form, we will include a copy of our sales contract so that you will an opportunity to review it before sending your deposit. We encourage you to ask us questions about anything in the contract. - If we have a litter planned for the future:
We will place you on a waiting list for that litter. As soon as we find out whether the breeding was successful, we will notify everyone on our waiting list.
A deposit is completely refundable if we determine that there is not an appropriate puppy available for you from our litter. Factors which may affect our ability to place a puppy with you:
- Number of puppies in the litter
- Temperaments and personalities of the puppies
- Sex of puppies (if you have listed a specific sex as a requirement)
- Results of the pet/show evaluation
All puppies will be placed as either PET or SHOW dogs, with corresponding contracts. We will not later re-evaluate the pet pups for show potential.
- Our pet puppies are sold on AKC Limited Registration and spay/neuter contracts.
- Our show potential puppies are sold on a co-owner contract.
As mentioned above, all buyers will be expected to read our puppy contract prior to sending us a deposit. Please remember that the "Lakecrew Portuguese Water Dogs Conditional Agreement of Sale Contract" is a legally binding document. If there is anything in our contract that you do not agree with, you should not purchase a puppy from us.
The price is the same for our pet and show puppies, but the options and responsibilities are much different. You may wish to take a few moments to read our "Pet versus Show" page.
We use a different set of criteria for placing show/conformation prospect puppies than we do pet puppies. They will be placed only in homes with owners who are fully committed to all that comes with having a show dog.
If you are opting for a pet/companion puppy, that does not mean the puppy you get will be poor quality. The differences between our show and pet puppies are usually very subtle.
Our puppies will be watched from the beginning to determine temperament and personality. In addition, they will be evaluated for show/breeding potential at about 7 weeks. All of that information will be used to match up each puppy to its new prospective family.
The puppies will be ready for their new homes at 8-9 weeks of age. They will have been microchipped and given their first set of vaccinations.
We will provide new owners with a binder of information about their new puppy. It will include vet visit information, puppy care guidelines, general PWD information, health certifications for the parents, an AKC litter certificate, and photos of the puppy & parents.
As responsible breeders, we wish to stay in touch with those who purchase our puppies. Doing so helps us keep track of their growth, health, and activities. We will occasionally request that you send us photos of your Lakecrew PWD. If that type of communication isn't your cup of tea, then we are not the right breeders for you.
We want you to be happy and content with your pup AND with us as breeders. We also want your pup to be happy and content with YOU. That is why it is SO important that careful, educated decisions are made regarding ownership of a Lakecrew PWD.
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