Our puppies are usually ready to go to their new homes at 8 weeks of age. Securing a place on our waiting list can be done up to 18 months in advance. This allows us to plan ahead, anticipating various couplings and resulting litters, whilst making sure all pups are in demand, going to their forever homes.
If you are ready to commit to this breed and complete our registration form, please contact us now and we will send you further details and instructions to pay the deposit.
We often have open house opportunities for you to visit us and our dogs. To get a feel for the outstanding temperaments, deep red colour coats and the general ridgeback high antics! These are often held at weekends throughout the year, so do come along especially if you are new to the breed. Please email for further details.
Reserving a puppy
Once you have completed your registration form, along with paying your deposit, your application will be confirmed via email. The confirmation email will contain further instructions on what else to expect as part of the process.
If for any reason I am unable to provide you with a puppy from the litter you are interested in, your deposit will be carried over to the next litter. Unfortunately dog breeding isn’t an exact science and although I will try my best to provide you with a puppy, you must be prepared to wait for the right puppy.
By paying the reservation deposit, you will have priority of a puppy before any availability is announced on my website. Quite often most litters are reserved in full before they are actually born.
I accept a maximum of 15 people onto the waiting list at any one time, that way I can maintain realistic waiting times along with assessing demand.
Puppy Party
You will be invited at 6 weeks of age to come and view the entire litter. We hold the party for all litters, giving you an opportunity to meet the pups as well as the mother. Please note that most Sire’s are owned by other breeders, so may not be onsite and possible to see. Likewise some of our other dogs may well be with their families if they are part of the Family Care Home Programme.
The date for puppy parties will be fixed and we are not able to offer individual visits at other times.
Matching pups to people
At 7 weeks of age we microchip, health check (again) and complete their temperament evaluations in order to match appropriately with clients.
Once this has been completed we will email you and disclose which pup will be joining you and your family. We will also go through arrangements for collection and fix a date and time.
We do our best to incorporate any preferences that you may have, but not at the detriment of matching according to temperaments. An over confident proactive pup will never be placed with newly or inexperienced owners.
Temperament matching is the single most important factor, way ahead of colour, markings or anything else. If you believe otherwise then maybe we are not the breeders for you?
Should for some reason you wish to not proceed with the pup matched with you, I can place you on the waiting list for our next litter.
PAYMENT
Payment is taken by bank transfer or cash. We do not have facilities to accept cards I’m afraid. Deposits are taken at point of first registration, with balancing payment made at 7 weeks of age.
Support – from 8 weeks and beyond!
Our service to you and our dogs starts at birth.
Owners will receive a link to a dedicated litter web page where all images and video of your litter will be shared. Everything from day 1 to week 8 & collection day when they come to live with you.
We have support groups for each set of litter owners where they can get in touch directly through WhatsApp, seeking advice immediately. If we can’t respond initially there’s every chance that another experienced owner will be able to help. We are all here to assist and support, happy owners and their dogs.
We also arrange talks by prominent animal behaviourists well experienced with Ridgebacks, so you have plenty of expert knowledge from some of the best trainers in the field. Do keep your eyes open on our blog and social pages.
We actively encourage our owners to share photos and experiences with us. You are the best advert we can have showing off your stunning family dogs!