Our Females spend relatively little of their time in the whelping box. They are shown to their AKC and/or Can Championship and they must pass a battery of genetic screening tests. If they clear those two hurtles, then it is up to us to find just the right mate for each female. This male may or, more often, may not, be in our kennel or owned by us.
Our girls are bred a maximum of three times in their lifetime and because their breeding years are between 2 and 8-years-old, they are often only bred once or twice in their life.
They spend the majority of their life as our companions and house pets. Although we do have outdoor kennels and use them, in most cases, our dogs are running in our fenced six acres, are inside or are lounging in the sun (that is when we get sun in the Pacific Northwest!).
