Our pups leave us here at 8 weeks of age, they will leave with an extensive puppy care pack, a 5 generation pedigree certificate, KC registration documents, a 2kg bag of food that they have been weaned onto plus an information pack on the food and a money off voucher to use against your first purchase of the food, 6 week free insurance which is optional should you wish to continue once the 6 weeks have run out.   You will also have a cd/dvd of photos and short video clips of your pup from birth up till they day they leave me.

All my pups KC documents will have endorsements on:

R - PROGENY NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION

X - EXPORT PEDIGREE NOT ALLOWED

The first, "Progeny Not Eligible For Registration" does not prevent a dog being bred from, but it does prevent this dog's progeny from being registered at the Kennel Club.

Similarly, "Export Pedigree Not Allowed" does not prevent a dog from being exported overseas (except to Malta), but does prevent the dog from being registered with an overseas Kennel Club.

Should you wish to breed from your adult cocker, you will need to  point this out to me before agreeing to purchase your pup, you will be asked to sign a contract stating you knew about the endorsements and were happy to take the pup knowing they were in place.

In 99% of cases, once all relevant health checks have been done, and you have provided me with the necessary documentation with positive results, I will lift the restrictions, there may be times where I will not lift the restrictions under any circumstances, if this is the case you will be told about this before you agree to take the pup on, I will also give my reasoning for this at the time.  Should you wish not to purchase the pup, you can do so without worry of letting me down.

We also DO NOT sell puppies to full time working families, pups need training and company, so it is very important that they are not left alone for long periods of time, a bored puppy will become an out of control and destructive pup.  

All of our litters are lovingly and carefully raised in our home, they will be well handled and socialised, they will have been introduced to most household noises, ie. vaccum cleaner, washing machine, TV, radio, noisy children etc  It is very important that pups are introduced to these situations, as this will help them to become well adjusted adults.

Your pup will have been microchipped just before leaving me, the pup will be registered in your name/address/telephone number.  Your pups KC document will still be registered in my name, I will sign the back of the document which you must then fill out your details and return it to the KC for change of ownership.

During the first 8 weeks of your puppies life I will have fed cleaned and lovingly cared for your puppy, it will be paper trained for toilet duties, but it is YOUR job to start their training, I suggest once you have registered your pup with your vet and they have had their puppy jabs, that you enrol in puppy training classes.  Please remember some pups are easier to housetrain than others, please don't get angry or upset that you haven't done things correctly, it will happen and before you know it you'll have a happy, clean pup!

On the day you collect your pup, we ask that you arrive as early as possible, so that you can get home and get your new family member used to his/her surroundings before bed time.

We would like to wish you many happy years ahead with your new pup, we offer a lifetime of care and committment to our pups/dogs and if any time you feel you can no longer offer your dog a home, we ask that we are notified first with the option of taking the pup/dog back before you start searching for a new home.

Your pup will have been checked 3 times by our own vet before leaving, it is your responsibility to get them to your own vet within the first 7 days of your taking them home to be checked over, any problems should be reported back to me within the first 7 days - although there shouldn't be any problems - and documented evidence of any problems listed by your vet.

We are here 24/7 for any worries or just a general chit chat, please ring us at any time!  All we ask of you is to take good care of our babies and to drop us an e-mail/letter once every so often with photos to let us know how things are going!

Thank you for considering a Shirrmontana puppy.