
Deposits & Puppy Pick Info
Before making a deposit, please read the following.
Valid as of Oct 2022
- Deposits are a non-refundable $200 (+$7 Paypal Fee). *You must contact us before sending your deposit, or we will not accept it.
- If we offer you two different puppies from two different litters within your specified timeline and color preferences and refuse two puppies, we may consider your deposit void and non-refundable. Please let us know your correct preferences so you are called only for the puppy you would prefer, at the time you would prefer. Any added preferences placed after your original deposit date will be added to the bottom of the waitlist on that date. However, original preferences will not be moved from their original spot in line.
- We have six different running waitlists (Black, Yellow, Chocolate + Male or Female), and you can be on one, all six, or any combination of those six lists with your one $200 deposit. Breeding pair preferences can be requested if you are willing to wait more than 1 year, but they cannot be guaranteed. We strive to create excellent breeding pairs from all breedings. The deposit date determines your pick order based on the date received. We do not sell pick orders or first picks.
-All breeding dates and take-home timelines are estimated based on previous heat cycles. Heat cycles can vary greatly, but they are typically around every 6-7 months for each female. Our waitlist is consistently about 2-5 litters out, depending on your preferences.
- We keep our name at the top of each waitlist but choose a maximum of one to two puppies per year.
- When a litter is born, we will inform those next on the running waitlists beginning after 2-3 days. Please let us know if you have changed emails, and provide us with multiple ways to contact you or someone in your immediate family. We will contact each number & email given to us.
- Once we are able to contact you about an available puppy, you will have two full days to confirm your acceptance.
-If we cannot contact you and have attempted twice via each email and phone number given to us over four days, we reserve the right to move on to the next person in line.
- If you confirm that you will take a puppy from a litter and decline later before Pick-Up Day, we reserve the right to roll your deposit to the bottom of the waitlist, and/or keep your deposit and take you off the waitlist depending on circumstances.
- Puppies are picked up in Ennis, MT, beginning the closest weekend to 8 weeks. If you live out of state and want your pup to be shipped, please read the shipping page for more details. Puppies picked up at the kennel after eight weeks will be charged $40 per day for crate training, or if requested for shipping timelines.
- On Pick-Up Weekend, we will arrange each individual 1-hour appointment according to the deposit date (waitlist order). 1st pick will arrive before 2nd pick, and so on.
- If you cannot make your 1-hour appointment on Pick-Up Days, you may need to choose your top picks of puppies with our assistance over the phone via photos on the day of your appointment or earlier.
Since we breed three different colors of Labradors and can have all three (black, yellow, chocolate) shown in one litter, we understand this deposit and waitlist policy may differ from others.
As always, feel free to call us with any questions.
Cash or check of the remaining amount due upon receipt of a dog.
Please get in touch with us in advance for a PRO discount if you are a hunting or fishing guide, military or veteran family, or will be using your dog for Search & Rescue.