Adoption Process

We accept puppy applications for our paid "waiting pool" all year round. Individuals in our waiting pool receive first opportunity to reserve/adopt our puppies/juveniles/adults when they become available. If our puppies are not reserved/adopted by prospective puppy parents in our waiting pool, we will then post them on our website as available and email our mailing list to alert them of our current availability. Our mailing list is free to join, however our mailing list takes no precedence in our adoption process. That is, individuals on our waiting list do not receive "first choice" before prospective puppy parents from the general public. It's simply a mailing list. In all cases, an application is always required from new applicants UNLESS you're a previous puppy parent, in which case, you're exempt.  

Once puppies arrive, prospective puppy parents reserve "choice" (i.e. 1st pick, 2nd pick, etc.).They're then given access to our puppy parents section of our website, where we post regular photos and videos from birth, developmental milestones, updates, puppy care information, etc. We help our puppy parents make the right choice of puppy for them, based on the details provided on their Application and Waiting Pool Agreement.

Our puppies are usually ready to go to their new homes at approximately 9 weeks of age and older. Puppies are usually always chosen prior to taking them home and are only available for meeting/adoption AFTER they are certified healthy (by licensed Veterinarian), vaccinated and deemed "ready to go" by our Veterinarian. Please see our Policies page for more information on refunds, etc.

All companion puppies are sold on CKC Non-Breeding Agreements and spay/neuter contracts. In order to maintain our Guarantee, puppy parents must continue to feed TLC dog food, supplement with NuVet Plus and maintain health insurance during the guarantee period. 

•  We are not a pet store, an amusement park, a zoo or a tourist attraction! We do not do "kennel tours". We do not have a kennel. Our dogs live in our home and we do not have "facilities". Due to the amount of inquiries we receive, our busy schedule and for disease prevention, visits are strictly limited to individuals seriously interested in a particular dog that is available (and not spoken for and ready to go) and only after we have reviewed an application and have had a phone conversation. In most cases, a deposit is required to hold your puppy/dog
• For disease prevention and for the health of our dogs/puppies, we do not accept any visitors when we have un-vaccinated puppies, pregnant mothers, or females in season (who are to be bred). To compensate for this, we have a separate website for our "puppy parents" where we update pictures and/or videos approximately every 7-10 days (as per our schedule allows), so that prospective owners can see their puppies grow. We also have a Care Guide, a puppy diary (where we post developmental milestones, updates, etc.) and other valuable care and training information to help you prepare for your puppy. Remember, we're looking after your puppy and are acting in their best interest!
• We maintain paid waiting pools. Our waiting pool deposit is $500 ($200 is non-refundable).
• Our waiting pool is intended for individuals who want a puppy specifically from us and is not intended to be used as a "place holder" (i.e. getting on all breeder's waiting lists and taking the first puppy that becomes available). However, if one changes their mind and does not wish to remain on our list, $300 of the Waiting Pool deposit is refundable.
• Waiting Pool and Puppy Deposits will only be accepted after an application has been approved and there has been a successful phone conversation with the prospective owner.
• When prospective puppy parents come to pick up their puppies, they will have the opportunity to meet us, our dogs and ask questions. Prospective puppy parents reserve the right to decline the puppy and either put all the deposit toward a pup from the next litter(s) or if they choose they no longer want a puppy from us, they will receive all of their payments made back, minus $200.
• Individuals in our waiting pool receive first opportunity to adopt puppies/dogs that become available, prior to them being posted on our website as available. Individuals whom have paid the $500 Waiting Pool Deposit would then submit a $1000 Puppy Deposit once puppies are born and we have a puppy available.
• Payment schedule:  Please see our Adoption Information page.
• We do not have a deferred payment plan and the puppy must be paid for in full at the time of adoption. If we need to hold a puppy longer to facilitate payments, we can work with prospective puppy parents if we know at the time of reservation.
• Puppies are ready to go at 9 weeks or later, at our discretion, as per our schedule, when our schedule allows. Puppies to be held until a future date (regardless of the reason) will incur a boarding fee of $12/day.
• Bedford Reg'd has the right/opportunity to decline ownership to anyone for any reason. Submitting a deposit does not guarantee a "sale". 
• We do not sell to backyard breeders, puppy mills, brokers, pet stores or large commercial breeders. 
• Our pet pups are placed on non-breeding agreements and spay/neuter contracts and will be registered to the breeder. IF the puppy parent wishes for the puppy/dog to be transferred into their name, Bedford Reg'd will do so only after receiving adequate proof of spay/neuter and the puppy parent paying the CKC's fees (at member discounted pricing) in order to do so.
• We do not sell our puppies as gifts. Meaning, we do not sell our pups to put under the Christmas tree or for a person outside of one's household. If a family plans and agrees on a puppy prior to adoption and one wants to surprise their children, etc. that is different.
• We do not sell to “minors”
• Our puppies are not for resale! If you cannot keep your puppy/dog or any reason, they have to come back to Bedford Reg'd (unless suitable arrangements can be made with our approval).
• Shipping is possible to select homes, on a climate control carrier by air, or possibly ground transportation at the Buyer's expense. An airport delivery fee of $150 in addition to shipping costs, crate, etc. applies.
• "Pet Nanny" services (accompanied delivery) are available - pricing to be determined and contingent on location, time etc.
• We accept email money transfer, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Pay Pal and Debit. We do not accept cheques/checks of any kind, for any reason and due to fraudulent bills, we prefer to not accept cash, however we will do so on an individual basis.