Almerimar

All puppies are born and raised in the house with the family. We only breed once or twice a year. All the dogs that breed have very low hipscores.

The puppies are given lots of attention, they are played with; meet lots of people and socialised with our other dogs when old enough. Before they leave home they are all vet checked, given their first inoculation and microchipped. Puppy packs are supplied with samples of food, information sheets and lifetime advice is happily given if needed.

As pups they are introduced to all household noises and additionally are played tapes of noises such as lawn mowers, planes, guns, children at playtime, thunder, fireworks, motorbikes, so that introduction to the outside world is familiar.

In addition, and quite separately, we also run a small luxury boarding kennels sited in an acre's fully secure paddock where the boarders are individually walked 5 times (off lead where possible and games with kongs and chuckits) a day starting at 6.30 am with last walks at 7.00 pm. It is all floodlit so even in winter evenings they still get their last runs before bonios at bedtime.

The kennels are all tiled, with cosy baskets and fleeces, one set of cabins are centrally heated and double glazed the other is heated by radiators on the wall.