The health and stability of our dogs is our top priority, so we raise our puppies using scientifically-based rearing programs that set them up for success in their future homes. We draw from two renowned programs: Transformational Puppy Rearing (Avidog’s Your Litter A to Z) and Puppy Culture.

Your Litter A to Z is the brainchild of Dr. Gayle Watkins, Ph.D., co-founder of Avidog International and longtime breeder. The program covers each week of the puppy’s development from conception onward. In each week of the puppy’s development, there are opportunities to influence the puppy’s mental, physical, and social capabilities through strategic and research-based exercises.

Puppy Culture is a positive reinforcement-based socialization and training program created by Jane Messineo Lindquist (Killion). Rather than assigning certain exercises to a certain age of puppy, Puppy Culture teaches breeders to observe each puppy as an individual and give each puppy the optimal lesson for his or her developmental level. Each puppy is given age-appropriate problems to solve, and in turn grows more confident.

As you might imagine, this is a lot of work – basically a full-time job! It’s worth all the time and effort, though, when we get to see our puppies grow up into happy, healthy, and resilient little dogs!