The $300 deposit to be put on a waitlist is non refundable. We do this because we want to attract only families who are actually committed to going on a waitlist and getting a puppy! The only time we refund the $300 deposit is if the mom of the litter your deposit is for does not get pregnant.

If you are on a specific litter waitlist, you have until the puppies are 21 days old to move you $300 deposit to a different waitlist. This must be done within the first 21 days of your litter being born. You can move your deposit to a new waitlist up to 2x before you either choose a puppy from the litter waitlist you are on or lose your deposit.

If the mom of the litter you are on the waitlist for does not get pregnant, we will give you the option to have your $300 returned to you or move your $300 to a new waitlist (however this will not count towards your 2x available waitlist changes)

A $300 is required to secure your spot on the waitlist of your choosing. When the puppies in your litter are 5 weeks old, a deposit of $1000 is due, which goes towards the final amount for your puppy.
At 7 weeks of age, once temperment testing and evaluations have been completed and you have picked your puppy, the remaining amount for your puppy is due. Puppies are required to be paid in full at 7 weeks of age.

When puppies are 6.5 weeks old, we do temperament testing and evaluations on each puppy! We are passionate about placing our puppies with families that are a great fit for eachother, and therefore we want to give all of our families the opportunity to pick their puppy based on temperament traits and not solely on “cute” looks and markings. These temperament tests often take us a couple days to get complete, so we will likely do them when puppies are 6.5 weeks of age, then need a couple days to upload videos and write up their individual evaluation reports. The videos and evaluations will be send out to all waitlists families who will get 24 hrs to look them over. Once everyone on the waitlist has had a chance to view the temperament testing videos and each puppy’s individual evaluation, we then do puppy picks! (So usually a day or two before puppies turn 7 weeks of age). We do puppy picks in order of where you are on the waitlist, but we also are passionate about each puppy going to a home that is a perfect match for them, and therefore we love to be hands on in helping you decide which puppy’s temperament would be the best fit for you.

Head over to our “Pricing” tab to read all that is included in the price of your puppy!

If there is not a puppy in your litter with a temperament you think would be a good fit for you, we will reimburse you of the money you put towards your puppy at 5 weeks of age, and move you and your deposit  to another available waitlist.

Yes!! We LOVE meeting our Wild Rose families in person, if it’s possible. Those who are on the waitlist and have put down half the amount at 5 weeks are invited to come meet the puppies and myself! We open our home to our waitlist visitors when puppies are 5-6 weeks of age. During that week, you can arrange with me any one of those days to come by for a visit. Visits are scheduled for 1 hour time slots for each family.

𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴!

All go home bags include a collar, a leash and a harness. They also include a pig ear for puppy to chew on, a ball for puppy to run after, and a stuffie for puppy to cuddle with. In addition, all go home bags include a blanket that smells like mom and littermates, for ultimate comfort during go home travel day and the first days transitioning into their new home. You will also receive a weeks worth of food, and all vet paperwork including microchip information, spay/neuter certificate, health check information, deworming information and proof of vaccinations.

If your puppy is flying, you will also receive a fit to fly certificate from our vet as well as a kennel which your puppy will fly to you in.

Before your puppy comes home, you will need a kennel, food dishes, food, chew bones for your puppies teething and sore teeth, some toys and poop bags! Hit up our “resources” page for other ideas and suggestions.

If your puppy is flying, we take care of all the arrangements to make this happen smoothly and without any stress. It is $500 for us to fly your puppy to you.

This $500 includes:

*We will set up the flight and take care of all the details. All you need to do it show up at the airport to collect your new baby

*A crate which you can continue to use for your puppy

*A Fit to Fly Health Certificate from our Veterinarian

*Our 5 hours of travel to the airport to drop off your pup for it’s arranged flight

We will arrange to have your puppy flown to you a day or two after they turn 8 weeks of age. You will just need to be available to go to the airport and pick up your puppy when it lands.
We suggest taking with you to the airport some towels incase puppy had an accident in their crate. I also suggest taking a bowl and water so you can give your puppy water as soon as they land and you get them out of their crate.

You can also fly to Calgary or Lethbridge to pick up your puppy and travel home with them in cabin with you, or we can hire a flight nanny to fly with puppy in cabin and deliver your puppy to you. We have access to an amazing flight nanny, so please let me know if this is an option you are considering and I can give you a quote, however know that it will be at least $1000 for this service.

We are ALWAYS here to support you, available via email, texting or phone calls. However in addition to this, we want our families to go home feeling confident with their new puppy and in their abilities to tackle the puppy stage and raise their new puppy into the dog of their dreams. We are constantly trying to improve our program and improve your experience in getting your new puppy from us! We LOVE our puppies, but we also LOVE our Wild Rose families! Because of this, we want no puppy family to leave here without feeling supported in creating a great start to training their puppy. Therefore, each of our Wild Rose Families will receive a complimentary four week puppy training program, paid for by us! This program is an online, day by day, step by step guide to all things puppy training, and will give you and your puppy the education and confidence you need for the best start possible to raise your puppy up into a calm and well behaved doggo!

We do not want our puppy families to feel the stress/overwhelm of brining home a new puppy and feeling unsure where to start. You will be so happy and feel very well supported by My Loyal Hound’s four week long daily puppy training program and individual 1:1 support.

The answer to this is sometimes. Again this is something we would love to hire for a be able to offer consistently. So stay tuned! However now, if we have a couple puppies going to homes in Edmonton, we usually try to do a “puppy carpool”. Meaning one of the families will do the drive to pick up all the Edmonton puppies, and the other Edmonton families won’t have to do this drive to get their puppy but will pay for the drivers gas. “Puppy carpooling” is a way we can reduce fuel emissions and be more efficient!

We also bring many puppies to the Calgary airport if they need to fly, so if you are in Calgary, we could take your puppy to Calgary with us and you could meet us on that day

Your puppy will come home with a health check, their first vaccines, already microchipped and dewormed. They will also come home already spayed or neutered or with a hormone sparing spay or vasectomy. I’ll explain the difference below and you can let me know which option you would like for your pup

A spay and neuter is the typical surgery that the vets do on female and male dogs. With the females, a spay means she will not have her ovaries/uterus and will longer go into heat. With the males, a neuter means he will no longer have his testicles and therefore will not be making testosterone which can lead to testosterone driven behaviours. 

A lot/most of my puppies will go home with the typical spay/neuter done at 7 weeks of age. I love this so much for a number or reasons.
1. The surgery is paid for by me and it’s a surgery, recovery, and cost that families won’t have to even think about for their puppy moving forward. When my puppies get this procedure done at 7 weeks of age, I drop them off at the vet in the morning and pick them up again a few hours later. The procedure is quick and the pups recover almost immediately. The puppies come home happy and resume normal play. No cones, no pain meds, no kennel time, no limiting activity. These pups have literally NO idea they just had a surgery and it really is such an easy procedure to have done when they are 7 weeks old. It is quick, painless, no recovery time and no huge vet bill for my families moving forward  

I have done many many many of these for years and years. There is lots of debate between vets on when a puppy should be spayed/neutered. I have done a deep dive into all the scientific studies that have been done on spay and neuter and have written a 30 page, single spaced research paper on the topic. From what I’ve learnt from the studies done thus far, is that there is really no conclusive information that early spay/neuter is harmful for a dog. Some studies suggest it can come with risks, while other studies suggest it doesn’t, while other studies suggest waiting to spay/neuter your dog also comes with risks. The adult size of the dog also comes into play, as done the breed. However what I am SEEING and experiencing after doing this for years and years is that there are most definitely not any higher health risks for a dog when having a spay/neuter done at 7 weeks vs 7 months. Except puppies that have this done procedure done at 7 weeks recover much much quicker and it seems to be much easier on them. I absolutely love my puppies deeply and am passionate that they go on to live long, healthy and happy lives. If I was seeing health issues arise from early spay/neuter I would obviously not still be doing it. I’ve also consulted with other professionals on this topic and feel I am well educated and making wise decisions for my puppies and their health, happiness and longevity. Remember, this is a HUGE financial cost out of my pocket. It would be so SO much easier (and cheaper) for me not to do this with my puppies and have their families be responsible to pay the $700 vet bill in 6 months time for the spay/neuter of their dog. Despite the cost that comes from my pocket, I am still doing it. Why? Because I love how easy this procedure is on the puppies (vs seeing how hard it can be on dogs when they are 6+ months of age), I love how fast they recover, and I love that my families can have peace of mind that this procedure and cost has already been taken care of when they bring their new puppy home. In addition, this is ACTION I am TAKING to be proactive in ensuring my puppies never get into the hands of backyard breeders and never have any part to play in the overpopulation of dogs/dogs in shelters.

However, in saying all of the above, some people still feel uneasy about doing early spay/neuter, and that’s okay too. If you prefer to wait to do the spay/neuter surgery for when your pup is older, I want to respect that and leave this decision ultimately up to my families. In that case, let me know and I will do an ovary sparing spay (on the females) and a vasectomy (on the males). This means with the females, they just take the uterus but keep the ovaries. With the males, they do a vasectomy but keep the testicles. This ensures the dogs are not able to reproduce however keeps their hormones intact. The females will still go into heat and the males will still have progestrone fueled behaviours. If the owners, in the future, would like their females not to go into heat and their males not to have behaviours that can come with testosterone, they would need to get a spay/neuter done at this time. An ovary sparing spay and a vasectomy are both incredibly quick procedures and pups are back home again playing within a few hours, similar to the spay/neuter procedure.