Breeding

Breeding Plans & Puppy Availability

Lili x TBA (Winter/Spring 2025)

Pending final confirmation of the sire, Lili will be bred at the end of 2024, with puppies anticipated in early 2025. This will be Lili’s last litter. Applications are open for this litter. Please contact us to apply.

Breeding Goals

As a hobby breeder, I will not and do not plan to have litters very frequently. I do not plan to have more than three dogs in my care at any point in time, which will limit how often I plan to breed.

Breeding is only a tertiary and occasional endeavor. My dogs are my companions first and foremost, and we secondarily participate in sports as an extension of their training efforts. As such, we will only have litters if we feel that that it is the correct time and place to do so. Our females may only have a few litters on occasion, and only if there is a suitable male to pair with, to allow the them time to recover and enjoy other activities.

We believe that potential breeding dogs should be proven before breeding. Our dogs are evaluated by third-parties to ensure that they have sound structure and temperament suitable for breeding, in addition to possessing the correct breed phenotype. This is done through conformation showing, temperament testing, performance pursuits, and other professional evaluations when and where possible.

Each potential pairing is carefully selected to meet both the United States Eurasier Club’s policies and our own standards with regards to health, temperament, phenotype, and conformation. It is our goal with each pairing to balance the strengths and weaknesses of each parent to produce healthy, sound, breed-typical puppies.

Puppy Rearing

We follow Avidog’s “Your Litter A to Z” program for pre-breeding, prenatal, and postnatal care of our females, as well as rearing practices for our puppies. We also follow Puppy Culture practices for raising puppies, adjusting the challenges for the puppies as they develop. We practice Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS), as well as Early Scent Introduction (ESI) to help build their resilience and recovery, and stimulate their senses that are available to them (sight and hearing are not fully developed until ~2 weeks, so these exercises aim to stimulate their senses of touch and smell)

Our puppies are registered with the Canadian Kennel Club and American Kennel Club Foundation Stock Service. Puppies are dewormed, microchipped, and vaccinated prior to leaving for their new homes. Puppies depart for their new homes between 9-10 weeks of age, at our discretion.

We fully support our puppies for the rest of their lives – they are still part of our family even after they join their new families. If, for any reason, you are unable to keep your dog, we will always welcome them back.

Puppy Application Process

  1. If you are interested in applying for the waitlist for our future litters, please contact us at hello@kizuna.dog.

  2. After the initial contact, the next step in our application process is to fill out and submit our puppy application. Once we receive your application, we will review it, and contact you regarding any questions or concerns we might have about the contents of your application. We encourage you to ask any questions you may have about our breeding program at this time (or even before you fill out an application). If we decide that it is a mutually good fit, your application will be added to our reservation pool. Our reservation pool is not first-come-first-serve. We select homes that we feel best fit our goals for a particular litter.

  3. We will send email updates when we are approaching a planned pairing, when the mating has occurred, and when the pregnancy is confirmed. Once the pregnancy is confirmed, we will ask that you place a non-refundable $500 holding fee for a puppy if you are confirmed for the litter’s wait list.

  4. Over the next six or so weeks, we will observe and evaluate the puppies to find the best fit for you, and try to take your preferences into account. Buyers do not get to pick their puppies outright. Once we have matched your puppy, we will send the puppy evaluation and sales contract to you.

  5. Puppies will be ready to go to their new homes between 9 to 10 weeks. We will be in contact with you to determine the method of pick-up. We do not ship our puppies. The remainder of the puppy price must be paid prior to pick-up.

Contracts

We offer two purchase contracts for our puppies - limited registration full ownership and full registration co-ownership.

Rebates

We offer contract rebates up to $1000 depending on the purchase contract for completion of various activities, including health testing, titling, completion of classes, and earning an AKC Certificate of Merit.

Pricing

Standard: $4000

Non-Standard: $3400

In the vast majority of circumstances, our puppies (both show and pet quality) are sold at the standard price. Each puppy receives the same care and attention when they are with us, and we do not differentiate in price based on our evaluation of the puppy as a show or companion prospect.

In very special situations, we may choose to sell a puppy at the non-standard price if conditions deem it appropriate (i.e. congenital deformity that does not affect quality of life).