Our Wait List is (still) Open

March 8, 2021 We are fairly certain that Taffee will be having puppies in early April. This is a bit ahead of schedule, but we are happy to see it. People who have joined the Wait List will have the first opportunity to make a Reservation once the pups arrive, so it is still a good idea to get on the list. As of today there are seventeen people on the list and about eight pups expected. We will be breeding the Cinnamon Bear around April, so there are plenty of puppies expected this Spring. More news to follow. 

Update Feb 26th, 2021: We are thinking that our Laffee Taffee might be pregnant. She is sneaky and shows little interest in ClarkeBar, and he for her, But we thought it was possible that she and ClarkeBar had got together a few weeks back. This, and the last, litter from Taffee have been surprise pregnancies. I'll notify the Wait List if we find that she is actually pregnant. The timing would be: whelping in Early April for delivery to new parents in early June. Taffee's first litter was exceptionally good. Scroll down the page to see them. We will still be breeding The Cinnamon Bear in April since she is scheduled for retirement this year and we can no longer wait. There is a great deal of work to do to be ready. We are finishing the interior of the new house to be ready for this, but we might just have puppies for everyone!

We have decided to resume our breeding schedule in anticipation of opening our new kennel in the late Spring of 2021. 

We are planning for pairing The Cinnamon Bear (AKC) and Clarke Bar Griswold (AKC) and expect mating in April.  This is a proven pairing with two successful litters of very good quality pups which will go for $1200 (U.S) each. Click on these links to see something of their previous litters: Litter One 2016  - Litter Two 2017. There is more information in postings made before and after these two. This pairing is on the schedule first because The Cinnamon Bear is at the end of her career in our kennel. 

The Wait List requires only that you fill out the form to the left of this announcement and hit the send button. There are no deposits required to join and no contract is being made by joining. Those on The Wait List will be notified as soon as we have happy news and nothing else will be done with the information you give us. Once the upcoming litter is brought into the world we will contact those interested in acquiring a puppy to discuss next steps.

You may review our Sales Contract before deciding to join The Wait List by clicking here. If you wish to know more about our process for finding puppy parents then click here. We do things a bit differently than most other kennels, so it is good to know how things work before getting involved. 

We anticipate delivery to families in or around late June to mid-July. Of course none of this is certain as we do all of this naturally,  But once these two get "that look in their eyes", things seem to take shape pretty well.

We look forward to hearing from you.

All of our puppies are sold

Laffee Taffee and ClarkeBar gave us five of the best little pups we have seen so far. But the litter was unplanned, unscheduled, and a bit inconvenient since we are still living in a tiny home while beginning to build a new Farmhouse. We will miss them all (especially little Bazooka Joe, who I would have kept had I been able). Their new parents will undoubtedly love them very much and we wish them a good life.

Our wait list is closed for the time being. 

Our plan was, and is now, to reopen the list on a fixed breeding schedule. We have four females, each will enter their season and be allowed breed according to our simple ethics: We wait until the female is an adult (this did not happen with Taffee). we do not allow a female to breed more than three times, spay her, and then find a good forever home for her to live out her retirement with a loving family. We love our girls, but this is a farm and so we must do the right thing; rationally, legally, and economically.

The first and only instance of our plan in action was with Carmel Corn SanDiego, who was with us for four years, had two litters of very good pups, and is now living on a farm in Ferndale, California. She did not have the psychological fortitude to have the third litter and so she was retired early.  We miss her still and think of her often.

Taffee had her first litter too early, despite all of our well laid plans. She, and Clarke, never showed any interest in each other at all, and then there we puppies on the way. . .  She is young, but we will not allow her to breed again for at least a year. Her health does not appear to have been negatively effected by this litter, she was a good mother, and she was happy the whole time. So she will stay in the planned schedule unless something changes.

The Cinnamon Bear is next up on the schedule, but the timing still needs worked out. She gives us plenty of warning about her cycle and we will wait until the new kennel is put together. Clarke is a happy boy and does his job well. So we will offer another large litter at some point in the future.

The two "Littles", Abba Zabba and Bit O'honey, will not be put into the schedule until they are at least two years old, and then only if they are suited for it. We expect good things from them already. Beatrix O'honey has been a good helper for Taffee and loved the babies since they first met.

So for now, Rocketdog Bassets is on hold for a new kennel.

Laffee Taffee and ClarkBar's litter: Six Week Evaluations

At six weeks it can safely be said that this is the best litter we have seen so far. These wonderful puppies will be available for delivery to their forever homes beginning December fifth, and extending up to Christmas eve by special arrangement.  Click on the image above this for more information on reserving a Christmas puppy. Click on the images below this for our six week evaluations of each puppy.

Click here for a Bubba-licious Evaluation

Click here for Bazzoka Joe's Evaluation

Click here for Tutti-Fruity's evaluation

Click here for Chicklet's evaluation

Click here for Wriggly's Evaluation