Older Puppies/Adults for sale

Older Dogs

From time to time breeders have older puppies, young adults, or mature adults for sale. Often times these are not the worst of the dogs the breeder has but some of the best. To give you a better understanding of the dogs on this page I thought it would be good to offer the following explanation.

1. Older puppies. Usually it is not because a puppy has not sold that it is offered here. More likely the breeder can not decide between the various puppies as to which one(s) to include in the breeding program. So, the breeder holds back the best and makes a decision when the puppy is old enough that the breeder knows exactly what the puppy will be. The fact that the puppy was not available initially indicates it is the quality the breeder is looking to keep and simply can not decide between it and its siblings until the puppies are a little older. Even then it may not be a matter of better or worse but a matter of a specific trait the breeder may need. For instance, if a breeder needs to reduce size he/she may keep the smaller of two siblings even if he/she slightly prefers the larger. It is also possible the breeder is trying to correct or improve a certain quality in his/her line. It could literally be the breeder wants longer ears and chooses the one with the longest ears in order to get that phenotype. The breeder may have to hold back a few puppies to at least 6 months of age to make that final decision. So a young adult puppy which has been held back is likely to be a very high quality puppy. Another advantage of the older puppy is the amount of training the puppy has. The puppy should recognize its name, respond to basic commands, and is likely to be doggie door trained (at least that is the case here).

2. Adult dogs from breeding stock 2-4 years old. These dogs are likely to be very high quality dogs the breeder has used in their breeding program for a specific purpose and has now achieved the goal and is retiring the dog early. An example might be a breeder wants to end up with a long hair cream dapple female. The breeder might start with a long haired cream male and a smooth dappled female. By breeding them together the breeder could get a smooth dapple female that carries for both long hair and cream. Then by breeding that female to another long hair cream male the breeder might get the long haired cream dapple female he/she was trying to create. Once that goal was accomplished the breeder might retire both the original smooth dapple and the smooth dapple female that carries for both long hair and cream. Both females would be top quality or the breeder would not have bred through them to begin with. A breeder does not breed first for color; they breed first for health, structure, temperament and conformation, then for color and coat.

3. Mature adult dogs. Every breeder has a finite capacity for properly caring for dogs and giving them the quality of life they deserve. So when the breeder decides it is in the best interest of the dog to retire it and find it a permanent home he/she places it up for adoption. These dogs make exceptional pets, especially for the elderly. They are the best of the best and are fully trained.

So, if you are considering adopting an older puppy, young adult, or mature dog be sure to ask the breeder a little about the history of the dog you are considering. You might be surprised at what you learn.

Currently Available

Light Male Wire. I was born March 28th, 2009 I am PRA and NCL clear. I am a red male wire. I am certainly worth the $550 and would make you a wonderful friend. I AM ALREADY NEUTERED!! I like to play. My name is Caesar.

I am a Whiskers' wire puppy with 65 champions in my 6 generation pedigree. How good is that!!!! Yes I am a handsome boy and I have no bad habits.

The following two dogs are typical of the above explanation about holding back puppies then selling them later.

Cady: Cady came from the same litter as Caesar, above. Roberta decided she liked her even better than her mother Chipper, so we sold Chipper and intended to keep Cady for our breeding program. What we have learned is we have more demand for smooths than we can supply and fewer people want wires. Roberta's favorites are the wires and those who love them really love them but many people just want a "regular Dachshund" which is a red or black and tan smooth. That is what they had and that is what they are used to. As a result, we decided not to do any wire to wire breeding which would produce all wire litters. Instead we will keep our wire males and breed them to smooth girls so the litters will produce some smooths and some wires. As painful as it is Cady is AVAILABLE. As pet she is $550. She is show and breeding quality and could be sold with full AKC to a kennel. She is almost 1 year old. These are current pictures of Cady. She is a stiff wire. Note her ears have very little hair. Dude is a soft wire, note his ears are fluffy.

Similarly we held "Dude" back for our breeding program. We wanted to get brindle into our long hair lines. But since Dude is carrier for PRA he has to be bred to a clear female. The only clear long hair girl we have is BooBoo and the demand for BooBoo Harley puppies is so strong I have no idea when I will ever be able to breed her to Dude. We are going to have to work that out another way. Dude is an unusual soft wire. He is a woderful little guy and has been raised as a house pet. Dude looks best with long hair. He is a ball of fluff. Roberta "practiced" on him with her clippers before doing the wires. She did not get the look she was expecting and says she will never clip him again. lol. I think he looks cute but agree he looks best with long hair. Here is the most recent picture I have of Dude. He was only 7 weeks old. He is now close to a year. "As clipped" pictures of Dude. Not the flluffy hair on his ears. He does not look as much like Cady as it appears. His hair is very soft and he has lots of it. Dude is available as pet for $550.

Rescue Dogs

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