Visiting Bluevale Meadows
A question we are often asked is, "do you allow visits?", or "can we come see the "parents"?. Its fair, we get that you are trying to be responsible and see where the dogs and puppies are raised. In our home.
Its a daunting search in looking for a breeder that fits with you and checks all the boxes. But a part of that responsiblity is to look at things from the breeders point of view. Many dog illnesses and virus' are not spread by dog to dog but rather by us humans. Picking up dog illnesses on our ourselves and then transmitting it. On our shoes, our clothes even our hands. All it can take for our dogs is one sniff or one foot on property and we have a crew of sick dogs with something that takes literally hundreds to thousands of dollars to diagnose and hope that no dog or puppy falls to its demise over. We've been there in past and it is heartbreaking. All because we allowed someone in to our home, to meet with our dogs & puppies. Being at emerge with a dam of puppies just four weeks old and she is pooping straight blood is a terrifying feeling & reality. To then also be told she needs to now be quarantined from her young till the vets figure out what made mom so sick.
People "kennel hopping" are our worst nightmare!!! Or going to the pet shops then to see us, all in the excitment of hoping to bring home a new pup soon. Its very scary to us.
As you will have read already on pages with in our site, we take the health of our dogs & puppies very seriously. This includes their home. Ensuring it is a safe space free from illnesses and virus' in as much as we possibly can do. Therefore "in person/in home visits" are only allowed to our families on litter reservation lists and ONLY by appointment when puppies are six weeks of age and over.
Those who are on our master waiting lists are also welcome to book an appointment for outdoor inperson visits. Both of these have rules to visiting that we go over when booking a visit.
We do not allow random visits by the general public.
Thank you for understanding.
We also can provide references from previous pup parents if you'd like to chat with them and hear of their experience in adopting from us.
