Choosing Your Puppy

We keep in touch almost weekly from about the time just before the puppies are born till delivery date. We do so by using an e-mail broadcast system that allows us to send one message that is delivered to all of our customers for that litter, at the same time. You are welcome to call directly, anytime, if you have questions about our puppies or our procedures.

We will announce the date by email when you can choose your puppy from the photos that we have posted. Choosing is in order of the date your deposit has been received. We start taking photos of the litter by the second week after birth. In two week the puppies open their eyes but they still cannot see very well. By four weeks we attempt to take individual photos of the puppies. You can choose your puppy at about six weeks after birth and we attempt to take videos of the puppies playing at that time but that is subject to weather conditions.

Reservation Holders

When you make a reservation to adopt a puppy not yet born, its important to understand how many litters we are expecting and how many reservations (adoption agreements) are ahead of yours. We have many mature female dogs and we produce many litters during the seasons without the need to overtax any one producing female.

When its your turn to choose your puppy at you may discover that the sex and or colour of the puppy you wished for is simply not available in that litter. You may decide that you are not prepared to choose from that litter. In this case, your reservation is automatically placed on the list for our next GBSD litter. Your position on the list for the next litter, and the order that you choose your puppy from the next litter, is determined by the date you sent us your original adoption agreement and deposit. Reservation holders with dates that are earlier than your original adoption agreement and deposit date choose first and dates after yours choose after. If you must postpone your selection to the next litter, you will likely be at or near the top of the next list.

Your offer to adopt provides you with an opportunity to select a puppy with your preferred sex and colour. You may change this selection at any date or time before the puppy choosing date. Changing your selection after that date, and after the adoption list has been published is possible as long as your new selection does not disadvantage buyers below you on the adoption list.

There is no cancellation provision in our adoption agreement. The deposit you make is applied to buying dog food and paying for vet expenses. There is no provision for returning your deposit should you change your mind and in that case, your deposit will be forfeited.

Making An Offer and Deposit

To make an offer to purchase a puppy send us an Adoption 'Agreement'.

Our preferred method:
Send Deposit Option 1: send by e-mail - Online Banking E-Transfer. See details below.
Send Deposit Option 2: Go to any TD Canada Trust Branch. See details below.

Alternative method:

Send Deposit Option 3: use a credit card: See details below.

Puppy purchase deposits can also be made by sending us a money order or by making a 'Wire Transfer'. Call us for details.

Adoption Agreement Instructions: Copy the agreement portion of the page to an e-mail, fill in the blanks and send it to us unsigned. Please do not send in a MS Word type document - send only in a e-mail format. We will reply by sending you a confirmation e-mail showing the content of your offer to purchase for your records.

Deposit Details:

Deposit By E-Transfer: We prefer this option. You can make a deposit by e-mail (E-Transfer by Interac) using your online banking system in Canada.

1. Choose: Pay Bills, then under Interac E-mail Money Transfer.
2. Choose 'Maintain a Recipient List'. Here is where you add our e-mail address. Find our e-mail address here. You will have to create a 'Secret Question' but do not forget to send us the answer to the question! :)
3. Choose 'Send Money'.
4. When we receive the deposit we will send you an acknowledgement and so will your own banking system.

Deposit At Bank: TD Canada Trust: Canadian buyers can go to any branch of TD Canada Trust and make a deposit payment directly to our account. You will need to call us to get our bank account details before choosing this option.

Deposit By Credit Card - $17.00 Fee: To make a deposit online using a credit card. This is a system operated by PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account, just a credit card. We do not see your credit card info - only PayPal sees it. USA buyers should use this system. A $20.00 fee is added to your purchase price if you use your credit card. This is our cost of accepting deposits via PayPal. To make a deposit using your credit card, Click Here.

 

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What's Included

We include your puppies first DHPP vaccination (see care of your puppy), a vet check at six weeks and a one year warrantee against chronic defects found in your puppy. The warrantee provides you with a replacement puppy. Depending on the age of your puppy when delivered, we may also provide your puppy with additional vaccinations. We charge you our cost for additional vaccinations. Please call us if you would like more information about our vaccination procedure and policy.

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How We Stay In Touch

We add your to an e-mail broadcasting system. This allows us to send one e-mail to all buyers letting you know what's been happing with your puppy at Black Bear Farm. These e-mail messages are sent for any reason but mainly to announce new photos, video clips, vaccination dates and general news about the growth and maturity of your puppy.

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How You Stay In Touch

You can e-mail us anytime but our e-mail answers to your question will be brief. You can also call us anytime between 7am and 9 p.m. any day of the week. Calling in a better choice for complicated questions. You will always learn more from a telephone call.

Visit BBF To See Your Puppy

You can visit us in Killarney (about five hours north of Toronto) to see our puppies anytime after they are four weeks of age. Here are links to two pages that explain how visits work.

http://www.blackbearfarm.com/dogs/puppy-visits.php
http://www.blackbearfarm.com/dogs/driving-instructions.php

Visiting Your Puppy In The Toronto Area (Richmond Hill)

We vaccinate our puppies at or about six weeks from their birth date. We go on a Saturday to the Bayview Woods Animal Hospital . You can see our puppies then by appointment. Call us for the time and date of our next Richmond Hill visit.

Vaccination Schedule

See: care of your puppy.

Tail Docking - Due claw Removal

Weimaraners often have their tails docked. Although GBSD look somewhat like Weims, we are not breeding Weimaraners. For this and other reasons we do not dock tails. We do not remove dew claws. This is a cosmetic procedure and almost always unnecessary. Our vet advises that they not be removed unless they become a problem.

Shipping To USA

Homeland Security has made shipping puppies to the USA very expensive and time consuming. We are not able to ship to the USA.

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Notice

Black Bear Farm reserves the right to make changes to the above information without notice.