Since what you usually see with the puppy pictures are the indoor kennels where the pups are born, I thought I would show you where the dogs spend most of the year when the weather is warm.  Brindi and Willow are happy to show you theirs. The outdoor kennels are 5 feet wide and 10 feet long. I don't like concrete so I use vinyl mats that are easily cleaned and comfortable for the dogs.  The kennels sit inside a fenced yard where they can run play in the grass while their kennels are cleaned. All the kennels have metal roofing for weather protection. If you wonder how much they are allowed to just be dogs, check out my "Just Us" page of my Doxies doing what Doxies do.  

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The indoor kennels are smaller than the outdoor ones, but still roomy for the dogs.  The new ones have the same amount of space but are a little shorter and wider.  The overall design is similar  to my old ones but the improvements make them much easier to clean. The hinged gates have been replaced with gates that slide up and out for cleaning.  All kennels are caulked all the way around the bottom to prevent anything leaking into a neighboring kennel. The dividers on these whelping kennels are 2 feet high for privacy of moms and pups. The rest of the kennels that are yet to be built will be the same size but the dividers will only be 12" high so the dogs can visit their neighbors.  I've replaced the old kickboards along the bottom front from 3 narrow boards to one solid board. Boys will no longer be able to pee through slats into the alleyway :) The big window you can see part of below was a birthday present to me from my husband. (Isn't he great?) It lets in a lot more light than the 2 smaller windows I already had. One of the old windows still opens to let in a breeze on nice days (along with the screen door on the opposite wall) and the other smaller window holds the air conditioner for hot weather. In the winter the wood stove that heats our house also heats my kennels by way of a large funnel on top of the stove to collect heat that goes into a 10"  insulated piped with an inline fan. (Another invention by my husband        ) My heat lights are raised and lowered by the blue rope you see to adjust them to the height needed for pups and raised to the ceiling out of the way when not needed.
Scroll down to see pictures of the indoor kennels (In the process of being rebuilt for easier cleaning and are all built now) and the outdoor kennels that I spent 2 years rebuilding for more height (for me) and changes made to the bases so fencing doesn't eat all the string from my weed eater. I finally was able to purchase metal roofing last year (2013) to replace the tarps on the outdoor kennels YAY! The newest changes were putting in new linoleum over the entire floor in the indoor kennels and running indoor/outdoor grass carpet along the full length of the front of the outdoor kennels in 2019. The carpet is so it isn't muddy in front of the kennels when it rains. This notice gets moved down as I  post litters on hand so you may have to scroll a ways down to get to the kennel pictures.
***Special Notice***

Beginning November 16, 2013 I will be joining a very large number of other breeders across the U.S. in no longer shipping puppies. Due to a change that was made in federal regulations that was supposedly intended to only affect breeders who are unlicensed and uninspected, anyone who ships even ONE puppy will have to be licensed through USDA as a dealer. State licensed and inspected breeders like myself were not exempted from this ruling. All sales must take place at the breeder's premises. 

While we do understand the need to punish those who operate illegally, don't properly care for their breeding dogs and sell sick puppies, we already have state and federal laws that address those things. If you would like to help us fight this bad choice of regulation policy, please contact me or your breeder of choice to see what you can do to help. It is YOUR right to be able to buy a puppy from whoever you choose and to pick up personally or have your puppy shipped to you or to meet your breeder at a mutually agreed upon place to save you travel time and it SHOULD remain OUR right to offer you those choices without government interference!
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Pups 3 days old w/Honey Bear
Honey Bear (Longhair chocolate) and Kimba's (Smooth ee cream) pups were born on 8/24/2022. They have 3 males and 4 females. They will be 8 weeks old on October 19, 2022. I will know by 3 weeks of age which will be smooth and which longhair. In order of birth: #1 Cream male. #2 Chocolate and tan male. #3 cream female. #4 Chocolate female. #5 Cream female. #6 Chocolate female. #7 ee Cream male (white). The chocolate females do not have tan points.
Kimba