I Take Good Care Of My Puppies
Dennis German Shepherds is more than just a service, and our relationship with you continues well beyond the day your puppy comes home. I am a puppy lover myself and wish nothing would ever go wrong with any puppy, but a puppy’s health is dependent on a number of factors like genetics, exercise, food & nourishment, and overall care that are not always within our control. While I can’t guarantee that your puppy will never have a health problem, I can promise I will do my best to ensure your new family member is healthy from the moment he or she arrives home!
It is your responsibility to care for this puppy. Please have your puppy checked over by your vet within the first week. If something comes up, let us know. You can return your puppy within seven days, and we will fully reimburse you with your puppy purchase price. After that time, you may return the puppy to us at your cost, but we cannot refund you. We will find a new family for your dog/puppy. If you ever need to rehome your pup, you must return it to James German Shepherd All costs associated with the pup after pick up are your responsibility.
Every German Shepherd puppy purchased from us is accompanied by a 10 days health guarantee. After 4 days of shipping your German Shepherd puppy, we require you to take the puppy to a licensed veterinarian for a checkup. If the VET finds out within the first 10 days of purchasing the puppy that it is sick of an illness that has been contracted before the date of delivery, you should contact us immediately.
Our German Shepherd are 100% safe, secure and guaranteed to be in good health and free from any signs of infection at the time we ship them to you. We take pride to say that our relationship with you doesn’t end once you take home a German Shepherd from us. As a family of breeders and experienced German Shepherd puppy counselors, we would wish to believe that nothing can ever go wrong with our German Shepherd. However, some things are not always in our control because a puppy’s health depends on many things like genetics, exercise, nourishment, and overall daily care.
We don’t believe your German Shepherd puppy is replaceable due to emotional attachments but we do believe that sometimes the pains of losing a puppy can be reduced when we can offer you another puppy of equal value. In case of the unforeseen event of death within one year from its purchase date, or if the puppy is found to possess health disorders (within 1 year) which adversely affects the health of the German Shepherd puppy, we’ll replace it with another puppy of equivalent value at no cost to you. The reason for death should be certified by a certified VET technician and we shall expect you to email us a copy of this health report.
HEALTH TESTS
We conduct all of the following health tests which we consider to be important for our German Shepherds
BOAS Exercise Tolerance Test
This test involves running our German Shepherds at a steady trot for three-minutes and assessing their breathing before and after.
Spine Check
We conduct x-rays to identity if our breeding dogs have a high risk of spinal instability.
Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
This is a disease affecting the spinal cord of older dogs, initially causing wobbliness and eventually hindlimb paralysis. It can affect a wide range of breeds.
Tracheal Hypoplasia
German Shepherd can have tracheal hypoplasia, where the trachea (windpipe) is rather narrow. We have x-rays taken of our breeding dogs to ensure their trachea is optimal for breeding.
Hip Dysplasia
We have x-rays taken on our breeding dogs to assess their hips. Dogs with low hip scores have better hips and are less likely to develop problems in the future. Most large and medium sized dog breeds benefit from hip scoring to ensure they are unlikaly to pass hereditary hip problems on to their puppies develop problems in the future and they are unlikely to pass on hip issues to their puppies.
Patellar Luxation
Dogs affected by patellar luxation have loose kneecaps that may pop in and out of the knee joint, which can be painful and even require surgery. Our vets examine our breeding dogs for patellar luxation to confirm our dogs are not affected and that their puppies are less likely to develop the condition.
HUU
Hyperuricosuria (HUU) is a genetic disease that causes a build-up of uric acid in the urine, predisposing to painful bladder and kidney stones.
Patellar Luxation
Dogs affected by patellar luxation have loose kneecaps that may pop in and out of the knee joint, which can be painful and even require surgery. Our vets examine our breeding dogs for patellar luxation to confirm our dogs are not affected and that their puppies are less likely to develop the condition.
CMR
Canine Multifocal Retinopathy (CMR) is a genetic disorder causing local detachment of the retina in young dogs. It does not always cause impaired vision or blindness but can in severe cases. There are three types of CMR affecting different breeds. A DNA test is available to identify if a breeding dog is carrying this condition.
PRA
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) in dogs is a type of genetic eye disease causing deterioration of the retina and eventually, blindness.
We Provide the Best Service in Industry
2 Health tested parents, 1st set of vaccinations completed by veterinary clinic, Pet Plus puppy insurance, Comprehensive take home package and more!