We Are Proud To Provide All Of Our Puppies With...


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AKC Registration

​As an AKC Breeder of Merit, we ensure every Luvakis puppy is individually registered with the American Kennel Club. We work with each family to help them choose a registered name for their puppy and complete the registration process prior to puppy's departure from our home. We cover all AKC registration fees for our puppies.

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Vaccinations

Each puppy receives their week 7 and 11 Distemper-Parvo combination vaccines, as as prescribed by the dam's nomograph (click the image for more information about nomographs). This leaves their new family only in need to 1-2 additional veterinary visits, their final Distemper-Parvo puppy booster and 1-year Rabies vaccine visit, and a follow-up visit approximately 2-3 weeks later for a blood draw to have their end-point titers evaluated to ensure they've had an appropriate response to their core puppy vaccinations. 

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Microchip

Each puppy is permanently identified with a HomeAgain Microchip prior to leaving for their new home. We also cover puppy's first year's enrollment in HomeAgain's Lost Pet Recovery Database.
(Enrollment includes access to HomeAgain's Lost Pet Network & Alert System, access to the ASPCA's 24/7 Emergency Medical Hotline, and travel assistance for found pets.)

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"Everyday" Collar (KeepSafe Collar)

This collar is safe for wear in a kennel/crate or when playing with other dogs and reduces the risk of collar entrapment and strangulation. Because we never want to hear one of puppies was lost to such a tragic and preventable accident, we provide a KeepSafe collar as puppy's "everyday" collar for them to sport their various registration and identification tags. The ideal tag for this collar is a low-profile tag, like the ones made by Boomarang Tags. 

►Please click here to learn more about the risks of
collar entrapment and strangulation hazards.

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Training Class Collar (Martingale Collar with Quick Snap Buckle)

This collar is ideal for use by puppy when training or in puppy class. While with us, puppies are introduced to walking and working on both this style of collar and the Gentle Leader headcollar. Because this type of collar does pose a strangulation hazard, it should only be worn by puppy when this collar is attached to a leash and the leash is attached to a handler. To reduce the desire for an owner to utilize this collar as puppy's "everyday" collar and to reduce distraction to puppy while training, we do not recommend applying ID tags to this collar.
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​This collar is not for playing in and should never be worn in a crate! Puppy's KeepSafe collar should be utilized for everyday wear, during play sessions, and when crated/kenneled. 

Click HERE for more information about collar entrapment hazards.

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"Street" Collar (Northwind Large Breed Martingale Collar)

Each puppy is also sent home with a "street" or "going out" collar. These martingale-style collars are a terrific choice for sighthounds, as it prevents them from backing out of their collar, while being quite stylish, too. These beautiful collars are custom made for us by Kay at Northwind Collars. If you plan to lure course with your puppy, contact Kay to inquire about a lure coursing slip lead to match your puppy's collar. We recommend a LuckyPet ID Tag be used with this collar.
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This collar is not for playing in and should never be worn in a crate! Puppy's KeepSafe collar should be utilized for everyday wear, during play sessions, and when crated/kenneled. ​

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Gentle Leader Chic Designer Headcollar, Lead & DVD

We train you to custom-fit and send home with a puppy already accustomed to working in a Gentle Leader Headcollar. Puppies have been working in these headcollars for a minimum of six weeks prior to their departure from our home. New puppy families get their choice of headcollar pattern. The set includes a matching lead, as well as an instructional DVD and training booklet.

Click here for an informational video about the Gentle Leader Headcollar.

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Toys

Our puppies love their toys. Nylabones, puzzle feeders, and plushies to name a few. So, to make the transition easier, we send our puppies home a menagerie of their favorites. Included in that, we send home a selection of our favorite enrichment toys from PetSafe. If you're looking to add some new toys to your puppy's toy box before their arrival, we highly recommend anything from the BusyBuddy line of toys!

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Puppy Culture Exercise Booklet

The Puppy Culture Exercise Booklet is an important guide to raising your puppy in a health and safe way, offering insights that can help avoid a number of behavioral issues, as well as physical injuries, such as fractures. This indispensable guide from our friends at Puppy Culture offers new puppy owners age-appropriate exercise guidelines to help them work within their puppy's physical capabilities at very young ages and as they grow. 
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Heath Records

We are pleased to provide each puppy with a Purina Pro Plan Puppy Kit. This handy kit has coupons and great info, and includes three copies of your puppy's health records- one for your veterinarian, one for your training facility & one for your records at home.

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Food and Treats

Each puppy is sent home with Purina Pro Plan Puppy Formula food. We encourage our puppy families to continue to use Pro Plan for the life of their dog, but will happily offer alternative suggestions, if needed. 

We also send home a variety of treats for puppy to use as they continue to expand their training and socialization skills with their new family.
​(Check out that adorable puppy on the packaging. That's "Sailor", a stunning puppy bitch from our Bro x Sorin litter in 2018!)

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Leather Traffic Lead

This is the first lead I reach for both for everyday use and for stationary exercises or heeling work during training class; it is my favorite lead and hope it will be yours, too.  

Click on the image for an informational article about long vs. short leads.

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Photos

We send each puppy family home with a thumb drive of their puppy's photos from birth through adoption, as well as an array of photos of the litter's dam and sire, spare copies of health testing documents and other important information. 

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Comfort Buddy

To help ease the transition from our home to yours, we send each puppy home with a WildThangs Rabbit that's been played with by all the puppies of the litter, the dam, as well as other dogs in our home who have helped rear puppy. This allows each puppy to take home familiar scents to comfort them those first few nights in their new home. We recommend reserving this comfort item for exclusive use in puppy's crate, not as an "everyday" play toy. (Sadly, these have been discontinued by the company, so when our back-stock runs out, they're gone furever.)

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Primo Pad Crate Pad

We want our puppies to rest comfortably in their crates, but not all puppies are trustworthy with soft bedding as youngsters. We love our Primo Pads for several reasons, not only are they chew/damage resistant when properly secured to puppy's crate using Primo Pad's Lockdown System, but they're waterproof, while also keeping puppy cool and providing well-padded sleeping surface. Additionally, should a chew accident occur, they are guaranteed against chewing for the first 30 days and can be replaced at no charge! We provide our puppy families with a Primo Pad for their puppy's new crate in the colour and size of their choice.

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Cedar Creek Fleece Crate Mat

Once puppy is trustworthy with soft bedding, we want them to be as snuggly comfortable as possible. We love our Primo Pads, and coupled with a Cedar Creek fleece crate mat, it doesn't get much more snuggly comfy. These durable, high-pile fleece crate mats are machine washable, can handle mild bleaching, dry quickly in the dryer, and will last for years to come. We provide our puppy families with a Cedar Creek crate mat for their puppy's new crate in the size and fleece colour of their choice.

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Ridgeback Puppy Guide from RRCUS

We are proud to provide each of our puppy families copies of You and Your Ridgeback: A Guide for Puppy Owners. This informational booklet from the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States is a lovely addition to every family's must-read list. 

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RRCUS New Membership Application

We also provide each family with an application for membership to the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States sponsored by both us and the sire's owner. We encourage every family to join RRCUS and help support and promote our wonderful breed!

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Preparing puppy go-home bags and prepping puppy binders.

Each puppy binder takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.

Some of the treats, toys, food, training devices and other goodies we pack into our puppies' go-home bags.

Sorting through and organizing all the items for our puppy go-home bags and informational binders takes up multiple tables and sometimes a few chairs and the floor, too.

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