Many people question, if they can come by to "take a look" or play with our Dachshund puppies before they are placing a deposit or decide to buy one of them. The answer to the question is NO.
Please understand, you are one of many people which want to come by to "first see" our Dachshund puppies for sale. Meeting multiple families, which just want to look, would be very time consuming for us and there is always a risk that one out of them, accidentally brings in a virus or parasite.
We are not a store, these Dachshund puppies are raised as a part of our family, inside of our house, where we live with our children.
For the safety of our puppies and our privacy, we only meet with families which placed a deposit or booked a Meet&Greet appointment.
Meet & Greet
We understand, that some families are not familiar with the Dachshund breed and have to meet them first before purchasing a Dachshund puppy or have to meet a few of our puppies to see which one is the right Dachshund puppy for them.
These families are able to book a 45 minute visit for $100 (non-refundable) for our time and detailed consultation. You have the chance to play with our available Dachshund puppies and ask as many questions as they want. Note: this deposit won't reserve a specific puppy.
Rules:
- No other breeders can be visited on the same day!
- Wear clean clothes and shoes, sanitize your hands!
- There is a limit of 3 visitors! No children under 8 years please
- Meeting our Dachshund puppies is only possible, when they got their second set of vaccinations! No exception.
- The $100 is NOT REFUNDABLE! If you buy a puppy the same day and take him home, it will be credited!
- If you want to pick up your puppy another day, the $100 will be for our time and will not be credited!
Why do we have such a strict visitation policy?
Immature immune systems. Until the Dachshund puppies have all three sets of their vaccinations, (that's when the are 14 weeks old), they are not completely immune against diseases that can be brought in on shoes or clothing.
Many breeders have lost entire litters of puppies due to diseases being brought into the breeder’s home. You don’t have to touch a puppy to transfer a disease to them. Your shoes and clothing can bring it in and leave it on the floor or furniture, only to be transferred to the paws of the mama dog, who then transfers it to her puppies.
Most of our Dachshund puppies are reserved by purchasing families. Would you want to have a puppy reserved and know, that a lot of other families were being allowed to come and hold or play with litter mates, and put them all at risk?
We’d like to raise and socialize our puppies in such a way, that their risk to disease and/or injury is as low as possible so that we can deliver healthy puppies to the families who are waiting for them.
Not only is this a risk to personal safety, but it would also compromise our home environment, which we appreciate and love and want to protect. Our home is not a store front open to strangers. It is a home.
We appreciate your understanding. Thank you. South Florida Dachshunds.