PURCHASING A T-AMORE PUPPY

If you are interested in a puppy, please contact me in person, or complete and submit the Puppy Application. Be sure and specify which puppy you are interested in if you have already made your choice. When e-mailing initial inquiries, please include a contact telephone number. The details you provide about you and your family, lifestyle and work schedule, and other pets you may already own, will help me to match you with the right puppy.

A deposit of $200.00 will reserve the puppy of your choice. Half of the remaining balance is expected when the baby is 6 weeks old, and the remainder is due on delivery (or 1 week before shipping if your puppy will fly home unaccompanied).

(Please Note: Puppies are reserved on a first-come first-served basis, and I must approve the placement before a deposit will be accepted. Once a deposit is placed, it is NON-REFUNDABLE, so please be sure you are serious about a puppy before making your deposit.)

Prices posted next to each puppy is for a pet-only purchase, which includes AKC registration once your puppy is neutered/spayed. Puppies are not to be used for breeding or showing unless it is specifically agreed to by Seller before the deposit is taken. There are very good reasons for this policy and I will be happy to explain them to anyone who asks.

As a general rule I do not negotiate the price of my puppies. I set the price only after careful consideration  of their overall quality and temperament and believe that my prices are very fair and competitive to other breeders in my class. A lot of time and expense goes into producing healthy, happy Shih Tzu. I believe in my dogs and the puppies they produce!!

Chong and "Hershey" on going-home day

A FEW WORDS ABOUT "SHIPPING"

If there is any way for you to come pick your puppy up in person (whether driving or flying), that is always preferred. Nothing compares to a ride home in the lap of the baby's new human companion.

However, I realize sometimes distance and/or time constraints nowadays can make it very difficult to make the trip, so I do offer shipping. Accommodations for pets traveling alone have changed dramatically in recent years and it is quite safe. Many prized champion dogs are flown all over the world today and, with some extra conditioning before the flight, my puppies have arrived at their destinations happy and without trauma -- ready to burst out of their travel crates and meet their new family!!

Puppies are shipped only when I feel they are mature enough to make the trip without upset, and definitely not before 12 weeks of age. If you decide to fly your puppy, I ask that payment be made in full no later than 1 week before the scheduled flight. Shipping is a separate charge of $250.00, which includes the cost of the flight, airlines-approved shipping crate, and his/her health certificate (required by the airlines).

All costs of air travel for your pet are your responsibility.

I use Continental's "Pet Safe" and Alaska Airlines' "Animal Express" programs for the safe transport of my puppies to their new homes. They have wonderful personnel who love animals and take great care to get puppies to their desitation safely.

I accept Paypal, USPS Money Orders or a personal check (checks must clear your bank before payment is considered received).