puppy-waiting-list

Puppy Waiting List

We keep a Waiting List for all our puppies.  As ethical breeders, the Waiting List allows us to carefully plan our future litters and make sure all our puppies have good homes waiting for them.  This process also helps us to make sure each puppy is matched to the perfect person or family for their personality and provides us with plenty of time to offer plenty of education and support for families as they prepare for their new puppy.  

How The Waiting List Works

As ethical breeders, we believe in maintaining a fair and transparent process for our puppy waiting list, which we describe in the following paragraphs.

Basically, our waiting list is a collection of people who are 100% committed and ready to receive one of our fantastic puppies into their homes and lives!  These individuals or families join our puppy waiting list by completing our New Owner Questionnaire and submitting a security deposit.  Once we receive both, they have officially secured their position on our waiting list.

Whenever puppies are born, we assign puppies to their new homes.  We make these assignments based on careful evaluation of the results we get from the exclusive Elite Breeder Personality Testing & Matching protocol that we use.  This protocol takes into account not only the puppies' personalities, but also the family and lifestyle needs of our future fur-families as reported to us using the New Owner Questionnaire.   With this information, we professionally-match each puppy to their new home.  This way, we ensure your puppy is the perfect fit specifically for you and your family. 

Puppies are assigned to their new homes based on the order of the waiting list.  This means the sooner you secure your position on the waiting list, the sooner you will receive your puppy.  Although you can join our waiting list at anytime, we always recommend doing so before litters are born.  This not only means you will receive your puppy sooner, but it also allows us to focus more attention on caring for our puppies.

Please Note:  Female puppies generally sell much faster than male puppies.  If you are only interested in a female puppy, it is highly recommended that you join the waiting list as far in advance as possible.  Most our female puppies are sold well before they are even born. 

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Payment Plan Option

We offer a complementary Puppy Layaway Program for those who prefer to make payments rather than pay for their puppy all at once.  For details about this program, please visit our Puppy Layaway Program page.

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Waiting List Requirements

In order to join the waiting list, you are required to complete our New Owner Questionnaire and submit a $500 security deposit.  Please read our Pricing Policy for more details.

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How Do I Join The Puppy Waiting List?

  1. Complete the Puppy Waiting List Signup form below to request more information. 
    Please Note: When you complete the form, you will automatically be added to our mailing list.  You can Unsubscribe at any time.
  2. Check your email for a message from us.
  3. Carefully read over all the information that we provide in the email message.
  4. If you have any questions, reply to the email message and we'll respond ASAP.
  5. Once your questions are answered, complete the New Owner Questionnaire .  The password is: "Shalom".
  6. Pay your security deposit of $500 using Zelle  (free) or PayPal (includes 3.5% PayPal fees) or GoodDog (includes protection fees).
    To Pay With Zelle:  Send $500 to SeekingShalomAcres@gmail.com or 540-320-6359
         PLEASE NOTE: Zelle works sometimes, but not always. PayPal or GoodDog must be used if Zelle does not work.
    To Pay With PayPal:  Send $517.50 to  PayPal. ​In the "What's this payment for?" box, type: “[Your Last Name] Puppy Waiting List”. 
    To Pay With GoodDog :  Please visit our GoodDog Payment Page.  You can calculate your fees on this page.
  7. Reply to the original message from us and inform us that you just signed up for the Waiting List.
  8. Join our Mailing List and follow our Facebook page so you will be able to see updates there.  Feel free to share updates with friends and family!

Waiting List: Other Pages

Security Deposit
Puppy Layaway
Upcoming Litters
Parent Dogs
What's Included?
Puppy-Rearing
About Us
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