Mary Ellen’s pup is at the airport heading to Seattle and then to Boston on the red eye. Safe travels!!

Christmas Puppies Alister and Elliot with that perfect 80’s Christmas Card look!

Both from Silver Paw Cavachons!

Adorable is all I can say!! He is bursting with personality, curiosity, and puppy love! Nice, short flight to Seattle and he will be home!!

Whew!  We’ve made it through this month, Thanksgiving, and now we are on the stretch to Christmas and beyond!  I believe this November will go down as the busiest month EVER for puppy inquiries!  At this moment, I have received 54 emails inquiring about puppies!  I have responded to ALL of them through the month, and heard back from just a handful of people (this is pretty normal).  From the handful, just 5 have sent in their deposits and have found a place on the waiting list!  I am excited for these families, and I expect there will be a couple more in the next couple of days!

The waiting list and available puppies sections on the right side bar of this website are current and up to date!  We have just 5 puppies left from the Penelope and Lilly litters, and I have pictures in my phone that I can mail to people!  I also would prefer phone communication at this time.  Typing responses to this many inquiries has proved to be VERY time-consuming, and there is a lag time with email, and people responding back, etc.  So talking on the phone is the best way to really know which puppies are available and when they can go home!

Penelope’s litter is ready now, and several will be flying home this coming week.  Lilly’s litter will be 7 weeks old the week of Christmas, so they will be ready to go home sometime after the New Year.

Shipping at this time of year can be challenging due to very cold weather, and blackout dates that the airlines will not take puppies.  Please get in touch with us soon if your puppy is needing to fly so we can get a flight booked soon!

I look forward to working with each of you that decide to get one of our puppies!  Happy Holidays to everyone!!

I’ve had a lot of questions about the Waiting List, so I thought I’d give a quick update on how it works.  It is simple and complex all at once, which can sometimes be very confusing!

For starters, a name is added to the waiting list when a $250 deposit is on the way in the mail.  Names are added in the order that I speak with people about getting on the list, and we are VERY LOYAL to the order of the list.

If the list gets deep, it is a waiting game, as I will not get into detail about puppies until your name moves into the top 3 positions on the list.

When a litter turns 5 weeks old, we start getting serious about puppy selection.  I try to do new photos and a few videos so you can see the puppies in action.  At that point, I will contact whoever is #1 on the list and we will talk about all the available puppies.  We talk details, behavior, temperament, size speculations, etc., to try to match the best puppy to each family.

Once a puppy is matched to a family and/or selected by that family, their name will be moved OFF the Waiting List, and added to the Matched Puppies List.  Both of these lists are found on the right side of the blog, in the sidebar.

When a name is moved off the Waiting List, all the other names move UP the list, and #3 becomes #2, and #2 becomes #1, etc.  I then contact the new #1 person and we have the same detailed conversation, and so it goes till everyone has made some type of decision about that litter.

If someone on the list doesn’t want a puppy from that litter, they simply “pass” on the litter, and their name remains in the same position, but I move down to talk with the next person.  So someone might sit in position #1 for a while, waiting for a specific size/gender/color, while I match puppies to others on the list that do want puppies from the current litter.

If your name is down at #4 or #6, etc., I probably will not be talking details with you just yet, simply because if we talk details about a certain puppy, it is very likely that someone else will choose that puppy, and I have to ration my time because I am a mom of 3 children, and I work part-time substitute teaching!….plus all the normal dog work!  So when we do talk, I want it to be about puppies that actually might end up in your home!

If I work all the way through the waiting list, and there are puppies from the litter that were not selected, those puppies will be posted on the “Available Puppies” page on the website, and become available to anyone that contacts me, whether they are on the waiting list or not. We currently (at the time of this blog post) have a 13 week old Bichon that is posted and available to anyone that contacts us about him.

After matching puppies for 10 years, we feel this is the most efficient way of handling this complicated process, and while we know the wait is often painful, your time WILL COME where your name moves into the top 3 positions, and you will be getting a phone call or email from me, and we WILL talk in detail about the available puppies.

I hope this helps clear things up for anyone thinking about getting on the waiting list.  The $250 deposit required to be on the list becomes part of the purchase price for the puppy.  It is also totally refundable up until the time that you actually choose a puppy and have your name moved to the Matched Puppies List.  If we are unable to produce a specific color/size/gender, and you find a puppy from another breeder, we understand your desire to have a puppy in your arms, and your deposit will be shredded and your name removed from the Waiting List.  However, if you choose a puppy, and then decide to go with another plan, the deposit is non-refundable.

If there are any more questions about this process, please leave a comment below, and I will answer all questions that pertain to this post.  I definitely want this to be understood by everyone thinking about getting a Silver Paw Cavachon!

The 3 sable/white puppies are from Daisy’s litter:)))

We’ve had a flurry of emails recently and I want to be sure I haven’t missed anyone. This is the current waiting list.

WAITING LIST
1. Joni, CA – Black/White F, Sadie Litter?
2. Rita, CA – Sable/White F, Future Litter
3. Lisa, CA – Very small pup, Future Litter
4. Holly, NY – Black or Black/Tan M, Future Litter
5. Sheri, WA – Sable/White or Blenheim F, Future Litter
6. Brantley, NC – Accelerated Pup, F, Future Litter
7. Tita, CA – Tri or Sable/White, October
8. Jaime, WA – Future Litter
9. Coral, WA – Future Female

MATCHED PUPPIES
1. Toni, NY – Louis, Accelerated Puppy
2. Melissa, Cypress – Sable/White F, Lilly Litter
3. Caitlin – Sable/White F, Lilly Litter
4. Amy – Black/White M, Sadie Litter

If you don’t see your name on the list and you want it to he there, please contact us so we can give you our address info for where to send the $250 deposit.

We still have 2 black/white male Cavachon pups from Sadie’s litter available, plus a new litter coming from Daisy, not to mention 2 gorgeous Bichon Frise males and 2 Cavalier King Charles females.

It’s gearing up to be a busy summer with many families bringing a new little someone into their homes. If your home is one of them but I’ve missed adding you, please let me know via email. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who responded to my last post about the Waiting List and let me know exactly what they wanted.  At this point, it’s looking like all 3 males from Sadie’s litter are still available for adoption, after talking to almost everyone on the waiting list.  I’d like to hear from Jaime still, and to anyone new looking at our website, we have 3 beautiful black/white Cavachon male puppies that are available for adoption from Sadie’s litter.  They are pictured just below this post.  We have 2 male Bichon Frise puppies, pictured a few posts ago, so scroll down a bit to see their photos, and we have 2 Black/Tan Cavalier King Charles Females that are ready for adoption now.  I will work on updating all the photos this weekend of the Bichon and Cavalier puppies.

As for upcoming litters, we definitely have Daisy & Pujo (Black/Tan) expecting a litter June 24th, and we are hoping that Jesse & Sonny did their magic and she will be having babies in July.  She is a first time mom, so I have no idea what to expect for litter size or puppy size.  I do know she could produce Tri, Black/White, Sable/White, or Blenheim puppies.

It is a great summer so far!  Louis, our Accelerated Puppy is pretty much potty trained to his Porch Potty, and he is sleeping in the crate at night with no accidents.  He walks on the leash nicely and rides in the car like a champ, in or out of his crate.  He will be neutered soon, receive his Rabies vaccination and 4th puppy booster shot, get micro chipped, wormed, and be ready to ship to New York City mid July.  He is a bundle of energy and craziness and I’ll post some photos of his trip to the lake soon as well.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with questions, whether you’re on the waiting list, or thinking about taking that step.  Cavachons are wonderful family companions, working with any type of family, and they are well-loved by their owners, with me often hearing….”This is the BEST dog we’ve ever owned!!”.  Hope to hear from you all soon!  Kristy

Here they are! All four puppies are doing well, eating and growing, and getting cuter each day.

Girl on the left (Misha), with the thin blaze of white and the rest are boys, still needing names.

All have good color all over their bodies. One of the boys has a little more white than the others.

The boys.

The girl.

I love this age!! Soo cute:)