FINDING THE RIGHT FIT
Choosing the Right Puppy
The relationship you have with your dog begins long before you bring them home. Here’s how we get to know every puppy and help you confidently choose the companion who is the best fit for your family.
The Right Puppy Changes Everything
Bringing home a puppy is exciting, and it’s easy to fall in love with an adorable face, beautiful markings, or your favorite color. While those things may catch your eye at first, they have very little impact on what life with your dog will actually be like.
Over the next 10 to 15 years, what you’ll remember isn’t the shape of the markings on your puppy’s face. You’ll remember the quiet evenings together, the adventures you shared, the way they greeted you at the door, and the relationship you built along the way.
That relationship is shaped by temperament.
A puppy’s natural energy level, confidence, desire to be with people, willingness to learn, and response to the world around them all influence your everyday life together. When a puppy’s natural temperament matches your family’s lifestyle, life together is likely to be easier and more enjoyable for both you and your dog.
Our goal isn’t simply to help you choose a puppy.
Our goal is to help you choose the right puppy.
Every Puppy Is Unique
We often assume that puppies from the same litter are all alike. After all, they have the same parents, are raised in the same environment, and experience the same socialization and training.
But in reality, every puppy is an individual.
Within a litter, puppies can have very different energy levels, vary in confidence, desire to be with people, independence, motivation, and responses to new experiences. Some naturally seek out attention and constantly want to be with people, while others are more independent and can entertain themselves. Some confidently approach every new situation, while others take a little more time to observe before joining in.
None of these traits are right or wrong. They simply make each puppy better suited for certain families, lifestyles, and goals.
That’s why choosing a puppy based only on color, markings, or a favorite photo can be misleading. Those things tell you what a puppy looks like—but they don’t tell you what life with that puppy will be like.
Why We Wait to Choose Puppies
One of the biggest differences in our process is when families choose their puppy.
We don’t ask families to make their final selection when puppies are only a few weeks old. Instead, puppy selection takes place after the puppies have completed their veterinary examination and temperament evaluation at approximately seven to eight weeks of age.
The reason is simple.
Because at two to three weeks of age, puppies are still in the earliest stages of development. Their eyes and ears have recently opened, they’re just beginning to toddle, and they spend most of their time eating and sleeping. At this stage, puppies aren’t actively interacting with people, playing with their littermates, or exploring the world around them. Simply put, they haven’t had the opportunity to show us who they are yet.
As puppies become more mobile and socially engaged over the following weeks, their individual personalities begin to emerge. That’s when we start seeing meaningful differences in confidence, energy level, independence, curiosity, and the way each puppy responds to people and new experiences.
That’s why we spend the next several weeks carefully watching the puppies grow, learn, and interact with the world around them before families make their final decision.
Getting to Know the Puppies
The weeks between birth and puppy selection are about much more than waiting—they’re an opportunity to get to know the puppies.
Each week, you’ll receive a litter update where you can watch the puppies grow, explore, learn, and experience the world around them through our Next Level Puppy Program.
These weekly litter updates aren’t just about watching puppies grow—they’re about getting to know who they are.
As the weeks go by, you’ll watch the puppies interact with us, their littermates, our adult dogs, and sometimes even our barn cats. You’ll see their adventures and how they experience new places, toys, sounds, and surfaces – while developing the skills they’ll need as family companions.
Each new experience gives both you and us another opportunity to learn more about who they are becoming.
You’ll also begin noticing that every puppy is different. Some naturally seek out people and want to be held. Others are more independent and enjoy exploring on their own. Some confidently investigate everything around them, while others take a little more time before trying something new. You’ll begin recognizing differences in confidence, energy level, curiosity, play style, and how each puppy responds to everyday experiences.
Throughout each update, we’ll share what we’re seeing and explain how each puppy’s personality is developing. We’ll point out the traits we see emerging, explain what those observations may mean, and help you understand how they may influence life with that puppy in the future.
By the time puppy selection arrives, you won’t be choosing from a group of unfamiliar puppies. You’ll already know the litter, recognize each puppy’s developing personality, and have a much better understanding of who they are as individuals.
Choosing Your Puppy
Before puppy selection, you’ll receive each puppy’s Harman Corgis Puppy Profile along with our guide explaining what each temperament trait means and how it may influence everyday life or what steps that you may need to take with each puppy. This gives you the opportunity to become familiar with each puppy before we meet.
We’ll then schedule a private Zoom meeting. You will be able to watch the puppies interact with each other and us, and we will answer any questions that you might have. We can also talk about your family, lifestyle, and the qualities that are most important to you.
We’ll share our recommendations and explain why certain puppies may be especially good fits for your home. If we believe a particular puppy may present challenges based on your family’s lifestyle or expectations, we’ll explain our concerns and recommend realistic exposures and socialization that may help your puppy overcome challenges.
Ultimately, the decision is yours. Our role is to provide honest guidance, answer your questions, and help you choose with confidence.
Every family has a different lifestyle, different goals, and a different vision for life with their dog.
Our commitment is to help you make one of the most important decisions with confidence. We’ll spend the time getting to know every puppy, share what we’ve learned, answer your questions honestly, and provide thoughtful guidance throughout the selection process.
The final decision is always yours, and we’ll be there to help you understand which puppies may be the best fit for your family and why.
Because the best puppy isn’t the one with the highest scores.
It’s the one that’s the best fit for you.
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