"Raising Jack Russell Terrier puppies is our greatest pleasure ~ Breeding the Irish Connemara remains our greatest responsibility”

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Expectations - Ours and Yours:

What You Can Expect From Us


When you buy a Connemara Jack Russell Terrier puppy, you are buying both a piece of our family and the result of the many years of our training and breeding experience. Not only are our Jack Russell puppies the focus of our lives and energy for the first eight weeks of their lives, but they also represent our commitment to - and knowledge of Jack Russell Terriers.  All of our puppies come from healthy parents with sound bodies and minds.

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Puppies are raised in the living area of our home so they are accustomed to the hustle and bustle of family life. Connemara puppies are handled and socialized from birth, with daily individual attention.  This attention includes regular nail trimming, novel scents and Bio-Sensor exercises that are done with the pups from 2-14 days of age.  They are also socialized with children and other dogs. By the time they go home at eight weeks, they have been introduced to many experiences and are started on housebreaking and crate training. When weather permits, the pups will also be introduced to water play, time in the yard and walks in the woods.

Our goal is to carefully place each pup with a well-suited family, ideally, in a pet companion, or work related home. By work related we mean; Agility, Competition, Therapy dog, Search & Rescue or other service type homes. We make every effort to match each owner or family with the pup that best suits them. To do this, we gather information from prospective owners about their life style, experience in dogs, and expectation for their puppy.  During their seventh week, we evaluate their temperaments using the POLISHED PUPPY method.

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Connemara puppies receive the best of care while they are with us. They are raised naturally, nursing as long as their mother will allow and transitioning to a combination of a raw diet, supplements and premium kibble, as weaning begins between 4-6 weeks. To protect their immature immune systems, the pups will not receive vaccines while they are with us. We send them home with a recommendation for follow-up vaccinations at 10 weeks of age and later Titers. The pups are also wormed four times before they leave us.

We have a lifetime commitment to all of the puppies we breed. We hope to remain in contact with our puppy owners throughout the dog's life, so it’s important you feel as comfortable with us as you do with our dogs. We will provide information on the ongoing health of each pup's parents and relatives, as well as suggestions on training. We have regular reunions, sometimes here in our home and other times elsewhere so that Connemara Jack Russell owners and dogs can gather.

We will take any Connemara Jack Russell Terriers of our breeding back at any time for any reason. We will then evaluate and place them into a new, loving home.


What We Expect From You


We hope that at some point, you will read through at least some of our website and have a clear idea of the kind of Jack Russell Terriers we produce. We believe Jack Russells in general, do not do as well in a home where you are over-scheduled and too busy to add an active, intelligent puppy to your household. We ask that you will have evaluated your circumstances and have made a sound decision about whether you really have the time and energy to add a puppy to your family and, if you do, that a terrier should be your breed of choice.

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Once you've decided that a Jack Russell puppy is right for you, we then ask you to look at your calendar. Your puppy will be ready to go at 8 weeks of age. We usually do not hold puppies longer. We have developed a very good program for preparing pups for their trip home, whether that be by car or plane, so your pup will be ready to go everywhere with you.

Once home, we ask that you be committed to and focus on your pups socialization and training. That early period is critical to a puppy's long-term development and must be designed to get the most out of these few months. If you are too busy requiring long hours away from the puppy, this is not congruent with the work involved in preparing a young dog for its lifetime. The learning that occurs during those first months cannot be recaptured later.

Another expectation that we have is that your puppy will be a significant and beloved member of your family. He or she should live in your home and receive premium food, thoughtful and professional medical care, and lifelong training/work.  We prefer buyers with fully fenced yards but make exceptions if you have the time and available facilities for adequate exercise and constant outside supervision. We prefer experienced owners for our pups, those who have had other dogs since they have become adults. We hope you will commit to daily exercise and training throughout the life of the dog, as well as a weekly “puppy play group” or “Puppy Kindergarten” when puppy first comes home with you.

We prefer owners who feed a combination of a raw diet and a high-end kibble. We will provide you with an acceptable list of diet choices.

We also expect our families to become partners with their veterinarian in their dog's health care, rather than turning all decisions over to their vet. Aside from rabies, our pups should NOT receive most scheduled vaccines (initial CORE vaccines are an exception) but instead should have titers run prior to receiving any booster vaccines.  *Puppy Parvo and Distemper series of vaccines is recommended when the pups are young.

Last but equally important, you will be asked to spay or neuter our new pup, but wait until he/she is seven (7) months of age. *Please ask and we can explain why spay/neuter at this particular time in a puppies life. Last but equally important - we do not sell breeding rights nor do we give permission to breed our line of terrier.
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