THE CHERRY BLOSSOM DIFFERENCE

It's all in the Details

• We only have a few dogs living with us and they are all part of the family. They are inside the home with us, play with our kids in the backyard, go for walks, and join us on errands whenever possible. Because above being parent dogs for our breeding program, they are family members, and that's how we treat them.

• Our health standard goes beyond your simple genetic test. Besides utilizing multiple genetic testing companies to cover all possible detectable diseases, we also have our parent dogs' hips, elbows, heart, and thyroid evaluated by the Orthopedic Foundation of Animals (OFA). Healthy puppies start with healthy parent dogs and that's why we do our part in covering all the bases.

• The moment our puppies start their journey on this earth, they are welcomed with love, care, and attention. Our puppies are born in our bedroom, where we watch them take their first breath and care for them and mom for the first 2-3 weeks. Once old enough, they move into their toddler space in my office, which is open to the foyer, dining room, and living room. During regular outdoor playtime in our huge backyard, they are guided during activities and always supervised. Our puppies are immersed in family life even before they become a part of your family!

• We follow a combination of various puppy curricula to give our puppies the best foundation possible to become easygoing and well-rounded family members. Nothing is more important than preparing our puppies for the life that's ahead of them.

• Instead of utilizing a one-time temperament test (which usually lasts less than 15 minutes) to evaluate our puppies' personalities, we keep notes and score their temperament traits over several days while engaging them in various activities and while simply observing them during outside play. We feel that by considering the puppies' actions in different situations and on multiple occasions, it gives us a more accurate gauge of their personality. Of course, we share those results with our waitlist families and guide them during the selection process.

• We are a very small in-home program and we spend every free minute caring for, loving on, and guiding our puppies, which leads to countless photo and video opportunities. That's why we share puppy updates 4-7 times per week with our waitlist families. That means you see hundreds of pictures and videos before your puppy comes home.