Baby Barks | Shichon, Zuchon, Bichon Shih Tzu Puppies

Adoption Information

Thank you so much for your interest in Baby Barks' puppies!

Availability:

We are so honoured by the amount of interest in these incredible dogs. We keep separate, seasonal waitlists and take a limited number of families onto each, ensuring a great puppy selection and our personal attention during your chosen time frame.

We are currently accepting applications for:

Immediately available puppies
Future reservations for our winter (Dec 2024-Feb 2025) waitlist
Spring (Mar-May 2025)
Summer (June - August 2025)
Fall (September - November 2025) waitlists.

Please read over the following info and the "care guide" before applying.

If you are a past Baby Barks adopter seeking another pet, we would love to hear from you! We will always work in our alumni as soon as possible, as we know it's important to have a great match for your existing puppy pal. You will not have the same wait ahead of you as our average applicant. Once you have one BabyBarks pup, I can understand why you want to add to your fur-family!

If you are interested in an adult dog, we do have a lifetime return policy which gives us the potential of offering adult dogs from time to time. Additionally, we retire the occasional parent dog or have a mature puppy to offer to a new home. We like to see our adult dogs heading off to new homes where they will have a dog friend, since they have lived with canine companionship thus far, so preference will be given to families who have an existing dog or are interested in adopting two. Families are also required to have a fully fenced yard, in order to be considered. If you are interested in being on a waitlist for an adult dog, please feel free to fill out our application and we'll give you a call. We may even have a special friend or two available for you to meet right away!

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More About Us:

Enjoy all of the info we have provided on our website! We also offer a unique "behind the scenes" view into the life of our dogs via our social media accounts. Click to be linked and follow. Want to know what our former adopters have to say about us? Click to be linked to our reviews.

Our Selection Process:

Our litters are typically fully claimed by families who have submitted a non-refundable deposit and are waiting on our waitlist. If there are puppies remaining past what our waitlist adopts, they will be offered to the general public. We want our puppies and their families to have the best chance of life long success. In order to achieve this, we believe temperament

matches are of the upmost importance, so we wait until the puppies are old enough to display the base of their personalities before our selections begin. Our selection process is done via videos, pictures and descriptions posted on our website - with disposition, coat color, nose length and end weight described. When a puppy is selected, this one, special individual is held specifically for your family and at 6-7 weeks old you are welcome to visit, meet the parents, play with the puppy held for you, and confirm that you are happy with your choice. Full payment is due within 24 hours of your visit, or viewing date, to hold the puppy until your pickup. Puppies will head home to their families at 8+ weeks of age.

Adoption Requirements:

We love our dogs and want them to have the best life possible, and we know you want that too! These dogs are extremely social and should not be consistently left alone throughout the day. They are happiest when they know their beloved humans are nearby, and having a family member home to work on potty training means that success is far more achievable. I don't believe that there are any better dogs as a family pet, but we still feel that children should be old enough to handle puppies in a respectful way before adopting. We request that the youngest human family member be at least 5 years old. See our FAQ section if you'd like more info on this. We want both our dogs and their future families to be set up for the best chances of life-long success and we know you want that too!

Pricing, Returns and Warrantee:

Base pricing for our 8 week old puppies is $2800 + GST.

Premium puppies with unique traits, colourings and tiny sizes may be individually priced higher than our base pricing. Puppies or young adult dogs with additional immunizations and training will be priced higher. We require a non-refundable $400 deposit to be added to our waitlist

Our puppies are fully returnable and refundable, minus the deposit, for 30 days after adoption. Having a return policy for puppies is almost unheard of among breeders and we are offering it as our primary goal is a happy family with a happy puppy. If a good life fit is not occurring, for whatever reason, we would far rather have the puppy returned to us so that we can ensure it will have the best life possible. A refund may still be offered after 30 days, and will be adjusted to reflect the age and stage of the dog.

We offer a lifetime rehoming policy, which allows families whose situations have changed to return their dogs at any time and we will find appropriate and loving families for them. We will be available for on-going assistance throughout the lifetime of the dog and we love to hear from our families.

Our puppies come pre-loved, well socialized, and paper/peepad trained with with their first immunization, deworming, optional 30 day trial of Trupanion Pet Insurance and a two year genetic health warranty.

We currently have room for families on our:

Winter (December 2024-February 2025) waitlist

Spring (March 2025-May 2025) waitlist

Summer (June 2025-August 2025) waitlist

Fall (September 2025-November 2025)

We are honoured that you would consider us when choosing your future fur-family member!

Click for our waitlist application

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