MistyWoods Labradors
About our puppies and our program ....
This page has information on our puppy program and what we do here at MistyWoods Farm. There is info on transportation, what your puppy comes with, and other important information. There will also be links for other webpages that have good puppy training, products, and general information. All puppies are sold on a limited AKC registration. Full registration is by private agreement only at a different price with a detailed contract.
Some of labrador puppies we have available in our current litters or older puppies are listed here with their links to the page with more detailed information.
Welcome to our puppy program
We have information here for your upcoming puppy or if you are just interested in a MistyWoods puppy. Each puppy listed below will have a link to go to their separate page.
Please email me for a puppy questionnaire to be sent to you. You can copy and paste in your document program or write the answers by the corresponding numbers or write a paragraph or two answering the questions. I need to know what you are looking for and why I should consider you for one of my puppies.
Our puppy program
At MistyWoods Labradors we believe in the TRUE all purpose Labrador
Retriever. Our Labradors compete in hunt tests, conformation
shows, agility trials, and obedience trials, but, first and foremost, they
are our beloved family pets. Health, temperament, trainability, and
conforming to the AKC breed standard are the qualities we hold
high. Each breeding here at MistyWoods is carefully researched and
planned in the hopes to produce high quality Labradors. All of our
Labradors have their final OFA Hip/Elbow clearances as well as
annual eye exams.
Every puppy is born and raised right here in our heated/cooled kennel made to be like home. I sleep in the
same room with mother and puppies for the first week of their
lives.
We do the rule of seven program with our puppies. By the time a puppy is 7 weeks old it should have:
Been on 7 different surfaces, such as: carpet, concrete, wood, vinyl, grass, dirt, gravel, wood chips, newspaper, etc.
Played with 7 different types of objects, such as: big balls, small balls, soft fabric toys, fuzzy balls, squeaky toys, metal items, wooden items, paper/cardboard items, milk/soda jugs, etc.
Been in 7 different locations, including: front yard, backyard, basement, kitchen, car, garage, laundry room, bathroom, crate, kennel, etc.
Been exposed to 7 challenges, such as: climbed a box, climbed off a box, gone through a tunnel, climbed up steps, climbed down steps, climbed over obstacles, played hide and seek, gone in and out of a doorway with a step, etc.
Eaten from 7 different containers: metal, plastic, cardboard, paper, china, pie plate, frying pan, etc.
Eaten in 7 different locations: crate, yard, kitchen, basement, laundry room, bedroom, x-pen, etc.
Met and played with 7 new people, including children and the elderly.
As weather permits, our puppies are
introduced to water. Because we believe in an all purpose Labrador,
all of our puppies are introduced to gun fire and feathers before they
leave our home. We provide our puppies with what we feel to be the
best start to their lives. health, temperament, proper conformation, and trainability are the factors which influence our breeding program.
A $500 deposit will hold the puppy along with a submitted puppy questionnaire. Please email me for the questionnaire to be sent to you via email. Our current price for puppies are $2500
What comes with your puppy
Misty Wood’s puppies will come with a limited AKC registration and a puppy kit which includes a sample of their food, a toy, and a folder with helpful information for your new puppy. They also come with a copy of the parent’s clearance tests and pedigrees. The puppies will be wormed at 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks of age and have their first puppy vaccine around 6-7 weeks old. They will be registered with AKC and microchipped (registered with AKC Reunite) by me for the new owner. The puppies will be examined by a veterinarian at 6 -7 weeks of age and receive their first puppy vaccine. Puppy picks will be made according to the family’s needs and desires of their labrador puppy based on the answers on the puppy questionnaire and the puppy’s personality. If there are similar personalities then the picks are in the order of the deposits. It is important to match the right puppy to the right family. Please note that all puppy picks are after the breeder(s) choices are made. The breeder always gets first picks and sometimes this decision is not made until the puppies are 6 to 8 weeks old.
Pick up/transport
You are more than welcome to come visit the puppies by appointment only. Pick up dates must be made with in a week of the puppy turning 8 weeks old. After that time there will be a boarding charge for your puppy. I can ship puppies but can meet within 3-4 hours for a fee at a rate of $65 per hour travel time from my farm to the meeting location. So to meet at St Louis airport it will be $260 or Springfield airport it would be $195. This arrangement must be made ahead of time and must not interfere with my work schedule or any puppy picks already scheduled to pick up at my farm. I can fly the puppy with a local shipping company that fly the puppy out of St Louis. This will run $500 to $600 depending on size of the puppy and the puppy must be 8 weeks old. I need to know if I have to fly the puppy a couple weeks ahead of planned time to schedule a vet visit to have proper paperwork and vaccines for flying. I can make suggestions for some ground transportation company's but it will be up to the new puppy owner to set this up. I do have a ground transport company I like to use and they do east coast and midwest deliveries but you have to be flexible with their schedule because of weather and traffic conditions. This runs about $650 to $750.
What included with your puppy & cost
Our puppies are $2500 (includes deposit fee) with a $500 non refundable deposit. (all puppies born after 1/28/24)
Your puppy comes with the following:
* Copy of both parent's AKC pedigrees
* Copy of each parent's health clearances
* Information on feeding and raising your puppy
* List of puppy supplies you will need to raise your puppy
* Puppy toys to go home with
* Snuggle Puppy (yellow, black, or brown) to help with the puppy's adjustment to a new home (a $40 value)
* Puppy will be microchipped ($50 value)
* Microchip will be registered with AKC Reunite in new owners name ($25 value)
* your puppy will be registered with AKC in new owners name on limited registration ($40 value)
* breeder support for the life of your puppy
* breeder will take back the puppy for any reason if the new owners can not take care of them no matter the age of the puppy/dog
* free 30 days of puppy insurance through Trupanion or AKC Pet
Insurance (new puppy owner needs to activate it)
* sample of the food the puppy is currently eating (3 lb. or 6 lb. bag) Purina Pro Plan Puppy chicken & rice (not shredded) or Purina Pro Plan Performance 30/20 if they are older puppies ($20 - $30 value)
Current Available Puppies
This is the litters were have planned. Some girls are not far enough along to be confirmed pregnant and other have been confirmed. Please let me know if you are interested in one of these litters.
Want an older puppy?
Are you looking for an older puppy? The older the puppy the better they can hold their bladder. Our older puppies will range from 4 months to 20 months. They will be in different levels of training including doggy door training, crate training, leash training, and basic obedience. Check out the older puppy page for what we have currently available - CLICK HERE