Useful Information & Details
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Frequently Asked Puppy Questions
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Since our dogs are our much-loved family members, Elemental Cavaliers have limited puppy litters yearly.
The best way to know if a litter is on the way is to check here on our website & follow us on Instagram plus reach out & contact us. This way we can take your details & make sure we keep in contact with you.
We can never guarantee the exact numbers in a puppy litter, as well as the sex and colours of puppies until they are actually welcomed into the world.
We have had to list everything into two distinct categories here since we offer services to you during your puppy being here (so before they leave to go home with you), and then separately what your puppy leaves here with.
1). Your Elemental Cavaliers Puppy leaves with
- Home pack with some of our favourite puppy essentials (including a soft toy, teething toy, some puppy training pads, a fun ball & other useful items)
- Blanket with the scent of their litter, here and their Mum (for comfort)
- KC Registration (Cavalier puppies only)
- 5-Generation Certificate (Cavalier puppies only)
- A birth certificate for your puppy with their date of birth, sex, weight & interesting information
- First set of immunisations
- Microchipping of puppy (with all details given)
- 5 Weeks Free Pet Insurance to cover puppy for that crucial settling in time. This can be extended by you once puppy is home with you
- Elemental Puppy Contract & your receipt
- Vaccination Card for puppy (with puppy’s first vaccination stated on their card)
- Preventative Worming Treatment given (with details & dates given on a document showing this happened at 2, 5 and 8 weeks old using Panacur)
- Worming information for puppy
- Feeding Chart full of information
- Toilet Times information
- Puppy pack of documentation (containing health test information for both Mum and Dad dogs, DNA clear information of both parent dogs, co-efficient scoring of parents, your receipt, vaccination card, worming information, daily feeding chart, toilet times, specific information relating to your puppy)
- Key puppy information emailed from qualified puppy specialist (me) at key stages:
- before,
- during,
- and after puppy is home with you (including socialisation, toilet training & car rides advice)
- Food pack containing more than 2 weeks’ worth of puppy food suitable for puppies 8 weeks +
- Treats suitable for puppies 8 weeks +
- Lifetime of support ~ for any advice, questions, assistance and to stay in contact
- Training activities in the future with us
- Invitation to our yearly meet-up Elemental Playdate
2). During puppy being here (before leaving to go home with you)
- Some training/ bonding sessions are offered with you and your puppy to help you along the way as well (these take place on specific days in the week)
- Our certificate folder full of our qualifications, both parent dogs’ health information, their co-efficient scoring and KC information will be available to view when you visit your puppy for bonding and training
- You will also receive receipts for payments made which are emailed to you
- Email advice & key puppy development stages is emailed weekly
- Regular daily & also weekly updates through WhatsApp (& Signal if you do not have WhatsApp)
- Instagram regular updates are more general showing the entire litter
- Coming soon (hopefully since that is the plan) streaming of the litter via video platform Rumble
The price for our puppies reflects the level of care, attention, parentage, qualifications and accreditations gained. The parent dogs are always KC registered. Our dogs live with us in our home which is a happy, clean environment full of activities, enrichment and care. Puppies are affected by both nature and nurture, by both their parents’ behaviour and their own experiences gained whether good or bad. There will be breeders claiming everything that we do – but unable to offer a similar degree of attention to detail let alone the same. We’ve experienced this ourselves many years ago when we were looking for a puppy. They say ‘you pay for what you get’ so a seemingly great-priced puppy may not be the good find you were hoping for. Non-ethical breeders come in all shapes and sizes, the most difficult to observe would be the ones claiming not to be, yet showing hallmarks of being one (possibly not able to talk in detail about why it is important to be ethical and force free, talks about socialisation yet cannot show or detail anything your puppy has experienced, not thoroughly qualified yet ‘has a go’). Thriving puppies rarely come from such breeders yet they can easily cost half the price. We have produced a free booklet which you can download and read at your leisure about finding an ethical breeder.
Our puppies are happy and have experienced many things in a fun, explorative manner, in a clean, well-structured environment in our living rooms. We believe in and our mission is to raise quality puppies over quantity, with limited litters a year, planned thoroughly, with a structured programme of learning and training, bonding sessions, keeping in contact and documentation for our families to keep. Our puppy prices fairly reflect our mission and level of passion, input and knowledge.
You may have seen we’ve got a new litter of puppies on Instagram or heard from a friend & you would like to know if you can reserve one of our fur-babies. This means you wouldn’t be following the main process (below) in terms of us calling you to let you know the super news that they had been born (since you already know)! In this case – Call, WhatsApp, Email or Complete our Contact Form & we’ll contact you back (or if it’s a phone call & we’re not helping puppies we’ll just answer)!
This is the ‘Formal Process’ for How to Reserve Your Elemental Puppy
- At Correct Puppy Development Time: We will wait until we are happy that the puppies are developing correctly before allowing any reservations to take place
- Contact Potential Future Puppy Owners From Our Waiting List: Using our waiting list for the particular litter, potential future puppy owners will be contacted first with the super news; they will be given the chance to choose which puppy in particular they would like and our details to make a BACs transfer to secure their puppy. Then we will update our website & Instagram with the news that we are able to accept a reservation for each of the puppies
- Puppy Reservation Fee: A non-refundable reservation fee of 10% of the total cost needs to be received by us to confirm reservation of a puppy
- Confirmation of Reservation: Puppy reservation confirmations are via email (along with a receipt of the amount paid)
- To make a reservation payment: Reservations are made through BACs online bank transfer and are only reserved once payment is received and confirmed by us (unfortunately there are only limited numbers of puppies)
- This payment is for reserving a puppy only: Until the full balance has been paid, the ownership of all the puppies is ours and we consider them our babies until that point. When the full balance is paid, at that point then they become your baby puppy
- Regular Updates, Photos and Videos: People who have successfully reserved puppies will receive regular updates through images and short videos to see the puppies developing, socialising, and learning about the world around them
Visiting is by invite only since puppy families will be coming to our home.
You will know when the dates are planned ~ there are more than just one per puppy & it’s great if you can attend as many as possible.
Visiting gives you a chance to see puppies with their Mum dog, ask questions, bond, have puppy cuddles and do some learning and training, so it’s really useful.
Elemental Cavaliers have qualifications in:
Puppy training, canine nutrition, animal assisted therapy, canine holistic health & therapy, animal reiki, pet first aid for pet professionals, higher certificate in first aid for dogs, puppy specialist, & more… Please click here to see our ‘About Us’ page on this website
Included within our price is everything below:
- Gentle care of Mum dog which affects your puppy even before arriving in the world! The care given to Mum dog during the time in the womb is actually scientifically proven to impact the puppy’s future.
- Socialisation, habituation, basic house training, basic sound training, ENS (early neurological stimulation), ESI (early scent introduction), enrichment for your puppy during the time being here with us. Your puppy experiences handling, cuddles, the beginnings of car visits, the vets, bath time, grooming, teeth cleaning, different surfaces, novel items, environmental stimuli, developmental activities, love, attention and care, and exploration to help satisfy curiosity about the world around them.
- Every Elemental puppy is vet checked and receives a report, is microchipped, will have received their first set of vaccinations, and had preventative worming treatments. All details are given within your puppy pack when you collect your puppy.
Items Your Puppy leaves with
- Home pack with puppy essentials (including a soft toy, teething toy, some puppy training pads, a fun ball & other useful items)
- Special surprise gift
- Blanket with the scent of their litter, here and their Mum (for comfort)
- KC Registration (Cavalier puppies only)
- 5-Generation Certificate (Cavalier puppies only)
- A birth certificate for your puppy with their date of birth, sex, weight & interesting information
- First set of immunisations
- Microchipping of puppy (with all details given)
- 5 Weeks Free Pet Insurance to cover puppy for that crucial settling in time. This can be extended by you once puppy is home with you
- Elemental Puppy Contract & your receipt
- Vaccination Card for puppy (with puppy’s first vaccination stated on their card)
- Preventative Worming Treatment given (with details & dates given on a document showing this happened at 2, 5 and 8 weeks old using Panacur)
- Worming information for puppy
- Feeding Chart full of information
- Toilet Times information
- Puppy pack of documentation (containing health test information for both Mum and Dad dogs, DNA clear information of both parent dogs, co-efficient scoring of parents, your receipt, vaccination card, worming information, daily feeding chart, toilet times, specific information relating to your puppy)
- Key puppy information emailed from qualified puppy specialist (me) at key stages:
- before,
- during,
- and after puppy is home with you (including socialisation, toilet training & car rides advice)
- Food pack containing more than 2 weeks’ worth of puppy food suitable for puppies 8 weeks +
- Treats suitable for puppies 8 weeks +
- Lifetime of support ~ for any advice, questions, assistance and to stay in contact
- Training activities in the future with us
- Invitation to our yearly meet-up Elemental Playdate
During puppy being here we offer to you
- Some training/ bonding sessions are offered with you and your puppy to help you along the way as well (these take place on specific days in the week)
- Our certificate folder full of our qualifications, both parent dogs’ health information, their co-efficient scoring and KC information will be available to view when you visit your puppy for bonding and training sessions
- You will also receive receipts for payments made which are emailed to you
- Email advice & key puppy development stages is emailed weekly
- Regular daily & also weekly updates through WhatsApp (& Signal if you do not have WhatsApp)
- Instagram regular updates are more general showing the entire litter
- Coming soon (hopefully since that is the plan) streaming of the litter via video platform Rumble
Our puppies are loved right from the start. They are raised right here in our home along with their littermates and Mum. Our home is kept warm so they can thrive in their development. We ensure they are socialised and habituated to everyday life. They get to explore, play, develop, learn. They experience living in a loving home with other dogs, being groomed, house training, mental & physical activities, bath time, varied surfaces, enrichment, teeth cleaning beginnings, car journeys and much more.
Our fur babies only drink bottled spring water, have a combination of home-cooked and branded puppy food, and are given gentle music for nap times.
Elemental Cavaliers do not regard themselves as breeders, but instead as nurturers and guardians for our gorgeous puppies. We are in this field to make a positive impact for the future of the breeds we love. Many people in our situation as being ‘hobby breeders’ with limited litters a year do not obtain a breeding licence from their local council, but we have, which isn’t that common for people only wishing to be home more ‘hobby’ type breeders. Our licence number is: 24/03248/ALACRE from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. I’m happy to say that through assessment we have been awarded 5 stars.
We consciously did this and designed this website you’re now reading in order to give a certain level of professionalism. It is important to us that we are transparent with you, and raise the puppies to the very best of our abilities. Our mission is to raise quality puppies over quantity and be able to provide a generous amount of our time and assistance to our puppy families. We are proud to be small since we know this means we can provide more attention to detail to all our families.
We love, care and train the puppies as our own, in our living rooms. We attend to them when they need extra help, we nurture them along the way. We sleep on the sofa for a good few weeks when they are young ensuring each puppy actually feeds and has a chance. After this time, we then continue to monitor them throughout the night using the ‘puppy cam’ baby monitor. This is in addition to raising and working with them in the daytime.
Our puppies and our dogs only drink spring water. They have a diet of both home cooked food and premium dog food. We aim to incorporate as much organic food / free-range sourced locally as possible. Our puppies experience gentle music for nap time.
We consider ourselves as being our puppies’ nurturers and guardians until they go to their forever homes.
Our mobile is: 07713 680983
We will talk with you at great length & show you useful items you may like to get for your puppy when you come to visit your puppy.
We include a home pack with some useful items to be taken with puppy on collection day.
Other Information
To join our waiting list you don’t need to pay to secure your name. Simply send us an email, call or fill in the contact form with your details & let us know you would like to join the waiting list. We’ll then be in touch to chat before adding your details. (Please remember to include your name, email address and telephone number).
To learn more about Joining our Waiting List – click here
Getting ready for your puppy?
Use our checklists below to make sure you get some extra help.
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With our combined expertise in canine knowledge, education, and passed-on family information means that our socialisation and training sessions in my home are bespoke, specialised and tailored to each puppy. They last around an hour each and take place at weekends with specific times agreed with puppy families.
These puppies are so young they haven’t yet left my home and our bespoke specialised sessions start from when puppy turns around 5 weeks old. We have a few sessions, & families with reserved puppies can attend as many as they are able. You’ll get to ask questions and have a chat, plus of course the all-important cuddles of our fur-babies too – so these sessions are worth it in every way. I am happy to help with any queries during this time and give many useful tips.
We share videos on Rumble:
& @Elemental Cavaliers is all about puppies ~ from our home to yours….
@Happy Cavaliers has Quorra & Phil sharing their lives with you
We offer support for life so if things change and after taking your puppy home & your circumstances have changed then by all means you are welcome to return the puppy, so long as you can from an emotional viewpoint that is… By returning your puppy wouldn’t guarantee any of the price to be reimbursed to you, but we would be focusing on firstly the welfare and happiness of the puppy.
- If you cancel your puppy journey after joining our waiting list but prior to reserving your puppy: no deposit has been paid and there is no charge
- If you cancel after you have reserved a puppy: the 10% deposit is non-refundable
- If you cancel after reserving a puppy AND after having paid the remainder of the cost but BEFORE collection day: this payment over the reservation fee will be refunded to you minus £50 administration fee. The reservation fee of 10% remains non-refundable
- If you cancel after collection day (having paid the total amount for the puppy): you will not qualify for a refund*, so by returning your puppy would not guarantee any of the price be refunded to you (not inclusive of the non-refundable 10% reservation fee). However, if we are able to rehome the puppy straightaway then, in this circumstance we would issue a 50% refund of the initial purchase price (minus costs). In this circumstance, a refund would only be issued by bank transfer. In this circumstance, the puppy would need to be returned with the ownership and microchip information reinstated to Elemental Cavaliers, all original paperwork, products and other items. Any additional expense including (but not limited to) mileage, travel time, fuel costs, veterinary charges, and other costs would not be covered by Elemental Cavaliers. Thankfully we have never experienced this happening but need to write this nonetheless so you are aware
- *If you cancel after collection because during the Puppy Pet Health Check (within 5 days of puppy collection) a concern is identified by your veterinary professional that would affect the puppy’s ability to be a family pet that was not identified by our veterinary professional nor by ourselves: In this circumstance (which we have fortunately never experienced) we would issue a full refund (including the deposit) once the puppy is returned to us providing that 1) a full written medical report is produced from your veterinary professional which clearly states that the matter diagnosed is a pre-existing condition that the puppy had prior to collection. This full medical report would be assessed by our veterinary professional and a third-party veterinary professional prior to any refund being issued. The professionals would need to be in agreement for a full refund to be issued. Also provided would need to be 2) all original items, certificates and paperwork that left with the puppy, and that the ownership and microchip details must be reassigned to Elemental Cavaliers. Any additional expense including (but not limited to) mileage, travel time, fuel costs, veterinary charges and other costs would not be covered by Elemental Cavaliers. In this circumstance, a refund would only be issued by bank transfer. We need to write this to make you aware although fortunately we have never had a puppy fail a puppy health check.
- If a health concern is identified by our veterinary professional conducting their Puppy Pet Health Check that would affect the puppy’s ability to be a family pet then Elemental Cavaliers will remove a puppy being sold. This would only happen with your written approval and in such a circumstance (which fortunately we have never experienced since we conduct health tests) a full refund would be issued to you. In this circumstance, a refund would only be issued by bank transfer. We need to write this to make you aware although fortunately we have never had a puppy fail a puppy health check
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