If you are at least 21 years old and everyone in your household is on board with adopting a puppy, CALL 605-845-3943 between 7:00 am and 9:00 pm and we will return your call within 24 hours.  If you elect to contact us via e-mail it may take several weeks for us to get back to you.  Renters must provide proof that you are allowed to have a puppy.  Please be prepared to provide a vet reference prior to adoption. 

Nikki is a sweet, playful pup who looks like a German Shepard X who we believe will be a mid-sized adult. It looks like her ears are starting to go up.  We are at a disadvantage here on predicting her adult weight. We don’t know either parent and are guessing at her age of 12 weeks.  If she ends up being a bit bigger than our guess, know we did our best. PUP was doing a well-dog clinic on the Standing Rock Reservation administering vaccinations, flea treatment, de-worming, etc.  A couple brought two young pups to be vaccinated and they said they really only wanted one pup but felt bad leaving the other one behind, so they took them both.  They asked if they could surrender the female, so Nikki came to PUP to find a permanent loving home. The dominant breeds in the area are herding dogs and shepherds. It is likely Nikki’s parents are at least partly these.  Nikki arrived in good condition and well socialized.  She is  living in a foster home with other puppies and the slightly grumpy resident dog, and is house broken as long as her people get her out when she asks to go. She is crated at night and is quiet and keeps the crate clean. During the day she is confined in the kitchen for 3-4  hours and does not have accidents.  She walks nicely on her leash.  She is a sweet little girl who is just plain nice to have around.  She has many human and doggie friends.

The early months are when puppy learns the social skills needed to be a skilled dog in dealing with other dogs and a good citizen in the human world.  Adopters should be committed to getting puppy into lots of new and different human social situations, hearing vacuums, trucks, and rattling garbage cans, meeting people who are clapping, laughing, with hats, tools, bikes and skate boards. AND puppy needs many opportunities to meet and greet dogs of all shapes, sizes and dispositions.   Just sharing a home with another dog is not as much doggie socializing as puppy needs. If good canine social skills are not learned and maintained during these early months, it will be very difficult to ever master them.  Puppy play dates, trips to the pet store, puppy socialization classes and later, obedience classes are particularly important.  If all this doggie time and involvement seems like a good idea, you are up for a puppy! As always, a tired dog is a good dog.  

Nikki has been wormed and had routine vaccinations including rabies. The $350 adoption fee (check or cash) includes the cost of puppy’s required spay at 6 months of age provided it is done by the PUP vets. We do place puppies outside the metro area but a plan for the required alter must be in place.  We do not ship.  

Video link
https://youtu.be/XkRm8qGQQkY

Video link
https://youtu.be/XkRm8qGQQkY
https://youtu.be/hfzUakmEOS8 Nikki and the wee ones

https://youtu.be/H1BTxu2AlpU  Nikki mobbed by wee ones

https://youtu.be/t_cdcbIx5d8 
 https://youtu.be/YNTby5FuHxU