WE ARE REAL:
We're members of Better Breeders a new company trying to make a difference in how Breeders are known for ethics. Ask other Breeders why they aren't members, usually it's because they're operating illegally and are trying to hide their identity. You're welcome to visit us. We're a licenced, inspected, 14 acre kennel. We pay taxes, we're real , and if you can't visit us, you're welcome to talk to lots of people who have. Our dogs run and play with groups of friends, outside, most of the day. They don't live in crates or cages, and are only seperated into kennel runs, or puppy pens for heats, whelping, sleeping, or safe growing up as babies. We've sold hundreds of puppies, that we, or our friends, have raised, over decades, and are recommended/referred by our customers, our vets, even other Breeders.
Our dogs have toys, and playgrounds, and are happy and friendly. We bred from home for 30 years with 3-5 dogs at our house, and more at fostor homes, and friends and relatives homes, there's nothing wrong with that, as long as the dogs are happy healhty pets. The problem begins when breeders operate with dozens of dogs, in too small a space, without inspections or licences of any kind. Those Breeders can lose control. Don't be fooled, it takes the active Breeders, who breed more than 5 litters a year, to create higher quality dogs and make a difference in a breed. The occassional Breeder isn't doing anything to make superior quality purebreds available for the future, and if they sound holy because they only have one litter every two years, realize that they can't even know what they're creating, or adjust their breeding program in time to do better at that slow rate. Unfortunately, occassional breeding is all that's permitted in most towns, so there's the delema. Few Breeders can afford the land, expensive buildings and fencing, and licence fees to breed legally and with permits. Home Breeders should be legally permitted if they're responsible.
Millions of American's want dogs, and want them bred by people with lots of experiance. So, who is that? Only licenced kennels? Or active home/hobby Breeders, who aren't permitted or inspected? This catch 22 needs to be resolved. Breeders should all have permits.
You're able to adopt a superior quality, healthy, beautiful, well bred dog, ONLY because some Breeders, dedicated their home, lives ,time, money, and effort to creating and producing and sharing them. ONLY the Breeders who put their dogs happiness, and producing superior quality ABOVE money or saving effort, count as ethical Breeders.
We reserve the right to refuse service or to sell to anyone who we perceive as unethical, mean, dominant, reckless, hostile, careless, bossy, or un-coachable. If you're not nice, our pups don't want to live with you. If you're nice, loving, and want a fur-kid to pamper, do call us ! If you're a preachy nutcase, who doesn't believe in Breeding..bug someone else.
DEPOSITS:
We take only $100.00 deposit to show that you're committed to a puppy. You do not have a "hold" on a puppy until a deposit is accepted by us. We usually talk to several people about each puppy, and some people are slow to decide, or get approval from family or landlords. We cannot disappoint a loving person, who's ready to decide now, because you've called or visited and said you're interested. You snooze, you lose...but you'll fall in love again.
PRE-DEPOSITS:
Our past buyers, and their friends, usually know that they don't want to buy from anyone but us at SugarNSpice/Kimmelot. People who are pre-approved, or past buyers, and often have deposits in , just waiting to see the pup they want posted, get first dibs. You can do this too. Without choosing a puppy, when you're sure you want to buy from us, you can send a deposit, and get on our waiting list, then when new litters are born, or released for deposit, the first person, preapproved, and on the waiting list, who asks for a pup, gets to hold it. This is especially nice if you're waiting for rare colors, tiniest size, or a show prospect. For instance you can tell us you want the next black spotted on white longcoat born.
Repete buyers who've sent us pix of of their happy puppies growing up, are pre-approved, and get $100.00 discount on future adoptions too. That means your 2nd, 3rd, 4th SugarNSpice puppy is $100.00 off for repurchase discount.
Deposits, or payments, ARE NOT REFUNDABLE, but are transferable to a later litter, for any reason. Sometimes people get sick, get suprised with vacation trips, have their engine blow up, need to help relatives ,or have to relocate, while they have a puppy on hold. They don't lose their deposit, or even full payment for a puppy, they still have a credit when they're ready to choose a puppy again. Deposits are not holding two or three puppies while you decide. You cannot hold a puppy away from another buyer, unless you're commited to that puppy. A pre-deposit is just on file, ready to be used at an instant, on the puppy you tell us to hold. It doesn't hold more than one puppy, while you decide. The reason that deposits and payments for puppies are NOT refundable, is because of human nature, it's the only way we know to decipher between impulsiveness and committed buyers.
TYPE OF PAYMENT:
At this time, we have no way of verifying your ID. Identity theft , bad bank checks and money orders, and out of the U.S. con artists, are runaway problems. Therefore, we only accept deposits by cash or US POSTAL Money Orders or Paypal
We ONLY accept full payment and shipping fees by cash, US POSTAL Money Orders, Western Union (which will cost about $ 70.00 per $1000.) or bank wire transfer to our Wells Fargo account.
We DO NOT take PayPal for the full payment or shipping, as we're uncomfortable with having too much money on the internet, with many people knowing our account email.
We DO NOT accept personal checks, Bank money orders, or cashier checks, or credit cards. If you need to make payments on your puppy, you could go to your bank, take a cash advance on your credit card, and make very small comfortable payments that way, we do NOT have a payment plan. You could also get a small loan at Beneficial. We aren't a Bank. We have to keep our time and energy focused on keeping our pets healthy and happy, we don't have time to check credit, chase payments or resolve check issues.
Send $ 100.00 deposit by Paypal to [email protected] that's just for PayPal.
or by
US POSTAL MONEY ORDER (bank moneyorders, or checks of any kind are NOT accepted) to
Gene Kimmel
19756 Third Avenue
Stevinson, CA. 95374
209-668-0474 ranch 8-5
209-613-1952 Dawn's cell
[email protected] all emails come here
Please be SURE to include with your PayPal or Postal Money Order Deposit , your Name, Address, phone, cell , email, and if we're shipping, your closest major airport. We can't accept deposits with no name attached, or address, or phone. And be sure you've called and gotten preapproved before sending a deposit. If the deposit is ment for a specific puppy,
don't wait for your check to arrive, call Dawn, track her down on phone or cell, email, and be sure you connect, and Dawn knows you're first to hold that puppy. Time is of the essance.
Dawn has to do all of the computer work, so Gene has to do all the banking, and record keeping, that's fair. We also take payments and deposits for our friends/families pups, that we advertise for them, and our friends/families pups have the same guarantee as our pups.
FRIEND'S PUPS, CO-BREDS, STUD SERVICE, TRADES, FOSTERS, REFERRALS:
Usually if we are advertising friend's pups, it's because they have bred to our stud, or bred a girl dog they got from us, or they work and need us to raise their puppies because they're gone too much, or they are raising and socializing a litter for us, or they only have one or two females and can't afford websites, or don't know how to email or "do" computers. If we "refer" you, and you buy from a breeder friend of ours directly, you're buying from them with their guarantee. If we collect your money, and hand you or ship you a puppy, it's under our guarantee, even if it was bred by a friend, or only a puppy trade, or stud service puppy to us.
If you are in the SugarNSpice "family" because you bought your dogs from us, we can post puppy pix for you too. Cost for this is by "private treaty". If we just give a referral we charge 10%. If we have to raise the litter, approve the buyer, collect the funds, fill out the guarantees and registrations, and drive 4-6 hours to ship the puppy at the airport, we're going to have to charge more, depending on our efforts. All your puppies must be vet checked, very healthy, up to date on vaccines, wormings and eating well, and social.
All puppies sold must be guaranteed by you to SugarNSpice, and if we replace a puppy for you, you owe us. All puppies must be superior quality to at least good breed type pet quality. We only refer , advertise for, guarantee, mentor, and assist, loving , friendly, easy going, ethical breeders. We prefer members of www.BetterBreeders.com . We don't have time or energy, for fanatics, fighters, gossips, complainers, nuts, selfish people, or people who don't treat their pets better than most people get treated. We reserve the right to only assist people that we agree with, and those who are responsible
SHIPPING:
We do ship Pomeranians worldwide. Usually by Delta, Continental, Alaska or United Airlines. We choose the airline, the route and the times, to keep the puppy as un-stressed as possible. Also, we go with airlines who have proven to keep our puppies safe. So far we've never suffered worse than a cold or a flea from shipping.
Shipping usually runs $225.00 within the continental US. , and $ 250.00- 300.00 to other countries. We ship the puppies with warm pillow beds, in cool weather heating pads + blankets. They also have dishes, toy, chewie and a litter box for their comfort. The crate size is 18 x19 x 26, which you get to keep for crate training, and travel, and will fit your Pomeranian all it's life. Other countries usually require puppies be over 6 months old.
All shipping fees are paid to us in advance, as we know that if for some reason you get there forgetting your checkbook or that your credit card is full, our puppy might be sent to a kennel while you make another trip, and we don't want to risk puppy getting stressed or sick. So, pups and shipping must be paid fully in advance. Two puppies can fly in the same crate, for one charge, so get two so you can watch them play together, and save on shipping, or get together with a friend, and have two pups shipped together. Plus there's a $100.00 discount on the second puppy, so you save $ 325.00.
UPDATED PHOTOS:
We try to update our pix on the website, every couple of weeks, but if we're busy, then new pix are allowed to wait. Sales never come before watching pregnant moms, or keeping up puppy care, our family, or entertaining visitors at Kimmelot Pet Resort . If your puppy is being held on a deposit, you'll find updated pix, if they happen, under the album "Pomeranian puppies with deposits holding them". And with Webshots, you can order photo prints of your puppy, T-Shirts with your puppy's photo, or even a mug with your puppy's photo. We also suggest you and your friends plan a puppy shower ! :) Enjoy your puppy shopping, we try to keep it as simple and fun as possible. That's why we're so highly recommended and re-used ! We answer emails faster than phone calls. So feel free to write often as you like.
PUPPY FOLDER:
When you pick up your puppy, it will come with a folder, with a shot/worming record, puppy care instructions, Buyer's Guarantee and Agreement, vitamin/suppliment sample, puppy food, a tube of Nutrical Suppliment for younger pups, AKC and Pedigrees for pups sold for breeding or show or when applicable. Some of us register with CKC instead of AKC.
Pet puppies to be neutered are usually not sold with registration, as it's only good for show or breeding. Pedigrees can be copied off our website for our own adults.
VISITING US AT KIMMELOT/ SUGARNSPICE:
You're welcome to visit us usually Monday - Saturday 12-5pm, but you'll need to let us know in advance that you want to come, or risk us being off at a store or having another appointment lined up. If you give us some notice, we can also have friends bring their puppies over for you to see. When you arrive, you'll have the soles of your shoes sprayed with disinfectant, and purell for your hands. Sunday is family day, and Dawn is usually gone.
