🎉🎉🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 🎉🎉🎉
Our Application Process is now OPEN!!
January 2026 Update: We hope all our followers had a safe & wonderful Holiday season! Â We Thank you for your interest in Red Shadow Kennels & apologize for any delay in contacting/ updating those that have contacted us. We have been able to spent the last few months between litters focusing on the holidays, new titles for our dog, present our Tollers in the Show Ring & much more! We are so excited to announce out litter plans for 2026 below & start connecting with our followers again!
Current Litter(s) Plans:
1.) Spring 2026 Litter – OPEN: We are excited to announce our first litter of 2026 we have planned for the Spring. We will know a set timeline when our girl comes into heat over the next month, but we are tenativly planning for puppies to be born in April (going to their forever homes in July).
2.) Fall 2026 Litter (s) – OPEN: We have a number of special up and coming girls who will be entering our program this year after finishing their titles & health clearances. Allowing us to have 1-2 litters planned for the Late summer/ early fall 2026. We are accepting applications for them, but will be putting priority on families interested in the Spring Litter.
3.) Future Litter(s) – a year or more out: When we are this far out, we can’t start applications due to the uncertainty of litters & how life can change for both us & families in time. We encourage families to reach out about 6 months before they hope to bring a puppy home.
All our puppies & this breed, require active families committed to giving the breed the job/ mental stimulation they require. Please make sure you have reviewed our website fully before sending us a message through the “Contact Us” Page to request our full puppy package 🙂
AMERICAN FAMILIES:
In August 2024, the CDC/ American Border put new Restrictions in place that prevented Canadian Dogs from entering the US until they were 6 months of age. While a lot of organizations have tried to get this changed & made some success, the 6 month rule has still been in place with no signs of any changes happening at this time.
Red Shadow Kennels Has always been so close with our American Families. About 30-40% of all our amazing pups live in the states so the stress of this horrible decision on the part of the CDC has been Devastating & stressful.
We are at a point of trying to find a solution/ option for the right families in the US about this. We are at a point of ACCEPTING American Families again who meet the following requirements:
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- Go through our full application process like normal and meet the point of approval
- Are willing to come for a visit to our kennel & attend our classes before their puppy goes home at 6 month and to be involved in our process
- Is open to a Boarding fee to help us cover expenses for their pup to stay for 6 months while stilling be involved long distance as much as possible
- Meet other requirement we may request during approval (Border requirements, Deposit/ Boarding fee etc…)
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These are some of the requirements we would need from US Families applying. We would want families to understand the commitment we would be taking on to do this & that we want the right families to feel involved during this. Puppies who would be with us for the 6 months would be full crate trained, potty trained & have basic obedience but families would still be required to help the puppy transition to their new home by still working on a good foundation for their puppy. Especially through Physical & Mental Stimulation.
This will ONLY be offered to the right families who are serious families about going through our process & who have the same level of commitment we are putting in by taking this on in order to allow American families to still apply.  Â
BEFORE You Apply:
Discuss puppy ownership with your family and make sure all are on board.
When you do get an application, be thorough when completing it. Personalize it. Each question we ask has a purpose so dig a bit deeper with your answers.
Remember, we love our puppies a lot…really a lot…Your application is your chance to tell how you are going to get these dogs we love live their very best lives in your care.
We value people who want to learn as much as we value existing knowledge so don’t be afraid to let us know in the application where you want to learn more. We are looking for people who share our love of this breed, want to learn (along with us!) more about dog care and are into exercise, training or living a dog-centric life.
We do take into account the level of commitment, time and thoroughness that families are putting into applying.
All Red Shadow puppies are raised in a family setting. They will have exposure to other dogs, cats, and children. We also provide an accelerated stimulation program where puppies are exposed to a wide variety of sights, smells, tastes and textures in order to develop tolerance, courage and a healthy curiosity of the world.
