ADOPTION CONTRACT | Sutton Labrador Retrievers

We are a family breeder of AKC Labrador Retrievers in beautiful Northern Michigan. Our family's mission and purpose are to share the love and support of our Labradors with families near and far!

We are Dan and Stephanie Sutton; we married in 2009 and started our family shortly after. Our son Ethan was born in 2010, and our daughter Paisley was born in 2013. We added our first Labrador, Gauge, to our family in 2011. We were so blessed to have him join our family and were amazed by his loving and loyal temperament. We then welcomed our second Labrador Mitzi to our family; she was just as perfect! We were in love and had to share these amazing Labradors with other families!

Our puppies are family-raised in our home with lots of love and attention, from assisted births to go-home days! Our goal is to improve the breed, and we strive to produce that loving and great temperament, which is the true hallmark of the breed. Our puppies are wonderful family companions, hunting companions, and truly best friends to many happy families. Additionally, many of our puppies are service dogs for special and emotional needs. We take pride in the joy each puppy brings to their new family.

Our Labradors are very important to us! They are evaluated for both health and temperament. All are full Labrador health panel tested, Orthopedic Foundation of America (OFA) hip, elbow, and eye certified before breeding. We carefully plan each breeding to ensure we do everything possible to produce healthy and sound puppies.

We limit visiting until puppies have been vaccinated to protect their health. All puppies have first set of shots, deworming and a vet exam before going home. We send out a detailed welcome letter with recommendations and important information to prepare families weeks before the go-home date. Each puppy is sent home with a nice go home pack, including high-quality food, vitamins, a blanket with mom and littermates' scents, toys, treats, and more.

Our puppies are placed in pet and service homes with AKC-limited papers only. Our puppies come with a lifetime guarantee against common diseases known in Labradors and 26 month written hip guarantee. Sutton Labrador Retrievers reserves the right to pick(s) of any litter.

Adoption fees are $2000-$2500. Adoption of our Labrador puppies is by approval only. Once approved, we accept a $200 non-refundable deposit to reserve a spot on our waiting list for your choice of sex and color. We keep our waiting list in order based on the date deposit is placed. You will be contacted when the choice of color and sex is available, at which time you can choose if the timing is good for you or transfer to the next available litter. The deposit is transferable for 12 months or until we have desired color and sex available. A remaining non-refundable deposit of $500 is due when we have a litter with a puppy available for you. If a family ever needs to rehome their Sutton puppy or dog, Sutton Labrador Retrievers have first right of refusal.

Please fill out and submit our adoption form below. We look forward to helping you find your next best friend!

First Name(s)

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Address

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How did you hear about us? &/or Who can we thank for referring you?

Please tell us about your family.

Have you ever owned Labrador Retrievers before? Do you currently own any other dogs? Ages/Breeds?:

Have you ever rehomed or given up a dog to a shelter, breed rescue, or humane society? If so, please explain.

Please tell us about your home.. fenced in yard, property, apartment etc..

In as much detail as possible, please tell us what you are looking for in a puppy and what your expectations are for this dog (personality, behavior, traits, temperament, etc.)?

Do you have experince training a puppy? If no, please research and purchase a Labrador Training book to prepare for new puppy. It takes alot of time and dedication to appropriately train your new puppy. We are a very supportive breeder and are always there to help with advice, techiques and questions

Choice of Sex

Color Preference(s)

Timing

I have fully read adoption process above

I understand that once form is submitted and approved a non refundable deposit of $200 is required to be added to waiting list. Waiting list is kept in order of deposit submission. You will be contacted when choice of color and sex are available at which time you can choose if timing is good for you or transfer to next available.

I understand that waiting time for a puppy is an estimate, there are no gaurantees on timing as we cannot control heat cycles, color/sex and size of litters.

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