Bill & Vickie Keller
1091 Ouachita 67
Camden  AR  71701

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Our primary goal is raising good dogs for good people. We focus on exceptional health, the best of temperament and excellent pedigree. All have champion bloodlines. I am with our pups from the time they are born. I will ask you questions to aid in matching personalities and the needs you will require of this pup. Pups are vet checked with dew claws removed. Shots are current and we follow a strict worming schedule beginning at three weeks of age.

We strive to raise the healthiest puppies possible and have invested in well bred solid dogs. We consider it a service to provide you a happy, healthy pup. Our pups come with a health guarantee and stay until the second set of shots and 8 weeks of age. We can ship your pup.

 

 

 06/26/10  Update in progress.

 

We do reserve pups for folks before birth of the pups. Sometimes families want a pup from selected parents or special markings and are willing to wait for the pup to be born. Our pups go rather fast and we have had many families that let us know what they want and we pull it out of the next litter. Of course, we do honor these folks first. As I have said previously on the site, I have had a wait list from my very first litter. That is nothing new.

Now saying that, I will make sure the personality is a match on a reserved pup just as I do on all pups, before they leave here. Again, our pups do go fast.

 

 I can sympathize with folks when they have made up their mind to get a pup and that they want it TODAY.   But, you would have to be leery of a breeder who always has a pup available that day. They would be over breeding their girls and have an extremely large number of girls available. That is a puppy mill.  Otherwise it just would not be possible.

I went to a fellow's place up in the mountains one day to take a look at his girl I had heard about. She was precious. She was seven at the time and after talking to him in length I found she had never missed a season coming in without having a litter of pups. He spoke of how much money she had made him. (He sold his pups out of the back of the pick up for $150.) She was in wonderful surroundings, lived in the house. This is not a puppy mill but poor breeding. One of those buying from a home breeder where the puppies are inside. I did everything I could to buy her, but he would not sell. He said he loved her, she was the best dog he ever had.

We just do not use our girls like that.

All pups will be listed for $650 with limited AKC registration (not for breeding). If full AKC registration (for breeding) is needed it will be our regular price and an additional $250 for full registration. Even though we have a strong demand for our puppies we have not raised our price over the $1000 mark, although we have paid that for pups ourselves in the past. We like the homes where our pups are going and want to keep that type of customer base. We are really enjoying where we are in life with our pups. Dog food and meds are higher than ever but overall our people are the best.

 

 

Dam - Bell,  Sire - Dink
DOB 04/30/10  
AKC Registered

Champion Bloodlines AUS, US, MEX, CAN

 

 Belle is one of my pups as well. She is out of a breeding I had sent Josie to an outside kennel years ago. She is a tank, but pure devotion and love bug. She has 32 champions  behind her in the US, AUS, MEX & Canada as stated above. Her mom Josie is out of our foundation stock.

Dink is the man. His dad is an import out of Australia. When I first saw Tiger out of Mr. Simmons dogs I knew I had to have a pup out of him. After about a year Dink was my choice. He's 8 years old now and won't be breeding that much longer.

 He is mine and knows it. We had my cousin Aaron looking after things one day when we were gone. He is a canine officer and knows Dink. Dink is fine around him everyday. That day when Aaron went into his kennel to change his water Dink grazed his hand. Dink knew we were gone and felt like Aaron should not be there. Aaron was shocked to say the least and of course understood what was going on. He explained it to me. Since this happened he has been fine with Aaron, we have been here too. These dogs know more than people think they do.

This is an example of the personalities of these dogs. I am just being upfront. Everyone of these dogs are different and you have to know your dog. That is your responsibility. Dink will not bait or work for food. He will drop it out of his mouth. He will not listen to Bill. Just me. :) He's mine. I love the boy. I do not plan to ever go to the nursing home as I age. Me and all of my dogs would just not fit. We are going to fade off together.

 

 

                                                   

       Belle                Dink          

These pups are reserved for folks on our list to have first pick.

This is one of the most perfect litters. They are all pick of the litter pups. Their temperament is outstanding. I tell folks after this many generations, the surprise would be a pup I wasn't expecting. These are a good example of that.

All of the pups are darker than the photo's. We do not retouch, except for red eye. The flash of the camera lightens their coat.

  Males - Taken 06/13/10, 6 weeks of age.  Click on photos to enlarge. 
 

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$650

 

  06/26/10   Baby boy will be going to Carrie Jones in AZ. Carrie contacted us months ago waiting for that special little boy. This baby is exactly as Carrie ordered. He is meant to be a companion in his nature. His is as gentle and sweet as they come. This is one of those pups that would go out and work, but if the kids are back on the porch, that is were you will find him.
   Females - Taken 06/13/10, 6 weeks of age.  Click on photos to enlarge.  
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$650

  Baby girl is our little runt for this litter. She is much darker now than this photo shows.
 

2

$650

 

  Reserved
 

3

$650

 

  Reserved
 

4

$650

 

  Reserved
5 Reserved

 

 06/26/10 We should have red pups soon.

 

If another breeder does have one of our pups the parents will carry the Keller name, Ouachita or Sapphire in their title. My kennel was originally Ouachita Kennel for our county.

 

A true story! When we were living on the mountain in western NC (2 and a half miles up) one of my three month old female chunky blue girls with a solid face, no mask, was playing in the front yard. Our neighbor Bob that lived below our house, a tried and true hunter that is a born in the mountains man, saw her and came visiting in a hurry. He was very disappointed when he got there, yet amazed. He came running to catch that little bear cub we had in our front yard or so he thought. We all still laugh about that one. For those of you that do not know, that is a true compliment for a chunky 3 month old blue pup.

 

Two years time invested in a pup to teach him to fit into your world is a bigger investment than the purchase price. We will do our best to help you choose the right pup for your lifestyle the first time. Then you will be happy and so will our pup.

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