Registration & Transportation

Registration

Our puppies are elgible for registeration with the National Association of Louisiana Catahoulas and the American Bay Dog Registry. We will usually have the application for registration papers ready for you at the time of pick up. If the papers are not yet in our possession from the registry or association, they will be mailed to you when we receive the papers from the NAlC if at all possible.

NOTE: FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS WE AND OTHER BREEDERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE NALC TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES OF REGISTERING PUPPIES. THEY HAD 2 FLOODS AND A FIRE ... WE ARE SORRY. WE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE NALC TO REGISTER DOGS AT THIS TIME AN HAVE NO GUESS WHAT THEIR FUTURE WILL BRING AS TO THEIR DUTY TO PERFORM REGISTRATIONS.

From time to time we have puppies out of a registered sire and a "grade" or non-registered, but out of a full blood Catahoula, dam (female,) that has shown outstanding performance and a registered stud dog. At times we may offer for sale some special cross bred Catahoula pups out of our bear, lion, raccoon hunting dogs or herding breeds.

Transportation

Rancho Santiago does not deliver puppies to buyers because we are occupied full time raising and training Catahoulas and mules. We are glad to assist facilitating shipment of your new Catahoula to you. If at all possible we hope you can come to Rancho Santiago to get your pup and meet its' parents.

The nearest air shipment port for puppies (dog & crate must weigh less than 65 pounds!) from RanchoSantiago is 70 miles one way at Lubbock, Texas. The puppy is shipped from "counter to counter" to your nearest airport ... this means that the dog must be met at the airport and picked up when it arrives. The usual air transport fee to most places in the U.S.A. from the Lubbock, TX airport is around $250.00. There is a handling & shipping fee of $100.00 to get the dog to the airport

plus the cost of a shipping crate.

Arrangements for Professional Dog Transportation

You may prefer to use the transportation services of a professional dog transporter such as "Red Wing Dog Transporters" that can be located and contacted on the internet. Rancho Santiago will place you dog on the transport in excellent healthy totally sound condition. At that point any liability issues concerning the condition of your dog upon arrival to you are between you and your transporter. Rancho Santiago cannot be responsible or accountable for what happens to a dog after it leaves our care.

Puppies may be picked up from Rancho Santiago when they are weaned at 5 weeks. Please make an appointment to come get your pup. We will give you detailed directions to the ranch at that time.

You can expect that your puppy will have had dewormings every 2 weeks and at least one five-way vaccination and 4 parvo booster vaccinations by the time you get your puppy.

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