While Llewellin Setters are wonderful family and house dogs if properly trained, they are bird dogs first. Their purpose is to locate, point, and retrieve game for their owner. West Coast Llewellins will prioritize sale of its puppies to owners who expressly guarantee an intention to utilize the puppy for hunting. This is to ensure the integrity of the breed and to ensure that the pup will be able to fulfill the life for which it was bred. West Coast Llewellins guarantees each purchaser that they are getting a healthy socialized puppy with the potential of developing into a fine upland game bird dog and companion if it is appropriately attended to, trained, and loved. Llewellins possess a strong desire to please and need to be socialized into the owner's household and incorporated into the everyday life of the owner's family. West Coast Llewellins makes no guarantees as to the hunting abilities of individual puppies. It is the responsibility of the puppy owner to develop the puppy's hunting abilities and obedience, which requires proper training, time, dedication, and love.
Our puppies receive the necessary vaccinations and veterinary examinations prior to purchase. However, your puppy should be examined by a qualified and reputable veterinarian as soon after purchase as possible in order to maintain the health of the puppy and to detect any possible health problems. Puppies do not have fully developed immune systems and must receive regular vaccinations, as they are much more susceptible to diseases such as canine parvovirus than an adult dog. Until a puppy has received all of its initial vaccinations, you should avoid areas where potentially unvaccinated dogs may frequent (i.e., dog park, pet rest areas, pet stores).
Hip Dysplasia can occur in Llewellin Setters. Therefore, to ensure that the sires and dams used in breeding generate healthy puppies, West Coast Llewellins uses the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) for hip evaluation. All of our dogs over two years of age have had their hips OFA certified. The OFA requires that dogs be two years of age for hip certification. West Coast Llewellins encourages potential puppy purchasers to enquire about our dog's OFA hip ratings (see individual dog Pedigree/info page). West Coast Llewellins also encourages the puppy purchaser to have their puppy OFA hip certified after it is two years of age, especially if the purchaser intends to breed their pup in the future.
In the event that a licensed veterinarian of a puppy purchaser diagnoses that the dog has abnormal hips or another hereditary disease, we request that the puppy purchaser provide West Coast Llewellins documentation (i.e., radiographs, detailed diagnoses of the illness or defect) for our licensed veterinarians to evaluate. Upon confirmation by our veterinarians of abnormal hips or another hereditary disease, West Coast Llewellins will provide either another puppy, or guarantee of a puppy from a future litter, or a total refund of the cost of the puppy, upon the return of the unhealthy pup by the purchaser. West Coast Llewellins will split a reasonable air fare cost for the return of the unhealthy puppy. West Coast Llewellins will not pay for a puppy purchaser's veterinarian costs. If the purchaser wishes to keep the unhealthy puppy, West Coast Llewellins will refund one-half of the purchase price of the puppy upon proof that the unhealthy puppy has been spayed/neutered to prevent bad genes from being passed on to future litters. This guarantee is good for three years after the purchase of a puppy from West Coast Llewellins.
West Coast Llewellins guarantees that all sires, dams, and litters are registered with the American Field, Field Dog Stud Book (FDSB). It is the responsibility of a new puppy owner to register their puppy individually and to have the puppy's DNA profile filed with the FDSB (the FDSB provides their own DNA kits).
To guarantee a puppy from a specific litter, a $100 reservation fee must be received by check or money order to the litter owner. This reservation fee will be applied to the final purchase price. The reservation fee will be returned only if the litter is delayed or if all the pups are sold. Reservations will be taken in the order in which reservation fees are received. West Coast Llewellins invites potential puppy purchasers to come see the puppies, dam, and sire prior to reserving a pup.A
Contact the litter owner for current litter price. Special payment arrangements may be considered. Puppies can be picked up at 8 weeks of age, but no later than 10 weeks.