Retrograde Kennels

About Retrograde Kennels

My name is Megan Smith, I am a married mother of three young boys. All of our puppies are raised underfoot in a clean family environment and NEVER touch wire flooring. They come with docked tails and dew claws removed. Our puppies are socialized beginning at birth with young children and later socialized with older adult dogs of various breeds and sizes. We start early neurological stimulation starting about 1 week after birth and continue to expose them to new situations, sounds and textures to encourage adaptability in any situation. This makes our dogs a first choice for families with young children or families that have frequent child visitors as our puppies learn how to appropriately behave around small children and older dogs. All puppies are started with potty training very early with the use of high quality artificial turf over potty pads. By the time they are 5-6 weeks old they are exclusively using it. All puppies are started with grooming equipment starting at 2-3 weeks old to begin desensitization. They receive weekly baths and touch ups starting very minimally but working up to the use of clippers, the Dremel nail file, brushes, baths and The velocity force drier. This gives them a head start on having a positive grooming experience wherever you decide to take them for life. All of our puppies come from champion and grand champion parents as judged against their peers by unbiased AKC judges for breeding suitability in AKC conformation. All puppies go home already registered with AKC, and with microchips that include a lifetime subscription to AKC Reunite.