Red Valley Retrievers

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    • Home
    • Meet The Pack
    • Available Pups / Litters
    • Apply Here!
    • Guardian Home Opportunity
    • "Mini Goldens"
    • Mini Golden 2026 Waitlist
    • Life in the Nursery
    • Puppy Deposit / Refunds

619-971-8513

Red Valley Retrievers
  • Home
  • Meet The Pack
  • Available Pups / Litters
  • Apply Here!
  • Guardian Home Opportunity
  • "Mini Goldens"
  • Mini Golden 2026 Waitlist
  • Life in the Nursery
  • Puppy Deposit / Refunds

How to Reserve a Puppy with Us (Scroll down for Application)

Step 1: Submit an Application Below

 Start by filling out our Puppy Application located below. This helps us get to know you, your lifestyle, and what you're hoping for in a puppy so we can ensure a good match. 

Step 2: Application Review & Approval

 Once we receive your application, we should get an email alert to let us know it has been submitted. We’ll review it and follow up if we have any questions. If your application is approved, you’ll receive a confirmation along with next steps to place your reservation.  PLEASE BE ABSOLUTLEY SURE THAT YOU ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESERVATION PROCESS (INCLUDING THE WAITLIST/RESERVATION FEE AT THE TIME YOU SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION). 


If you have not heard back from us within three days, please follow up and let us know you have submitted your application. 

Step 3: Place Your Reservation Fee

  To secure your spot on our Master Waitlist, we require a $250 fee to reserve your placement. Then, once a litter is born and you’ve been notified of availability, an additional $250 is required to officially hold your intended puppy until Go-Home Day. At that point, the full $500 reservation fee becomes non-refundable and is applied toward the total purchase price of your puppy.


If you’re selecting a specific available listed puppy or claiming a spot on a current litter, we require the full $500 non-refundable reservation fee up front to reserve your puppy until Go-Home Day. This amount also goes toward your total balance.


 For the safety of our dogs and the privacy of our home, we do not allow visits unless you’ve submitted an approved application and placed a reservation fee. This helps protect our young puppies from outside germs and prevents unnecessary stress on our mamas. Families will be invited by appointment only to visit on Puppy Pick Day at 6 weeks old. We’re happy to offer a FaceTime call beforehand if that helps you feel more comfortable.  

Step 4: Watch for Litter Announcements

 When a litter is born and we’ve confirmed the number of available puppies, we begin offering spots in the order reservations were received. You’ll be contacted when a litter becomes available to you. 

Step 5: Puppy Matching & Pick Day

  Families who move forward with a current litter will meet the puppies in person on Puppy Pick Day, typically held when the puppies are 6 weeks old. Puppy selections are made in the order reservation fees were received.  


Please note: the Breeder always retains the right to first pick of either gender, which may be exercised to keep a puppy back for future breeding. If the breeder decides not to keep a puppy from that litter, this right may be waived.

Step 6: Go-Home Day

  Puppies go home at minimum 8 weeks old. Final payment is due IN CASH at pickup (no forms of digital payment, check, money order, or card can be accepted). 


Our puppies will go home with AKC Limited Registration (no breeding rights), 30 days of free pet insurance with TruPanion, their first round of age-appropriate vaccines, current deworming, a one-year genetic health guarantee, and a Vet Exam that has cleared them ready for their forever homes. 

Puppy Application

We adore our puppy families, but to protect our home, children, and young puppies, we do not allow in-person visits unless we have an approved puppy application, a reservation in place, and an appointment scheduled. We are more than happy to virtually meet should you need to feel more confident about placing a reservation with us for an intended puppy. Thank you for understanding and supporting responsible breeding.

Please feel free to text or call with any questions you may have!

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