About North Country Kennels
Professional Breeders of
Non-Shedding and Allergy-Friendly Family Dogs
Since 1990 we have been breeding professionally. Prior to that we did breed dogs occasionally, back to 1986. We are breeders of mixed breed dogs and puppies and we have lots of beautiful puppies available right now. Please visit our Available Puppies page to see photos of all the puppies we currently have. You can also read comments from our happy customers.
Our Team (some of them anyway):
Hi, I'm Lucy Gerold and grew up showing Norwegian Elkhounds with my parents. I am also a Certified Master Groomer. We started raising dogs professionally because of the requests we had for healthy puppies from our grooming and boarding customers. We no longer groom (after 20 years of grooming, groomers pretty much fall apart physically) and we no longer board for the health of our dogs. We started professionally breeding Poodles and Shih Tzus by request from our customers.
We have 3 full time staff members, including myself. We also employ 6 part time employees as well. The kennel is located 100 feet from our home, and we are with our dogs 11 hours a day. We clean our kennels daily, every day, including weekends and holidays.
Shipping & Handling:
A $25 handling fee is charged per puppy, to all puppy sales to cover the expense of credit card handling, and accounting for all transactions.
"Shipping Expenses" vary with the size of the dog, the destination, and the airline used. By size, shipping estimates are below:
- Very small dog, under about 4 pounds: Airfare of $165 to $245, kennel ($25), health certificate ($35), handling ($25), travel to airport ($25) totals between $275 and $355ish, varies with destination (and airline). Rabies is an extra $10, if pup is over 12 weeks of age. You keep kennel.
- Small dog, between about 4 and 8 pounds: Airfare of $165 to $245, kennel ($25), health certificate ($35), handling ($25), travel to airport ($25) totals between $275 and $355ish, varies with destination (and airline). Rabies is an extra $10, if pup is over 12 weeks of age. You keep kennel.
- Medium dog, between about 8 and 15 pounds: Airfare of $195 to $245, kennel ($25), health certificate ($35+), handling ($25), travel to airport ($25) totals between $305 and $355ish, varies with destination (and airline). Rabies is an extra $10, if pup is over 12 weeks of age. You keep kennel.
- Larger dog, between 15 and 40 pounds: Airfare of $225 to $300, kennel ($90), health certificate ($35), handling ($25), travel to airport ($25) totals between $335 and $400ish, varies with destination. Rabies is an extra $10, if pup is over 12 weeks of age. A large part of the shipping expense here is the kennel, which is generally large enough for the adult dog. You keep kennel.

















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