I was a little nervous about purchasing a puppy from a private breeder. Over our years as dog parents, we have dealt with a pet shop and rescue and a private party who told us a bunch of tales about the dogs behavior. Working with Rodney at Orchard Bend has been a wonderful experience! Not only are the puppies in this litter adorable, especially ours, we have been so impressed by our puppy's behavior since we brought him home I expected the first night to be a nightmare, with whining and pining for his mama, no sleep, hesitancy at meeting the rest of the family and pets. As we are settling in, it became obvious that a lot of care and training has already gone into this pup. It is obvious that we are not starting training from square one but building on the training a confident, well socialized, and very healthy puppy already has. To me this indicates a great deal of care for the pup as it eases the adjustment to a new home. I really couldn't be happier!