I know that it is extremely difficult to see if your puppy is coming from a loving home vs a kennel.  Many people have kennels off of their home so the pictures can be difficult to navigate through.  We have taken the time to build up our home to accomodate our dogs.  Let me assure you, however,  that we did not build a kennel in the back yard but rather have purchased large gates and then fenced in our back yard in order to keep our dogs in our home.  The puppies are born and rasied in our living room with many puppy pad changes and little baths along the way.  The advantage is that we handle them daily and then they learn to use grass to go to the bathroom.  Our puppies are not leash trained.  Since our yard is safe for them we take them all outside and my husband and I, or the kids, will sit in a chair and let them romp around the yard when they are old enough to prance.  There are many pictures on our website where they look like they are running on dirt, because they are!  When we worked on our yard we trampled out all of our grass so the back yard is still a work in progress! Our front yard has grass, but then once the puppies can really run we don't want them to escape!  And the dogs rotate where they sleep.  Most nights they sleep with one of the kids, but some nights, when the kids feel like they need better sleep, the dogs are crated in our laundry room. Also, if you are interested in a puppy you are welcome to set an appointment to see our home before you get a puppy.  Just fill out our contact page and I'll get back to you with a time to visit our home :)  Below you will see pictures of our home and our family activities!​​