History of Us

After a rewarding 30-year career in corporate sales, the loss of my father in 2019 led me back to my roots and my true passion for animals. I grew up on a farm surrounded by a wide variety of animals and organic living, raised by wonderful, free-spirited parents. Over the years, I have fostered almost every breed of dog and cat, gaining invaluable experience in animal care. I have lovingly raised Chihuahua puppies since 2011 for family and friends, and that lifelong devotion is the heart of everything we do today.

Because my days are dedicated to hands-on care for our dogs and puppies, email is the absolute best and most secure way to reach me. Please contact me directly at tinypawsllc@outlook.com (our only official email address) or message me through puppies.com, Hoobly, or Pet Classifieds when active listings are posted there. I do not monitor or respond to comments on social media posts due to the high volume of automated inquiry spam.

Our puppies are lovingly raised in our home as companion pets. To keep our quality chihuahuas accessible to families, we price our puppies very competitively compared to average market rates for well-bred longcoats. Our Pricing Structure:

• Standard Coat Colors: $1,500
• Merle Coat Patterns: $1,800

Companion Pet Pricing & Registration: All of our puppies are sold at companion pet pricing, which means they come as unregistered companion pets. We intentionally structure it this way so families looking for a lifelong friend do not have to pay for breeding paperwork they do not need.If you would like full, unlimited CKC breeding rights, this option can be added for an additional $400 payment at any point prior to the puppy's second birthday.Like everything else, the operational costs of ethical breeding—including premium nutrition, veterinary care, and genetic testing—continue to rise. We strive to absorb as much of this as possible to provide healthy, well-socialized puppies to wonderful families.

Please note that I do not breed or sell 'micro' or 'teacup' Chihuahuas. If you are strictly looking for an exceptionally tiny adult, my program will not be a good fit. I focus entirely on genetic health, excellent temperaments, and beautiful coats within normal, healthy weight ranges. To provide realistic expectations, I list estimated adult weights based on the parents' weights and the average historical size of prior puppies from those lines.

My breeding program focuses on producing classic applehead Chihuahuas. While I have historically had deerhead lines in my program, those parents are retiring this year. To get a wonderful preview of the beautiful, standard applehead look of my future litters, please visit the Tiny Paws LLC social media pages (@tinypawsllc) to see pictures of my current adults and past grown puppies.

Yes, we are happy to work with responsible, ethical, and small-scale home breeding programs. Because our puppies are completely cage-free and raised directly in our home, their lifelong well-being is our highest priority. We do not sell to commercial kennels or mills.Our breeding rights and registration policy is structured as follows:

• At Time of Sale: Full CKC registration rights can be purchased for an additional $400, due on the puppy's sale date.
• Post-Adoption Request: If you choose to purchase CKC registration paperwork after the puppy leaves our care, the fee increases to $800. This higher rate accounts for the extensive retro-processing and additional administrative steps required to open and register the litter retroactively.

Our health guarantee is provided in strict, verbatim compliance with our state licensing mandates. We proudly stand behind the health of our puppies with the following official coverage:

“Puppy is guaranteed, to the best of my knowledge, to be healthy, free from birth defects, illness or disease. In the event a puppy is determined, by a certified Veterinarian, to have any genetic defects, irregularities, or impairments within 48 to 72 hours after purchase, the puppy may be returned for 100% of the purchase price.”

Important Veterinary Requirements & Exclusions:
To ensure an unbiased evaluation of your puppy's physical structure, this guarantee strictly requires an evaluation from an independent, private veterinary practice. Because we prioritize genuine animal care over corporate retail quotas, we do not accept health certifications or diagnostic summaries from commercial veterinary chains (such as Banfield, Vetco, or matching corporate pet store clinics) that utilize aggressive diagnostic "upsell" sales protocols.