Purebred Alaskan Malamute puppies for sale - or litters - are not planned at the moment. A litter around Summer 2012 is planned. Cost of an Alaskan Malamute puppy would be $500 purchase price, along with approximately $400 in 'health testing' required during the first two years of the puppies life (all puppies will have their hips tested as either OFA prelim or Penn HIP, elbows, eyes, hearts, patellas checked. PennHip certification can be done at 4 months (actually, everything except elbows can be done at very young ages to be considered valid). The guarantee is simple: if your puppy is diagnosed with any verifiable genetic disorder or disease that will degrade the quality of living of the dog (hip and elbow dysplasia, juvenile cataracts, primary lens luxation, heart defects, any age, you will receive your purchase price of $500 back. If your dog develops cancer - of any form - at any point in its life, your purchase price will be refunded. Injuries are not covered, for any reason. That includes broken bones, broken teeth, cuts, poison, etc. And you will never, ever, be made to give the dog back for any reason - but you are obligated to bring it back here, should you no longer wish to own it. To ensure you have a healthy Alaskan Malamute puppy, you need to actually check - and so do I. Please see Shelaskan Alaskan Malamutes (around Toronto / Barrie / Southern Ontario region) for a puppy in the more immediate future, as she is planning a litter of Alaskan Malamute puppies and does health testing.

Alaskan Malamute Puppy owners of any of my dogs will be contractually obligated to perform hip certification, elbow certification, eye checks, and thyroid checks - same as the parents had - as the only way of knowing something is healthy, is to test it. I will have hearts certified with a heart specialist and will have eyes CERFd on the puppies prior to leaving for new homes. I will also have done a few DNA disease tests. Many breeders and kennels don't do anything about their pet puppies - they test the parents for a few diseases and not much else - and that is their choice - but not mine. Check this link which defines good breeders, along with puppy mills, backyard breeders. If you are not interested in ensuring you actually have a healthy puppy, please do not contact me looking for a dog. Lots of other breeders will be happy to help you. As I already have a a waiting list of people a) interested in seeing their puppy is a health tested dog; b) are interested in working at various activities with their dog; and c) interested in learning. MOST of the people who contact me, I refer on to other breeders, if they don't meet these qualifications. Not because they would be 'bad owners' but for my dogs, very active owners, with a keen motivation to learn, are a priority - and that might include people who've never owned an Alaskan Malamute. I have no issue with 'new' owners of the breed - every last one of us with an Alaskan Malamute was 'new' at some point.

Any good Alaskan Malamute breeder should easily be able to recommend, if not make you, go look at other Alaskan Malamute kennels or breeders to be sure you are getting what you expected. If the Web sites, their homes, demonstrate primarily Alaskan Malamutes being shown in conformation shows, expect Alaskan Malamutes with a more sedate temperament. That said, we've sure seen enough purebreds - from all lines - in rescue - who ate doors, couches, walls, tables, beds and the occasional small animal like cats or birds - so if this shocks you - please look for another breed! If their photographs depict working Alaskan Malamutes working at sledding, weight pull, scootering, packing etc - and winning - expect a higher edge in temperament. And certainly expect more than one or two photos of a dog tied to an empty sled if they really do work the dogs, in seriousness, or play! If the photos show only dogs standing in a kennel or back yard, expect they do little else than 'breed.' Beware, too, of breeders bad-mouthing, misleading and misrepresenting other peoples dogs, their own dogs, other kennels, or kennel names in an effort to promote and sell their own dogs. They are likely desperate to rid themselves of their own unsalable puppies, who were ill-planned, and will do so at all costs - and at your expense. The actual cost of the puppy should be straight-forward an obvious, not a hidden secret. Alaskan Malamutes sold in Canada, by Canadian breeders should be sold CKC registered. Never, EVER should a Canadian dog be sold under AKC registration (USA). It is also illegal to sell registered Alaskan Malamutes at one price - and without registration papers at another price. ALL purebred dogs come with registration -- or they are simply not registered and instead, a mixed breed. There are one or two breeders selling via UKC registration and, while it's a legitimate registry, (my own dogs are dual registered with CKC and UKC, for example) ask them why they are not using our Canadian-made legal registration system.

See also the Alaskan Malamute Club of Canada Breeder Web page. Breeders are listed in one section, members in another (all Breeders are regular members but pay a small fee to be listed as 'breeder' if they want). If you don't find their name, they aren't a member. In fact, check with all the Clubs you find on the Breeders Web site, via Email to those Clubs, as to whether they really are a member. Not all Clubs list their members online - or as in my case - not all members choose to be listed as a breeder with all clubs (and be swamped with puppy inquiries for dogs they are not going to be producing). Many unscrupulous individuals simply list Alaskan Malamute Clubs or other organizations on their Web sites, leading unsuspecting people to believe they are actually members, when they aren't. It's not like a Web link costs money - or requires any verification!

Don't for an instant think that because someone has been a breeder a 'long time' makes them anything other than someone who has made a lot of dogs, until they prove otherwise. For starters, what have they been doing besides breeding dogs? Use your eyes, and your brain, when on their Web site to tell you what is really going on with their dogs. Do they show even the most marginal interest in improving themselves, as both a Alaskan Malamute breeder and Alaskan Malamute pet owner (make no mistake, EVERY breeder is ABSOLUTELY a pet owner) by taking any form of serious education? Please also see this link for courses, lectures, seminars, and certificates I've taken for Alaskan Malamute breeder education in quite a few dog courses, including;  canine and Alaskan Malamute or sled dog nutrition, hip and elbow dysplasia, reproduction, OFA health tests, DNA disease testing, first aid, behavior, fitness and equipment subjects. Needless to say, I'm not producing or selling a lot of dogs (I've made one and kept it) and any education I've taken goes directly to my four Alaskan Malamute dogs benefit as I have no interest in anything to do with the commercial training of dogs ...

From any Alaskan Malamute Web sites you end up on, are there pictures of their Alaskan Malamutes in the house? When you visit, do you find the dogs (and lots and LOTS of fur) in the house? No? One token, elderly dog living there, or one waiting to go to a dog show, doesn't count. If they don't live in a house, don't expect them to be accustomed to a house, when you bring the puppy home! Many dogs only see the inside of a house when their litter is whelped but it is better than nothing. Alaskan Malamutes do well outside, and can happily live in a kennel, which is a necessary reality of 'breeding Malamutes' if you have a lot of dogs. But not relative to someone who says they want a 'pet' - and so no Alaskan Malamute puppy I sell will ever go to a pet home that intends to make a 'kennel dog' of that Alaskan Malamute puppy.