How we raise our puppies
Our puppies are raised inside our home in East Delhi, with their mother, and nothing leaves before eight weeks. You are welcome to come and see exactly that before you decide anything — and if you cannot travel, we will show you live on video.
Written by the Puppy Hub team — breeders of Standard Poodles, Parti Poodles, Toy Poodles and Goldendoodles in Delhi NCR for close to a decade.
India has a real problem with commercial puppy breeding, and buyers have almost no way to tell the difference from a photograph. So rather than asking you to trust us, here is precisely how we work — and how to check whether any breeder, including us, is telling the truth.
Health guarantee: every Puppy Hub puppy is guaranteed healthy for 24 hours after delivery. Have your own vet check the puppy the same day — if there is a problem, we replace it from our next litter of the same breed. Read the full terms.
Where the puppies actually are
They are in our house. Not in a shed, not in a facility, not at a third party’s premises we take buyers to visit.
That matters for a specific developmental reason, not just a sentimental one. Between three and eight weeks a puppy is learning what normal life sounds and feels like. A puppy raised in a home meets the pressure cooker, the doorbell, the television, the vacuum cleaner and visiting strangers during the window when its brain is deciding what counts as ordinary. A puppy raised in an outbuilding meets all of that for the first time in your living room at eight weeks, and it is frightening.
This is the single biggest difference between a home-raised puppy and a commercially raised one, and it shows up for the whole of the dog’s life.
The mother comes first
- We rest our dams properly between litters. Repeated back-to-back breeding is how commercial operations work and it wears a dog out. Ask any breeder this question and watch how they answer it.
- The mother stays with her puppies for the full eight weeks. Early separation causes behavioural problems that show up months later.
- You meet her. Always. If any seller cannot produce the mother of the puppy they are selling you, they did not breed it.
What happens before a puppy goes home
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| Birth to 3 weeks | With the mother, handled gently and daily, weighed regularly |
| 3–5 weeks | Household sounds and surfaces. Weaning begins alongside the mother |
| 5–6 weeks | First deworming. Meeting different people. Beginning to be handled by strangers |
| 6–7 weeks | First vaccination. Vet health check. Coat and body handled daily so grooming is never frightening later |
| 8 weeks | Goes home, with all records and a diet sheet |
The daily handling of paws, ears and coat matters more than it sounds. A Poodle or doodle will be groomed every six to eight weeks for fourteen years. A puppy that learned early to stand calmly for it has an easier life than one that fights it.
What comes with your puppy
- Vaccination card with dates and vaccine names
- Deworming record
- Vet health-check note
- Diet sheet — exactly what the puppy has been eating, so you can keep it identical for the first weeks
- KCI registration paperwork for registered litters
- Our phone number, and the expectation that you will use it
We say no, and here is when
We turn down enquiries regularly. The most common reasons:
- Nobody home during the day. Every breed we raise attaches hard to people. Nine hours alone daily produces an anxious, destructive dog and no training fixes the underlying cause.
- The wrong breed for the home. A Standard Poodle in a small flat with two working adults. A Toy Poodle with a toddler who cannot yet be taught to handle a fragile dog.
- Grooming has not been thought about. If the ₹12,000–₹25,000 a year is a stretch, the purchase price is the smallest part of what is coming.
- Buying as a gift or a surprise. The person who will care for the dog for fourteen years needs to have chosen it.
- Wanting a puppy before eight weeks, or wanting a “teacup”.
If we say no, it is not a negotiating position.
How to check any breeder in India, including us
Use this list on us. We will not be offended — we would rather buyers were difficult.
- “Can I meet the mother?” In person, or live on video. The single most useful question there is.
- “Can I see where the puppies are kept?” If you are shown a puppy in a car, a shop or a park instead, that is your answer.
- “What health testing was done on the parents?” Vague answers are answers.
- “How many litters has this mother had, and when was the last one?”
- “What are the grandparents?” Anyone breeding deliberately knows.
- “What happens if my vet finds something in the first week?” Get it agreed before you pay.
- “Will you take the dog back if I genuinely cannot keep it?” A breeder who says no has stopped caring at the point of sale.
Our answer to the last one is yes, always. Come back to us rather than selling the dog on.
See the four breeds we raise, visit us in Delhi NCR, or read about how delivery works. Call or WhatsApp +91 92119 10059.
Questions we are asked about how we breed
Are your puppies raised in a kennel?
No. They are raised inside our home in I.P. Extension, East Delhi, with the mother, and they experience normal household life before they leave — doorbells, cooking, television, visitors.
Can I see where the puppies live?
Yes, and we would rather you did. Come and see the litter with the mother in the room they are raised in. If you cannot travel, we will do a live video call and move the camera wherever you ask.
At what age do puppies go home?
Eight weeks at the earliest, with first vaccinations and deworming complete and a vet health check done. We do not make exceptions, however convenient it would be for either of us.
How many litters does a mother have?
We breed our dams infrequently and rest them properly between litters. Back-to-back breeding is the clearest sign of a commercial operation, and you should ask this question of any breeder.
Do you sell to anyone who can pay?
No. We turn down enquiries regularly — usually where nobody is home during the day, or where the breed chosen does not suit the home. We would rather lose the sale than place a dog badly.
What happens if I cannot keep the dog later?
Come back to us. We would far rather take a dog back and rehome it carefully than have it sold on to a stranger or given up.