Our experience in creating stunning quality dogs is sheer proof that when the right combination of lines are artfully and strategically selected, with health, temperament and genetics as the main focus you can achieve success! 

 

We have 20+ years as breed improvement as our passion, with the knowledge and experience to back our dogs up.

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Our commitment to you is to provide you with a top quality puppy, whose parents have been hip/elbow x-rayed, sound in temperament and fully DNA screened against every possible disease or trait available via Embark DNA testing.

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We work in close consultation with some of the best veterinary specialists in the country and our breed club the Lykos Wolfalike Council of Australia Inc. We work as a team to develop and improve the breed while reducing and avoiding heritable disease. We do not breed for the pet or commercial market, and at least one puppy per litter is selected to continue on with the next generation of breed development and preservation.

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A piece of our heart and soul is put into each puppy we breed, so each one is very special to us. We use a vigorous screening process and only suitable homes are allowed to get a pup from us. We care about where our puppies go, how they are raised and kept.

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We have great relationships with our puppy owners and like to see it as them joining our family!  Our owners and their dogs develop long lasting friendships with us and other owners, and this is why we call it our "Lykosia family"!

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Application Process

If your application has passed the first stage (satisfactory online application), we organise to have a chat with you over the phone and we can get to know each other better. If we feel comfortable that you will be the right fit for one of our pups, we will email you our Puppy Sale Agreement.

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Depending on the age of the puppies, you may be able to come view them and our dogs at this point. Once accepted, we can then accept a deposit which secures you for a puppy from the available litter. 

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Please only apply for a puppy if you are truly keen and ready for a puppy to enter your family. The final payment balance must be received before any puppy leaves our property.

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Interstate Buyers:

We usually use Jetpets or Dogtainers for interstate flight transport, which includes the flight price and crate hire. Pups are authorised to fly after they reach 8 or 12 weeks old and require a "fit to fly" certificate from an authorised vet, (if flying with Qantas). These certificates are arranged at our vet at the buyer's expense.  You will need to book your pup's flight directly with Jetpets, and if you mention our name, you will receive a discount. We cannot provide quotes to you directly. Prices are usually determined by weight and where you are located and whether you are collecting from their airport or having the puppy delivered by the transport company. As a general guestimate, 8 week old pups are around 8-10 kgs and 12 week pups are around 12-14 kgs.

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Costs:

Compared to other similar breeds, who do no or less health testing, with no pedigrees or health guarantees, our prices are quite reasonable at $3500.

 

We keep our prices conservative and  well below "market" value - especially for our pick of the litter puppies if we would like them contribute to the next generation of developing our breed. Pet and breeding dogs are priced the same to reflect this.

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All our puppies are hand are raised in a home environment (not a kennel).

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• Their first vaccination (done at 6 weeks old)

• Regularly wormed

• Microchipped and vet checked

• Videos and photos available which document their growth from birth

• Are hand-raised indoors in a clean home and beautiful puppy environment until they are old enough to be outside

• Subjected to Early Neurological Stimulation and exposed to all normal house hold (and outdoor) noises. Raised with toys, and learn how to determine safe obstacles such as wading pools  (in summer) and play tunnels etc

• Toilet training as well as basic obedience training has already began before you take your puppy home.  Most puppies will self-train with toileting, you just need to help them along with timing (please read up more in our Puppy Info Pack).

• ​We make recommendations on their temperaments at around 6/7 weeks old, but carefully monitor the progress of each pup and their temperament from birth, using our extensive experience in assessing core temperament traits. 

• Certificate of Registration and Pedigree with the Lykos Wolfalike Council of Australia Inc

• Our very own original Comprehensive & Educational Puppy Pack/E-book (authored by us, as well as experts and other top trainers and behaviourists)

• Free training advice/behaviour consultations - just ask!

• Lifetime breeder support (goes without saying!)

• Free professional pet photography sessions for our website (within Victoria) - just ask!

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More about our Puppy Sale Agreements and Desexing

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As with all our puppies we have bred in over 2 decades, our Lykos puppies are all sold under a strict contract (puppy sale agreement) which means that the dog cannot be used for breeding without our express, written permission and under the constraints of our Puppy Sale Agreement. All puppies from our exclusive bloodlines cannot be used by any other person or breeder, unless via specific Breeding Terms. This is to protect the breed from backyard breeders.

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Some puppies may be desexed via ovary spay or vasectomy before they leave for their new home, so desexing does not affect their joints or hormones as they grow (with so many vets recommending older ages for desexing).

 

In saying that, we have desexed many young puppies before and none have experienced joint issues as a result. We usually recommend desexing at 6-9 months as a standard practice .

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If a puppy is deemed by us as a "breeding" or "potential breeding" animal, for the purpose of the future development of the breed, our co-ownership contract applies, where we work together and plan one litter with the puppy once it is of age and has passed all health testing requirements. 

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