About breeder
A Family Kennel Built on Love for Dogs
Thistledown Kennels began ten years ago with one beloved family pet and a simple promise: to raise dogs the way we would want our own to be raised — slowly, kindly and never in kennels of concrete and wire.
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Health before everything
Every breeding dog is fully health-tested, and every puppy leaves us vet-checked, vaccinated, microchipped and wormed — with records you keep.
Raised in our home
No kennel blocks, no isolation. Puppies grow up underfoot — hearing vacuum cleaners, doorbells and children's laughter from their first weeks.
Support for life
Our door stays open long after adoption day. Training help, honest advice and a take-back promise — for the whole of your dog's life.
Our promise
300+ Dogs Homed, Zero Shortcuts Taken
Over the past decade we have homed more than three hundred puppies and rescue dogs with families across the country. We breed rarely — one or two litters a year — so every puppy gets our full attention.
Our parent dogs are our pets first. They live in the house, walk the same lanes your puppy will one day explore, and are retired early to sofa life when their breeding days are done.
If we would not keep a puppy ourselves, we would not ask you to. That is the whole of our breeding philosophy.
Come and Meet the Family
Visits are by appointment so every dog gets a calm, happy introduction. We would love to show you around.
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