The process of joining the Chromadane family is a little different than you might have experienced with other breeders. Each of our litters is bred with careful consideration to the future of our breeding program, with an intention that there will be something that will be kept in the Chroma family and grown out to be shown & potentially bred. Final puppy picks are not made until 7-8 weeks old, once we have evaluated temperament & aptitude (PAT testing) type & structure (breed potential). This is especially true for our show marks/show potental puppies & performance potential puppies, but also goes for the companions. While we certainly want to take into consideration your idea of what your dream puppy looks like, you are not going to be able to reserve a particular puppy by sex & color by deposit at a week old.
Because so many things can happen in the first month of life, we discourage people from becoming too attached to any one puppy. You really dont know anything useful about them until they are up on their feet and interacting with people & each other and developing their indiviual personalities. As that happens we can start to get an idea of which puppy might be available & a good fit for your home.
We do not accept deposits. We do not ever want someone to take a puppy of ours because they feel financially obligated to do so. We compile a list of potential puppy buyers during the time a litter is on the planning stages up until a litter is over 4 weeks old, and then at that stage we come up with a final list of those people who we will likely have a puppy for. If we tell you that you are on the short list for a particular litter we will try our best to make sure you end up with a puppy you will be delighted with, and if for some reason we can't do that we will try to help you find another litterof ours, or from someone we trust.
We understand that this requires a good amount of patience and trust in us, and we appreciate the people who value what we do enough to hang in there through the process!