Sophie has been adopted
FIRST.... Are you SURE you really really really want an Old English Sheepdog?

Yes, they are a really neat dog, and you will get lots of stares, and stops and looks. But they are not the dog for everyone! They are a LOT of work and are not the dog for everyone. They are hairy and can have wet drippy mouths after drinking water!

I highly discourage parents with new or young children, only because of the time involved. One Old English Sheepdog is like having 3 toddlers. You must watch them constantly and that means a lot of TIME. The grooming alone is time consuming.

If you acquire an OES from Gwynedd OES, chances are they are not a show dog, or are a retired showdog. This This gives you the option of keeping them in full coat, which requires a lot of brushing to keep them clean and in coat, or to trimming them into a puppy coat which is much more manageable and probably enjoyable for you and the dog.

Once you have decided you really want an OES, it's time to submit an application.

AT Gwynedd OES, when I place an Old English Sheepdog in a home there are a lot of factors to be considered. Our main goal is to get a good match for the OES and the home. For example, if we have a dog that does not enjoy cats or is an Alpha dog, we would not consider any home with cats for that particular dog, or we would make sure that is a home where the dog would be an only dog.

Once we are in contact from your application, we will contact you with a lot of questions. We want to make sure you and the dog are the correct "match" for each other. We are very upfront and will tell you if we don't think it would be a good 'match'. We would rather have our dog placed in a correct home the first time, than to have her 'bounce' back two or three times or end up in a RESCUE program due to not having all of the facts from you in the beginning!

We will be checking in on you quite often. Probably two or three times the first week, then less often as the next weeks and months go by.
We require you to keep in touch with us at least twice yearly and send photo's at least once a year. Our contract that you sign says that at any time in the future that you can no longer have the dog, he is to be returned to us, he is not to go to any Shelter or Old English Sheepdog RESCUE program, or ANY rescue program for that matter! We want to avoid this scenario and we DO take this part of the contract very seriously. We believe that what we have brought into this world, we take care of on our own and will see to them ourselves. If ANY problems arise you are to contact GWYNEDD Old English Sheepdogs and we will work out the problems together, this is also in the contract you sign.

We will probably meet and you and the dog may get to know each other. Chances are you 'might' end up taking the dog home with you that day. But chances are I will ask you to meet the dog, let us meet and get to know you better and see how you interact with each other. I will then ask you to go home and think about it seriously. Not every dog is for every family.

You will also need to take into consideration the following. You will need a crate in the car for your dog to go home with you from our house along with a Leash and water. We will send home with you a toy and a blanket as well, as they have 'scent' on them to help give them some feeling of security.

After you have read this, and thought about it and still want to adopt an OES from GWYNEDD, please feel free to click on the adoption form.

I will also tell you know. I don't breed that often. I don't take "order's" for future OES and they are not a 'shelf' commodity where you can request "Oh, I want one with a white head and two blue eyes, or One left gray ear or whatever". If that is what you are looking for, Gwynedd Old English Sheepdogs are not for you.