A consideredInvestment
The Stokeshire investment is not a price.
It is the natural expression of a standard —
held without apology, and built for a decade.
The investment reflects
the uncompromised
standard.
Stokeshire puppies are not priced as one-off purchases. They are placed through a boutique program designed around early-life formation, emotional regulation, and long-term family integration.
We do not compete on price. We compete on outcome. The family who understands that is the family we are looking for.
Three ways to bring a
Stokeshire dog home.
Each path reflects a different level of preparation and investment. All three begin with the same uncompromised foundation.
Core
Placement
The foundation, complete.
A Stokeshire puppy, health-tested and genetically screened, placed into your home with full program documentation, lifetime support, and the Stokeshire standard of care from conception to go-home day.
You collect your puppy in person at Stokeshire in Medford, Wisconsin. Meeting at Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA) is available as a handoff fee at checkout.
Doodle School™
Bootcamp™
Formation included. Delivered to you.
Core placement plus formation with our training team, built on the Stokeshire Method™: the four-week Doodle School™ program, or a shorter Bootcamp™ stay set to your timeline. Both are $200 per day. Foundational routine, confidence, and emotional regulation shaped before your puppy ever arrives.
Hand-delivery is available: your puppy travels in-cabin with a Stokeshire flight nanny to a major airport near you.
Breeder's
Choice
The puppy we would have kept.
On occasion, when our program is already fulfilled or a litter produces more than one standout, we release a Breeder's Choice puppy — the one identified as a top candidate for our own breeding program.
Exceptional conformation. Stable, people-focused temperament. Highly desirable coat and markings. Evaluated at the highest tier of every litter.
When we elect not to hold that puppy back for our own program, she is priced as what she is — a breeding-quality prospect released to a family — not as a standard placement. Every litter is evaluated for this before any puppy is priced.
Breeder's Choice placements are first offered to families and ethical breeders already on our approved list.
Every placement
comprises all of this.
The Stokeshire investment is not a puppy price with add-ons. It is a program, and every element of that program has been considered, tested, and refined in service of one outcome: a dog that elevates a family's daily life for a decade.
Health Architecture
Before your puppy is bornGenetic testing through Embark on both parent dogs before a pairing is planned, with hip and elbow evaluations recorded with OFA where completed. This work begins years before your puppy exists.
The Stokeshire Method™
Early-life formation programFour weeks of structured early-life formation: neurological stimulation, sensory exposure, foundational routine, and emotional regulation built before habits form. The Method is the difference between a dog you manage and a dog that integrates.
Lifelong Partnership
The breeder does not disappearLifetime return guarantee.* Ongoing breeder access. Program documentation. You are joining a community, not completing a transaction. We remain invested in the dog we placed in your home.*What lifetime support means: we will always help you find a safe path for your dog so it never ends up in a shelter. Taking a dog back into our care is at Stokeshire's sole discretion. Our current puppies, breeding dogs, property, family, and business come first, and we may decline any return. Returns are not refunded, and care, transport, veterinary, training, and rehoming fees may apply.
Genetic Integrity
Predictability by designDeliberate pairings for structural soundness, coat predictability, and temperament stability. Every breeding decision is made with the next decade in mind, not the next litter.
White-Glove Delivery
Hand-delivered, in-cabinYour puppy travels in-cabin with a Stokeshire flight nanny, never in cargo and never unaccompanied. We quote your exact route before you commit. Delivery to major airports throughout the U.S.
The Stokeshire Standard
The thing that cannot be itemizedSelective placement. Thoughtful matching. A breeder who answers the phone three years from now. The accumulated weight of doing this properly, without shortcut, for every family, including yours.
Formation &
Delivery
Doodle School™ is early-life formation: four weeks of structured daily work beginning at eight weeks of age. Foundational routine, confidence, and emotional regulation, built before your puppy ever arrives in your home.
Extended Doodle School™ training is available at $200 per day for families who want additional preparation, or whose timelines require it. Duration and goals are set together before graduation.
Hand-delivery is available throughout the United States. Your puppy travels in-cabin, accompanied by a Stokeshire flight nanny, to a major airport near you. Puppies too large for in-cabin travel go by ground transport or a custom hand-delivery route, quoted individually.
A Stokeshire dog,
wherever home is.
Stokeshire families live across the United States and beyond. Geography has never changed the standard, only the logistics.
At this level of placement, a family in London or Singapore or Dubai does not choose less. They simply require a process that is managed with the same care as the placement itself.
We have placed Stokeshire dogs internationally. Every export is managed with full documentation, veterinary certification, and personal accompaniment. Your puppy travels in-cabin. It does not travel in cargo.
We manage the paperwork.
We advise the timeline.
We accompany the dog.
You simply prepare the home.
Destination-specific requirements — rabies timing, microchip standards, USDA endorsements, import permits — vary by country. We advise the correct checklist once your route is confirmed, well in advance of go-home day.
The standard does not change with the destination.
Only the paperwork does.
Planning
Reference
Pricing Notice: All pricing is subject to change without notice, and every placement is extended at Stokeshire's discretion. Final placement pricing is confirmed at match and may vary with breed, size, litter size, coat type and pattern, structure, temperament, markings, demand, and timing. Unfurnished placements carry a $500 premium. Coat color and pattern carry a premium of $500 to $3,000 depending on rarity, and a puppy whose temperament, structure, or markings place at the top of a litter may carry an evaluation premium of $500 to $1,000. These are ranges, not fixed figures: every puppy is a living animal, and the figure within a range is set at match by what that individual puppy is, what the litter produced, and what the market is doing at the time. When a litter produces a Breeder's Choice puppy and we elect not to retain her, that puppy is priced accordingly rather than at standard placement, by inquiry. Demand for these coats and placements generally exceeds what a typical litter produces. The 10% discount is limited to approved families, is verified at match, applies to core placement only, and does not apply to formation, training, or delivery. Pickup window: every puppy has a three-day pickup window beginning on the Go-Home Eligibility Date set by Stokeshire. Pickup or delivery on day four or later is billed as Stokeshire Bootcamp™ at $200 per day through the day before pickup or delivery; the day of pickup is not billed. Billing starts on the Go-Home Eligibility Date if you elect a later go-home date, or the day after your window closes if you simply do not take custody. Signed terms change only in writing from Stokeshire. Transport prices are published as starting figures; your exact route is quoted before you commit. Sales tax of 5.5% applies to all puppy sales and related services in Wisconsin (5.0% state + 0.5% Taylor County). No card fee on puppy deposits or balances. Travel invoices paid by card include a flat 3% processing fee, which is taxable in WI.
Quick Estimator
A planning reference, not a quote. Final pricing is always confirmed at match. Most families who choose formation and delivery should plan for a five-figure investment.
A Breeder's Choice puppy — one we would otherwise have held back for our own program — is priced separately, by inquiry, and is not covered by this estimator.
An unfurnished coat carries a $500 premium. Coat color and pattern are priced by rarity, as a range rather than a fixed figure: red or brown +$500 – $1,000, blue or black merle +$1,000 – $1,500, parti or unusual markings +$1,000 – $2,000, and brown or red merle — the rarest thing a Stokeshire litter produces — +$2,000 – $3,000. Demand for these coats routinely exceeds what a typical litter produces. What is an unfurnished doodle?
Meeting at Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA) is offered as a handoff fee at checkout. International delivery starts at $2,200 and is quoted by route; it is not included in this estimator.
Premiums are shown as ranges because a puppy is a living animal, not a configured product. Where a given puppy lands inside a range is set at match by that individual puppy, the litter, and demand at the time. This is a planning estimate only and does not include tax. Applicable State and County taxes (Taylor County, Wisconsin) are added at checkout. Delivery is shown at its published starting figure; your exact route is quoted before you commit. Final pricing is confirmed at match, and every placement is extended at Stokeshire's discretion. Contact us to discuss your specific route and timing.
The right family
doesn't need to be
convinced.
They simply need to know that someone, somewhere, did this the right way.
Meet the Stokeshire Process