Gabby Jack Ranch Visitor Policy

Families often ask to visit the Gabby Jack Ranch and meet our dogs. There is no easy response to this request because we understand your desire to see, first hand, where our dogs are housed and how they are cared for. We know that you would like to meet the puppies before you bring one home to become part of your families. However, our visitor policy is very restrictive.

Because of the restrictions put on us by our insurance policies, our ability to have visitors to our ranch is limited. 

In addition to our insurance restrictions, we understand that every visitor has the potential to bring some form of bacteria or virus that might threaten our young puppies. We are particularly concerned about the deadly Parvo virus.  Please take a few minutes to read this article about protecting the health of our puppies.

http://www.gabbyjackranch.org/content/puppy-disease-protection

With these things in mind, we have tried to incorporate a policy that addresses your desire to visit while still complying with our insurance limitations and protecting our precious puppies from life-threatening disease.

If you have placed a deposit on a puppy, you will be allowed to meet that puppy at some point before you bring him home. The puppies will have to be at least seven weeks old to ensure that they have some immunity  to disease and access will be very carefully limited.

We will certainly provide pictures, information and references.

If you wish to meet one of the adult dogs, we will be very happy to arrange to meet you at a local dog park or other convenient location.

Our dogs live in the same home as our family. They are not kept in kennels. They enjoy temperature control, human and canine interaction, constant attention and supervision. Our adult dogs and puppies have routine vet care, worming, vaccinations and wellness checkups. While they are housed with our family, they also run free and enjoy  acres of property where they romp with the other dogs and experience nature. Our dogs are given free access to the home and property and they come and go at will.

Many of our breeding dogs live with families in guardian homes.  These homes provide the dog with personal love and attention and allows us to “grow our program” while still giving our dogs the benefit of being raised in a home, within personal family units.

Gabby Jack Ranch dogs live “in the real world” and are not always coiffed and quiet, they get plenty of exercise, they play in dirt and grasses; they chase each other, run after toys and play ball. They bark when strangers come to our home or drive along the road near their play area. They cuddle on the bed with us at night.