Next Wednesday is 'holds' day! A little info...

I realise that some of you approved applicants work during the day time and may not be home to place a hold on your intended puppy. This is how I'd like to handle that situation...

I will start taking holds at promptly 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 6th. I will contact each of you by PHONE. I will verify your phone number via e-mail. If the phone number is incorrect (or you wish for me to contact you at a different number for this process), please correct it at that time. PLEASE BE READY TO TAKE THE CALL - THIS PROCESS DOES NOT TAKE LONG considering most of you already know which puppy you would like.

IF YOU WILL NOT BE HOME ON WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. (it shouldn't take much longer than that), PLEASE SEND ME A LIST of which puppies you'd prefer, IN ORDER. I will simply go down the list and choose the appropriate puppy, and reserve him/her. For example, you know you won't be home so you send me this list:

Applicant: Erin Martin Place Holder: 4

1. Green Girl 2. Blue Boy 3. White Girl 4. Brown Girl 5. Pink Girl 6. Black Boy 7. Gray Girl

We'll place holders 1, 2 and 3 have chosen, and the puppies left available are:

White Girl Brown Girl Pink Girl Gray Girl

Then I would reserve WHITE GIRL in your place, because she was a higher priority on your list of what was left of the available puppies.

I hope that isn't confusing - if you have questions regarding this, please let me know. It'll be a heck of a lot simpler if you are available for the phone call though! Doing this allows me to keep going down the list of approved applicants to place their holds, still keeping with the fairness of the place holder system, and without making everyone wait around.

*****ALL DEPOSITS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 11:59 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6TH*****

Any person who has NOT paid their deposit by this time will lose their hold and their puppy will be up for grabs to the next available approved applicant on the wait list.

Please be SURE of your choice - once the deposit is made, it is NON-REFUNDABLE. This is non-negotiable. If you would like to switch your deposit from one puppy to another available puppy, that is fine (assuming there is any left - I doubt there will be), but under no circumstances will I provide a refund on a deposit.

Also, a friendly reminder: If you have not yet set up a Paypal account and figured out how to either fund it, or allow it to direct debit your checking account, please do so before the deposits are due. It usually takes 2-4 days to verify a checking account! Paypal is safe, free, and easy. It provides protection to both parties involved and provides electronic receipts of our transactions :)