Thank you for visiting our website! My name is Dana and my husband is Landon and we are the proud parents of two little ORNERY boys, Dalton and Dylan, who are very much a big part of our breeding program!! They are alot of why we have such happy puppies that are ready to take on any child!! Our puppies are VERY kid oriented!! In fact, the more action, the better they love it!

I work from home which allows me to be with our dogs 24-7! Landon is self employed, owning his own contruction company "Richards Construction and lawn irrigation". The construction and lawn irrigation makes him diversified. You have to be deversified in a small community. Both our families are here in Burlington, sisters, brothers, moms' and dad, grandparents the whole gang!! Landon's mother, Sue Richards, is part of our wonderful breeding program along with his youngest brother Tyler Richards and his wife Stephanie. So needless to say, this is VERY family oriented! We all dedicate every asset to our breeding program whether it be for the cleaning, delivering, loving or socializing of each new puppy we bring into the world. We all are very much a part of the "everyday" life style of being a responsible breeder!!

It is a great pleasure to be able to share and be a part of people's lives by allowing us the opportunity to let you receive one of our special babies!! Yes, you to are very important because we only want the VERY best homes for our little ones! Please understand, we do NOT sale any of our puppies to pet stores, puppymills, or dog brokers! Each and every puppy is placed into private approved homes. We sale our puppies as "pet quality only!"

Each puppy is extremely special to us and we prefer that our puppies go to very loving pet homes on a spay and neuter contract.

All of our puppies are health guaranteed for one year against any genetic defects, have current vaccinations and deworming, come with a detailed medical report to take into your vet to set your puppy up for his upcoming vaccinations.

All puppies are vet checked before they go to their new homes and are not allowed to leave me until they are at LEAST 8weeks old.

We here at Paws and Claws are here to make this such a happy, wonderful experience! We want you to know you who you are dealing with and that we are WHO we SAY we are....honest, genuine people doing what we all LOVE! We have hundreds of references, people from all over that have experienced just that!! That is what separates us from everyone else!

When contacting us, please keep in mind that if you are a true dog lover looking for a wonderful new companion and are NOT a scammer or puppy mill, we would love to talk with you, whether you have questions about "Richards Kennels" or puppy availability for adopting a new family member. We apologize in advance for any possible delay in response. Please remember our puppies/dogs are our beloved family members and we would love to sit and chat with you for hours, but we do have full time jobs, home and family responsibilities, human and "puppy chilren" to take care of, so we may be delayed in getting back right away. We WILL get in touch with you as soon as we possibly can. Please continue to try and reach us. Don't worry we won't get annoyed! It will just show us how serious you are in finding more about us! We look forward to meeting you and helping you to have a wonderful experience with us! Please remember there are honorable and less than honorable people in each group and that AKC papers are not a guarantee of quality!