Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026! | | As we ring in the new year, we are taking a moment to reflect on 2025. Here are some facts and statistics about this year at Puppies ‘N Love and Animal Kingdom: | | Most Popular Dog Breed: Dachshund | | | | While the French Bulldog is holding steady as the USA’s most popular dog breed, here in the Valley of the Sun, the Dachshund reigns supreme! With their vast array of color and coat types, distinctive long body, and their small-but-mighty personalities, it’s no wonder they’re the “wiener” this year! | | Rarest Dog Breed: English Coonhound | | | | While “classic” breeds such as Beagles, Havanese, or Golden Retrievers meet the needs of most families, we sometimes get the opportunity to match a family with a more unusual breed! This year’s rarest breed – the English Coonhound! In terms of popularity, this breed ranks 171 out of 202 breeds recognized by the AKC. It was so cool to have one of these pups pass through our doors and to be able to find them a forever family! | | Hours Spent Enriching Our Puppies: 9,000+ | | | | Our motto is “Our Puppies Come First”, and we live up to that every day. Between our five locations and our corporate office, we are proud to have spent this time helping young minds grow, and we will continue our commitment to investing in our puppies’ well-being in the new year. | | Puppy Messes Cleaned: Too Many to Count | | Puppy Love Shared: Infinite! | | | | Whether you have taken home one of our puppies, attended one of our puppy parties, or just stopped by for a quick dose of snuggles, we are so overjoyed to have had the opportunity to spread the joy of puppies. We are honored to be a part of this community, and as we enter our 48th year serving the Valley, we want to take a moment to thank you from the bottoms of our hearts. We can’t wait for a new year full of new opportunities, events, and, most of all, more families matched with their dream puppies. | | STAR Puppy Training Graduates: 33 | | | | That’s thirty-three puppies off to the best possible start in their new home! If you’ve brought a puppy home for the holidays, this is the perfect time to enroll your puppy in a class. Learn more about it below! | | |
We are now proud to host two different kinds of puppy classes at our Paradise Valley Festival location. AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Classes are open to puppies that originally came from Animal Kingdom or Puppies ‘N Love ages 6 months and younger.
| | These classes are all about getting your puppy off to the right start. Under the guidance of an AKC-certified trainer, new puppy owners can form a solid foundation for their puppies that will serve them well for the rest of their lives. Learn more about what goes into an AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy class in our blog post about the subject. | | |
SuperS.T.A.R. Puppy Classes are open to any puppy from Animal Kingdom or Puppies ‘N Love between 6 months and 1 year old. While they are intended as a follow-up for AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy program, these clases are also open to puppies that are too old to participate in the S.T.A.R. Puppy classes!
This extended class set aims to bridge the gap between puppies that have completed the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Classes but are still too young and immature to attempt the AKC Canine Good Citizen Certification. Growing puppies also have different needs than young puppies, and this class will focus more on obedience than novel experiences during their socialization window.
AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Classes OR SuperS.T.A.R. Puppy Classes
6 Puppy Classes for only $199
at Puppies 'N Love
Paradise Valley Festival
Interested in taking advantage of this offer? Send us an email or give us a call at (602) 966-7599 to inquire about start dates! Spots are extremely limited, so act fast!
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| | Join us every Friday for a puppy party! Visit us between 6:00-7:00 at our Paradise Valley Festival location for an hour of cuddly fun. | | We are more than just a source of ethically-bred puppies and puppy supply store. We aim to be a lifelong support to our customers as they experience the joys and challenges of dog ownership. We worked in partnership with trainers, veterinary professionals, and drew upon our more than 30 years of experience specializing in puppies to bring you the best information. In case you missed any, here are the topics we covered this year: | | We look forward to continuing our mission of responsible pet ownership in the new year. Have a topic you’d like us to cover? Send us a message and we will do our best to address your questions in 2026! | | |
We are proud to work with breeders that are committed to animal welfare, and twice per year we even visit a number of these breeders! Meet one of the breeders that we were lucky enough to visit just a few weeks ago - Tim Wagler of Creek Bottom Kennels!
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We are proud to work with breeders that are committed to animal welfare, and twice per year we even visit a number of these breeders! Meet one of the breeders that we were lucky enough to visit just a few weeks ago - Tim Wagler of Creek Bottom Kennels!
| | Homes for Life Adoptions: 70 | | While only a small percentage of dogs end up returning to us through Homes for Life, we are honored to be able to uphold our lifelong commitment to our puppies through this program. Thank you to every soul who opened their hearts to these second-chance dogs. | | |
We assume a lifetime responsibility for every puppy we send home. Our Homes for Life program is the result of this commitment and our dedication to preventing pet homelessness.
We understand that for unfortunate and unforeseen reasons sometimes customers who purchase our puppies can no longer care for them. For this reason, our customers agree to relinquish the dog to us, not a shelter.
We do this to ensure that we can find them a new, loving home but first provide them with the rehabilitation and care that they may need in addition to a neuter/spay as part of our commitment to responsible pet ownership.
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| | Reply to this email or call 602-255-0166 ext. 127 | | If you're new around here, please watch our newest introduction video that illustrates our mission, values, how we care for our puppies and our quality breeders: | |
To ensure that all of our puppies find homes in a timely manner, we reduce their price as they age.
By no means are we lowering the cost of these puppies because they are in any way less valuable, but it’s our mission to find each of our puppies a permanent, loving home as quickly as possible.
| | Cutie alert! This stunning Poodle is looking for his perfect home NOW! Come meet this handsome 16-week-old boy today at our San Tan Village location. Stop in or give us a call at 480-917-3437! | |
Click here to see more special puppies at special prices!
| | As a small, family-owned and operated business, we take great pride in being a part of our community. As 2025 draws to a close, we wanted to take a moment to spotlight some of our community partners and other animal-related small businesses. | | | | We are happy to spread puppy love through regular visits to the Phoenix Mountain Post-Acute center. We hope that we can give the staff and patients a much-needed boost as they do their good work! | | | | We have a long history of supporting Phoenix Children’s Hospital. We are pleased to donate our premium Earthblend Dog Food to support their security dog teams at their various branches. Thank you to the doctors and nurses, and to the security teams who keep them safe! | | | | We had a blast teaming up with Get It Movement for a Puppies and Pilates class. Their Gilbert location should now be open. Be sure to check them out if you are in the area! | | | | A special thank you to Songbird Coffee & Tea House for running an adoption event for our Homes for Life dogs. We are so appreciative, and we look forward to working with you again in the future! If you’re looking for some amazing coffee made by some amazing folks, stop by (and say hi to Inky Bob, their mascot cat!) | | | | Groomin Tyme is a small, family-run dog groomer that values connection, both with their customers and their dogs. In their more than twenty years of service in the valley, they have helped countless dogs look and feel their best. | | | | Hand & Hound's award-winning pet sitting service is a great resource for pet owners needing extra exercise and enrichment for their pets or coverage while traveling! At Hand & Hound, they strive to get to know pet owners and their pets as if they were their own while also incorporating professional standards, such as Pet First Aid + CPR training. | | | | My Groomer Tilly, owned and operated by the eponymous Tilly, is a small, one-on-one dog grooming salon. Their private grooming space is kennel-free and works with one family at a time to provide an exceptional experience for your pet. She works with dogs of any size, age, or hair type. | |
One of the things that sets us apart is our dedication to puppy enrichment + dog training.
Here is what enrichment looks like to us...
| | Channeling the Labs' energy into confidence building exercise: | | ARIZONA RANKS HIGH ON BBB'S LIST OF PUPPY SCAMS COMMITTED IN 2022 | | |
In the last few years, online pet scams are on the rise and have caused grief for people seeking new pets, with little to no recourse for the victims.
According to the Better Business Bureau, Arizona is at the top of the list for puppy scams per 100k people.
California is the state with the most reported puppy scams, with 167 scams reported to the Better Business Bureau from January 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022. This makes up more than 10% of the total number of scams reported nationwide.
Read more about this study from the last year here.
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If you are looking for a puppy, be careful & remain vigilant!
Here is how to spot a puppy scam online from AKC:
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No phone calls. The seller prefers to handle communication by email and not the phone. A reputable breeder will always communicate with you via phone or video chat (if not in person) before selling you a puppy. Fraudulent sellers are oftentimes outside of the U.S. and may be hiding their phone number by only communicating by email.
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Copycat or stock photos. Photos of the dog or ad text can be found on multiple websites. Search for the text or reverse image search the photos on Google to find out if they were copied.
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Sketchy payment. The seller asks for wiring of money or payment by gift cards. Be aware that if you choose a non-secure method of payment, it is highly unlikely that you will get your money back. Avoid paying a stranger using apps such as Venmo, as it is harder to get your money back if you don’t get what you paid for.
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Price is too good to be true. Research the prices for the breed you are considering. Purebred dogs sold at deeply discounted prices are typically frauds. If the seller says they register their dogs with a specific organization, you can call the organization to confirm.
Read more about spotting scams here.
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