About Us

Dedicated to a Healthy Legacy of Chinese Crested Dogs

Welcome!

We are Chinese Checkers Chinese Cresteds. We are Chinese Crested breeders and have Chinese Crested puppies for sale. They have many national and international champions in their lineage and have the most wonderful temperament. We have puppies for sale when there is sufficient interest from prospective buyers. In other words: "we breed when there is a need".

Chinese Crested: one of the dog world's best kept secrets!

We are Chinese Checkers Chinese Cresteds, located in sunny Port Charlotte, Florida, where we enjoy the nice southern weather and dodge the occasional hurricane. Here is where we raise our Chinese Cresteds with all the love, care, attention, and nurturing this wonderful breed deserves!

We are NOT a "puppy mill". We strongly adhere to the ethical standards for breeders as outlined by the A.K.C., the Chinese Crested Club of America, and other professional organizations affiliated with the breeding of purebred dogs. We breed only as demand dictates and give our females frequent "breaks" from breeding. All of our dogs live inside our home (with 24 hour access to a fenced yard) and are loved on by us and exposed to a wide variety of people (from infants to the elderly) and other animals which winds up making them very well socialized and adaptable to a wide range of environments.

We have all puppies vet checked, all puppies are up to date on their vaccinations, and the "crate training" process has been started for you (and we hope that you will continue with that training). A "health guarantee" and A.K.C. registration (limited, with breeding privileges available for an additional charge) are provided with all puppies.

Adults sleep in crates and/or in bed with my wife and me (call me nuts?). All adults and puppies play together (with supervision) as a group. We dedicate our time and love to our dogs because we are blessed with such a wonderful breed.

Our motto is: "the puppy becomes a part of your family and you become a part of ours".

Getting to Know Us: the Humans Behind it All…

We are Bill and Lori Elrod. We are CRAZY about our dogs!!!!!!!!!! We got our first Chinese Crested in 2006, and we’ve been hooked ever since!

Our DREAM has always been to breed, nurture, and find great homes for our puppies!!! When we discovered the “Cresteds”, we knew that we had to do this!!! Kody, our first (nobody can have just one!), was a therapy dog and went to nursing homes to visit. We realized how gentle and sweet he was from the beginning!!! He has given so much joy to so many, which in turn gives us joy!!!

We just love to share what we have discovered with these wonderful animals…So goes the breeding of Puppies!!! Anyone that’s ever been a breeder or has ever had an “accidental” litter knows you don’t do this for the money: it is truly a labor of love, love of the breed, and the wish to share them with others!!! We strive to bring babies to people that are “breed standard”….healthy….happy…well socialized...etc. We have chosen the “Heart of Dixie” line because of the great temperament and have spent several years in an effort to further refine that temperament. Believe us, you can look but would be difficult to find any Chinese Crested puppies with better temperaments! All of our puppies (and dogs) are treated with a lot of love, care, and special attention and that outcome is a pet that you would be thoroughly happy to own!!!