Guardian opportunities Spring/early summer of 2024.
I am planning to keep 3 of Lucy’s next litter for our program. I’m hoping for girls of course but may end up keeping a boy and 2 girls possibly. I will be looking for guardians for each of them when they are ready for new homes.
Guardianship?
What is guardianship?
Guardianship is a way for ethical breeders to breed dogs in a home environment and keep dogs in a permanent home. Guardian dogs are dogs chosen for breeding purposes that live with other people outside of our home. This allows the dogs to get more of that one on one attention that they want and need and allows us to continue to breed dogs in an ethical way.
What are the benefits? The benefits for the guardian home/parent are many
The main drawback is that you don’t have complete autonomy of your dog until they are retired from breeding. That being said we do endeavour to make the arrangement as easy as possible on all parties! The other drawback is that for guardian homes of females they will not have their dogs for 2 months at a time while they are raising their puppies. And for Males they need more consistent training so that they don’t mark and some do mark occasionally even if they are trained but that usually completely stops when they are neutered after they retire.
What are the requirements?
The main requirement is that you take good care of them and stay in good communication with us. And of course that you don’t get them spayed or neutered till they are retired!
How long do guardian dogs stay in the program before they are retired?
It depends! We hope that we could have 4 litters out of each breeding female and 4 years of service for males.
Guardianship is a way for ethical breeders to breed dogs in a home environment and keep dogs in a permanent home. Guardian dogs are dogs chosen for breeding purposes that live with other people outside of our home. This allows the dogs to get more of that one on one attention that they want and need and allows us to continue to breed dogs in an ethical way.
What are the benefits? The benefits for the guardian home/parent are many
- The initial adoption price is waived.
- You get the pick of the litter! You get 2 weeks of free dog boarding per year.
- For every successful litter, we give guardian families a bonus when we sell the puppies!
The main drawback is that you don’t have complete autonomy of your dog until they are retired from breeding. That being said we do endeavour to make the arrangement as easy as possible on all parties! The other drawback is that for guardian homes of females they will not have their dogs for 2 months at a time while they are raising their puppies. And for Males they need more consistent training so that they don’t mark and some do mark occasionally even if they are trained but that usually completely stops when they are neutered after they retire.
What are the requirements?
The main requirement is that you take good care of them and stay in good communication with us. And of course that you don’t get them spayed or neutered till they are retired!
How long do guardian dogs stay in the program before they are retired?
It depends! We hope that we could have 4 litters out of each breeding female and 4 years of service for males.