Becoming a guardian home guide

The guardian program allows us to grow our program and continue to better our breeds, without sacrificing any of our dogs happiness and need for love and attention. While we want to keep all of our dogs with us, we understand that they will be happier with more one on one attention than we can give them.

As a guardian home, you are the permanent home for one of our breeding dogs while they are in our program. Once they are retired (and spayed/neutered at our expense), full ownership transfers to the guardian family and they get to keep the dog forever.

Becoming a Guardian Home gives you the opportunity to have one of our puppies or young adults as a family pet while he or she remains in our program at no upfront cost to you!

By offering the guardian program, we are able to ensure that our dogs get to live the best possible lives in a loving, caring home where they receive as much one on one attention as possible.

• Teach basic commands such as sit, stay, lay-down, “no”, quiet, and leave it as well as how to walk politely on a leash
• Must be willing and able to train using positive reinforcement only
• Potty train and crate train the dog by 9 months of age if they are not already
• Keep the dog as an indoor family pet and never allow them to live outside
• Keep the dog off of the ground where other dogs frequent (dog parks, pet stores, etc) and away from unknown dogs until the dog is fully vaccinated (around 16 weeks)
• Be willing and able to socialize the dog with other dogs as well as people
• Provide adequate exercise and mental stimulation
• Be able to bring the dog to and from the breeder within 24-36hr notice
• Must be able to communicate, cooperate, and coordinate with the breeder effectively
• Contact the breeder in the event of any serious illness or accident 
• You may not be a guardian home for a different breeder (with the same breeds) while participating in our program
• Fenced in yard is required

Becoming a guardian home for one of our dogs is a huge commitment and a decision that should not be made lightly. Please keep in mind that we retain full legal ownership of the dog until they are retired from our program and guardians have a legal obligation to follow the contract. Our dogs are very high quality and have been hand selected to benefit and improve our program further.

Becoming a guardian home is not for everyone! Please consider this commitment carefully.

• Provide guardian family with a healthy dog at no cost
• Pay for health testing
• Pay for all breeding related expenses (ie progesterone testing, semen collection, etc)
• Teaching the guardian family how to detect a heat cycle and how to care for a pregnant dog if they don’t already know
• Pay for the spay/neuter upon retirement
• Pay a monetary sum per litter
• Provide lifetime support for the dog
• Always be willing to take the dog back if the guardian family can no longer care for them

• You are getting a top quality dog at no up front cost
• The dog will be health tested at the breeder’s expense
• Families are allowed to visit their female and her puppies
• Monetary compensation for each litter
• The breeder pays for spay or neuter
• Guardians with females get to name the puppies in her litters
• Once retired and spayed/neutered, full rights and ownership are transferred to you
• Knowing your canine companion is blessing families all over the country
• We consider all of our puppy/dog owners family, but when you become a guardian you are truly part of our team