Become a Guardian Home - Earn a FREE to you OES

Guardian Homes Wanted:

We are often looking for Guardian homes for new adult breeders.  Why use Guardian home's?   Well we truly believe that if we get over 4-6 adult OES in our home we can not give them all the love and attention and grooming, and care that they deserve.  In order to keep a program running and having 3-6 litters a year you must have 8-10 dogs in your program.   Little ones that are going through training and health testing to become future program dogs, and the youngest adults who have passed all health testing and are ready to start in the program, the adults who have started their jobs and journey in the program, and then our original 4 dogs who will always remain with us and retire here.  In order for each of the dogs to receive everything they truly deserve and have the family they will always live with and retire to when they have completed their journey in our program, then that requires us to have trusted guardian homes we can build great relationships with, talk to, and trust with these precious lives! 

Guardian homes must live within 3 hours of us.  One and a half hours is even better.  This  so that they never have to drive more than 45 minutes to meet up to trade dogs with us, pick up their dog from farm visits ect.   To be approved as a Guardian home there is a contract that must be agreed to, and signed, and re signed yearly.  You must come to the farm to meet us here.   This is so we can get to know you, and you can get to know us, and our program, and dogs.   We want us both to be a good fit for each other, as it does require an open, honest, close relationship to work together in this way!    You must be willing to develop a relationship, and communicate no less than weekly, more often the 1st few months with photos and updates of your guardian home dog.   We must come to your home for a visit, and to approve you as a guardian home, prior to contracts, and final approval. 

Guardian home dogs will live more with us than Guardian home for the 1st few months.  

This is so that we can start basic training, potty training, and crate training, and get them a great start to socialization.   

During that time they will visit their Guardian home often.   

After that time they will live more with the guardian home, and visit us every 6 weeks at least.   

They will stay with us during heat cycles, and live with us from 2 weeks prior to due date for litter, until their pups have gone home.  

This is usually about 10 weeks for each litter.   

Guardian homes are welcome to come, and spend time with their breeder dog, as they wish, with notice given.   During the times that their dog is with us for an extended stay.

We have only had extremely good relationships with our current guardian homes, and we desire to find new guardian homes with people who desire that close relationship as well.   

Guardian homes must be kind, caring, loving, very good at communicating, and very willing to continue new training, and refresher training with their dogs.   

This will be done most often daily or weekly. 

Guardian homes receive:

-A fully health tested, fully trained OES.   Who is either already a therapy dog, or about to be.  

-Their Guardian dog becomes fully theirs, 6 months after they have had their last litter, or have been spayed or neutered.   The decision on when the dog will be spayed, and or neutered will be made solely by the breeder/owner, and the Veterinarian. 

-They receive a generous bonus each littler that their Guardian dog produces.

-The bonus ends up being close to $100 for each week that their dog is gone from their home, and staying in our home for puppy litters.  This is usually around 10 weeks for girls, and 1-2 weeks each heat cycle for males.  

-We pay for all yearly Wellness Vet care, and Vaccines, and Reproductive Veterinary care while in our program.

-We pay for all training classes up to Canine Good Citizen.

- We provide Free Boarding of their Guardian dogs while away on trips, or vacations, or during a hospital stay.    

-Over the course of a Guardian Home Breeder dogs career, the Guardian home ends up receiving about $8,000 between their dog, vet care, and litter bonuses. 

The costs that the Guardian home is responsible for:

-Feeding Supplies

-Grooming 

-Monthly Flea, and Tick treatment 

-AKC pet insurance. 

Any Vet care for accidents, or illness that does not end up being covered by Insurance.