Guardian Program

Guardian Families Dogs, are dogs that we use for breeding, but live permanently with their forever families (transfer ownership after they have had 2 or 3 litters with us) so they will be loved and carded for as a normal family pet. The dogs will be future moms/dads for us, but they will be your forever- fur-baby! This arrangement allows the dogs to have an amazing life and for the families involved to get wonderful loving companions and save money and make money for their care. The dogs are given to the families, free of charge, and after they are retired, the families will have 100% ownership.

Male Guardian families:
The compensation for our male dogs is $200 per litter. A male dog will be expected to be available to stud at any time D.D. requires. This can be a very rare expectation or it can be several times per year. The male will be kept intact, and will either be brought to us or arrangements will be made for pick-up whenever the female designated for him comes into heat. We will keep the male for a couple days each breeding. Depending upon the experience on both sides and the need of the dog, we will relinquish rights after the male is around 5 years of age or when he has been replaced by a younger stud, which could be earlier. The Guardian puppy or dog is part of the your  Family forever, while the breeding rights are retained by Doting Doodles for a set amount of time (each situation is slightly different so we prefer to work out specific details with each family on an individual basis.) When the dog reaches breeding age, any health testing for breeding will be done at the expense of the D.D.. If we finds the dog is not up to the proper breeding standards, full ownership will be signed over to the guardian family and they will be required to have him or her spayed/neutered. If the said dog is used for breeding, once retired, he/she will be spayed/neutered and full ownership will be given to the guardian home at that time, and the dog will remain a forever pet of their Guardian Family!

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Female Gurdians pup's:
The family of our female dogs will receive $100 per puppy, per litter. Females come into heat approximately every 6 to 8 months. When the dog comes into heat, she will need to be brought to our home to be bred, staying for about a week. After she is bred, she can return home, until it's time to deliver (approximately 60 days). She is then brought back to deliver and nurse her pups for a total of 8 weeks. After the puppies have received their first shots at 4 weeks, you are welcome to visit the puppies and mom. (Lots of families will take advantage of this time and take a vacation!) This makes the separation easier for both the family and the dog, and is also good socialization for the puppies. After 8 weeks, she returns home freshly groomed and happy to be back with her family until the next time.

The current AKC-recommended and veterinarian-approved timing for breeding is to breed with every heat cycle. It is no longer considered advisable to give the females a year between litters. That said, the dog will be first bred at her 2 or 3rd heat at around 2 years of age. She will then breed every 6 months or whenever she comes into heat depending on her.  However, it does mean she will be away a lot (4 months per year) for 2 years or so of her life. After 2 or 3 litters, she will be retired and the family will gain full ownership!