Guardian Home Opportunities
We are a small home-based operation and are currently looking to expand our breeding program. We love our two breeding dogs and do not want to detract from a family environment by constructing a large kennel-type environment. We are seeking two to three families to be guardian homes for our breeding program. If you are willing to serve as a guardian home to a potential breeding dog, it's an excellent way to have one of our poodles as a family pet at around half the normal price. We want our breeding dogs to be raised in caring, loving homes as family pets and a guardian home arrangement ensures the best of both worlds.
As a guardian pet owner you agree to raise, train and care for a dog throughout their life, while making the dog available to us for breeding purposes. If you are a match for our guardian home program, we will place you with a pick of the litter puppy at approximately 7 weeks old. You will not remit the normal price for a dog, rather a non-refundable security fee of $400 will be collected and the new puppy becomes your family pet. This is a steep discount as inducement to participate in the program. You will pay for all normal cost of the care and medical expenses of raising a family pet. We will pay for all reproductive testing for your puppy. If your dog does not pass its health testing for breeding dogs, you will pay for the spay or neuter of the dog as you would under the normal purchase agreement and we will terminate the guardian home agreement, retire the dog from our breeding program, and it will remain your family pet at no additional fee to you.
If your dog passes the health testing it will become a breeding dog for Oklahoma Standard Poodles. If you have a female she will deliver between 3-4 litters for us. She will come to our home during her heat cycle for breeding for approximately 10 to 12 days (a great time for a trip), and then back home to you. She will remain with you throughout her pregnancy and come back to us approximately ten days before her estimated whelping date. She will stay for delivery and for seven weeks afterward. We will pay for veterinary care during the pregnancy. Once she has had 3-4 litters you will have her spayed and she will retire with you at no additional fee.
We will need to work closely together to ensure a successful pregnancy and early life for the puppies. Not everyone will want to participate, nor will every applicant qualify. You must live within 25 miles of our home, agree to submit the dog for testing and mating when required (which can be on short notice), agree to follow breeder guidelines and instructions during the time of pregnancy and breeding. We will organize a home visit as well. This is not typically available to first-time poodle owners, and is best suited to couples with older or grown children, stable employment or retirement, and who have or are willing to obtain knowledge of the canine reproductive process.
There are significant risks for both parties, including the mess of the heat cycle, restrictions regarding grooming and participation in public outings during pregnancy, a possible permanent change in behavior (usually more docile), temporary changes in behavior during pregnancy (loving toward family, but aggressive toward strangers), and typical risks of pregnancy including of long-term injury, uterine prolapse, eclampsia, and death. We take great steps to avoid all of those, but all the variables involved in breeding are impossible to predict and control.
As a guardian pet owner you agree to raise, train and care for a dog throughout their life, while making the dog available to us for breeding purposes. If you are a match for our guardian home program, we will place you with a pick of the litter puppy at approximately 7 weeks old. You will not remit the normal price for a dog, rather a non-refundable security fee of $400 will be collected and the new puppy becomes your family pet. This is a steep discount as inducement to participate in the program. You will pay for all normal cost of the care and medical expenses of raising a family pet. We will pay for all reproductive testing for your puppy. If your dog does not pass its health testing for breeding dogs, you will pay for the spay or neuter of the dog as you would under the normal purchase agreement and we will terminate the guardian home agreement, retire the dog from our breeding program, and it will remain your family pet at no additional fee to you.
If your dog passes the health testing it will become a breeding dog for Oklahoma Standard Poodles. If you have a female she will deliver between 3-4 litters for us. She will come to our home during her heat cycle for breeding for approximately 10 to 12 days (a great time for a trip), and then back home to you. She will remain with you throughout her pregnancy and come back to us approximately ten days before her estimated whelping date. She will stay for delivery and for seven weeks afterward. We will pay for veterinary care during the pregnancy. Once she has had 3-4 litters you will have her spayed and she will retire with you at no additional fee.
We will need to work closely together to ensure a successful pregnancy and early life for the puppies. Not everyone will want to participate, nor will every applicant qualify. You must live within 25 miles of our home, agree to submit the dog for testing and mating when required (which can be on short notice), agree to follow breeder guidelines and instructions during the time of pregnancy and breeding. We will organize a home visit as well. This is not typically available to first-time poodle owners, and is best suited to couples with older or grown children, stable employment or retirement, and who have or are willing to obtain knowledge of the canine reproductive process.
There are significant risks for both parties, including the mess of the heat cycle, restrictions regarding grooming and participation in public outings during pregnancy, a possible permanent change in behavior (usually more docile), temporary changes in behavior during pregnancy (loving toward family, but aggressive toward strangers), and typical risks of pregnancy including of long-term injury, uterine prolapse, eclampsia, and death. We take great steps to avoid all of those, but all the variables involved in breeding are impossible to predict and control.
