Harmony Hill Doodles
Aussiedoodle & Bernedoodle Breeder
Guardian Application
Here at Harmony Hill Doodles, we strive to provide only the best for our adult breeding dogs who serve as loving members of our family. To ensure we are able to give these dogs the best possible home life while being able to expand and produce the best possible puppies, we like to limit the number of dogs we have living in our home.
We are now offering a guardian program where qualified families will receive a FREE puppy/dog while we retain the breeding rights.
Guardian families are expected to properly care for their new puppy/dog physically and financially. We will cover all costs associated to breeding and care for/own all litters produced by guardian family dogs.
Basically, you will get an adorable dog to add to your family for no cost, and we get to use him/her in our breeding program. Pretty simple!
Guardian dogs will remain your forever family pet but will come to us every so often to sire/whelp their litters.
Guardian Qualifications
Guardian families must:
- Live no more than 60 miles outside of Rochester, Massachusetts
- Have a fenced yard
- Have previous experience with owning a dog or have adequate knowledge on caring for a dog
Guardian families must be able to:
- Provide a puppy/dog with proper health care, nutrition, and exercise
- Properly train and socialize a puppy/dog
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Other Requirements:
- We ask that you let the puppy’s coat grow out until around 6-10 months, although you may groom and trim the dog’s coat around the face and base of tail. Brushing and bathing should be done regularly.
- We ask that you allow us to make arrangements to pick up the puppy/dog throughout various stages in its life to get photos taken to display on our website/social media channels.
- Guardian dogs are to be kept on a healthy diet at all times including feeding our chosen food brand.
- Guardian families are required to take their puppy/dog to the vet for its annual vaccines and whenever else needed (aside from breeding related visits).
- Guardian dogs will keep their given name although you may have as many nicknames for them as you like.
Owning a female guardian dog:
We will board your dog for a few days during the breeding process and the duration of whelping a litter. Once old enough, female dogs will spend at least 6-8 weeks per year or every other year in our care to whelp, raise, and wean their puppies (guardian families are always welcome to visit during this time).
Guardians must be able to detect a heat cycle and keep females away from intact male dogs during this time. Females retire at around the age of 4-6 (typically after having 3-4 litters). After retirement the female will be spayed, and continue to live the remainder of her life with her guardian family.
Owning a male guardian dog:
Male dogs will spend a few days with us at a time when needed during breeding.
Guardians must be able to keep male dogs away from intact female dogs in heat.
Males retire at around the age of 5-7, after retirement the male will be neutered, and continue to live the remainder of his life with his guardian family.
