What is a Guardian?​
A Guardian is a family who adopts one of our potential breeding quality puppies and provides them with a forever home.
The Guardian raises, trains, and cares for the puppy as their own, but True North retains all breeding rights.
What are the requirements to become a guardian family?
a fenced in yard
living within one hour from Westport
children older than 6
an adult home for most of the day
The guardian program is a great way of making sure that our breeder dogs live a full life and are loved and cherished members of their own family. In exchange for caring for a True North labradoodle and partnering with us during the dog's breeding career, you will receive an amazing dog for a fraction of the puppy cost. True North is responsible for all costs related to breeding and the guardian is responsible for all pet related expenses.
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Training and socialization are very important aspects of pet ownership and even more so with guardian dogs, for these high quality breeders are our Ambassadors -- they represent the True North Labradoodles breeding program and the breed as a whole. Training will not only result in a well mannered dog; it will also allow the dog to develop to its full potential, for labradoodles thrive in the mental exercise training requires.
Labradoodles thrive in the mental exercise training requires.
Health tests
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We will test the True North labradoodle's hips, patellas, heart, eyes, and run a genetic disease panel when the dog is 6 to 12 months old. If the dog passes all health tests, she will be bred after her first year birthday, usually in her second or third heat; we may breed her back to back or once a year. A female will have three or four litters.
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Puppy time
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Once the dog goes into heat during a breeding cycle, she goes for a progesterone test to determine the best time for mating. This may need to be done two or three times; when the time is right, she will come here to mate and then go back home; one week before her due date, she comes back to us and stays until her puppies are weaned: about seven to eight weeks.
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Benefits
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The benefits of being a Guardian Family are not only financial; the cycle of life is a beautiful thing and being able to participate in this experience with a guardian dog is a privilege. The Guardian Family participates in the development of this wonderful breed and raises healthy and confident dogs who will produce puppies that will be a great addition to some very lucky families.
