What Do I Need in Order to Qualify as a Guardian Home?

Guardian Home Program Application

• Guardians must have previous dog experience
  
• Guardians must own and live in a home with a fully fenced yard
  
• Guardians must keep the dog on a leash or in a fenced area
  
• Guardians must be willing to train the dog the very basic obedience commands (off, down, sit, back, leave it, crate)
  
• Guardians must ensure the puppy issocializedto adults, children and other animals – SUPER IMPORTANT
  
• Guardians must provide appropriate veterinary or emergency care when needed
  
• Guardians must feed the dog a diet approved by the breeder which would be any of the high end grain free dog food brands available at your local feed store or pet store.
  
• Guardians must be able and willing to identify and notify us immediately when a female begins her heat cycle
  
• Guardians must not allow a female in heat near intact males
  
• Guardians must live within a reasonable driving distance from Tetonia ID (Between Tetonia ID and Salt Lake UT or 60 miles in opposite direction)
  
• Guardians must communicate, cooperate and coordinate with the breeder regarding testing, mating, whelping, and other breeding related activities

Our guardians are responsible for the dog’s regular health maintenance: annual exams, vaccines, food, etc. We pay for genetic health testing required for breeding, and all breeding related expenses. We decide when she will be bred and to whom she will be bred too, she stays with her guardian family during her pregnancy (63 days) and then is returned to us at least a week before her due date to deliver (whelp) and then raise her puppies (8 weeks). Once her puppies are weaned then she’s returned to her guardian family.

As a Guardian home, you get a puppy for a small cost and the dog stays with you as your family dog for the life of the dog. We retain breeding rights for a certain amount of litters starting at sexual maturity, and ending once the female has whelped a set amount of litters. Each guardian dog contract is unique but it’s usually between 3 and 5 litters depending on what we’re trying to accomplish with that particular female and how well she reacts to being a Mother.

Guardian Dogs Needed

Guardian Home Security Deposit

Dog Guardian Home Program Conclusion

There are many things that Guardian families need to consider. Guardians of females sometimes have to deal with several heat cycles and keeping their girl protected from unwanted males. The Guardian family will need to learn the signs of a heat cycle and be willing to communicate, cooperate and coordinate with us to ensure a successful breeding. Because of canine venereal diseases,  male guardian dogs can only mate with approved females.

How Does The Guardian Dog Home Program Work?

The Guardian Home Program is the answer for us, and many dog breeders like us,  in order to give OUR breeding dogs the very best life possible.
It is important to limit how many dogs we personally keep and house. Also, we understand that in order to breed the highest quality dogs, which is our MAIN GOAL, we also need to keep, evaluate, and ADD quality bloodlines to our breeding program. 

The Guardian Dog Program is what made all this possible!

The Guardian Home program is actually a very simple program even though it may seem like there are a lot of details. The main thing to remember is, if we as humans truly reject the idea of puppy mills, then to my knowledge there is no better way than the guardian home program to help reputable breeders continue to breed dogs in a humane and loving environment and out of cages so in order to continue to produce HAPPY and HEALTHY puppies for families who are looking for a forever pet or are in need of a service dog we have adopted this wonderful program and it has worked very well for us and the families involved.

When the dog is older and completes her breeding obligations, we return the security deposit, we pay for spay/neuter and your dog comes home to enjoy the wonderful life you have provided for her since puppy hood. Females in guardian homes may have up to five litters (minimum of three) prior to being spayed, usually by their 5th birthday.

​Top quality Bernedoodles Standard Bernedoodles, Mini Bernedoodles, and Tiny Bernedoodle puppies. "Often imitated, never duplicated" 

​Our Guardian Dog program has allowed us, and other dog breeders like us, to expand our dog breeding program with pride. Also, it has helped us to breed the very highest quality Bernese and Bernedoodles out of kennels and IN OUR LOVING ARMS!!

We’re looking for local families with dog experience who live in or between Rexburg ID, Idaho Falls ID, Black Foot ID, Pocotello ID, Malad ID, Plymouth UT, Roy UT

​Bernedoodles Guardian Home Program

Things to Consider as a Dog Guardian

Guardian Home Responsibilities

Guardian Dog Program Basics