Guardian Home Program
At Two Acre Wood Standard Poodles 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 our best 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 puppy/dog at no cost while we retain the breeding rights for an agreed upon number of litters.
Guardian families are expected to properly care for their new puppy/dog physically and cover the financial costs of everyday care. We will cover all costs associated to breeding litters. Guardian dogs will remain your forever family pet but will come to us every so often to sire/whelp their litters. Below are the nuts and bolts of our guardian program. Keep in mind however, that we are looking at this as a partnership with you and are here to walk you through the details or be available for support whenever you need it.
Qualifications:
*Guardian families should have*
-A fenced yard is highly recommended (can be a physical fence or underground electric fence) but can have some other type of containment system/area
-Provide a puppy/dog with proper health care, nutrition, and exercise
-Properly train and socialize a puppy/dog with appropriate tools and methods
-Keep up with grooming (both professionally and at home) including regular brushing/bathing or low maintenance haircuts
-Guardian families must live no more than 20 miles outside of Green Bay, WI
Owning a female guardian dog:
Once your dog is of age, has passed all of her health testing, and is ready to breed (typically on the second heat cycle or around 18 months-2 years old) we will have your dog over for a few days during the breeding process and later, for the duration of whelping her litter. After your dog has been bred she will return to her guardian family for the remainder of her pregnancy. She will then come back to us a week before she is due to whelp her litter.
Once old enough, female dogs will spend at least 6-8 weeks per year in our care to whelp, raise, and wean their puppies (guardian families are always welcome to visit). Guardians must be able to detect a heat cycle and keep females away from intact male dogs during this time. Don’t worry though, we work with you to teach you all you need to know. Females retire at around the age of 5-6 (typically after having 4-5 litters), after retirement the female will be spayed, at our expense, and continue to live the remainder of her life with her guardian family.
Owning a male guardian dog:
Once your dog is of age, has passed all of his health testing, and is ready to breed (whenever he has matured) our male dogs will spend a few days with us at a time when needed to breed a female. Guardians must be able to keep male dogs away from intact female dogs in heat. Males retire at around the age of 7, after retirement the male will be neutered, at our expense, and continue to live the remainder of his life with his guardian family.
Other requirements:
-For Standard Poodles: Hair should be trimmed as needed in a maintainable trim.
-We ask that you allow us to make arrangements to pick up the dog throughout various stages in its life to get photos taken to display on our website/social media channels. We happily babysit if it works out with our schedule.
-Guardian dogs are to be kept on a healthy diet at all times
-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).
If you are interested in becoming a part of our guardian program please contact us.
