We do not believe that puppies or dogs are best served by spending their lives in a kennel!

Doodles and Cavapoos are social animals that adore their families and want to be with them, participating as a loved family member. By placing them in a loving home environment that will be their forever home from the time they are puppies, we are ensuring their happiness and best start in life. We feel this is the best method for our breeding program.

Our Guardian Home Program allows for local families to have our “pick of the litter puppy”

Guardian Families are an important part of our program. You will get to know us very well! It's pretty amazing to be a part of producing top quality, healthy pups that will make so many families happy. 

The Guardian Home puppy is part of the Guardian Home’s Family forever, while the breeding rights are retained by Sweetiedoodles. Females have up to 4 litters, males can be used as a stud until they are 8 years old.

Once the Guardian Dog has completed her breeding career, the dog will remain a forever pet of their Guardian Family!

 

Is There a Cost Involved to Be a Guardian Home?

Our Guardian Families are responsible for the general routine veterinary care and wellness of the Guardian puppy/dog placed with them. This means annual vaccines, feeding our preferred high quality dog food, grooming, monthly heartworm prevention, flea/tick prevention, training, regular exercise, professional obedience training and socialization, and most importantly all the love, care and attention possible :-)

Any “breeding related” medical costs for the Guardian Dog are the expense of Sweetiedoodles. Our Guardian Homes are only responsible for routine maintenance and medical care just as they would if they had their own dog.

 

What Are the Benefits of Being a Guardian Home?

A Guardian Family gets our pick of the litter! This means that we choose our breeding dogs based on the best qualities that are outlined in our breed standard with temperament of course coming first. Another wonderful benefit to our Guardian Families is that their Guardian dog or puppy will be completely health tested by 12 months of age (some tests may be done as early as 8 weeks of age) at the expense of Sweetiedoodles prior to entering our breeding program, at no cost to the Guardian Family.  Our Guardian Families get to enjoy the excitement of being a part of our breeding program, and seeing the offspring of their very own Guardian dog be placed with families across the country bringing others the same joy and happiness that they have received from their Guardian Dog!

 

What Are The Requirements to Become A Guardian Home?

To be considered as a Guardian Home for one of our breeding dogs, we prefer that you live within 60 miles of our home (Conklin, Michigan). It is necessary that you have physical fencing to provide a safe and secure environment for the Guardian dog/puppy, own your own home, and have a schedule that will allow for your dog to not be left alone for extended periods of time. We also require the Guardian Home to not visit dog parks during the term of the contract.  All dogs and pups placed in Guardian Families must be indoor dogs, and never be left outside unattended. 

Guardian families must: KEEP in touch with us during the development of their dog. We need regular updates and pictures of your Guardian Dog. We also require for your Guardian to come and visit at least 2 times the first year to evaluate them and make sure they stay used to our house.

 

How Does it Work?

If you are approved for a Guardian Home puppy, the puppy will come to you around 8 weeks of age. During the first year, Sweetiedoodles will have their health testing completed. Once we receive all of the results from her health testing, we are then able to access whether or not they will enter our breeding program. If for any reason we decide not to breed the Guardian Puppy placed with you (this is a decision solely made by Sweetiedoodles) they will remain a forever family pet with her Guardian Family.

The Guardian Female will breed starting around at their second heat cycle.  

If you are receiving a Guardian Home Puppy female. We may require a visit to our home every few months during the first year to assess the Guardian Puppy, as well as build a relationship with her for the future. Occasionally, we will ask our Guardian Families to bring the puppy to us for a visit so that she can get comfortable with our home for when she will be here with us in the future having babies.

When the Guardian girl is in season, the Guardian Family is required to contact us immediately. An intact female usually has a heat cycle that will last between 14 and 21 days, but some females will only be in season for 2 days. During this time, she will need to stay with us. Once she has been bred, she will remain with her Guardian Family until two weeks before her due date. At that time, the Guardian dog will come back to stay with us throughout her pregnancy, and will be returned once her pups are fully weaned approximately 6-8 weeks later.

 

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If you are interested and meet this criteria, please complete our online application and select the guardian option. This has been a very successful part to our breeding program. While it may sound like a lot of details, it really isn't. We love watching our SweetieMoms and SweetieDads thrive with their families. We love getting to know our Guardian Families and becoming life long friends. 

 

You can email us at sweetiedoodles@gmail.com with any questions. 

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Guardian Home Application

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