Attention: Guardian Homes Needed
At IvyLane Labradoodles of Pennsylvania, all of our labradoodles live indoors as part of the family. In an effort for us to expand our breeding options but still raise our breeding dogs in a quality home, we offer a Guardian Home program.
Puppies, young adults or adults are available to carefully selected guardian homes for a significantly discounted adoption fee. Puppies in Guardian homes have shorter breeding careers. After which, our guardian family will retain the dog for the life of the dog. Registration will be with IvyLane Labradoodles until after the dog is spayed/neutered.
Day to day expense and regular Veterinary care will be the responsibility of the Guardian home. Breeding expenses and health testing pertinent to breeding will be the responsibility of IvyLane Labradoodles.
* Be willing to feed what we feed our dogs and follow breeder’s recommendations for the dogs basic health care and veterinarian care, such as vaccine schedules, the use of certain medications, and emergency care as needed.
* To prevent accidental mating, no other unneutered dogs should ever be on the premises
* You must live within 2 hours of Mechanicsburg, PA.
* You must be willing to enforce basic obedience either through formal class training or appropriate training at home.
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* You must be willing to openly communicate with IvyLane Labradoodles about any matter related to the dog and allow me to visit your home.
* You must be willing to work with us to complete health testing, in most cases you will be able to take the dog to a local Vet for the testing. Testing may include hips, eyes, cardiac, & blood test and be at the expense of IvyLane Labradoodles.
Bonus: With four weeks notice, we will dog sit for you during vacations free of charge.
FEMALES
* You must be willing to work with us to coordinate the breeding of a female, by taking her for blood test to determine proper time of breeding. If the breeding is to be an AI (Artificial Insemination), we may ask that you take her to a local Vet for the procedure, this will allow you to keep her with you until closer to her whelp date. For a Natural breeding, you will need to take her for blood testing, and then be willing to work with us for her transportation for her breeding. We want our dogs to remain with you as much as possible.
* During her gestation period, you will keep in close contact with us. You must agree not to take her to any public dog places such as a park to limit the chance of possible infection.
* Understand and agree that females will need to come back to us at about 7 days prior to birth of her puppies and will give birth at our home unless agreed otherwise by both parties. Females will be with us for about 7-8 weeks after giving birth and then will be returned to you. At four years of age the dog will be spayed or neutered and will then stay with you in their forever home.
MALES
* You must be willing to work with us to coordinate breeding of our males. We may ask that you take the dog to a local Vet for collection, and shipping of semen, this will allow the dog to stay with you. Understand that in some cases we will want to use the dog for a natural breeding, thus we will need him to stay with us for a short period of time, usually 7-10 days. We reserve the right to have this dog's sperm collected and frozen for breeding purposes; we will retain sole breeding rights to this dog. He will be neutered between age five & six years old
THE MOST IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU LOVE THIS WONDERFUL DOG AS A CHERISHED MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY!
If you are interested in becoming a Guardian to one of our puppies, young adults or adults, please e-mail me for current availability.
How to qualify as a guardian:
KBowers@ivylanelabradoodles.com or call Kristin at 717.512.6611
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