BECOME A GUARDIAN FAMILY

The Basics of our Guardian Program

We believe that parents breeding dogs deserve a great home and a great life.  Sometimes our program requires us to have more dogs than we can lovingly keep in our home, so our answer is to allow some of our breeding dogs to leave us and become part of another family’s life and home.  Later they then return to us for breeding, and for females, again when it’s time to give birth to the puppies.

Qualifying to be a Guardian Home:

  • 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 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 not allow a male guardian to breed with unapproved females
  • Guardians must live within a reasonable driving distance from Jacksonville, FL
  • Guardians must communicate, cooperate and coordinate with the breeder regarding testing, mating, whelping, and other breeding related activities
A Guardian Home is a family that gets an a puppy or an adult dog from us that will hopefully be part of our breeding program and has a forever home with you. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for selected local families to be a part of our family. It allows us to expand our program without utilizing kennels. A Guardian Home is a family that takes one of our goldendoodles that is personally chosen for you by us. This puppy/dog will be your forever dog while still participating in our breeding program. The Guardian Home agrees to raise, train, love and care for their goldendoodle as their own while The Henry Doodles retains ownership and breeding rights for a pre-agreed amount of time. This way all of our dogs get the love they deserve in your forever home. This fee is $300 for a male and $500 for a female.
I have answered all of the above questions truthfully and honestly. I acknowledge that The Henry Doodles has the right to refuse to go into contract with me at any time. I understand that once my Guardian application is approved and I choose to go forward with adopting a goldendoodle from The Henry Doodles, I will be asked to submit a $300 or $500 Reservation and Consultation Fee to hold my placement. I further understand that the Reservation and Consultation Fee will be applied towards the total balance of my Reserved goldendoodle and is non-refundable unless the goldendoodle is unavailable.
Fill out this out to place a deposit for your goldendoodle (include a $15 Credit Card Fee). By placing a deposit on a goldendoodle you agree that your deposit is non-refundable.
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Fill out this out to place a deposit for your goldendoodle (include a $15 Paypal Fee). By placing a deposit on a goldendoodle you agree that your deposit is non-refundable.

Our Goldendoodles

This plan is used by many breeders and is often called a foster or “Guardian Home” program.  Summarized – the breeding dog lives with their adoptive family and returns to us for breeding as needed.  Females will return when in season, then again to deliver the puppies. The female stays with us for 10-14 days during her heat cycle, to be bred. Then, she returns to whelp (deliver) the puppies a week before they are due, staying with us until the puppies are weaned (about 6-7 weeks total). Males return when a female that he is needed for stud is in heat.  We work with our Guardian Homes using a simple contract and we provide support and guidance all along the way, staying in contact through the year. At the end of the Guardian Home Family contract, the dogs belong 100% to the Guardian Family.

Guardian Requirements

Please note that we are very selective and only highly qualified families will be approved to foster our breeding dogs.  We will conduct a telephone interview and will conduct a home visit. Our breeding program depends on the quality of care provided by our guardian families – we expect the best home life possible for our dogs. 

Considering Becoming a Guardian Family

If you are considering becoming a Henry Doodle guardian, we would love to speak to you. Becoming a Guardian Parent is such an excitingly big step and we would love to assist you in making an educated decision about the right choice of a dog for your family. We are happy to place our goldendoodles with loving, responsible families who have the time, resources, and a welcoming home to provide a safe environment for their goldendoodle. Please fill out the contact form above. 

The parent dog gets to be a companion/pet and have the happiness of being part of a family and home – and great puppies get raised. This breeding/parent dog lives in their forever home, grows up, is trained, is well socialized, loved and cared for and is part of the family. What could be better? The Guardian Family has the opportunity to have a truly wonderful dog at a very low cost, in exchange for working with us for a limited number of litters. The Guardian Family is paid a contracted amount for each female dog’s litter during the contract period, or a set amount per stud use for a male.  It’s a total “win” for everyone, the parent dog, the Guardian Family, and The Henry Doodles!