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Hickory Creek is launching a Guardian Home Program!
Guardian Home Program
At Hickory Creek we believe that every dog deserves to have a loving, forever home so we have decided to offer a Guardian Home Program. A Guardian Home is a permanent home for one of our prospective breeding male or females at a significantly reduced or no cost to the guardian family.
Becoming a Guardian Home gives you the opportunity to have one of our puppies or young adults as a family pet while he or she remains in our program up the age of 5 for females & up to the age of 6 for males. Hickory Creek will share joint AKC ownership with the family, and will retain ALL breeding rights to the dog.
We reserve the right to cancel our guardianship program at any time if we deem it necessary. Once retired, he/she is to be neutered/spayed at our expense and will get to retire with his or her family. If you are a Guardian for one of our females and we decide together to breed her, you will be compensated $50/puppy OR $300/litter (your choice) once her puppies go home. You are welcome to schedule visits while she is with us to see her and play with the puppies!
Male Guardian Homes do not have to live close to us, as semen can be collected by a veterinarian and shipped to us at our expense. If you are a Guardian for one of our males you will be compensated $100/successful litter.
As a Guardian Home you will be required to pay for the everyday expenses of owning a dog including annual exams, vaccines, food, etc. We will pay for all breeding related costs including health testing, progesterone testing, breeding related x-rays, etc.
Becoming a Guardian Home is not for everyone. You MUST be willing and able to follow these requirements:
- Be willing to teach basic commands such as sit, stay, lay-down, no, and leave it.
- Be willing to socialize the dog. This is very important!
- Feed a premium, quality food. Must be rated 3.5 stars or higher.
- All other dogs in the home MUST be fixed if they are the opposite sex.
- Provide regular exercise.
- Willing to let us, the breeder, visit your home if we feel it is necessary.
- Contact Breeder immediately in the event of a serious illness or accident.
- Must not allow he/she to mate with any unapproved dogs.
- Provide veterinary care when needed.
- If you are a guardian for a female dog, you must be willing to drop her off for 1-2 weeks while she is bred. Then drop her back off 1 week prior to her whelping date. She will stay with us until the puppies are weaned.
- If you are a guardian for a male dog, you must be willing to take him to your veterinarian for semen collection or drop him off for 3-5 days for breeding unless arrangements are made ahead of time for us to pick him up. Sometimes we are able to come to you for a breeding so you must be able to meet with us.
- Be able to communicate with us, the breeder, about scheduling testing, mating, whelping, and anything else breeding related.
If you are interested in becoming a Guardian Home for one of our dogs please fill out the Guardian Home application below. We look forward to hearing from you!
The Guardian Home Application Can Be Found Below!
“Much the most individual of the dogs and the one with the strongest character was Sailor Boy; a Chesapeake Bay dog. He had a masterful temper and a strong sense of both dignity and duty..."
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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