Guardian families must be able to:

Guardian Program.

Here at Ranch House Doodles we strive to provide only the best for our 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 the best possible puppies, we like to limit the number of dogs we have living in our home. We offer a unique guardian program where qualified families will receive a FREE puppy/dog while we retain the breeding rights.

Other Requirements

Qualifications

• Provide safe and secure means for exercise, potty, and play (having either a fenced yard OR prioritize walks around the block or hiking trails) while avoiding off-leash dog parks (for risk of spreading disease to puppies and mingling with other unaltered male/female dogs). 

• Provide a puppy/dog with proper health care and nutrition (including feeding a high quality food approved by us).

• Properly train and socialize a puppy/dog with appropriate tools and methods (including enlisting the help of a professional if you are unable to train yourself).

• Keep up with grooming (both professionally and at home) including regular brushing/bathing.

Guardian families should live within 1.5 hours of Yuba City, CA

Once the dog is of age, has passed all of her health testing, and is ready to breed (typically on her second heat cycle) we will have her over for a few days during the breeding process and later, for the duration of whelping her litter. After she has been bred she will return to her guardian family who will care for her during 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 (while notifying us the first day signs of each cycle is seen) and keep females away from intact male dogs during this time. Females will retire after having 3-4 litters (so long as she remains healthy during pregnancy/whelping/weaning and proves to be excellent mama dog). Once retired the female will be spayed (courtesy of us) and continue to live the remainder of her life with her guardian family.

• We require that you properly maintain and grow the puppy's coat out until around 6-12 months, although hair around the face, on the belly, and under the tail must be kept trimmed. Brushing and bathing should be done regularly.

• We require that you allow us to make arrangements to pick up the puppy/dog throughout various stages in his/her life to get photos taken to display on our website/social media channels.

• Guardian dogs are to be kept on a healthy diet at all times including feeding our chosen food brand and any required supplements. 

• Guardian families are responsible for all general vet care (aside from any breeding related visits).

• Guardian dogs must respond to their given name which is not be changed unless discussed prior (we will consider name changes/nicknames if pre-approved or not something we've already had in our program before).

​What you will receive as a guardian dog owner

• A quality/health tested dog at no cost

• Professional photoshoot of your pup

• Puppy-playtime with pups sired/whelped by your dog!