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What is a guardian family/puppy and how does it work?

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Great Question.....a Guardian Family is a family that is ideally lives in the Brisbane or Moreton Bay areas of South East Queensland and they  agree to become the Pawrents for one of our future breeding dogs. This is a puppy which has has ticked all the boxes and been carefully selected from a litter to hopefully join our breeding program once they have come of age and passed their health testing. The guardian puppy is a full member of the guardian families home and lives a happy contented life with that family. The breeding rights of that puppy are retained by Kari Labradoodles while under a breeding agreement. Once they have completed their breeding schedule for Kari they are desexed and full ownership is at that point transferred to the Guardian Family.  Our families find this experience to be a magical and enriching one, and they will be able to come and visit their pet (if its a girl) and see the beautiful puppies that she has produced.  Its pretty amazing !!

Kari Labradoodles will also cover the cost of an in home visit from a puppy trainer to assist you in setting up your puppy areas, toilet training, crate training and some basic puppy manners. 

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Our Guardian puppies are the  'pick of the litter' having been selected for being a shinning example of the all the best qualities on a Labradoodle.

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Health Testing 

At 12 months of age all of our potential breeding dogs undergo a day of health testing. They will be tested for Hip and Elbow dysplasia, and we will test for all known genetic issues and diseases.  We also do a full DNA genetic profile.  Kari Labradoodles covers all costs associated with the breeding and we also cover the cost of desexing puppy once the agreement has concluded.

 

What We Require From Our Guardian Families

  • The cost to you is a $1500 guardian payment which is a fraction of the cost of a pet puppy and fully refundable at the conclusion of the Guardian agreement.

  • Pet Insurance.

  • To feed our future Superstar a quality food diet.

  • We ask you to take puppy to Puppy School and making sure they do their homework. Good doggy manners are a must and this inevitably help you at home too.- We cover the cost of a home visit from a puppy specialist to help you set up your puppies new living areas and get get puppy settled into their new environment.  All   reproductive costs associated with breeding are covered by us.

  • You would naturally cover the normal day to day costs of raising a family dog & of course

  • A bit of assistance now and again in getting puppy to the Qld Veterinary Specialists at Stafford - this is where our Reproductive team is.  We do most of this of course but sometimes teamwork makes the dream work.

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Guardian Girls

Our breeding girls are in our program for a max of 3 litters - usually between the ages of 1year - 4 years of age. Our girls are required for a series of short blood tests prior to mating as we track their progesterone levels and then they come and stay will us for approx 7 week whilst they have their puppies.  We send them home to you freshly groomed and fully vet checked. Once the Guardian contract has concluded the girl will be very checked and desexed at Kari Labradoodles expense.

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Guardian Boys

Our potential breeding boys stay in our program until they are 5 years old - they will be "active" from 1 year old.  Typically we only require a boys for a few hours each time their services are required and they are called upon on average 3 - 4 times a year.  Once the Guardian contract has concluded the boy will be very checked and desexed at Kari Labradoodles expense.

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We will go over everything with you in detail as there can be variations to each agreement that suits our individual families, so we do try to tailor the arrangement to suit everyone and be as flexible as possible. If you have an interest in becoming a Guardian for of our future breeding stars please reach out and have a chat with us, we would love to hear from you!!

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