Guardian Program

Guardian Home Program

What Is The Guardian Program?

The guardian program allows us to grow our breeding program and continue to better our breeds, without sacrificing any of our dogs happiness and need for love and attention. While we want to keep all of our dogs with us, we understand that they will be happier with more one on one attention than we can give them.

As a guardian home, you are the permanent home for one of our breeding dogs while they are in our program. Once they are retired (and spayed/neutered at our expense), full ownership transfers to the guardian family and they get to keep the dog forever.

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.

By offering the guardian program, we are able to ensure that our dogs get to live the best possible lives in a loving, caring home where they receive as much one on one attention as possible.

What expenses is the Guardian responsible for?

Guardians are responsible for all “regular” dog care including providing food, treats, toys, etc. They are also responsible for normal vet care that is not breeding related. The dog must be kept up to date on all shots, flea and tick treatments including heartworm treatments at guardian's expense. Guardians are also required to pay for grooming unless they opt to do it themselves.

What is MavGang responsible for?

1.Provide guardian family with a healthy, quality dog or puppy

2. Pay for health testing

3. Pay for all breeding related expenses (ie progesterone testing, semen collection, etc)

4. Teaching the guardian family how to detect a heat cycle and how to care for a pregnant dog if they don’t already know

5. Pay for the spay/neuter upon retirement

6. Provide lifetime support for the dog

7. Always be willing to take the dog back if the guardian family can no longer care for them

Requirements of becoming a Guardian:

Toilet train and crate train the dog by 9 months of age if they are not already
Keep the dog as an indoor family pet and never allow them to live outside
Keep the dog off of the ground where other dogs frequent (dog parks, pet stores, etc) and away from unknown dogs until the dog is fully vaccinated (around 16 weeks)
Be willing and able to socialize the dog with other dogs as well as people
Provide adequate exercise and mental stimulation
Be able to bring the dog to and from the breeder within 24-36hr notice
Must be able to communicate, cooperate, and coordinate with the breeder effectively
Contact the breeder in the event of any serious illness or accident
You may not be a guardian home for a different breeder (with the same breeds) while participating in our program
Fenced in yard is preferred
Must not have any entire (un-desexed) dogs of the opposite sex residing on the same premises to avoid any accidental matings

Benefits of being a Guardian:

You are getting a top quality dog at a heavily discounted pet price
The dog will be health tested at the breeder’s expense
Families are allowed to visit their female and her puppies
The breeder pays for spay or neuter
Once retired and spayed/neutered, full rights and ownership are transferred to you
Knowing your canine companion is blessing families all over the country
We consider all of our puppy/dog owners family, but when you become a guardian you are truly part of our team