Fostering (Guardian Homes)
What is fostering (Being a Guardian Home?)
At Shadowland we prioratize that each individual dog is given a fulfilling, enriched life. At no purchase cost to the new home, fostering allowed us to place adult champion dogs or promising young adults/puppies with families who can love them as their companions, while allowing us to keep breeding (and for puppies -showing) rights available.
At Shadowland we prioratize that each individual dog is given a fulfilling, enriched life. At no purchase cost to the new home, fostering allowed us to place adult champion dogs or promising young adults/puppies with families who can love them as their companions, while allowing us to keep breeding (and for puppies -showing) rights available.
~While we use the term “Foster” or “Guardian” these homes are truly their forever homes.
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What it entails...
-Through our foster program, the foster family/.guardian home would receive a puppy or adult dog without the regular purchase price it costs to buy one of our pedigreed, well-bred dogs.
-The dog would live primarily with the Foster/Guardian home, and the foster home is responsible for day-to-day costs including dog food, veterinary care, and everyday needs.
Typically, a foster home would be without their dog for a short period of time, however can be as involved as they would like. Females would come back to us no more than once a year to have puppies and males would be used at stud occasionally.
-We pay for all expenses related to breeding and are responsible for the care of mom and puppies.
-For the Fosters taking on a puppy or young adult: We would ask the dog has training on leash manners and being handled to be a good show dog candidate.
For puppies and young adults this would include being with us for the occasional brief visit as they work towards finishing their Championship, complete health testing and steps towards being a good candidate for our breeding program. This is usually no more than a few weeks/weekends during the first couple of years. As for adults that have already finished their championships prior to being placed in a foster home, those show weekends would be rare, if at all!
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*Most importantly, our Foster Program allows our dogs to be a crucial part of our breeding program.
For a female, this means that she would come back to us for breeding and to whelp puppies to continue future generations (this would be up to approximately 8 weeks at a time to whelp and raise a litter. Once retired from our program, ownership will be transferred to our foster home.
For a male, this means keeping them intact for the duration of their lives (unless medically necessary to neuter) and allowing us to use him at stud on occasion. Boys would be away from home for short periods at a time only for breeding, which would be taken care of by us, at our home.
For a female, this means that she would come back to us for breeding and to whelp puppies to continue future generations (this would be up to approximately 8 weeks at a time to whelp and raise a litter. Once retired from our program, ownership will be transferred to our foster home.
For a male, this means keeping them intact for the duration of their lives (unless medically necessary to neuter) and allowing us to use him at stud on occasion. Boys would be away from home for short periods at a time only for breeding, which would be taken care of by us, at our home.
- All expenses, transport and efforts regarding showing and breeding shall be ours here at Shadowland.
With our foster program it allows us to keep dogs as an invaluable part of our breeding program, and our foster homes receive a show quality puppy who will be championed and health tested (by us) free of charge.
Foster homes must live within reasonable driving distance to Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Please include your location when applying.
With our foster program it allows us to keep dogs as an invaluable part of our breeding program, and our foster homes receive a show quality puppy who will be championed and health tested (by us) free of charge.
Foster homes must live within reasonable driving distance to Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Please include your location when applying.
