Made Possible With
Dog Treats, Love,
And YOU!
Many breeders choose to house their dogs in kennels and leave their puppies unattended for much of the day. If you have read much on our website you know that is not how we work. We choose to have all our dogs (dams and sires) as well as puppies live and raised in a home! You are planning to bring your dog home to live with you—why would you want them to start out anywhere other than in a home, with people who will love them, and who will train them. And did we mention love them?!
Yet, our personal houses can’t provide space for too many dogs at one time. And can you imagine three litters of puppies all at once in one home?! Fun, yes! Manageable…maybe not.
We have created our Boise Golden’s Breeding Partner Program™ just for this reason. We have several different ways that partners can come alongside our breeding program and participate in providing top-notch dogs to many different families. We need YOU! You can help us by becoming either a Guardian Home, Guardian-Whelper, or Puppy Trainer.
Guardian Home
Every one of our dogs (males and females) deserves a forever home to live in from day one. As our program continues to expand and as we add new dogs to replace dogs that are “retiring,” we have a constant need for loving, qualified, forever homes. These are Guardian Homes who would like to take one of our breeding dogs, care for the dog as their own throughout its life while working with us for the breeding season of that dog’s life. And then, when the dog retires from breeding, they own the dog free once their contract as a Guardian Home is completed. We continue to provide great puppies and our breeding dogs live with their forever family right from the start! Win-Win!
Guardian-Whelpers
Little tiny potatoes. That’s what a newborn Golden Retriever looks like! And they need a sweet place to sleep, grow, and have their mama care for them. Our Guardian-Whelpers are families who take temporary custody of one of our breeding mama dogs (dam) and her puppies for the first four weeks of their lives (Days 0-28). Guardian Whelpers help feed and care for the mama, clean and care for the puppies, help provide ENS training, ESI training, and snuggle! And snuggle some more!
These first four weeks are incredibly fun and fairly easy times with puppies as they go from little lumps who can barely scoot to puppies who are learning how to tottle around on their own. At the end of these four weeks the puppies move on to one of our weaning homes along with their mama so they can receive in-depth training as part of our Boise Golden’s Program.
All supplies are provided (food, whelping area, pee pads, scales, etc). And as though puppy kisses weren’t enough, this is a PAID job!
Puppy Trainers
Once our puppies move to a weaning home (Days 29-56), they are trained extensively. New sounds, water introduction, inside and outside, learning to go potty on command and to hold potty inside. And how not to chew on furniture!
During this time our weaning houses do a lot of puppy care and training, but even they need a break! This is where our Puppy Trainers come in! Puppy Trainers are paid, background-checked, and trained employees of Boise Goldens who come to a weaning house to care for puppies when the weaning house parents need a break.
At first, puppies stay awake about 20-30 minutes for play and training, and then nap for about 1-2 hours. By the end of this season puppies are awake for about 60-90 minutes and nap about 1 hour. During the awake time Puppy Trainers help continue on the puppies’ training and care as well as caring for the mother (dam). When the puppies sleep, Puppy Trainers help clean up and chill (this is a great gig for students or others who can use the down-time to get other projects done).
Do any of these sound like you?!
Then please get in touch!
If you are interested in being a Guardian Home, Guardian Whelper, or Puppy Trainer we would love to talk to you. Positions and needs are constantly changing and we always keep a running list of interested people. Guardian Homes and Guardian-Whelpers must live in the greater Boise, Idaho area or nearer Treasure Valley (e.g. Meridian, Eagle, Kuna) within 30 minutes of downtown Boise. Similalry, our Puppy Trainers must be able to work in areas within the same range where our Weaning Homes are located. If you would like to talk or get more information about any of these ways you can partner with Boise Goldens as a Breeding Partner, please send us a message!