CO-OWN Program

We work together with local families!

We have a huge passion for our breed and there are a couple reasons we decided to implement a co-own program. Many breeders often refer to this situation as a guardian opportunity, but I really like to think of it as a co-own because we are going to be working together, and of course you will get paid with litters so it is more of a co-own situation. Ultimately, we like the dogs with us because we get to know them and we can train them so we get to see their personalities and training abilities.

However, we are very passionate about our dogs being valued family members and not living life as kennel dogs. Our dogs live in our house and we think they should stay that way.

Working together with some local homes has worked out to allow some of our dogs the chance to bless other homes, but have the benefit of remaining in our program so we can continue to work with our Genetic Diversity Goals that require us to keep puppies to test and train for the improvement of the breed. We are working with a few other breeders to do genetic diversity testing and genetic COI's to try to improve diversity and hopefully lower health conditions!

Our co-own families own all pet rights (they will live with you majority of the time as a valued pet) and we own breeding rights (they come back to us for titling, health testing, and breeding -if they meet the requirements).

We are only interested in individuals or families that are passionate about our breed and dogs having an active fulfilled life.

Benefits and Requirements

Why this program?

This program allows families a well bred, trained, and health tested dog or puppy at less than our normal cost.
We help pay for training or complete training, which can be ideal for families that cannot dedicate the time to properly train a puppy.
It allows us to work closely with a family for the dog, so they are already in their forever family from the start.
We can continue to grow our program while keep all of our dogs in family homes.
We can work together with families to make sure our dogs integrate into the perfect family to retire with while we are still working with them.

Requirements

The family we are looking for...

must live within 2 hours of Gillette, WY (we are flexible if you are willing to come to us).
must be willing to deliver the dog to us when needed for testing, eventing, or breeding.
must have a fenced yard (or ability to contain) and be willing to go on walks so the dogs receive adequate exercise to stay in shape.
must continue to feed a high quality food and treats.
must be willing to keep up with her necessary yearly vet visits and routine care
must be motivated to keep up with the basic training

Benefits

The Buyer:

will pay an upright fee that is less than our purchase price and is returned upon the first litter.
will be paid for every litter we have with them while they are in their home (at least $200/ puppy for a female and up to $500/litter for a male).
will have a dog that is health tested fully (hips, elbow, eyes, cardiac, and genetics).
will only have to pay for up to half of the training costs if we decide to do formal training (we pay for all of the titling costs and at least half of the training fees).
may visit the dog and puppies any time while they are in our home.
has free boarding with us while they are out of town on vacation or trips.

You can be a part of working with our breed!

All litter raising and puppy placement is done in our home, families may visit the mom/puppies at any time.

Once the dog retires from our program, they will be fixed and retired to the co-own home.

Our goal for this program is to meet the high standards we are requiring for our breeding dogs with not only health, but also training and titles on every one of our dogs. We can integrate our dogs into families were they will be spoiled family members, and still remain part of our program. This means that they can be a part of their forever home from the start. We get attached to these dogs, so we will be picky with who we choose to work with.