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Meet Elsa - Available Now

She’s an absolutely wonderful girl. …So wonderful, in fact, that we have decided to keep her back as a potential breeder. She is outgoing, intelligent and wants to please. She has that nice, blocky structure we like to see in our puppies. Her nose is coal black and she’s red from head to toe! At full height she will weigh approximately 40 lbs. We’re sending preliminary testing off to the lab this week, and definitely keeping our fingers crossed! 

Starlight Ridge’s Guardian Program Overview

We are currently looking for guardian homes for a few of our Australian Labradoodle puppies.

Guardian Families are an important part of our program here at Starlight Ridge, and we select our families very carefully. We believe strongly that all dogs should be raised with their own family. We never kennel our breeders. That’s one of the things that sets our program apart from so many! In our guardian program, the dog or puppy will live with you and come to Starlight Ridge only when required testing needs to be done, when it is time to be bred or when she is ready to have her puppies. We cover expenses for health testing and breeding. We will also pay to have her spayed when she has had 3-4 litters.

Requirements:

- Guardian family must live within a 100 mile radius of Grants Pass.

- Guardian family must feed a high quality, grain free dog food approved by breeder.

- Provide a safe environment that includes fenced yard or an invisible fence.

-Guardian must notify Starlight Ridge as soon as girl comes into heat and take every precaution to keep unaltered males away.If girl is to be bred, transport her to Starlight Ridge for approximately 1 week and then pick her up.If girl is due, transport her to Starlight Ridge at 5 to 7 days before delivery and pick her up approximately 6 weeks after delivery.

-If Guardian Family has one of our males, they are not to allow said male to breed to any females not in our program.

- If receiving a puppy, guardian family is to provide basic obedience training at approximately 4 to 6 months of age– a group class or with an individual trainer. Guardian family also must make sure dog is leashed trained, potty trained and crate trained andensure that the dog/puppy is well socialized.

- Guardian family needs to have a willingness to accept and follow Starlight Ridge’s recommendations for the dog/puppy’s basic health care and veterinarian care, such as vaccine schedules, the use of certain medications, etc.

- A willingness to maintain open lines of communications with Starlight Ridge in any matter related to the dog/puppy.

- Guardian must notify Starlight Ridge of new contact information if there is any change in telephone number or address.

- Upon completion/fulfillment of the guardian home contract, dog will be spay/neutered and ownership will be transferred from Starlight Ridge Australian Labradoodles to guardian home.