What is a Guardian Dog Family ?
At lushretrievers all our dogs live as part of our family, taking part in outings and activities. In an effort for us to expand our breeding program, to breed and train dogs without raising any in a kennel environment, we offer dogs in a Guardian Dog Family Breeding Program so we can place pups initially with their life family members.
Golden retrievers are bred to be family companions and love human company and we bred our pups to become family pets and companions and so believe they should be raised in the home as a full family member and their parents should also live the same life.
A “Guardian Family” is one who is given the special opportunity and responsibility of nurturing and loving one of our future breeding dogs as their forever dog. It allows us to continue what we love, develop our breeding further and continue to offer high quality pups where we will retain breeding rights for a small number of litters, whilst still ensuring the pup/dog receive all the love and affection they deserve from an individual Forever Family.
Guardian dogs are under a strict legally binding contract. They are offered to approved homes via an application and interview process.
To be a guardian dog family you MUST;
live within 2 hours drive of us in central coast and Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Lower Hunter Valley and (North Sydney Regions also considered)
be willing to work with us for the entirety of the strict contract
Note all our Female Guardian dogs are desexed
Note Our guardian fee is $1000 that includes desexing and vaccination
If you would like more information or an application form to become a Guardian Family please contact us.