Partnership Homes

If you are open to or would like a show-potential puppy however are not willing to show the dog yourself, but happen to live nearby, we are more than happy to take them to shows to title them in their Australian Championship. Showing is definitely not for everyone and this can be a good alternative for those not wishing to become involved in the show/breeding scene, but would still like to contribute to the breed/our breeding program or are open to doing so. This would likely be every second to third weekend and involve us ‘dognapping’ your Lappie baby for a good ¾ of a weekend day. This is not a necessity, however a preference for us.

On occasion we will allow males to go to pet homes to be collected from once they are health tested and of age, then their owners are free to desex them at a normal interval, as if they were pet-only puppies (without us showing them to title, if this is something you are uncomfortable with or you are interstate and unwilling to show them yourself).

We sometimes have show-potential puppies available to other breeders, aspiring-to-be breeders or dedicated show homes without co-ownership in place, if we feel that a puppy is worthy of being bred from or shown and we do not have plans for him or her within our own breeding program.

We try to put mostly males in co-owned homes, as once he has been utilised in our breeding program as per our agreements (whether after full health testing clearance, this be natural mating/s or collected for frozen semen), the dog will be then signed over to the co-owner in full, and depending on whether they are breeders/show home or not, may use him themselves in a registered breeding and/or stud him out, or have him de-sexed as per contract (in the case of a pet home).

Females are a little trickier as we require either a litter to be taken place with us (in most cases) or a puppy back (in very few cases). This means that the dam will potentially have to be with us for at least 2 or so weeks whilst mating (whether AI or natural) takes place, then at least a further 9 weeks whilst we prepare for the litter (at least one week before due date) and whilst the puppies grow. This is a long time for a family to be without their dog and can carry a lot of health risks for your girl. If you are thinking that you would be comfortable to be the owner of a show-potential female from us, it is very important you consider whether this is something you would be open to. Because of this we try to home out our show-potential females to people familiar with the breed, who show and/or are close with us, if we are not able to keep them ourselves.

If you go into this agreement with us whilst planning to breed your dog or keep them entire for possible stud/leasing opportunities, we will agree to cover half the costs of their health testing. If you go into agreement with us with the plans of de-sexing your dog after we utilise them in our breeding plans, we will cover the entire cost of their health testing before they are signed over to you. Once they are signed fully into your name it is up to you whether any further health testing is performed (DNA profiling and screening, Hips and Elbows, Eye testing and possibly cardio testing depending on the lines will be covered by us as per the above).