Role Summary

Provide a warm, loving home for specially selected breeding dogs to live in while they help bring the next generation of Guide Dog puppies into the world.

Key Responsibilities

Male breeders

• Commit to having a male breeding dog in your home for a couple of years while he is in the breeding program.
• Reside no more than one hour from the Guide Dogs Centre at Glossodia.
• Be able to continue with basic training
• Be able to transport the dog from time to time when needed for breeding
• Keep the dog at a healthy weight
• Walk the dog each day
• Have no other entire dogs at home

Female Breeders

• Commit to having the female dog in your home for at least four years
• Reside no more than one hour from the Guide Dogs Centre at Glossodia.
• Be able to whelp the puppies in your home and keep them for up to six weeks
• Continue with basic training
• Be able to transport the female back to the centre in Glossodia from time to time for breeding purposes
• Have no other entire dogs at home
• Walk the dog each day
• Keep the dog at a healthy weight

Skills/Experience/Attributes

• Ability to manage large, energetic and excited Labradors
• Ability to provide positive reinforcement
• Calm, patient nature

Time Committment

Up to 4 years

Support

All food, preventatives and veterinary care are provided as well as access to training with your local Puppy Development Advisor.

Volunteers who take care of female breeders will be supported by a whelping advisor during the whelp and each week while they have puppies.