• Age appropriate vaccinations – We vaccinate against parvo, distemper, parainfluenza, adenovirus, and 4 forms of Lepto. We send every puppy home with 2 combo vaccinations at 8 weeks, if they are still here with us they will get a third at 12 weeks, and they receive the rabies vaccine at 16 weeks. We do not consider puppies fully vaccinated until they get that third vaccinations at 12 weeks.
• Microchip – All puppies are microchipped at 6 weeks old with Fi Nano chips. Microchipping is the #1 safest and easiest way to ensure your puppy returns home should they get out without you. Its also a key method of proving ownership should someone take your dog. Fi Nano is our chosen chip because they are smaller than standard chips, making it less painful for the puppy to have implanted and the registration of the chip is free for you. A microchip is a small chip the size of a grain of rice. It transmits a number wirelessly through the dogs skin when a reader is waved over it. This number is stored with the microchip company and is attached to the contact information you register with them. Most vets, shelters, and rescues check for these chips upon finding an animal.
• Prepaid AKC – All of our puppies are registered with the AKC and we prepay your puppies registration so it is free to you to register your puppy with the AKC.
• 30 Days Free Pet Health Insurance – All of our puppies go home with offers from our partner pet health insurance companies (Trupanion & AKC) for 30 days of free health coverage all you have to do is activate the offer.
• Cropping & Docking – Our puppies include cropping and docking except when specifically requested otherwise by the client. All of the cropping and docking done to our puppies is done by licensed veterinarians. We also have them remove dewclaws at the same time docking is done. We do not cut corners and try to do these delicate procedures ourselves. Our puppies receive a medium crop if done by our vet. We do not offer any other cropping style. This is the best overall working crop in our opinion granting the dog an elegant look and the owners less stress on posting. Typically these crops will stand with only 4-8 weeks of posting vs. the 16+ weeks of a long show crop. If you want a show crop or military crop on a GuardianKin puppy you will need to purchase your puppy uncropped and have your own vet do these crops.
• Lifetime Emergency Boarding – We provide our clients with free boarding at our facility if they suffer an emergency situation where boarding is required. We will care for the puppy/dog, without cost, for up to 14 days. Emergency situations covered by this include death or major illness of an immediate family member (parent, child, sibling, or grand-parent), loss of home or major home damage form a fire, hurricane, tornado, or other emergency event, loss of housing for any reason, civil or legal incidents including arrest.
• Lifetime Return – We do not allow rehoming of our dogs after placement but we do accept returns of our dogs at anytime for any reason for their entire life. We have a no questions asked return policy (though we will ask questions a customer is not required to answer them for us to accept our dog back).
• Incentive Payments – We offer payments for titling your dog and/or getting them altered.

Our Guarantees

• Congenital Guarantee – We warranty our puppies/dogs against congenital issues for 5 years from the date of their birth. This includes genetically related heart issues, spine issues, nerve issues, neurological issues,  blood issues, and so on. Should your puppy/dog be diagnosed with a congenital issue within that 5 years we will provide a replacement puppy/dog.
• Longevity Guarantee – We are working hard to return our beloved breed to its original life span of 12-15 years. We are working hard to broaden the genetic diversity of our breed. We know that understanding COI and ALC, health testing, genetic diversity testing, and deep pedigree research will help us reach our goal. If your puppy/dog from us does not reach at least 10 years of age we will give you a 50% discount off your next puppy with us.
• Working Guarantee – If we match you with a dog or puppy for a specific job and they end up not able to do that job due to temperament or health issues we will replace the dog provided the dog washed out for temperament or health issues and not due to outside issues like poor training, being attacked by a person or dog, or so on.

What You Are Required To Do

• Yearly Vet Visits– We require our clients to take their dogs to the vet at minimal once per year for a yearly exam. These exams are extremely important to catch issues early.
• Vaccinations & Heartworm Preventative – We require our clients to keep their dogs up to date on vaccinations that includes Lepto, Parvo, Rabies, and Distemper on a schedule recommended by their licensed vet. We also require our clients keep their dogs on heartworm preventative throughout their lives.
• Registration with the AKC – We require our clients to register their dog with the AKC. We make it super easy by prepaying the registration fee for you so all you have to do is fill out an online form and hit submit.
• Microchip Registration – We require our clients to register their dogs microchips with their information and to keep them updated so that in the event your dog gets out that they can easily and quickly be returned to you.
• Obedience Training – Puppies are required to pass an obedience training class by the time they are 1 year old. The dog must be trained to at minimum sit, lay, stay, and walk nicely on a leash.
• Basic Pet Care – We require our clients to treat our dogs humanely by providing them nutritious food that keeps them at an ideal weight, regular access to clean water, and clean living environment. We require our dogs to be housed primarily indoors and when outdoors to be provided secure fencing, with fixed shade, and cover from rain or cold. If you are leaving the area for longer than 24 hours we require our dogs to have either a pet sitter or to be boarded.
• Updates – We require our clients to send us at minimum a yearly update on our dogs. We love to hear more frequently from our buyers but we understand life can get busy. We also require our buyers to update us if they move or get new contact information. This information is solely used in the case of needing to contact them for issues related to their dog.