Hayes Haus Dog Training

Newborn German Shepherd Puppy

     Hayes Haus Dog Training would love to keep all of our German Shepherd females here with us but we don't have the space or the time to care for them in the manner in which they deserve.   In order to keep our breeding bitches healthy and happy we run a foster breeding program.  This way our beloved German Shepherd females get the care and attention they deserve. 

     This program allows a generous foster family to have high quality, pick German Shepherd puppy or older German Shepherd female at little to no initial cost.  The job of the foster home is to provide this dog day to day care.  Day to day care includes feeding, training, vet care, grooming and of course to give love to this wonderful animal.

     This German Shepherd female is to be kept intact as long as she is a breeding prospect.  When the fostered female is 10 months of age she is x-rayed for hip and elbow dysplasia (at the expense of H.H.D.T.).  If free from these genetic conditions the puppy's temperament is further evaluated by Hayes Haus Dog Training.  If found suitable for breeding at 10 months; one more set of x-rays (at the expense of H.H.D.T.) will be taken at two years of age and an additional temperament test is conducted.  If not excepted for breeding the female is spayed and given to the foster family.

     Now two (or older) years of age, this female is to be kept intact and available for breeding when she comes into season.  Hayes Haus Dog Training will breed the female and give her back to the foster family for the majority of her gestation period.  Approximately one week before the female whelps the litter of pups she is returned to Hayes Haus Dog Training to prepare for whelping and is kept there until the puppies are weaned off of her milk (all breeding expenses paid for by H.H.D.T.).  At this time the German Shepherd is returned to the foster family once again.

     Once this German Shepherd brood bitch is retired, between 6 and 8 years of age she becomes the sole property of the foster family.  Additionally, the foster family is given a choice to keep a puppy from their females last litter at no cost.