Good Dog is on a mission to educate the public, support dog breeders, and promote canine health so we can give our dogs the world they deserve.
Good Dog is on a mission to educate the public, support dog breeders, and promote canine health so we can give our dogs the world they deserve.
These courses are for educational and informational purposes only and are not a substitute for professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your veterinarian before making decisions about your dog's health, including administering supplements, changing their diet, or implementing training techniques that could affect their wellbeing.
Good Dog is on a mission to educate the public, support dog breeders, and promote canine health so we can give our dogs the world they deserve.
In this module, we’re going to outline how to think about matching pups and homes so that your dogs and their owners will thrive for a lifetime together. This matching process is one of the most important roles that you will have as a breeder and one that will make or break both your success in and your enjoyment of breeding. Even if you breed the finest dogs possible, if you don’t put them in the right homes much of your efforts will be wasted.
Matching is a puzzle. We would love this puzzle to always fit together beautifully. However, in reality there are no perfect matches, just like there are no perfect puppies and no perfect owners. Thus, you must prioritize the characteristics that are most important to you, your owners, and your pups is essential. Then you can provide guidance to owners to make their match even better, especially during their pup’s early months.
Download and use Matching Pups to Homes Study Guide to help with this module.
No matter how well bred a puppy is, if it isn’t matched to the right home, it will never reach its potential. Watch the class below to learn about why and how to match puppies to new homes.
Now it’s time for you to create your matching program for getting your pups in homes where everyone will thrive. Download and read Implementing Your Matching Strategy and write down your plan for implementing your matching strategy. If you are already breeding, implement your plan immediately. If you haven’t yet started breeding, continue to refine your plan as you approach your first litter.
Take and submit the quiz to get credit for Module 8 and move on to Module 9.
Here are some of the breeders who publicly post their puppy-home matching philosophies on line. Read through them to get an idea of how you want to present your philosophy to prospective owners.
Dr James Serpell has teamed up with the Center for Canine Behavior Studies to conduct the ANIMAL OWNERSHIP INTERACTION STUDY: A longitudinal study to establish once and for all how owner personality and psychological status affect a pet dog’s behavior.
There is little available linking structure and successful companion dogs but there is quite a bit about competition and working dogs. Here are a few:
Join for free access to Good Dog Breeding Foundations ($245 value)
8 hand-selected courses to help you get ready to breed:
Using pedigrees to produce better dogs
Evaluating your puppies
Basic dog contracts & more!
Becoming a member of Good Dog was the best thing to happen to our program! Even as experienced breeders, the education, legal resources and litter management system Good Dog provides, give us the support we need for the future.
– Alana & Kelly Curry, Good Breeder, Puppies Unleashed
