Duke's Schnauzers Breeder Mentorship Program

There are many factors that need to be considered when deciding if breeding dogs is right for you. Do you have the time to emerce yourself in the life of breeding, whelping, puppy care, and the education associated with becoming successful? Do you have the motivation, or grit to stay focused during a difficult delivery, or when a puppy becomes sick? Lastly, do you have the heart to always do what’s right for the animals in your care, even if that means making some really hard decisions. While breeding dogs, and raising their amazing puppies can truly be a wonderful experience, it’s not all fluffy snuggles and puppy breathe.

Here at Duke’s Schnauzers, we are committed to changing the industry’s perception of what exactly a professional dog breeder is. There are plenty of backyard breeders, and puppy mills all over the country (many USDA approved), that give breeders a bad name. I’m sure if you thought about it, you could name a horror story or two from a broken-hearted new puppy owner who fell victim to the product of one of these establishments. Perhaps you were one of these unsuspecting victims yourself, just like me.

Sadly, decades of breeding experience, handed down business models, and awards from even the most prestigious breeding shows don’t guarantee an ethical breeder, or program. Discernment must be practiced constantly to determine who is simply looking to make profit, and who truly cares about the well-being, and emotional development of their animals. Duke’s Schnauzers is different, and we are nothing like them! Read that again and let those words sink in for a moment. Only through education, awareness, mentorship, the highest breeding standards, pre-breeding testing, a commitment to ethics, and producing the healthiest puppies possible can we hope to accomplish this goal. If you have found my site and taken an interest in my program, I suspect you may share my beliefs.

Hopefully those of you reading this agree that there is much work that needs to be done in the industry, and you want to be a part of the movement for change. If you are, then friend, you are in the right place, and I cannot wait to speak with you more about this exciting journey you are about to em-BARK on. In order to accomplish this shift in practice, I have developed a one a kind breeder mentorship program with varying levels of membership. There will be an expectation at each level for the breeder protegee to complete the Puppy Culture Program by Jane Killion. In order to properly give your puppies the best emotional and developmental care, it is essential that this program be completed prior to the arrival of your first litter.

Program Options

1 hour phone/video consultation with Marly of Duke’s Schnauzers

Description: This is to establish a protegees needs, and develop a plan or answer general breeding questions and must be completed prior to the start of either program.

Price: $100

The Duke’s Difference Breeder Program

Proteges who join this six-month program will be setting themselves up for the highest chance of success. The ideal candidate will be brand new to breeding and must have a commitment to raise their animals the right way.

-Access to exclusive video content which is only available through this program

-Proteges will receive weekly video/phone 45-minute consultations for the first two months of the program (pre-breeding ideally)

-Twice a month 45-minute video/phone consultations during the remaining months

-24/7 breeder support during the whelping process, and for the three weeks following

-Twice a week 30-minute video/phone consultations during the remaining weeks puppies are in house

-Educational material explaining canine reproduction, and the whelping process

-How to select a quality breeding animal

-What supplies are necessary to successfully care for a pregnant bitch, whelp and raise puppies

-How to select/interview a supportive veterinarian

-How to care for healthy neonatal puppies

-Tube feeding & when to supplement

-How to care for ill neonatal puppies, and when to allow nature to take its course*

-Introduction to the Puppy Culture program

-Early neurologic stimulation & early scent introduction

-Week by week guidelines for caring not only for a puppy’s physical body, but also their emotional, and developmental needs

-Week by week guidelines for caring for your bitchs’s physical body, and her emotional needs

-Deworming, vaccination schedule.

-Weaning 101

-Socialization 101

-Potty training 101

-Puppy contract template, weight logs

-How to advertise your litter & business development including social media

-How to select the best parents for your puppies

*Breeder support does not replace the advice of a licensed veterinarian, and there will be times the breeder will refer protégée to their local veterinary office.

Price: $2000 paid up front or split into four equal payments

Duke’s Difference Guidance Program

This program is ideal for protégées who are highly motivated, and self-starters. The ideal candidate may have some experience (not required) with breeding and must have a commitment to raise their animals the right way.