Preservation responsibilities

The health, structure, temperament, and working character you admire in a Beauceron come from generations of breeding decisions. I study the whole dog and the family behind it, then select pairings with a defined purpose. Your updates and required testing help me evaluate what each dog may contribute.

Every puppy is a Breeding Prospect unless I list a disqualifying fault. The agreement includes checkboxes for missing rear dewclaw, a large white chest marking, and incorrect bite. A puppy with a listed disqualifying fault is a Companion Placement. Breeding-prospect status does not guarantee selection for breeding. Price within a gender/color category does not change with designation.

Read the complete Puppy Preservation Partnership Agreement (PDF). This guide explains the practical commitments; your signed documents control. The final agreement is signed only after a specific puppy and designation are offered and accepted.

Your home and everyday care

You provide your dog’s permanent family home and make ordinary household, care, and veterinary decisions. For a Female Preservation Candidate, Angie Robertson remains permanently named alongside you on the AKC certificate to prevent unauthorized transfer and litter registration and preserve JDV’s breeding authority. Both require her prior written authorization and participation. This registration safeguard gives JDV no general right of possession, entry into your home, veterinary control, or household authority. Male Preservation Candidates and Companion Placements receive sole AKC registration in the owner’s name, subject to JDV’s continuing reproductive authority.

I direct reproductive decisions and manage authorized litters, including registration, evaluation, placement, and proceeds. Independent breeding is not permitted. Every breeding requires prior written authorization and a signed event-specific addendum covering the arrangements.

Female preservation partners

A female can be a devoted companion and capable working or sport partner. You do not have to become a breeder or show your dog to participate. I direct the program and manage authorized litters; you provide her family home, ordinary care, required testing, and cooperation with the agreed arrangements.

Two qualifying litters, with evaluation between them

The agreement anticipates two qualifying litters, subject to health, welfare, reproductive fitness, and evaluation of the offspring. A qualifying litter has at least four puppies born alive and remaining alive through eight weeks. Unsuccessful attempts and non-qualifying litters do not count, but no attempt proceeds when medically unreasonable or contrary to welfare.

After the first litter, I evaluate what she contributes before deciding whether another pairing is justified. I may postpone, modify, or discontinue the plan when another breeding would not serve preservation and improvement. After two qualifying litters, the minimum commitment is fulfilled; additional litters are optional. No breeding proceeds merely to meet a numerical target.

Time away and written arrangements

You raise her as your family dog, keep me informed as she matures, and arrange her required OFA health testing. I handle the breeding arrangements, birth, and raising and placing the litter. If I select her for breeding as an adult, the breeding visit ordinarily lasts up to seven days unless we agree otherwise in writing. She comes home to you during pregnancy. She returns to me about a week before her due date and stays through weaning, usually about six weeks total for that second stay. She then comes home to you, and the puppies stay with me until they go to their new homes. We discuss the time away before you accept a female. Before each breeding, we put timing, travel, temporary care, veterinary authority, expenses, and her return in writing.

Expenses and incentives

JDV pays authorized breeding-specific expenses. Owners pay ordinary care and required OFA testing. Showing and titling are encouraged, never required.

• Without titles: each qualifying litter earns $1,000; two qualifying litters earn $2,000 total.

• With both titles when bred: if she is already an AKC Champion and holds at least one AKC performance or working title, you may choose $3,500 total cash or one available JDV puppy instead of all cash for that qualifying litter.

The enhanced cash incentive is $3,500 total, not $3,500 plus $1,000. Eligibility is assessed for each breeding. The puppy alternative replaces the entire cash incentive and is subject to availability, home approval, ordinary matching, and the then-current agreement. It cannot be independently sold, assigned, gifted, or transferred. You may propose a family member’s home for JDV’s evaluation. Incentives recognize your contribution; they do not guarantee breeding, income, or reimbursement for all ownership and titling expenses.

Intact status and retirement

A female may be sterilized at seven years of age. Earlier sterilization requires JDV’s prior written approval, except for the medically necessary emergency provision in the agreement. Completing two litters does not automatically authorize earlier sterilization. Sterilization is never required by JDV.

Male preservation partners

Subject to health, welfare, and preservation purpose, owners cooperate as reasonably necessary for JDV to obtain at least three qualifying litters. Each proposed breeding requires evaluation, authorization, and a written addendum.

For males, I ordinarily arrange breeding or collection locally without the dog leaving his owner’s home, request access for up to three days, and give one to three weeks’ notice. Individual arrangements are confirmed in the addendum.

A male qualifying litter earns $1,000 only if he is already an AKC Champion and holds at least one AKC performance or working title when bred. Without both titles at that time, no male litter compensation is earned. Showing and titling remain optional. A male is expected to remain intact for life unless JDV gives prior written approval or the emergency provision applies.

Responsibilities shared by preservation candidates

Health testing and communication

Owners pay for hip and elbow evaluations, an echocardiogram, and an ophthalmologist eye examination, complete and submit these to OFA by 30 months, and provide JDV complete results. You provide responsible daily care and keep me informed of significant health, temperament, development, and household changes.

Medical emergencies

Prior approval is not required when a veterinarian determines that sterilization is immediately necessary to protect life or prevent substantial suffering and delay would be medically unreasonable. Notify JDV promptly and provide the veterinary record. You retain responsibility for routine and emergency veterinary care.

Military deployment and international relocation

When military deployment requires international relocation, JDV defers breeding commitments for the deployment and related relocation. Notify me as soon as reasonably practicable. That delay is not a breach. Afterward, we review remaining commitments and agree in writing on timing appropriate to the dog’s age, health, reproductive fitness, and welfare.

Lifetime placement support

Contact me before selling, gifting, rehoming, or surrendering your dog. I will help identify an appropriate plan and accept voluntary surrender. This gives JDV no right to take or demand possession. The agreement also explains naming, reproductive authority, remedies, and other terms; read it in full before accepting a placement.

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