The problem most ethical breeders face
You spend eight weeks doing everything right. Early neurological stimulation, sound exposure, age-appropriate socialisation, careful temperament matching. The puppy leaves your house in great shape.
Then it lands in a household with no plan, no crate routine, and no idea what the first week is supposed to look like. Two weeks later, the family messages you about toilet accidents, biting, crying through the night, or a puppy that's "too much". Six months later you're hearing about behavioural issues that started in week one.
You did your part. The handover is where the work falls apart.
What the partnership does
Every puppy your family takes home arrives with the Good Puppy Blueprint, my 9-week online training program, included. They get the pre-arrival lessons before pickup. From day one they run a structure that holds. Two 20-minute personal video calls with me are included for each family.
Your work and mine are joined up. The puppies you raise carefully grow up in households that maintain that care.
Pricing
- Standard partnership: AUD $160 per puppy (vs the $440 individual retail price). 65% off.
- Premium Live Support add-on: AUD $600 per litter. Two live group Q&A sessions with families, around week 7 and week 9 of the puppies' lives.
- Payment: One payment per litter, made before puppies go home, activates program access for all families.
What you get as a partner
- Discounted Good Puppy Blueprint program for every puppy in the litter ($160 instead of $440 each)
- "Good Puppy Blueprint Approved Breeder" certification you can display
- Breeder Toolkit: photos, copy, and graphics for your website and social
- Free Birth-to-Hand-Over development guide for breeders (delivered as a PDF)
- Optional Premium Live Support: two live Q&A sessions with all your puppy families
The free Birth-to-Hand-Over guide
Even if a partnership isn't right yet, the Birth-to-Hand-Over development guide is free for any breeder who wants it. Week-by-week practical activities for the first eight weeks of life: early neurological stimulation, sensory exposure, sound desensitisation, separation prep, and the handover routine that gives the puppy the best landing.
Email me to request the PDF.
For the free PDF only, email happydogs@dionathetrainer.com with subject "Breeder Guide".