Raise a Top Bernese.
Keep Her for Life.
We are placing a select number of health-tested Bernese Mountain Dogs into loving Wisconsin guardian homes. No purchase price. She lives with your family as your own, and she remains yours for life.
A loved family dog.
A shared purpose.
A guardian home raises one of our finest Bernese Mountain Dogs as a cherished family pet. You provide the daily love, the warm bed, and the place at the center of your home. Stokeshire retains her breeding rights for a limited, planned period.
This is how responsible programs preserve genetic diversity and raise breeding dogs in homes rather than kennels. It is better for the dogs, and it opens the door for a Wisconsin family to welcome a top Bernese at no purchase price.
Meet Feta.
A tri-color Bernese Mountain Dog raised in our Wisconsin home. The kind of temperament and presence our guardian program is built around.
A top Bernese, free.
Guardianship is built to be generous. You take home a health-tested Bernese Mountain Dog with no purchase price, and Stokeshire carries the breeding-related costs.
You receive a carefully selected Bernese Mountain Dog from health-screened lines at no purchase cost. The same dog that would otherwise be reserved for our program joins your family instead.
Stokeshire covers the veterinary care and health testing tied to her breeding role, along with the planning and coordination around each litter. Full details are set out in the Guardian Agreement.
When her breeding years are complete, she is spayed at our expense and stays exactly where she belongs, with you, as a fully retired family companion for the rest of her life.
Love her like
your own.
The commitment is simple at heart: give her a wonderful life. The rest is coordination around a small number of planned litters, handled with care and plenty of notice.
Guardianship is a partnership built on trust. We choose guardian families as carefully as we choose our lines.
She lives indoors as part of your family, with daily affection, exercise, and companionship. This is the heart of the program.
Maintain routine wellness care, quality nutrition, and a safe environment. We partner with you on the veterinary care connected to her breeding role.
For a limited period, she returns to Stokeshire for breeding-related care and whelping. We schedule well in advance and around your family's life.
Guardian homes are located within Wisconsin so coordination stays simple. If you move within the state, we work with you.
A written Guardian Agreement sets out responsibilities, timelines, and the retirement terms in full, so everyone is clear from day one.
The right home
for a top Bernese.
Bernese Mountain Dogs are large, devoted, people-oriented dogs. They thrive with families who are present, patient, and ready for a gentle giant in the house.
Guardian placements are limited and selective. If the home is right, the purchase price is not the question. The fit is.
From application
to family member.
The process is unhurried and personal. We are choosing a long-term partner, and so are you.
Every step is designed to make sure the home and the dog are a true match before she ever comes home with you.
Complete the guardian application so we understand your home, your routine, and what you are looking for in a Bernese.
We talk through the program, answer your questions, and confirm the home is a strong fit for a breeding-program Bernese.
We match you with the right dog and review the written Guardian Agreement together, including timelines and retirement terms.
She joins your family at no purchase price, with our guidance and support behind you from day one.
When her breeding years end, she is spayed at our expense and stays with you for good as a fully retired companion.
The Guardian Program, answered.
A top Bernese is
looking for her people.
If your Wisconsin home has room in it for a gentle giant, we would love to hear from you.
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