Our Breeding Program

We start with early neurological stimulation using the "Bio Sensor" program.  

The U.S. Military for their war dog program developed the “Bio Sensor” program. Which was later referred to by the public as the “Super Dog” program. From three days old to sixteen days old in this program puppies are handled daily using a series of exercises (five) that last five seconds each. In these exercises the puppies gain brain wave activity that naturally would not occur otherwise, this stimulates early brain development that gives a jump-start and has proven to be harmless but beneficial to the puppies and later as adult dogs. We have found that the puppies that we have used this technique with compared to litters we have not used it with; have housebroken quickly and with greater ease, have more drive to learn, have less separation issues, have higher degrees of confidence in stressful situations, have better problem solving skills. They make superb all round working dogs. 

(look in testimonials to see how purchasers find the learning aptitude and confidence of Natural Bond Puppies)  if you would like more detailed information on the exercises that are performed please feel free to e-mail us.  

The study done by the US Military found benefits from this program were:

1. Improved cardiovascular performance
2. Stronger heart beats
3. Larger adrenal glands
4. More tolerance to stress
5. Greater resistance to disease

We immediately follow the “Super Dog” Program with our “Confidence Builder” Program.   What we do is take different groupings of puppies away from mother twice a day. This changes the normal dynamics of the litter allowing all of the puppies to assume different status roles than they would normally hold with in the litter structure. We continue this “C.B” Program until six weeks of age at which time we allow natural pack dynamics to also develop but first giving puppies the opportunity to all gain a solid confidence base and foot hold. This helps to enhance the  

At three weeks of age we will introduce various scents to puppies that will need to be imprinted on them. This can be for “Scent Programs” such as S.A.R, Police Detection work (narcotics-pseudo, guns, bomb-NESTT) Accelerant, or Disaster Relief (pseudo-cadaver), etc. or scent introduction can be to imprint a person’s smell on the pup for Seizure Work. Puppies going for hunting purposes will be introduced to the wing at 3 weeks old we feel this early scent imprinting give a strong positive association making a better all round hunting dog as an adult.  

We continue with play handling daily, by adults, children and exposure to safe pets and other stimulus like television and home sounds such as blenders and vacuum cleaners, until they leave our home to move to their new family environment. We raise all pups under foot in our Kitchen and rotate them daily to other rooms of the house as well as on different surfaces, including; carpet, linoleum, concrete, ceramic and grass.   

We utilize feeding time for the puppies to help develop problem-solving skills, drive and comfort with sound including gunshots. Each day we place various barriers between the puppies and the food dish. This challenges the puppies’ problem- solving skills and encourages them to take various actions to solve the barrier problem going, under, over, through, and arround obstacles they begin to learn to solve problems early in life. By placing food under object puppies have to use problem-solving skills they would not normally experience at this young age to sort out how to get at it. We add barriers increasing complexity as the skills develop.

 Our sound desensitization program uses feeding time as a time of comfort to accustom puppies to normally staring sounds such as vacuums, gunshots (22.Cal), clicker, pots dropping and various other sounds in the environment.  By simulating these sounds while feeding or nursing the puppies learn to accept them with comfort and associate them with positive feelings of contentment, this makes the transition to these sounds virtually non-existent and certainly more accepted later on in life. For dogs going on for hunting, service, hearing dog, seizure or police, security, disaster or SAR work this is invaluable. To pet puppies it is a great bonus knowing your puppy will not e sound shy and can be exposed to more aspects of your life including attending fire works displays, and comfort around construction sites when walking or just on vacuuming day. 

This development period when the neurological development takes place is the only window of opportunity in which these “early stimulation ” type exercises can be done with the same advantages. Once this early development time has passed you loose the opportunity to gain the advantages proven to take place by these exercises.

 At no time are Natural Bond puppies exposed to outside animals. The only contact with other animals that Natural Bond Puppies have is with our own pets. We do this to ensure no passage of disease will happen while puppies are not fully inoculated and protected from disease.

 All visitors to see puppies must wait until they are at least four weeks old and only then at our discretion. If we do not feel it is in our puppies’ best interest we do not allow visitors until puppies are six weeks old. When visitors arrive they should be prepared that we do not allow people to “kennel hop”. This means we will be insisting that you do not visit any other Kennel or dogs the day you come to see our puppies (disease is spread very easily through contact with other infected kennels and disease does not have to be visible to be present) Please respect our desire to keep our puppies safe and healthy by complying with this. You will also be asked to either remove or possibly shoes or possibly even step into a disinfectant wash with shoes on to clean the soles (dependent on disease risk factors present at the time) and you will be asked to disinfect hands before handling our puppies.

 This may sound drastic to some but it is all in the interest of providing the best possible service to our customers. Ensuring they receive healthy puppies, that come disease and heath problem free well developed, socialized, confident, with the best possible start to begin life in their new home. We give the same attention to detail to every puppy we breed regardless of what function or position it will hold in life. As breeders we own that to every dog we breed and every puppy born to our program and to our values customers who trust us to give the very best.

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Natural Bond Nutrition and Health Standards

Natural Bond has spent many years studying Canine Nutrition and previously we had found little to offer in the way of comercial dog food. Much of the comercial dog food we looked at in our opinion was little more than the equivelent of boxed sugar breakfast cereal for children. We are pleased to note that recently a new product has come on the market for Canine Nutrition. We at Natural Bond have spent a great deal of time researching and test driving this product and for the first time in our history we have switched ALL of our Natural Bond Dogs and Puppies over to Royal Canin Canine Nutrition. Our entire breeding stock has been on this food and we have noted an incredible difference in the health, quailty and vigor of both our puppies and their Dams. We noted that the Dams lost on average 3-4 pounds per breeding as opposed to previous stats of 10- 15 pounds. We also noted that glucose levels on the bitches throughout their pregnancy stayed level and never fluctuated. Puppies were more uniform in size and weighed in between 1 and 1.4 pounds. The Dams milk also seemed to come in with better consistnacy and pups were more content in the first week of life. We fully endorse Royal Canin, Maxi puppy, for our pups and pregnant or nursing bitches. For our Labradors in general we were thrilled to find that Royal Canin has taken the time to look at the specific needs of Labradors and generated a product geared specifically to them! They have done this with several breeds that have particular nutrition requirements. All Natural Bond Labradors will now be feed on Royal Canin Canine Nutrition for their good health and long life. Please look in our links section for a link to Royal Canin.  

We believe that the financial investment in a quality-feeding program is as important for sound, strong, disease free dogs as exceptional breeding stock, andgenetic health testing is. We do not cut corners with nutrition at Natural Bond; at all times our dogs will be on a carefully screened and regularly re-evaluated diet, with each individual dogs needs at the foremost in the decision making process.
 
 

Health & vaccine program

Our breeding stock are all OVC/OFA cleared for HD (hip Dysplasia) prior to breeding.  

All of our stock is fully vaccinated annually with additional boosters given in between as recommended by our veterinarian for local area needs. All of our dogs/puppies are placed on Revolution- heart worm/flea/mange/ear mite protection from May 31- November annually. 

Our veterinarian sees puppies on the very first day they are born and checks for any birth defects or health concerns immediately. 

Dewclaws are removed at three days old where our veterinarian again inspects the puppy for any signs of ill health or concerns.

 Puppies receive their first vaccinations at 7 weeks old and then every four weeks until the series of three vaccinations is complete at 15 weeks old. Older puppies or Natural Bond Puppies that stay on with us get vaccinated for Rabies at 6 months old and then annually with their regular vaccination schedule. 

All puppies are stool sample checked at 6 weeks old and appropriate treatment given if necessary.

 All Natural Bond puppies are micro chipped for identification purposes before they leave us.

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Natural Bond Shipping of Puppies

We are located approximately two hours north of Toronto International Airport. This is the location we ship from with one of three airlines. If between the months of March-October going to a southern locations Continental airline will ship past most other airlines heat embargo cut off times, with special handling procedures. For non-southern locations this is often June- September but these time frames change annually and must be checked with the airport prior to departure within three days. 

Airline regulations require a puppy traveling to be a minimum of 8 weeks of age and accompanied by a valid health certificate or health passport (we provide this). The charge for shipping by air is generally based weight and occasionally based on the size of the kennel (200-puppy crate) and the method of travel. Distance is not a consideration in the shipping cost. Given the current flux of airline issues we can not offer an estimate of pricing as this could change but for the shipping of an 8 – 10 weeks old puppy you can expect any where from $150.00 CND to $200.00 CND shipping is at the purchasers expense and must be paid up front and a deposit of $50.00 added for the shipping crate which will be reimbursed upon return of the shipping crate.

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Deposit policy

We require a deposit of $200.00 to book a Natural Bond Puppy. If the puppy you have chosen with regard to litter, colour, and gender is bond of that booked litter, you are expected to complete the purchase. If you do not, the deposit is forfeited or applied to a puppy in the future. (we will not guarantee chocolate colour unless it is from a guaranteed chocolate breeding, we will let you know if this is the case prior to your deposit and it will be written in your agreement) If the puppy you have chosen with regard to litter, color, and gender is not born out of the booked litter you have the following options:

• To have your deposit refunded
• Choose another available puppy from this or another available litter
• Re-apply your deposit to a future Natural Bond Breeding

Guarantees, Selection order & Purchase Contracts

Please look at our guarantee and purchase contracts for details on selection order and health guarantees. (NOTE: this section will become available in the near future. In the meantime, please contact us for more details)

If you are interested in aquiring an Natural Bond puppy, visit our Purchasing Natural Bond Puppy page and fill the questionnaire below the introduction information regarding this process.

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