The Service Dog Connection breeds only dogs that are genetically tested, OFA/PennHIP cleared, and of sound temperament. We breed Golden Retrievers, Labradors, Newfoundlands, and mixes of those breeds.
All of our litters are raised with early neuro-stim and Puppy Culture, given lots of socialization, and will go home with a health exam from our veterinarian, deworming, their first puppy shot and microchip. At 7 weeks old a local trainer puts each puppy through the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test to determine what each puppy is best suited for: service dog work, therapy dog work, or pet life. We keep 2-3 service dog candidates per litter for our training program and adopt out the rest. Puppies that we do not keep can go to service and therapy dog programs, individuals wanting to train their own working dog, or into pet homes based on a puppy's temperament.

A Guardian home is a home that adopts one of our dogs/puppies that is intended to be part of our breeding program in the future. The family gets an awesome dog for free in exchange for that dog coming back to our program for a few litters once they pass all necessary health and temperament tests. Our program covers all breeding-related costs and takes care of the puppy whelping process.
Guardian homes help us continue our mission of providing quality service dog candidates to our clients and other service dog programs throughout the country.
SDC is looking for Guardian Homes that meet the following requirements:
We have Newfoundlands, Labradors, Golden Retrievers and Lab/Golden cross puppies that will all be needing guardian homes in 2025 and beyond. Most of the dogs looking for guardian homes are young puppies, but occasionally we have a young adult dog looking for a guardian placement.
Email theservicedogconnectionprogram@gmail.com if you are interested in becoming a guardian home for The Service Dog Connection!
Flopsy is an experienced mom for our breeding program at this point. She is a smaller golden retriever weighing in at 55 pounds and is a certified therapy dog. We plan to breed Flopsy one last time mid October to a Lab/Golden Retriever cross named Mayor from 4 Paws for Ability who is 7/8 Golden and 1/8 Lab. These puppies will all look like Golden Retrievers with longer coats.

Florence our 3/4 Lab and 1/4 Golden is an amazing multipurpose service dog and mother. She came to our program from Guide Dogs of America's breeding program and has a very high success rate of her puppies becoming service dogs. She was bred in mid October to Dutton a full Golden Retriever with a very even temperament. This litter will be 3/8 Lab and 5/8 Golden Retriever and will be all black. Some of these puppies will be long haired, while others will have the short labrador coat.


2021 Maple/Blanco Golden Retriever Litter: Elmo & Everest (The Service Dog Connection), Love Bug (Alaska Assistance Dogs), Boo & Maui (Therapy Dogs)
2022 Louise/Doc Newfoundland/Golden Retriever Litter: Georgia & Gus (The Service Dog Connection), Gabby (NICST), Grit & Gem (Patriot Service Dogs), Butter (SD Owner Trainer)
2022 Bitsy/Toby Labrador Litter: Gouda & Genie (The Service Dog Connection), Ricky & KC (Topaz Assistance Dogs)
2023 Louise/Ringo Newfoundland/Labrador Litter: Honey, Haven & Hero (The Service Dog Connection), Stella (Summit Assistance Dogs), Journey (K9s 4 Mobility), Meeko (Partners with Paws Assistance Dogs), Zora (Angel Paws Assistance Dogs)
2023 Bitsy/Beck Labrador Litter: Ivan & Indigo (The Service Dog Connection), Morrie (Illini Service Dogs), Ivy & Ireland (New Life K9s Service Dogs), Newt (SD Owner Trainer), Blaze (Therapy Dog)
2024 Bitsy/Zamboni Labrador Litter: Aspen & Duke (Freedom Service Dogs), Mako (SD Owner Trainer), Grover (Sparks Service Dogs), Cella (NICST)
2024 Louise/A Newfoundland/Golden Retriever Litter: Kiwi, Karma & Kingsley (The Service Dog Connection), Thistle (Freedom Service Dogs), Richard (K9s 4 Mobility), Phelan (Puppy Jake Foundation), Cairo (Illini Service Dogs), Josie (SD Owner Trainer), Murphy (Tails of Success Service Dogs)
2024 Flopsy/Falcon Golden Retriever/Labrador Litter: Mopsy the singleton (The Service Dog Connection)
2025 Florence/Mayor Labrador/Golden Retriever Litter: Marvel (The Service Dog Connection), Coda (Soul Dogs Inc.), Mia & Miles (Puppy Jake Foundation), Echo (SD Owner Trainer), Blossom (SD Owner Trainer), Magic (SD Owner Trainer), Murphy (SD Owner Trainer), Callisto (SD Owner Trainer), Sigmund (Therapy Dog)
2025 Louise/Anton Ego Newfoundland/Lab/Golden Cross Litter: Nox & Navy (The Service Dog Connection), Della & Margie (New Life K9s), Calcifer (SD Owner Trainer), Inky (Therapy Dog)
2025 Flopsy/Darby Golden Retriever Litter: Otter (The Service Dog Connection), Maggie (Joys of Living Assistance Dogs, Andarna & Tairn (4 Paws for Ability), Scout (Therapy Dog)
2025 Florence/Winston Lab/Golden Cross Litter: Orzo & Onyx (The Service Dog Connection), Mira & Rio (Canis Vitae Service Dogs), Bagans & Goodwin (4 Paws for Ability), Goose (Illini Service Dogs), Olive (SD Owner Trainer), Opal (Puppy Jake Foundation), Reika (Therapy Dog), Lucy (Therapy Dog)
2026 Misty/Gaston Newfoundland/Lab/Golden Litter: Pip (The Service Dog Connection), Pax & Zeke (K9s For Warriors), Tilly & Chariton (Puppy Jake Foundation), Flossy (SD Owner Trainer)
2026 Flopsy/Pepe Golden Retriever Litter: Teddy (SDC Breeder), Yellow (SD Owner Trainer), Red (Puppy Jake Foundation)
2026 Louise/Falcon Newfie/Lab/Golden Litter: Gumby (SD Owner Trainer), Norman & Nelly (Assistance Dogs of Hawaii/Assistance Dogs Northwest)

Flopsy is an AKC Golden Retriever that has passed her health tests and has been placed in a guardian home where she will stay in our breeding program while being a therapy dog.

Florence is a Labrador/Golden Cross female from Guide Dogs of America. She has an amazing temperament and has passed all of her health testing. Florence was placed as a service dog on a guardian contract with a local Bend family.

Misty is a female Newfoundland that came to us from Umfleet Farms Newfoundlands with several generations of health testing. She is social, confident, and loves to learn: all the things we love for a service dog candidate and program mom! She has completed health testing and will be raising our next generation of Newfie crosses for mobility work.

Karma the Newfie/Golden cross was born into our breeding program and has a wonderfully gentle and sweet disposition. She is very tuned into her handler, and is a psychiatric service dog placed on a breeding contract. Karma has passed most of her health testing already, and will be bred in 2026.

Lily is a female Newfoundland that has been placed in a guardian home and has completed all her health testing! Lily is very confident and unphased by even the most chaotic of settings. She is our largest Newfoundland and we hope that her tall stature will really create amazing mobility dogs.

Mopsy is a Lab/Golden cross that is from our breeding program. Her parents are Flopsy and Falcon. Mopsy graduated as a psychiatric service dog and was placed on a guardian contract. She has completed all health testing and will hopefully have her first litter in Spring 2027

Muffin is a female Newfoundland that came to us from Umfleet Farms Newfoundlands with several generations of health testing. She is a gentle, loving girl with a much softer temperament. As long as health testing goes well, she will be kicking off the Midwest branch of our breeding program in Central Illinois.

Oshi is a yellow Labrador that has entered our service dog training program. If her temperament continues to shine and she passes health testing, we plan to use her in our breeding program.

Onyx has entered our service dog training program, but if her temperament and health testing turn out well, she will be added to our service dog breeding program and placed in a guardian home. Onyx was born to parents Florence and Winston.

Santi is a sweet, confident Golden Retriever puppy that has been added to our program in the hopes that she will be part of our service dog breeding program in the future. She is headed to a guardian home in the Portland area to be raised as a therapy dog. Once she is old enough, she will be health tested for breeding potential. For now, she is melting hearts with her cuteness.

Orzo has entered our service dog training program, but if his temperament and health testing turn out well, he will be added to our service dog breeding program and placed in a guardian home. Orzo was born to parents Florence and Winston.

Teddy is from our Flopsy x Pepe Golden Retriever litter and temperament tested very well for service dog life. He has been placed in a guardian home on a breeding contract. If temperament and health testing turn out well, he will be helping to create the next generation of service dogs.

Queen is from one of our breeder friends and has entered our service dog training program. She is confident, curious, and eager to learn. If her temperament and future health testing all turn out well, we plan to use her in our breeding program.

Quake is a confident, enthusiastic yellow lab puppy that came to us from Patzke Four Mile Kennels down in Klamath Falls, Oregon. We have decided to place Quake in a guardian home with the hopes that he will be a future dad in our service dog breeding program.

Louise is our resident therapy dog Newfoundland. She is obsessed with being a mom and consistently tries to steal everyone else's puppies. Her puppies have a high graduation rate for service dog life and she has even surrogate nursed two other litters when other moms weren't producing enough milk. Louise has produced:
16 service dogs
6 therapy dogs

Falcon is a male Lab from Guide Dogs of America's breeding program. He came to our program at 8-weeks of age and was trained and placed as a working medical response, psychiatric & mobility service dog in Kansas. Falcon has 8 children, but due to some fertility concerns we have decided to retire him early from our breeding program. Falcon produced:
5 service dogs
2 therapy dogs

Bitsy is a female Labrador that has had some amazing litters for us. She has been in our service dog program since she was a puppy, and is very tuned into her people. Bitsy produced:
12 service dogs
4 therapy dogs
She is retiring from our breeding program and will go back to being a full time psych/medical service dog in Portland, OR.

Blanco is one of our Golden Retriever stud dogs. He has sired one litter for us, and was placed as a psychiatric & mobility assistance service dog in Tampa, Florida. Blanco and Maple produced:
3 service dogs
3 therapy dogs

Maple is a Golden Retriever female that whelped our first litter in our breeding program. Maple produced:
3 service dogs
3 therapy dogs