50+hours
Early development per puppy, birth through eight weeks
Stokeshire · Medford, Wisconsin
Medford, Wisconsin · Established 2020
Building better lives around better dogs.
Purpose-bred companions, evidence-informed development, breeder education, and software built around the relationship between a dog and the people who live with one.
135+hours
Combined development for Doodle School graduates
36 + D.C.states
Stokeshire families placed across the United States
A+BBB accredited
Independent accountability on how the program operates
514401-DSWisconsin license
Licensed and inspected under Wisconsin Ch. ATCP 16
One house · Three disciplines
We breed companions. We codify the systems behind them. We build the software that makes the work visible.
The Stokeshire continuum
Breeding · Development · Placement
Companions
Doodles bred on purpose and raised on a documented developmental protocol. Health screening, aptitude evaluation, and structured socialization connect the whelping box to the day a puppy goes home.
- Program
- Stokeshire Designer Doodles
- Founded
- 2020
- Evaluation
- Volhard PAT, week 7
Education · Systems · Coaching
Method
The operating system behind the program. Written standards, evaluation rubrics, and records make quality teachable, measurable, and repeatable across people and time.
- Built for
- Breeders and trainers
- Format
- Course, templates, coaching
- Status
- Founding cohort
Software · Evidence · Connection
Companion
The record that travels with the dog. Breeder intention, trainer observation, and family experience stay connected in one continuous file from early development through adulthood.
- Audience
- Families, trainers, staff
- Tracks
- Development and milestones
- Home
- app.stokeshire.com
The Stokeshire Method™
Quality should not depend on memory.
- Written protocol for every developmental window, birth to placement
- Evaluation rubrics that produce the same score in two different hands
- A record per dog that outlives the person who started it
- Client communication that runs on a schedule, not on availability
Experienced breeders and trainers do hundreds of small things well. Most of it lives in one person's head, which means it cannot be taught, measured, or handed off. The Method turns those decisions into a documented system so a standard can be repeated and improved.
What we believe
Technology should make the relationship more human, not less.
Internally, the work should become more rigorous every year. Externally, the family experience should get simpler: where my dog is, what they can do, and what comes next.