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Partnership Strategy
Design preservation-breeder partnership programs, assess market opportunities, and align corporate goals with community values.
Preservation Breeding · Strategic Partnerships
Where preservation meets progress.
Strategic guidance for pet-industry brands, veterinary hospitals, and teaching programs—building trusted relationships with preservation breeders and advancing canine health, access, and long-term stewardship.
Purposefully connected.
The Mehle Perspective
Preserving what matters. Building what comes next.
Preservation breeders are committed to protecting the health, purpose, temperament, and future of their breeds. Mehle Canine Strategic Consulting brings an insider's perspective to corporate growth initiatives, connecting business objectives with the values, priorities, and day-to-day realities of the AKC preservation-breeding community.
Our work centers on partnerships that respect preservation breeding, support responsible puppy placement, strengthen access to reproductive and specialty services, and deliver measurable value to breeders and the organizations serving them.
“The strongest partnerships aren't built around a transaction. They're built around shared purpose.”
Mehle Canine Strategic Consulting
What We Do
Specialized expertise.
Meaningful impact.
Thoughtful consulting for pet-industry brands and veterinary organizations seeking authentic, long-term relationships with AKC preservation breeders and breed-club leaders.
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Breeder Engagement
Develop trusted outreach and education strategies informed by longstanding connections across preservation-breeding and breed-club communities.
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Program Development
Make initiatives easier to adopt within real puppy-placement workflows, from early education to go-home day.
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Industry Representation
Support thoughtful brand engagement at national specialties, canine events, and breeder-community gatherings.
Veterinary & Preservation Breeder Relations
Better connections.
Stronger care partnerships.
Preservation breeders are vital partners in canine health and reproductive medicine. Yet their needs can be misunderstood within complex veterinary organizations.
Mehle offers an informed, independent breeder perspective to veterinary teaching hospitals, specialty reproductive clinics, and referral practices—helping teams better understand service access, communication, client experience, and opportunities for long-term collaboration.
Teaching hospitalsReproduction clinicsSpecialty practices
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Where we can help
Breeder-client experience
Gather structured feedback and identify friction in scheduling, communication, continuity, and service delivery.
Reproductive-service accessibility
Review breeder-facing processes for time-sensitive reproductive services, referrals, and coordinated care.
Preservation breeding engagement
Build collaborative educational outreach with AKC parent clubs, responsible breeders, and canine-health communities.
Program assessment & recommendations
Translate breeder insights into practical, measurable recommendations for veterinary leadership.
A practical starting point
30-Day Breeder Engagement AssessmentA focused discovery project combining consenting stakeholder interviews, review of the breeder-facing experience, and a prioritized recommendations report.
Advisory services are nonclinical; medical decisions and hospital operations remain with qualified veterinary professionals and institutional leadership.
MA reputation rooted in the breed community
Meet the Founder
Jennifer Mehle Jones
With 15 years of involvement in the purebred dog world, Jennifer brings a practical, relationship-first perspective to canine industry consulting. Her experience spans preservation-breeding leadership, breed-health education, responsible puppy placement, veterinary reproductive-service relationships, and national AKC events.
She understands the expectations, concerns, and decision-making habits of preservation breeders—because she is one.
- AKC Breeder of Merit
- Three-year member, Saint Bernard Club of America Health Panel
- Founding member and past president, Rocky Mountain Saint Bernard Club
- Owner, Thunder Keg Saint Bernards
- Member, Cheyenne Kennel Club
- Firsthand collaboration with university veterinary reproductive services
Jennifer Mehle Jones
How We Work
Start focused. Learn quickly. Build with intention.
Each engagement is tailored to the client. A 90-day pilot can provide a practical starting point for testing new breeder partnerships.
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Discover
Understand the existing program, identify adoption barriers, and develop measurable objectives and a focused outreach plan.
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Engage
Collaborate with interested breeders and stakeholders to test approved messaging and a small-scale participation model.
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Refine
Review participation and feedback, identify what works, and recommend a scalable approach for the next phase.
Let's Connect
Let's build partnerships that support preservation.
Exploring a preservation-breeder partnership initiative, a veterinary breeder-relations assessment, or a national engagement program? Start with a conversation.
Request a ConsultationJen@thunderkeg.com · 970.999.4701 · Wellington, Colorado