ABOUT GOLDENDOODLES

Goldendoodles tend to be allergy friendly but is not guaranteed.  Most are light to non-shedding.  The Standard Poodle is classified as hypo allergenic and non-shedding but some people even have allergic reactions with them.  If the allergy is to saliva then all dogs will affect you but the non shedding low dander dogs will affect you less.  All our F1B puppies oldest being over 3 years old, are all non-shedding and hypoallergenic.  They did not go through the shedding phase at any stage of their lives.   Their coat is a soft texture with a curly, kinky/wavy look.  Our F2B puppies oldest being over 22 months are all non-shedding and allergy friendly.

Our Goldendoodles make wonderful companion dogs.  They are exceptionally friendly, affectionate, tolerant, adoring of children, very intelligent, easy to train, loyal and have many other great qualities.  They love attention and the more they are included in your family life the greater companion they become.  They need to be mentally and physically challenged. They require grooming if you want to keep the hair long.  Brushing, clipping and trimming are all part of owning a Goldendoodle.

For information on hybrid vigor I will simply attach links to other places that have described it quite well.  Here I will be more specific on personality traits, importance of breeding for temperament and health.  I strongly believe that hybrid vigor is only as good as the breeding stock used from the Purebred dogs.  If they have health issues or temperament issues it can be passed to their offspring.  It is important to realize that a great family pet has to have good health and good temperament.  One without the other can be a heart break or major frustration.  Whenever possible meet the parents and in the very least meet the mother.   If she is hyper and bouncing around do not believe that she is just happy to see you.  Dogs need to keep their feet on the ground.

THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A PUPPY

Personality Traits – F1, F1B, Standard Poodle, Golden Retriever

Temperament

Health

Socialization

Shedding  

Grooming       

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Our F1 Goldendoodle Bear is extremely friendly.  He is happy to be with humans and is good when left with the other dogs.  He is smart and loyal.  He wants to be with the family as much as possible.  Our F1 Goldendoodle is extremely affectionate with children and accepts and enjoys the attention.  He is vocal and will talk to you but he is not yappy.  It is important to train your dog.  Our Goldendoodle is very sweet with a calm disposition.  He has energy to play and enjoys running with his dog family or beside the bicycle.  He does not like to watch from the sidelines.

Our F1 Backcross is an extremely affectionate, quiet, loving, intelligent, eager to please, adaptable dog.  She is somewhat more independent than her dad due to the increased amount of Standard Poodle in her.  She too enjoys being included in the family but will not bark if left out.  She has taken on more of her Standard Poodle mothers’ independence with the affectionate nature and mannerism of the Goldendoodle.  They are calm and extremely easy to train.  Easiest to train with the intelligence of the Standard Poodle but the desire of the Goldendoodle.  She is the most interested in our children and will happily be cuddled.  You can see her at times climbing onto my husbands lap and actually sitting on him like one of the children.

The Standard Poodle is an extremely intelligent, quite, loving, independent and loyal dog.  They are so intelligent you think it is a person.  So calm you don’t know they are there.  Loving and independent which makes them a great pet and easy to live with.  They require exercise but less than an F1 or F1B.  Do not tend to be hyper or yappy.  Love the attention but don’t need it all the time.  They are very good with children.

Our F2B Goldendoodle puppies have proven to be very good pets.  I surveyed our puppy owners to see what they think of their pup.  The results are in this link.  I feel that you can read about them best through the people that live with them.  They were born January 21st 2005 the first litter.  Since that litter we have had pups on September 24^th 2005, 2006 litters include March 17^th, April 26^th, October 25^th and November 8^th.  They all have incredible temperament and are totally tolerant of everything.  Great with children and other animals.  Non shedding.

TEMPERAMENT

The temperament of the breeding pair does matter.  You need to know that the dogs that were bred have excellent temperament, are socialized and have minimal or no fears.  As with humans we have the nature vs. nurture issue.  Don’t accept a puppy whose parents have never been socialized with humans other than for feedings or kennel cleaning.  Find out if the parents are good with strangers.  Do they get over excited, scared or just happy to meet new people?  If the mother is hyper or yappy that is what the puppies get used to while in the womb.  Depending on the answer you can guess what your puppy will be similar to.  What has the puppy been exposed to during it’s first 8 weeks of life.

Photos of Dogs with children

HEALTH TESTING

As breeders we try and breed only the healthiest dogs available to us.  We have genetic tested our breeding dogs for various diseases.  Some of the testing is for von Willebrand’s Disease - DNA (vWD), CERF eye test as well as OVC tested for hips and elbows dysplasia, Congenital Cardiac Diseases, Thyroid and SA.  Dharma has OFA numbers for all the tests.  Our dogs have all vaccines up to date and are extremely healthy, fit animals.  Go to the health results page to see who has been tested for what.

Go to health testing page to view updated test results.  

SOCIALIZATION

Our adult dogs are socialized with people and other dogs.  They do not fight with other dogs despite that Bear is unaltered.  Bear allow other dogs to jump on his back with out incident.  Dharma and their daughter Bubby get along with all other dogs as well.  They are socialized with people and do not make guests feel uncomfortable.  They don’t jump up or overwhelm people.  Our puppies start their socialization at a very young age.  This way they are conditioned before they leave our home.   They do not get over excited when they see people because they are used to so much interaction that they don’t need it. 

Photos of Puppies being socialized

SHEDDING

How do you know if your dog sheds?  If you are wearing black or white pants and there is a lot of fur left behind, then your dog sheds.  Light-shedding dogs will leave some hairs, especially after brushing or bathing.  Non-shedding dogs do not leave hair behind when they are dry. When your non-shedding dog is bathed you may have clumps of hair in the tub.  To determine how much your goldendoodle sheds, put on those same black or white pants, play with your dood then look at your pants.  A few hairs – non-shedding, several hairs- light shedder, covered with hair - shedding.  Also when you brush your dog’s hair the brush may get full of hair.  This is normal and does not mean you have a shedding dog.  You are removing the loose hair that would fall out naturally like human hair. The dog brush could be full even if the dood does not shed, but will definitely be full if it does shed.

Our dogs and our pups have not shed at any point of their lives.  We don’t have the shedding of a puppy coat. When the coat is changing you feel it get much thicker, a little coarser and it tends to mat near the back end, behind ears and belly.  Our Goldendoodle F1, Standard Poodle and Goldendoodle F1 Backcross are non-shedding and never had a change in amount of hair left behind, even when puppy hair was changing to adult coat.