OliDoodles

06/01/2024

Bean's future family notification has been sent and we are SO excited for them!
Now we really need to ramp up fundraising to help cover the costs of surgery and make sure she has the training she needs to be a successful support to them! Please share and support if you can!!!

Hi, OliDoodles is donating a puppy with the goal of providing a service dog to a fami… Kayla Scott needs your support for Service Dog Placement and Training!

06/01/2024

Beanie Girl is out of surgery and doing great!
She is on a strict rest regimen (which is not easy) for the next two weeks and she's already bouncing back great.
We took the opportunity to also have her microchipped for her new family.
She's such a sweet girl and we are so excited for her and all the good she'll do in life!

05/20/2024

Such sweet, gentle babies. 😍

05/11/2024

We played HARD today!
Fetch. Practicing with our "ready" and waiting until released.

05/09/2024

Just a little down time.
These pups are SO smart. They are starting to become more and more comfortable with crate training and going potty outside. So far no night time accidents either!

Tucker (black) is going to be Oliver's service dog.
Bean (brown and white) is such a sweetie.
And Arlo (gray and white) is hopefully headed to his new home in NH next week!

05/06/2024

We have one puppy left in our litter of F1b labradoodles (25% Labrador retriever/75% standard poodle). She has excellent aptitude scores for service and has yet to find her forever family! She has had a lot of attention, but the one thing holding her back from being the perfect service dog is an umbilical hernia she was born with. She has a scheduled date for the repair surgery (May 31st) so it will not cause any issues once she is placed with her family following surgery and recovery time. We anticipate placement in mid-June.

This sweet girl, (we have called her "Bean") is eager to please and is already showing us how smart and trainable she is!

We have a GoFundMe to raise funds to ensure that the recipient has the funds needed for transportation if needed (estimating $2500 total) and funds to start the service dog training process with a professional trainer. She will also need to be spayed at about a year old (once fully mature). We will partner with the selected family to support finding a reputable trainer in their area. And of course, we would love to provide more funds for training to help ensure complete and proper training for their service needs.

Did you know that the average cost of a fully-trained service dog is $30,000 - $50,000? There is a LOT that goes into that cost - from the daily training sessions from a professional trainer, to boarding, food, veterinary care, etc. over the course of an average of two years. Cost is one of the biggest benefits of training your own service dog privately. While the handler ends up managing a LOT of the training, during that time, you build a bond and trust with your service dog. You learn their personality very quickly. And the puppy ends up growing with you and your family. That said, even private training can cost anywhere from $5,000 - $20,000 depending on your trainer, service needs, time for training, and any boarding with a trainer. Not to mention all the other costs of being a good dog owner (food, toys, vet, etc.).

Our goal is to help with the biggest hurdles in getting a service dog -- the money, and the dog!

While $7600 is our initial fundraising goal, funds above that amount will allow the recipient to be able to get additional training, pay for dog food, supplies, and other items.

If you would like to be considered for this sweet pup to be place with you with the intention of becoming a service dog for yourself, your dependent, or your organization, please fill out the form below.

***Recipient will be selected from the continental United States only due to transportation restrictions.***
Applications will be accepted until May 31, 2024.
Recipient will be selected June 2, 2024 and contacted via email. We will continue to provide a good home, basic training, and socialization until placed with her new home in mid-June.

You can find the application here:
https://forms.gle/noA94fNZYtUH1XEx8

You can find the GoFundMe here:
https://gofund.me/7f31aa30

Please share!!!

05/06/2024

We officially have a page created for our beautiful pups!
These sweet F1b labradoods were born 12/29/2023, just in time to ring in the new year. They are fantastic little babes.

Mom is an F1 solid chocolate labradoodle.
Dad is a full standard black and white parti poodle.
I just love the mix of colors we got with this litter!

Our son, Oliver, is the whole purpose and inspiration for OliDoodles. Oliver is our Dravet Syndrome warrior (Dravet Syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy that is rare and extremely difficult to treat). We started down the service dog path in 2020, shortly after his diagnosis. However, our efforts were thwarted by a global pandemic, and our beautiful service dog in training quickly became our family emotional support dog and now the momma of a beautiful litter of F1b labradoodles! We are starting our own training journey again and want to give back to our community and to others who may be in a position of need, but who also do not have the funds to support a pre-trained service dog. Each of our pups were raised in a home with a LOT of kids, and treated as if any of them could be our sweet Oliver's pup. They are well socialized and each went through Volhard's Aptitude Testing. Puppies are expected to be approximately 50-60 lbs once full-grown.

See more about our experience with Dravet Syndrome here: Oliver is the whole purpose and inspiration for OliDoodles. Oliver is our Dravet Syndrome warrior (Dravet Syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy that is rare and extremely difficult to treat). We started down the service dog path in 2020, shortly after his diagnosis. However, our efforts were thwarted by a global pandemic, and our beautiful service dog in training quickly became our family emotional support dog and now the momma of a beautiful litter of F1b labradoodles! We are starting our own training journey again and want to give back to our community and to others who may be in a position of need, but who also do not have the funds to support a pre-trained service dog. Each of our pups were raised in a home with a LOT of kids, and treated as if any of them could be our sweet Oliver's pup. They are well socialized and each went through Volhard's Aptitude Testing. Puppies are expected to be between 50-60 lbs once fully grown.

To learn more about our experience with Dravet Syndrome, check out Oliver's page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3597253630359814

To learn more about Dravet Syndrome: https://dravetfoundation.org