05/07/2018
No litters planned for 2018. Not sure after that. Very pleased with the "perfect", "just what I wanted" puppy I kept from last litter. All DNA testing on her and her mother came out clear of and not carriers of over 100 ailments/diseases by Embark Testing and she is exactly what I hoped to get. But, so many are getting into breeding Goldendoodles and I don't want to keep another for me right now, so I will decide within the next 18 months whether to breed a litter with Kenzie who is now 2 1/2. Right now, I am leaning towards no. Kenzie and her Mom, Lexi, are perfect for us and they play often with 2 of Kenzie's siblings who are also never sick and have no known health issues. That breeding would have been well worth doing again but Lexi will turn 5 this summer and will be spayed. It took Lexi a while to stop being the bossy Mom and get back to being a playmate for Kenzie and her siblings, so I am very happy with how it all turned out and may just leave the breeding to all the new people getting into Goldendoodles. When looking for a pup, make sure to quiz the breeder about structural and DNA testing on parents. You can even mouth swab test a pup if you want to be sure if it will shed...if it will have proper facial furnishings...how curly or straight it will be. Full Embark testing will also tell you how much it will weigh full grown and a lot, lot more. Look at their website. There are other testing sites too,Wisdom Panel and others, so if a breeder says "you never know what you're gonna get", find one who knows more. My Lexi looks like a Flat Coated Retriever even though her DNA testing proves she is 75% Standard Poodle. She has no facial furnishings and an improper coat (IC) because each parent carried for that. The breeder was dishonest in telling me she would look like her parents and not shed. Her pups have proper coats/facial furnishings and don't shed but carry for IC. They would be +/- on the RSP02 gene which requires breeding to +/+ to guarantee proper coat and face. Do your homework if it matters to you that your whatever kind of "Doodle" looks like you expect it to look. Also, some shed some don't. DNA testing tells you shedding. I bred Lexi to a non shedder so did not know what I would get and was very happy that they don't shed. Kenzie's DNA testing bears out that she doesn't shed and weighs 41 pounds. So, if a breeder will work with you, you could DNA test a pup before you definitely get it or ask for their results on the parents. Have a Goldendoodle Day!!!
