Our mission is to produce and raise the best, healthiest puppies possible. We are Human Ecologists who strive to have a positive impact on the environment, practice anti-racism and promote social justice in both our business and our personal lives.
Our parent dogs have all of the hip, elbow, eye, heart, thyroid, patella and DNA clearances recommended for their breed(s). Our dogs are tested at or above the GANA blue-ribbon level.
Parent dogs are continually evaluated and paired to produce puppies with the best temperament, health, intelligence, confidence, structure, style and beauty.
To minimize our impact on the planet, we compost, drive an electric car when possible, avoid plastics and use cloth instead of paper whenever possible. We proudly support the following:
Our dogs live with us on 35 acres near Acadia National Park. They hike, swim, run through the woods and relax with us. They eat foods, treats and supplements exclusively from PawTree, Life's Abundance and NuVet.
We believe in keeping dogs fit, so using just the right amount of high-quality food is important. We make sure they get the physical and mental exercise they need to thrive.
We raise our puppies using the Avidog/Good Dog and Puppy Culture protocols with adaptations based on experience and new science. We are constantly learning and making improvements to our process, as more is discovered about puppy development.
Our puppies are well socialized, started on house training and comfortable in crates when they go to their new homes.
We are proud to be active members of the Goldendoodle Association of North America (GANA). We adhere to their stringent health-testing requirements and code of ethics.
GANA stays up to date on new research and studies that affect the Goldendoodle and provides that information to its members. They also advocate for Goldendoodles and responsible breeding practices.
We are certified as Blue Ribbon breeders by The Goldendoodle Association. This means that we adhere to their highest level of health clearance requirements for all of our parent dogs.
An extremely wide range of people/families provide excellent homes for dogs. Therefore, we will NOT discriminate on the basis of color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or anything else. We are dedicated to finding loving homes for our puppies where they will thrive and bring joy to their people.
We are also committed to practicing anti-racism and promoting social justice in both our businesses and in our personal lives.
Each of our puppies is handled daily starting at birth, and receives ENS treatments from the third through the sixteenth day of life. The result is an increased capacity that positively affects the dog for life and includes:
Our puppies are puppy-pad trained starting at two weeks of age. They learn to use a dog door at 4 - 6 weeks of age.
By the time they go home, they are going outside to potty reliably.
All you need to do is get them used to YOUR home/yard/dog-door, teach them "signal," stick to a schedule, and watch them closely!!
You don't have time to stay up-to-date on every new development in the canine world. So, we do it for you. You can call and ask about any issue that comes up during the life of your dog.
FOR BREEDERS
The website, Midwoofery, is full of expert and scientific information related to breeding, whelping, and care.
We are passionate about safe, premium nutrition for our own dogs because of the HUGE effect it has on our breeding program, and the general health of our dogs. We share our recommendations with you and extend our health warranty from 24 months to 36 MONTHS if you follow our recommendations.
If you don't have time to call or email, you can ALWAYS feel safe ordering from our food site:
When we get a question from multiple families, we try to put together an informative answer and make a blog post about it. You can find all the posts on our Information page.
Other Blogs: The Healthy, Happy Dog and Your Dog Advisor
Don't Waste the First 16 Weeks!
GREAT CLASS: "With Open Arms and a Level Head"
A Statement from the Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior
Authors of
THE PUPPY PLAYBOOK
Biscuit’s puppy training and raising curriculum is not about teaching your puppy how to sit, it’s about building life skills that foster healthy, happy, and positive behaviors to give you and your puppy the companionship you deserve!
Weekly private virtual training sessions with a mid-week progress check-in and regular feedback
This symposium was just the latest in our education about whelping. We have taken courses from Avidog, Midwoofery and Myra Savant Harris. We place great importance on assisting our dams with whelping (birthing) their puppies and improving outcomes
This class on socializing puppies covers everything from birth to 12 weeks of age. It explains what to do as well as the reasons why.
We learned how to prevent puppy parasites starting 3 weeks prior to whelping. We added the comprehensive protocol for puppies age 2-9 weeks as well as learning to do our own fecal tests.
We have learned a tremendous amount from Avidog over the years. Megan has taken the Temperament Evaluation course, the Stud Dog Management course and is currently studying the A to Z course. Avidog has joined Good Dog, and are offering excellent breeder education. We really appreciate their scientific approach to canines.
Canine Colors, Patterns and Textures: Genetics for Breeders.
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