How to order your Goldendoodle

Your wondering how to order a Goldendoodle from us? Okay. Let's get started. Ordering a Goldendoodle from our Goldendoodle World is very simple. Please follow these basic steps if your ready to add one of our terrific, outgoing, family oriented dogs to your family.

1. Check out our available doodles page to see what we have to offer.

2. You've decided you want to purchase from us please go to our canine application page and print it out.

3. Our canine application is not an online application. In order to fill it out, it must be printed out.

4. We accept our canine application via fax AFTER you complete it. Please call before you fax.

5. When deciding upon a Goldendoodle, please make sure you know roughly what size dog you are seeking. We have been a breeder for Goldendoodles since 1999 and purebred Golden Retrievers since 1996. Because we have owned up to 8 generations of our Golden Retrievers, we can give you a pretty good guesstimate about what size we expect our Goldendoodle puppies will become as an adult. Please be aware that we can not guarantee weights, heights or lengths on any available doodle unless of course, the dog is already an adult dog and has been measured by our vet. Some people reside in apartments or condos where size restrictions must be obeyed. If this is the case, you may want to purchase a doodle older than six months of age. Many Goldendoodle breeders boast they sell "miniature" Goldendoodles. If a breeder is making this claim, be sure you receive a size guarantee in writing, otherwise your "miniature" Goldendoodle may turn out to be much larger than you were led to believe by the breeder. Many breeders use the term, "miniature" as a sales tactic to get you in the door. While Goldendoodles can be 25 pounds and under, they do not fall into size categories like purebred dogs. Goldendoodles come in all sizes within any given litter with the same parents.

6. Have you decided what temperament you'd like your Goldendoodle to have? There are no actual "temperament" tests available, in reality, when it comes to puppies. Some breeders will claim they have tested their Goldendoodles for "temperament" when there really is no such thing. Did they jiggle a noisy can to get a reaction? Did they call them to see if the puppy would come to them? What specific things did they do to give insight as to what kind of temperament the puppy has? I have been a breeder for 14 years as of Jan. 2010. To date, I've seen our puppies behave the same regardless of what litter they came out of, regardless of parents and regardless of gender. Temperaments of puppies is not 100 percent genetic. Temperaments are environmental as well as genetic. Our Goldendoodles have a very lengthy, impressive lineage with over 400 OFA good, champion ancestors. As a young puppy, they will individually go through spurts of energy at different times of the day. You have to remember they are like infants. Their attention span is very short. Each of them want to be loved. Each of them want attention. Each of them love to play. Maybe one puppy is trying to sleep while the other is chewing on its ear, nose or tail. Maybe one puppy is watching the shenanigans of its siblings while others are running all over the place. When a potential buyer is watching a group of puppies playing, they assume they can tell a difference between personalities or temperament when that is an incorrect assumption. It has been my personal experience for many years that all puppies pretty much behave the same way, at different times of the day, when younger than six months of age. As a breeder who, in the beginning, watched buyers make inaccurate assessments of personalities and temperaments of puppies they viewed in less than an hour, I know that it is better to have an experienced breeder select a puppy for the family or help the family make their own selection. We prefer to assign our Goldendoodles to their families through our application process, since it helps reduce the re-homing issue that occurs when someone makes an inaccurate assessment of a young puppy they'd like to adopt. Pre-paying before handling our pups helps cut down the risk of our puppies being contaminated by communicable canine diseases which can be brought to our home on your clothing, shoes, hands and hair if you have handled other dogs while on your search for the next family pet. All of our canine are pre-paid in full unless they are not ready to go. We do require our canine application and no less than 50% of the total purchase price for canine not yet ready to go. If the canine is 5 months or older, he or she MUST be spayed or neutered by our vet before we permit him or her to leave with their new family. If this service is included in the purchase price, it will be so noted on our "available doodles" page where the canine are offered for sale.

When filling out our canine application, think of your family's activity level. Think about how you'd like your Goldendoodle to participate in those activities. Are you a laid back family who is seeking a calm dog? Are you an excited family with a high activity level who seeks a similar type of dog? Do you want a dog whom you will train yourself or will you seek outside training? Where will your Goldendoodle sleep? Who will be the main care taker? Have you set up a veterinarian to help provide care for your new family pet? Our application will ask these questions because as a responsible breeder, we want you to be a responsible dog owner. Just as you want a successful canine adoption, we want our dogs to have a forever home. We want our dogs to be with you and your family for the rest of its life. We'd like you to become a part of our Goldendoodle family, which is why we want to determine what Goldendoodle we have to offer would suit your family the best. It is very important that you trust the breeder you've decided to purchase from. If you can't trust your breeder to make the right decisions for you, then of course, you should not buy one of their dogs. As a breeder, we have put a lot of trust into the families who take home one of our dogs. We hope that the families will show the same trust in us, as their breeder.

7. After completing the application, you must decide which program, if any, you are buying with your Goldendoodle. We offer three genetic health warranty programs that is available for any of our available Goldendoodles, if you are concerned with genetic health issues that may crop up at some time during the life of your dog. 95 percent of all of our customers purchase the available doodle without any type of genetic health warranty and do just fine. Our Goldendoodles, as a whole, all very healthy, sound, quality dogs that will provide you with many years of happiness. Our Goldendoodles come from a very impressive lineage of ancestors who came from top show breeders around the world. Wycliffe, Dassin, Eaton, Bel Tor and Pekay. Combined together, these ancestors have over 400 OFA good, champions that date back to the early 1930s. Our Poodles' lineage come from European lines as well as a few American lines that held top Champion show dogs, utility dogs, companion dogs as well as Master Hunters. Our Golden Retrievers' lineage began out of Pekay lines. Pekay Kennels was founded in the early 1960s by two women. They may now be retired, but they have championed some of the healthiest, best AKC Golden Retrievers available in the United States. While our original founding Golden Retriever breeding dogs have since crossed the rainbow bridge (they were adult dogs when we obtained them), we do still have a few of their ancestors of whom a few remain in our breeding program. Our Poodles and our Golden Retrievers have been some of the hardiest, healthiest, outgoing dogs we've ever owned. We've remained impressed by our own dogs' over all quality, intelligence and temperament. It has always been our intention to offer the best of the best to the general public, who seek a quality family pet. Offering anything less is unacceptable. Please be aware we do not sell our dogs for breeding purposes or show purposes. We offer our dogs strictly as family pets.

8. If you have decided that you do not wish to purchase a Goldendoodle under one of the three genetic health warranties we offer, that's okay. We do offer a basic 30 day health guarantee that will replace a canine for any reason, should something go wrong after you have taken possession of your purchased pet. While we are unable to offer any cash refunds or any financial assistance should something occur beyond our control as a seller or beyond your control as a buyer, we do agree to replace the dog as soon as possible, of equal size, color, gender but please be aware that any vet services or any shipping/deliver or third party expenses incurred with the original pet is non transferable, non replaceable. Unfortunately the airlines will not provide free airfare nor will our vet provide free veterinarian services to replacement pets and stores will not replace our essentials originally purchased. This is why such services are non transferable and non replaceable. If possible, we may be able to offer personal delivery depending upon your exact location. If we are able to assist you in this manner, then this service would not be charged on any replacement pet and would be offered to the buyer as a gracious courtesy. Please be aware that if you have not purchased a Goldendoodle under any of the three genetic health warranty programs that we offer and once the 30 day grace period has ended, there is no genetic health warranty available, given, offered, implied or insinuated beyond that time frame. Many breeders only offer the buyer 24 to 72 hours. We originally offered a 10 day grace period. We now offer a 30 day grace period which will replace a purchased pet for any issue other than neglect or abuse. We sincerely want those who buy from us, to have a positive experience. Regrettably, even though as a breeder we do our best to try and make this happen, some people doom their chances of success right from the start. It is unfortunate when this happens. There isn't a single perfect breeder available because we, as humans, are not perfect. However, we do everything possible for a buyer to have a sound, healthy, quality canine they will enjoy for years to come.

9. Now that you've decided upon one of our Goldendoodles, you must add payment. We do not accept store money orders, money grams, payment through brokers, third parties or personal checks from banks not in our area. We do, however, accept personal checks from Bank of America; Wachovia; Sun Trust; Wood Forest (at most Walmart stores) as well as American Postal Money Orders. We will also accept direct deposits to our BOA or WOOD FOREST account or you may even elect to go to the bank of America or Wood Forest bank itself and deposit cash directly. If you submit a deposit by check from a bank other than the above mentioned, this will place a hold on your ability to obtain your puppy on the same day. All checks must clear our account before any canine is permitted to leave our premises. This can take up to 60 days due to a scam presently going on with fake checks and money orders being distributed from unscrupulous people. We do not sell enough dogs to warrant accepting credit cards, so we do not accept paypal or credit card payments. We will accept cash payments on any balance due and providing your purchased Goldendoodle isn't old enough to be spayed or neutered, we will accept cash on the same day you desire to personally pick up a chosen puppy providing we have already received a 50% non refundable deposit and our canine application. Anyone paying via a bank wire MUST INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL $20 to cover wire transfer fees. No exception. Not paying with a bank of america or wood forest check? Please add an additional $5. All banks now charge this fee if checks come from a different bank. If you have wired funds to our account, please allow 24 hours for the wire to process. Puppies and dogs can NOT leave our premises if the wire is "pending" or "processing".

10. Obtaining one of our Goldendoodles is a quick as you, the buyer, decide you'd like it to be. Puppies not old enough to be spayed or neutered, can be purchased with same day service PROVIDING you arrive early in the morning so that we can have you follow us to our veterinarian's office for an immediate health check up, updated vaccines, fecal direct and updated services such as deworming, if necessary. If you arrive late in the day, we can not provide same day service unless you intend to have your own vet provide the above services. If our vet does not provide the above services to a purchased Goldendoodle, we do require all buyers to have these services conducted within 24 hours of possession. Puppies or dogs old enough to be spayed or neutered can not be obtained with same day service. If we will be providing post op care, the purchased doodle can be picked up ten - fifteen days after surgery. If you desire to provide the post op care on your own, the Goldendoodle can then be picked up the same day we obtain the dog from our veterinarian's clinic or we will be happy to meet you at their office. Unless post op care is included in the price, we do charge an additional $250 to cover additional care to the purchased pet. Additional care does include making several trips back and forth to our vet's office for suture removal and in some instances, to view the suture area if redness or soreness occurs. With young puppies not old enough for altering, we try to provide same day service or service at least within three business days if shipping is necessary. Once we obtain our canine application and payment, the process is very quick. Personal delivery is available to some states but must be arranged ahead of time.

So now you are wondering what services do we offer? Perhaps you do not reside within driving distance and are not able to come directly to our home to pick up your purchased pet. What areas do we ship to?

1. All of our purchased Goldendoodles are flown through Delta airlines. Back when USairways had a hub in Charlotte, North Carolina, we flew all of our canine with them. USairways was sold and they no longer have a hub in the area. We then switched over to Delta airlines. We fly our Goldendoodles where ever Delta airlines will take them. Because airfare fees have become unstable and unpredictable, we no longer accept payment for whatever fee Delta airlines may charge. All Goldendoodles are flown C.O.D; We are not responsible for whatever fees they may charge, nor do we know what the fees may be exactly until we have checked the dog in at the Delta airlines ticket counter. Every Goldendoodle must be paid in full prior to shipping. Every buyer must agree to pay the airfare at the destination point upon picking up their purchased pet. If the fees that are charged by Delta are not agreeable to the buyer, then the buyer must take this issue up with Delta itself. We have no control, whatsoever, in what Delta airlines charges to fly the dogs to their destinations. Crates must be twice the size of the individual dog, as per airline requirements. This can cause your airfare to be more than what was originally quoted over the telephone by Delta. We also insure every Goldendoodle up to $1000 each. We can insure the pet for more, but upon request from the buyer with the acknowledgement that this increased insurance can cause the airfare to increase as well. Buyers must be aware also that dogs are never removed from their shipping crates once they are received by the airlines. This means that if the dog has an accident inside the crate, it has no where to get out of the mess. As such, you may be picking up a canine that smells like urine, feces or even vomit, if the dog becomes air sick. Sometimes the buyer gets lucky and no mess has occurred. Regardless of what breeder you obtain your purchased pet from, the same thing will occur nine times out of ten. Take into consideration that even though we bathe every puppy or dog prior to taking it to the airlines and even though every dog is taken outside to relieve him or herself prior to leaving it with the airlines, the airlines itself requires that all dogs arrive 2 hours PRIOR to its departure time. Then the dog will arrive at a different airport if the flight in not a direct flight. There is usually a 1-2 hour layover and the dogs are still not removed from their carriers to relieve themselves. Most flights for dogs are at least another few hours or longer before they arrive at their destination. So take into consideration how many hours your purchased pet has to spend inside of its crate, unable to relieve him or herself, prior to your seeing the dog for the first time. Some buyers complain that the dog arrived with a horrible odor and blame it on the breeder or make a claim that the breeder is a poor breeder because their purchased dog didn't arrive clean. The airlines are at fault for not having their employees remove the dogs from their crates so they can relieve themselves and if an accident inside the crate has occurred, their employees will not take the dog out to clean out the crate or change the papers, etc. This is the reality of having a dog flown to your area. Unless you intend to personally fly to our area and fly back with your pet, just be aware that the above can happen regardless of where your pet is purchased. It comes with the territory of shipping a pet.

2. Vet services. Our veterinarian will provide whatever service is available, providing you desire to pay for it. We welcome all buyers to have any testing conducted on any purchased pet so long as they are willing to pay for such testing. Many people assume that just because a breeder tells them that they "test" their breeding dogs for various things, that this will ensure they are purchasing a dog that will never come down with any health issues down the road. This is a fallacy and a false assumption. When dogs are tested for various possible issues, the testing is only valid for the individual dog that was tested. Such testing is only valid for up to a year, in most cases. Hip dysplasia is not always genetic. Canine genetic laboratories, to date, still are not sure what causes HD or even why some dogs get it and some dogs don't. Because at one point in time, we owned up to 8 generations of our Golden Retrievers' ancestors, we do know the over all health and quality of our breeding dogs. Because we know that the over all health and quality of our Poodle breeding dogs has been superb over all these years, we know that 98 percent of the time, our created Goldendoodles will also turn out to be over all, quality, sound dogs. As with any breeder, even those who have their breeding dogs tested, there is always a 2 percent chance something down the road may occur. Because we know that it is possible this can happen, even though the chances are very slim, we offer three different genetic health warranty programs for those who may be concerned about the "what if" down the road. We can tell you that our over all success rate in creating healthy, quality, sound dogs since becoming a breeder in 1996, is significantly higher than most breeders offering the Goldendoodle dog. We are one of the original founders for the Goldendoodle hybrid for the entire southern region of the United States. We were also the first breeder to register the Goldendoodle dog with a ligitimate kennel club in the USA.

3. Personal delivery. For an additional fee, we may be able to offer personal delivery to those who request this service, depending upon your exact location. We do provide personal delivery, for an additional fee, to all southern states within the USA. All Goldendoodles being personally shipped or delivered are required to have a shipping crate as well as an intra-state health certificate signed by our licensed veterinarian. Unless included in the price of our dogs, these are additional items a buyer will be charged for. We do charge for our time, gas, mileage and any other additional expenses such as toll fees, when necessary.

4. International shipping. We provide international shipping to any country that Delta airlines either flies to or is affiliated with. Prices for our Goldendoodles do not pertain to any pet that is shipped internationally. The fee, regardless of size of the animal, for shipping internationally is a set $5000. While this sounds like a very hefty fee, you must take into consideration that much of this fee is never seen by us. All animals shipped internationally are required to go through a country specific regimen that is very costly. USDA requires country specific health certificates that must be approved, stamped and if not in English, translated. Because the office of the USDA is in Raleigh, North Carolina and because international health certificates now have a dated timeline, we must incorporate the assistance of overnight UPS service both up and back. USDA charges a fee for their country specific health certificates as well as their endorsed stamped approval. The airfare itself can be quite substantial. Sometimes nearly $1000. The airlines charges an additional import fee; taxes; fuel surcharges and insurance fees. All dogs shipped internationally are required to have a special EU micro-chip implanted that is country specific. Such micro-chips are expensive and due to time restraints caused by time dated health certificates, overnight shipping charges are added onto the cost of the micro-chip itself. Because so much is involved in order to make an international shipment happen, we do charge for our time, effort, mileage and gas involved. Over all, we see very little of the fee that we charge as a whole, for a Goldendoodle and international shipping. We hope this explains to those who believe we are sitting back collecting the dough, what the reality is when it comes to our dogs and shipping expenditures, etc.

5. Other services. We are happy to provide the buyer with whatever other services they may desire, so long as they are willing to pay for them.

What is our viewing policy? We understand that many people simply want to visit a breeder so they can see what a Goldendoodle looks like or perhaps they are simply "window shopping" and have no real intention of taking a puppy or dog home with them. "Window Shoppers" really have no intention of buying and they hop from one breeder to the next, visiting multiple puppies in a single day or multiple times through out a short period of time. Too often people believe they can assess a Goldendoodle puppy by viewing the parents. They are very wrong. Goldendoodle puppies do not always take after either parent. They may take after someone down through their lineage. The weights of the parent dogs does NOT play a 100 percent role in what the weights of the offspring will turn out to be. People who hop from one breeder to the next cause many problems for breeders and their dogs and regrettably, in 2004, we suffered a few losses from this very bad habit of others. We were naive at that time and unaware of how dangerous breeder hopping can be for dogs of all ages. Our allowing multiple people to visit us and handle our puppies simply for the asking became a very deadly and, regrettable, past experience. Something we put a halt to and thus far have had no more issues with deadly canine diseases that are transmittable even by humans. After learning from that horrible experience, we became more aware of the dangers and we became very strict with our viewing policy. Too many breeders assume that just because their dogs have been vaccinated that this protects them 100 percent. They are sadly mistaken. We believed that too. Many people who seek to purchase a family pet, do not like our policy, but ever since we put our strict policy in place, we've not had a single issue with parvo, kennel cough, distemper or any other communicable deadly canine disease thus far. Those who can appreciate our devotion and concern about the above issues, accept our policy and join our Goldendoodle World. Those who do not agree with our policy, shop elsewhere. We do not operate our business or create our policies to satisfy the personal opinions of the general public as to how we should conduct ourselves as a breeder. Our number one priority is our puppies and dogs, not the personal opinions of the general public. We do hope to make friends along the way, but our policy wasn't put into place to win approval ratings. We do not mind at all if those seeking a Goldendoodle, come to our home and personally make their own selection when puppies and dogs are ready to go. We encourage all applicants to personally come to our home so that we can meet them and their families and to discuss the care/feeding or answer any questions they may have regarding their new family pet. While we understand that many people want to simply visit a breeder to "view" their puppies and dogs without paying first, that practice isn't acceptable to us as a breeder, nor do we permit it. We will allow a buyer to select their own puppy or dog providing they have FIRST submitted our canine application and payment in full. Any canine five months or older MUST be spayed or neutered by our vet before we will permit the canine to leave with its family. Vet services, if included, will be so noted on our "available doodles" page. Pre-paying shows us that you, the applicant, have viewed what we have available, have decided you desire to purchase one of our puppies or dogs and that you are not coming to our home to waste our time. Most browsers and window shoppers have no intention of buying; they are undecided between several breeders and are merely "comparison" shopping. These type of shoppers put more emphasis on price comparisons rather than quality. Our policy halts this practice where we are concerned.

WE'VE MADE PURCHASING ONE OF OUR GOLDENDOODLES EVEN EASIER as of Feb. 16th, 2010!!! We opened an account with WOOD FOREST bank which is inside of most Walmart stores!!! All applicants can fax our canine application to us and make an immediate deposit right while they are inside of Walmart! Wood Forest bank is open seven days a week and until 8pm! They are open every day of the week except for Christmas day! This makes it even easier for our applicants to pay for their Goldendoodle to make their purchase faster! You can also purchase many of your pet supplies right in the store AFTER you've made your deposit! Because we have been having issues with our customers NOT including bank wire/transfer fees, please be aware that WE do charge an additional $20 above the total sales price to those who pay with through bank wires. Our personal bank charges US to accept a bank wire payment (which is crazy, but true) and most banks will charge the buyer bank wire/tranfer fees on their end, as well. We are having issues of being financially shorted by those who do not add enough funds to cover these bank wire/transfer fees. Because this is becoming an issue, as of March 9, 2010 any buyer who desires to make payment to us through a bank wire/transfer and are NOT BOA customers, will be charged an additional $20 to cover what our bank may charge us to accept payment from other banks, in this manner. Add an additional $5 if the check is from a different bank. Goldendoodles may not leave on "pending" or "processing". Deposit cash for fast service.

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We prefer to assign our puppies and dogs to their families based on what the buyer places upon our canine application. We know our puppies and dogs better than anyone. It is difficult for families to make their own selection since our puppies and dogs are cute and have very similar personalities. SO LET'S REVIEW OUR POLICY:

1. Our canine application must be submitted prior to your scheduled appointment.

2. CALL BEFORE FAXING OUR CANINE APPLICATION.

3. If the puppy or dog is five months or older, they must be spayed or neutered before the buyer is permitted to take them home.

4. A scheduled appointment will be set up for you to select your own canine out of two we feel will best suit your family, based upon the information you have provided on our application. PAYMENT IN FULL MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE WE WILL SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.

5. We require all canine five months or older to be spayed or neutered BEFORE we permit the buyer to take them home. Spayed or neutered purchased pets require post op care. If we provide this service, there is an additional $250 fee. If you provide this service, we will ask you to meet us at our vet's office so they explain the post op care to you.

6. If we are shipping or providing personal delivery, all balances (if any) must be paid ahead of time.

7. Have questions? Give us a call at 704-278-DOGS (3647).

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