Since 1999, we have personally photographed, written about, documented and researched every aspect of the Goldendoodle. Off and on, I receive emails from the naysayers who want to challenge the information placed upon my website, Goldendoodle World. The information you will find on this site comes from my own dedicated research; my thousands of hours of documenting every aspect of the Goldendoodle dog or from information that I personally researched and located on the internet that I agreed with. If you have come to this website and you don't agree with the information upon this site, that's okay. No one has asked you to come to my website and agree with what is written. My website has been created to share what I've personally come to know; to share my personal experiences regarding the Goldendoodle dog; to share not just my own photographs but photographs and videos sent to me by my terrific Goldendoodle families and to provide to YOU, this information completely free of charge even though I have to pay quite a bit out of my pocket to share what it is I know.
Goldendoodles, for the most part, work out very well for families with children. We do personally know that small Goldendoodles (under 25 pounds) usually do not work out well for those with small kids. The smaller the Goldendoodle, the quirkier the temperaments. It has been our personal experience that Goldendoodles who have a curly coat tend to behave very similar to a purebred Poodle. The curly coat Goldendoodle, as an adult dog, will also look very much like a purebred Standard Poodle with the exception it may have a long tail that rides high up off their back. Every Goldendoodle, unless its tail is docked, has a curled tail that rides high up over the back. Most Goldendoodles have a tail that never stops wagging! The majority of Goldendoodles completely enjoy being a social dog. Many Goldendoodle dogs do not do well when they are left for hours on end, alone. Goldendoodles enjoy being where their family is and they also enjoy being under your feet! It is very common to be tripped up by a Goldendoodle dog! They can sneak up on your very quickly and quietly! A bored Goldendoodle can become a very destructable Goldendoodle. It is important to keep your Goldendoodle mentally stimulated a few hours each day if you want a happy family pet! Our personal Goldendoodles absolutely love carrying toys in their mouths. They also love any toy that squeeks! They love to play and romp around. That is not to say that everyone will enjoy this type of hybrid. Goldendoodle dogs are not independent dogs and some may get annoyed that this dog constantly looks for approval by its owner or family. Goldendoodle dogs do their best when they are allowed to be the loving, generous dog that they are and when they are appreciated by those who absolutely love their kind hearted way! In Goldendoodles, many websites claim that sizes will vary according to the sizes of the parents. This is a complete fallacy. Since 1999, we have witnessed a variety of sizes in any given litter regardless of the sizes of the parents. Our own experience over the years has taught us this: The less a puppy weighs at 8 weeks of age, the smaller the dog will be as an adult and vice versa. Goldendoodles who weigh over 25 pounds as an adult are NOT "miniature" sized dogs. I don't consider a Goldendoodle who is 25 pounds and has larger siblings to be a "miniature" sized dog. When you consider a Miniature sized dog, you should take into consideration what Kennel size standards are. Since 1999, we have seen parents weighing 48-65 pounds produce one or two doodle pups who turned out to weigh 25 pounds or less. However, the entire litter did not turn out that small. Even when one of the parents was a small dog, we saw the entire litter turn out to be different sized adult dogs. In 2004, We produced a doodle who weighed 32 pounds at the age of 9 months. In early 2005, we produced 2 litters of small doodles; by June 2005, some weighed 16 lbs. at age 5 months and by November of 2005, some were weighing 25 and 26 pounds. Those doodles weighed only 2-4 pounds at age 8 weeks. In 2005 we bred one of our Golden Retriever dams with one of our Toy Poodle sires who produced offspring varying in weight. We saw the pups range from 7 pounds to 35 pounds. To this day, we still have the Goldendoodle from that mixture and she has remained 7 pounds. Even using a Toy Poodle with a Golden Retriever, we saw the same thing happen. Every puppy became a different size! What's a hybrid going to do? Call the small ones Miniatures? The larger ones Standards? It's silly! The largest male who was born last, was stillborn so we'll never know what his size could have been. The order in which a puppy is born has nothing to do with the determination of the Goldendoodle's size. We know this to be a fact.
Based on personal experience, we did discover that there are many Poodles out there with bad dispositions. The Poodles we now own have very loving dispositions....are kind, playful, smart and sassy but we did have to go through a few in the very beginning, to weed out the bad from the good. Anyone interested in breeding the Goldendoodle better do alot of searching before committing to a Poodle. Some people believe they can tell alot about a dog with just one meeting, but that has never been true for me. A Poodle with a bad disposition can make or break your future offspring. No one wants a Goldendoodle with a bad disposition. It is not true that by meeting a puppy's parents that their temperaments will be indicative of what you can expect out of the offspring. Environment....not genetics...plays a huge role in temperament where dogs are concerned. We know for a fact that size is not consistant regarding the Goldendoodle dog, regardless of the size of the parent dogs. But we do know that there is consistancy in the apperance of a Goldendoodle based upon its coat type and we know for a fact there are only three coat types for the Goldendoodle dog. When we began thinking about creating the Goldendoodle dog, temperament was very importance for me. Size was not of importance. Many people say they want to pick their own Goldendoodle because they know what type of dog they are looking for. I do not personally believe a person can sum up a puppy simply by meeting its parents. No one knows a puppy better than its breeder. If you can't trust your breeder to select your next family pet, then perhaps you should find a breeder that you do feel you can trust. We assign our Goldendoodles to their families because it has been our experience over the years that this process has helped reduce the rehoming issues that many breeders face. Since 1996 as a professional, private hobby breeder, we've had very few rehoming issues. As a matter of fact, we've kept our policy of assigning our Goldendoodles to their families because of the fact we've had great success with "successful" placements.
To judge the parents of a puppy based on one meeting is unfair to the puppy and to its parents. First of all, a one time meeting may be stressful for the dogs. You are new to them and they to you. They will be excited.....stressed out.....perhaps even bouncey (many call it hyper) or even tired from the length of time they've been awake. Puppies have very short attention spans! Puppies may act one way during a matter and that may not even be how the dog usually acts at all! They are only reacting to a new situation with new people in front of them demanding some kind of "performance" test. Puppies and parent dogs may even be edgy because you may have been to a different breeder before meeting with them and they may smell the other dogs on your clothing. This may cause them to back-off and act cautiously and NOT want you near them. Showing the parents of a puppy that you are seeking to view is very chaotic and disruptive for the breeder and their kennel and actually takes away from the puppy, which is unfair. People should never try and select a puppy based on "viewing its parents". Did these people select their spouse based on viewing his/her parents? Did you say to the person you were dating that you didn't like the way their parent's appearance, size or behaviour was, so therefore they are not worthy of your love? It's silly! People use the excuse of wanting to "view the puppy first" so they can determine its temperament. If you can't take the breeder's word regardng the dispositions of the dogs they are selling, there's something wrong. 9 times out of 10, bad dispositions come from poor ownership. Bad dogs come from bad owners. Bad dogs are not created by its genetics. If your reasoning is that you want to ensure your buying a dog that isn't going to bite.......well, all dogs, regardless of their disposition may bite you during some time in their life. There could be a thousand reasons why you could get bit and none of those reasons had anything at all to do with its genetic make up.
Despite the fact there are dog breeders and dog owners alike, who believe it repulsive to even consider mixing a Golden Retriever and a Poodle together, the truth is Goldendoodles and all Poodle hybrids are extremely popular and they are here to stay. The demand for the Goldendoodle is much higher than the demand for the Labradoodle. There are fewer Goldendoodles in shelters than the Labradoodle. Why, exactly, I could not say. We predicted in 1999 when we first began our Goldendoodles that there would be breeders jumping on the bandwagon and here we are in 2009 watching the competition grow. As the Goldendoodle dog becomes more and more popular, the voices of the naysayers become louder and uglier.
I predicted many years ago that the American Kennel Club would place their dibs on the Goldendoodle and Labradoodle dog even though they had the audacity to write a derogatory article about the Goldendoodle and Labradoodle dog calling them "mutts". Not long ago, lo and behold I came across an article by the American Kennel Club stating they were allowing both the Goldendoodle dog and the Labradoodle dog to be registered with their club! As of Oct. 2009, these hybrids can now be registered with AKC. I predicted in 1999 that the both the Labradoodle and Goldendoodle dog would be ran into the ground just like purebred dogs of today have been by unscrupulous breeders. My prediction came true! Goldendoodles began to appear in pet stores around the country sometime around 2001 by commercial breeders out to make a buck.
Over several of our pages through-out this website, we do have links with regards to genetics and the problems that can and do occur with inbreeding, line-breeding and back-breeding dogs. Please keep in mind that my website was created back in 1997 for the Golden Retriever. I began to change over my content for Goldendoodles in 1999. Much of my own information has been placed on this site from 1999 to the present date. I've come to know that what I knew back when I started has actually changed and zigged zagged because the Goldendoodle dog itself is a complete contradiction. Everything I knew years ago has had to change as I've come to know it. I've personally had to learn by doing and it takes many years of experience to become an expert at something. There may even be varying information from one page to another but that is because this is a very large website and unfortunately I don't always have the time to go back and change information as it has changed. Hopefully if you follow my articles I've written over the years, you will come to see the new information and as I get time, I will be the first one to change information and update it as I have come to know it. Everything I thought I knew about the Goldendoodle dog when I first started has changed over the years. Every time I think I know something to be exact about the Goldendoodle dog.....something comes up to change what I knew. The Goldendoodle dog is the most fascinating dog I've ever had the pleasure to write about! They are very interesting dogs, that is for sure! Some breeders have claimed they are trying to "Stabilize" the Goldendoodle by inbreeding, linebreeding and outcrossing in order to turn the Goldendoodle into a purebred dog. That is the most downright absurd statement I've ever heard! While some will argue that this is how the purebred dog began back in the old days....let's not forget that the entire reason the purebred dog of today has so many genetic issues is because of too much inbreeding and backbreeding!!! Breeders created the Poodle hybrid, originally, because of the shedding issue. There's not a shred of evidence to prove that a Poodle or a Poodle hybrid is a hypoallergenic dog or that by instilling more Poodle into the hybrid's genetic make up, the dog will never shed! It's absurd to even think that a breeder would try to turn the Goldendoodle into a "purebred" dog by inbreeding the hybrid so much that they are no longer an actual Goldendoodle. While it is completely okay to breed two Goldendoodles together or to pair a Goldendoodle and a Poodle together or a Golden Retriever and a Goldendoodle together, it is very important that a breeder research the parent's pedigrees on both sides of the parent dogs to ensure the dogs are not closely related before pairing them together to create offspring. Should the parent dogs be too closely related, genetic complications can occur. The breeder who back breeds and in-breeds Goldendoodles will claim that the curlier the coat, the less shedding. I disagree with that notion and I also would like to see documented evidence from a genetic laboratory proving their claim. Evidence meaning, DNA hair strand reports proving a Poodle is a hypo-allergenic dog or that the more Poodle that is instilled into a Poodle hybrid, the less shedding. While I personally do not have an issue with a Goldendoodle being bred to a non-related Poodle.....I do have an issue that a breeder who does this turns around and falsely claims that the offspring are doodles that will NEVER shed or are now "HYPO-ALLERGENIC". It's these type of claims I have an issue with. There is NO scientific evidence from any canine laboratory that can back up such claims. We do know for a fact that nearly all Poodle hybrids (first generation) are low shedding dogs and that the majority of people who have mild allergies, do very well with them. With regards to the claim that some breeders create "Miniature" Goldendoodles........I have yet to understand why so many people believe a 35-50 pound dog is a MINIATURE size dog? I'm completely baffled by this. I just don't get it. Am I missing something here??? Just because a breeder uses a Miniature Poodle as one of the parents in no way causes the entire litter to remain 25 pounds or under as an adult dog. People who actually believe that a 35-50 pound dog is a Miniature sized dog need a reality check. We go by Kennel Club standards. And yes!!! Goldendoodles ARE A RECOGNIZED AND REGISTERABLE HYBRID WITH MANY REPUTABLE KENNEL CLUBS. Back when this article was first written (Aug. 2006) I would have NEVER agreed that AKC would allow the Goldendoodle dog to be registered with their kennel club unless they saw a huge bank roll in it for themselves. AKC only registers purebred dogs...not hybrids. BUT ALAS....AKC SAW THE BANK DOORS BECKON THEM TO "COME ON DOWN" the money trail!!!!!! As of Oct. 2009, AKC is permitting the Goldendoodle and Labradoodle dog to be registered with their kennel club. We do see our Goldendoodles come in small packages, so whatever size you are seeking...CLICK HERE to see what is available.
It has also disappointed us that sites like Wikopedia continue to allow ridiculous information to be placed with regards to Goldendoodles, on their site. While the administrator of Wikopedia tried to tell us that several breeders were trying to turn the Goldendoodle into a purebred dog and that the information with regards to the doodle on their site was accurate, I completely disagree! Not only is the admin of Wikopedia NOT a breeder......he definitely has no clue what he's talking about! If and when anyone is allowed to turn the Goldendoodle into a purebred dog, it will be a day of sadness. The Goldendoodle will then find its way down the road like its purebred counterparts and will completely destroy the main reason this hybrid was created to begin with.
You can always tell an inexperienced breeder by the terms they use on their website or through their advertisements.....here are some examples:
*FULL-BLOODED: All living animals are full of blood! Hence, they would otherwise be dead! The correct term is "PUREBRED".
*FLEECE OR WOOL OR WOOLEY COAT: Such coat terminology should refer to camels, goat and sheep...not Goldendoodles. The correct terms are "wavy coat"....."Curly coat"....."Shaggy coat"... "Flat coat".
*RARE COLORS OR RARE MARKINGS: These words are mere sales tactics! There is no such thing as a rare color or rare marking for a Poodle or a Goldendoodle or a Labradoodle or a Poodle hybrid period. The Poodle has such a wide array of colors within their lineage that all colors and all markings can occur!!! Doodles can have brown, blue, green, amber colored eyes or the combination of all these colors. While its not easy to achieve eye color other than brown.....it's not rare. We have Poodles with green eyes and Golden Retrievers with green eyes. Just like it is not common for two brown eyed parents to produce a blue eyed child, it is not rare. It occurs on occasion and that is how it occurs with our doodles who have eye color other than brown. It comes out at random and we can't selectively "breed" for it. I believe even if a breeder had two blue eyed Goldendoodles, they would have a higher percentage in offspring with blue eyes, but they would still have some with brown eyes or a combination of brown/blue. Genetics is complicated, but a breeder who desires to learn about genetics can increase their success in achieving whatever it is they set out to achieve in their doodles, hybrids and purebreds.
*YELLOW....ALMOND...GOLD....BROWN...TAN: These color terms are not related to a Goldendoodle or Labradoodle. Correct colors are "CREAM, WHITE, RED, LIGHT APRICOT, DARK APRICOT, SILVER, BLACK, Silver PHANTOM, Red phantom, Black & tan, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE PHANTOM, APRICOT WITH BLACK TIPS, any color with white markings, PARTI-COLORS or TRI-COLORS THAT COMBINE ANY OF THESE COLORS"....these are the only colors that pertain to the Goldendoodle or Labradoodle.
*NON-SHEDDING OR HYPO-ALLERGENIC: There is no such animal on the face of this earth who are truly hypo-allergenic and all living things shed to include humans. However......Goldendoodles are the lowest shedding canine and because they have low dander, they do work out very well for many allergy sufferers....but NOT ALL can attest to doing well with a Poodle hybrid regardless of breed.
* FACTUAL INFORMATION: FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH DOODLES OR POODLE MIXES-
ALL OFFSPRING ARE CONSIDERED POODLE HYBRIDS IF ONE PARENT DOG IS A POODLE AND THE OTHER PARENT DOG IS NOT. ALL POODLE HYBRIDS ARE LOW SHEDDING DOGS REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENERATION.
*It is a fact that from 1999 to present, there are some Goldendoodle breeders out there who feel very threatened by their competition and do everything they can to try and hurt their fellow breeders by using forums of which they express their derogatory opinions and spread their non-factual rumors. THEY DO THEIR BEST TO STEER POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN THEIR OWN DIRECTION so they can make a sale for themselves. THEY USE THEIR OWN PERSONAL FORUMS AS A WAY OF MAKING THEMSELVES APPEAR TO BE BETTER THAN THEIR COMPETITORS.
*For those who have an issue with our policy of NOT allowing contact with our puppies just so they can "visit" or "see what a goldendoodle looks like" or to "see if they are allergic"..........Our policy is what it is because we've suffered losses in the past due to people handling puppies from various places before visiting with us. Such people are those who feel they must meet and greet as many puppies in a single day as possible while on their search for their perfect family pet. As innocent as it may seem to do this, you have no idea how devastating it is to lose a puppy or many puppies to parvo or distemper by careless people who have come into contact with pups from pet stores, shelters, kennels or other breeders all in the same day and have nothing invested into the puppies they just contaminated. It means very little to the people who have nothing invested, yet to the breeder who has spent weeks or months with their puppies, working around the clock with them, it's a huge financial and emotional loss. Not to mention the people who may lose a puppy too, if they had a deposit placed and was waiting for their puppy to become ready to leave for its new home. It's completely devastating to many people, all the way around. While Yes, our pups are vaccinated, it is not true that one or two vaccines will then protect young puppies and if you handle a puppy and decide you don't want it for whatever reason, it must be returned to the living quarters where other pups are. Some may be too young for a vaccine and could then become infected. It's a careless action when people hop from one breeder to the next. We simply had our fill with these careless people. We also got tired of people wasting our time. Making appointments and Not showing up when they said they were coming out; Not bothering to call to cancel an appointment; or simply coming out to handle and browse through our puppies and then claim they "had to speak with Joe Blow" before making a decision. After years of dealing with inconsiderate people, enough was enough. Our policy was changed in late 2004 for many, many reasons! Before our policy change, we'd been scammed, taken advantage of, had pups stolen by people who wrote worthless checks, had pups stolen by people using a credit card and then doing a "charge back" or having used a stolen credit card, etc; Our updated policy now protects both the buyer and the seller. We want everyone to purchase from us if they are seeking a beautiful, well rounded, quality puppy as a family pet. We protect personal information provided to us by those who complete our canine application. Never will we share, sell or give out anyone's personal information to include telephone numbers to the general public unless we have been given the permission to do so. We only provide references to those who request one, of customers who have given us the okay to use them as a reference. Regardless of your feelings of what a breeder should or should not do, we absolutely WILL NOT change our policies just to please the general public at large. Anyone can contact the Universal Kennel Club of which we are affiliated with if they desire a "breeder" reference and may CLICK HERE to visit their website. We can be located literally all over internet! We founded our business in 1996. Dee Gerrish has written about the Goldendoodle dog extensively since 1999. Her articles can literally be found everywhere on the world wide web! WE ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO TAKE YOUR PHONE CALLS! 704-278-dogs (3647) or 704-640-0477.
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