How to Reserve a Puppy
Review our website
Become familiar with the breed and what stands us apart. Our website has information on the breed standard of the Australian Labradoodle. Our Frequently asked questions page is a great start! One of the first questions I am often asked, is in regards to our selection process. This is a great question, as all breeders have their own way of allocating puppies. Our selection process is detailed below.
Submit Application
We want to learn about you and your family to ensure we make the best puppy match for your home. The application asks specific questions to help us assess your needs. Once we receive your application, we’ll review it and get back with you an email and schedule a call. We will give information on our upcoming litters, reservation list, and provide an estimated time frame on when you can expect your puppy.
Place Deposit
When you’re ready to add one of our labradoodles to your home, a non-refundable $500 deposit will place your name on the reservation list. Your spot on the list is determined in order of deposits received. In your welcome email, you will receive a copy of our health warranty and spay/neuter contract. Please review thoroughly before placing your deposit. Payments can be made on the pricing and payment page.
I placed a deposit now what?
We wait.
Good things take time. A typical pregnancy lasts anywhere from 58-63 days from the time of breeding. Looking for some books while you’re waiting?’
“ The Other End of the Leash” by Patricia McConnel, “How to behave so your Dog Behaves” by Sophia Yin DVM, and “The Dog Listener” by Jan Fennel.
Birth Announcement & Updates
When a litter is born, we contact those on the reservation list. You will receive weekly email updates until the puppies go home. We include a ton of information in our emails to prepare you for life with your new puppy.
Selection & go home day
At seven weeks puppies are temperament assessed with our trainer. Once assessments are complete, we will send an email with detailed information on each puppy that is available to you. Puppies are scheduled to go home once they turn eight weeks.
How will I choose my puppy?
Can I choose my puppy in person?
Our top priority is ensuring every puppy is placed in an environment where it can thrive. For example, we wouldn’t place a highly energetic puppy in a retired home, nor would we place a noise-sensitive puppy in a household with young children. While we encourage families to remain open-minded about cosmetic traits, temperament and energy level always come first. We understand preferences and will do our best to accommodate them, but our focus is on matching each puppy to the right home.
From the very beginning, we carefully observe how each puppy interacts with its littermates, mother, and humans. Our breeders are selected based on their strong, stable temperaments, which they pass on to their puppies. There are no “bad” puppies—only those better suited to specific environments.
Puppy selections are made in the order of deposits after we complete temperament testing, which is done when the puppies turn 7 weeks old. Once testing is complete, we’ll compile detailed notes and send you an email with descriptions of the available puppies. For example, if you’re deposit #3, you’ll receive information on all puppies except the ones chosen by the families ahead of you. If needed, we can arrange a phone call to review our notes together. Families are welcome to take a few hours to consider their choice before letting us know, and we will then move to the next family on the list.
Many puppy buyers believe that meeting the puppies in person is the best way to choose, but this is actually not ideal. It’s easy to form an attachment to a puppy based solely on a single interaction in that moment. However, puppies’ behavior can vary greatly depending on factors like whether they’re hungry or have just eaten, tired or freshly awake, active from play or relaxed from a nap, or even how much interaction they’ve had with visitors or activities that day. The behavior you observe during a visit might not accurately reflect the puppy’s overall temperament. While you are welcome to visit the puppies, we make final selections based on our detailed observations and the temperament assessments conducted by our trainer.
