Questions and other rambly thoughts from a newbie...

[Jenny Parker]

Hey , I am in Princeton/Holden near Wachusett Mountian, your not far from me.
I got my pup a few weeks ago "Pongo". We had been searching for months I found a wonderful breeder in Cranston ,RI and they did all the right things they were charging $900 for an F1B and let me tell you they have beautiful puppies

My story goes like this:
My Mom is a dog groomer and although I found out this story recently, it is still kinda cool.

My mom knew we were waiting for a puppy from this breeder; it would not be until March. Earlier, my mom and I went on the hunt and we found an amazing breeder that had all the blood tests, OFA hip Certified Mom and Dad , Microchipped, Warrentys and all in CT. (my mom lives in CT.)

I to visit the puppies, they 8 weeks old, and were $1500. I told her we really did not want to spend that much. I told her, if she ends up with a few left over and drops the price to let me know. I dropped my moms businness card off (because she was closer)and left.

2 weeks later my mom said to me, "this woman came into my shop and told me, she had a few puppies left over, what luck, so I bought 1 for you and presented him (Pongo) to my daughter ". We were all thirilled.

I had the uncomfortable job of sending an e-mail to the breeders that I really wanted a dog from, to let them know. I know they expected me to get a puppy from them. It's just the way things turned out.

Come to find out yes, the woman did go to my moms shop BUT, it was the breeder I has talked to weeks earlier with the $1500 puppies, she was in the area; she had 3 puppies left; she had another litter coming; she wanted to find homes for thses puppies before the "new" litter came.
She asked if my mom if I would be still interested, and told her she would give him to me for $400 he was 10 weeks old.
My mom went to Lebennon, CT ,got all the pappers, and they scanned him right there to show the microchip and viola we got Pongo, my 8 year old daughter is thrilled!

From the time we started looking it took several months, moviestar (a breeder on this forum) was an intergral part of helping me ask all the right questions (Thanks again moviestar!!) and told me not to jump into anything, make sure it's a healthy puppy. Moviestar, helped me look at warrentys very differently and we now have a healthy boy , he is much more then I imagined.

He is somewhat "calm" friends and the vet have said. His mom is a silver Standard Poodle and the breeder said her Silver standerd was the calmest and had the most wonderful temperment of all her dogs. (she had 4 standard Poodles and 3 Retrivers with 30 years of breeding under her belt,) he must have his moms temperment because he is gentle and playful and I just can't help gushing about him!!! We start puppy kindergarden Monday, and we will be trying to go all the way, to get him certified as a therapy dog, God willing!

Gook luck; the breeders on this forum are wonderful and informative , ask all the questions you can think of you won't be able to stump them ...lol

~Jenny

[debbildog]

Originally Posted by dixiedi

A lot of good breeders ship their puppies and it is not that much more expensive to ship and is worth it if you find the right breeder. Good luck

My concern with this would be not being able to meet the family, the puppy's home for its first weeks of life, and choosing the puppy itself. The only thing I'm concerned about is the dogs temperment - not color or sex - So I'd really like to make the descision with the breeder. I will not hesitate to do it if I have no other option though. I'd fly out and pick up the pup myself if I need to, as long as I can be there and back in a day - I have nobody to leave my daughter with overnight.

Thanks for all the suggestions

Any tips on finding someone that might have a 'medium' size dog? I really don't want to go over 60lbs, 40-50lbs would be my preference.

[debbildog]

Jenny, thanks for your story My Aunt lives in Holden and I'm in the Worcester area fairly frequently!

Any pictures of Pongo? I'd love to see him!

[MaxandMe]

debbildog ...i sent you 2 pms let me know if you got them ok?

[debbildog]

Yep, I replied!

I'm unsure of the protocol for suggesting breeders, but Nancy from the board has just had a litter. I have heard only wonderful things about her and her puppies. She also has some older puppies discounted on her site:
http://www.doodlesville.net/index.html
(If this is not appropriate to post, just delete Thanks!)

[Jenny Parker]

Originally Posted by debbildog

Jenny, thanks for your story My Aunt lives in Holden and I'm in the Worcester area fairly frequently!

Any pictures of Pongo? I'd love to see him!

What a small world, here is a picture of my baby well, my 4th baby!
Pongo at 10 weeks

~Jenny

Oh Pongo is BEEEYOOTIFUL! Love those silver tipped paws!

[dixiedi]

Jenny, thank you for posting that gorgeous picture of Pongo What a DOLL face

[M&Tdoodles]

Originally Posted by debbildog

My concern with this would be not being able to meet the family, the puppy's home for its first weeks of life, and choosing the puppy itself. The only thing I'm concerned about is the dogs temperment - not color or sex - So I'd really like to make the descision with the breeder. I will not hesitate to do it if I have no other option though. I'd fly out and pick up the pup myself if I need to, as long as I can be there and back in a day - I have nobody to leave my daughter with overnight.

Thanks for all the suggestions

Any tips on finding someone that might have a 'medium' size dog? I really don't want to go over 60lbs, 40-50lbs would be my preference.

debbildog,
We are a small breeder in RI not far from you we are always will to work with prices and we feel we have one of the best contracts in the Labradoodle world. You can check out our webpage and pics on this site. We will not have pups available in august but do know of another reliable breeder in the area (CT), We are actually getting another doodle pup soon from her. We can talk all day about our Doodles but if your looking let us know maybe we can help you.

[M&Tdoodles]

Originally Posted by Jenny Parker

Hey , I am in Princeton/Holden near Wachusett Mountian, your not far from me.
I got my pup a few weeks ago "Pongo". We had been searching for months I found a wonderful breeder in Cranston ,RI and they did all the right things they were charging $900 for an F1B and let me tell you they have beautiful puppies

My story goes like this:
My Mom is a dog groomer and although I found out this story recently, it is still kinda cool.

My mom knew we were waiting for a puppy from this breeder; it would not be until March. Earlier, my mom and I went on the hunt and we found an amazing breeder that had all the blood tests, OFA hip Certified Mom and Dad , Microchipped, Warrentys and all in CT. (my mom lives in CT.)

I to visit the puppies, they 8 weeks old, and were $1500. I told her we really did not want to spend that much. I told her, if she ends up with a few left over and drops the price to let me know. I dropped my moms businness card off (because she was closer)and left.

2 weeks later my mom said to me, "this woman came into my shop and told me, she had a few puppies left over, what luck, so I bought 1 for you and presented him (Pongo) to my daughter ". We were all thirilled.

I had the uncomfortable job of sending an e-mail to the breeders that I really wanted a dog from, to let them know. I know they expected me to get a puppy from them. It's just the way things turned out.

Come to find out yes, the woman did go to my moms shop BUT, it was the breeder I has talked to weeks earlier with the $1500 puppies, she was in the area; she had 3 puppies left; she had another litter coming; she wanted to find homes for thses puppies before the "new" litter came.
She asked if my mom if I would be still interested, and told her she would give him to me for $400 he was 10 weeks old.
My mom went to Lebennon, CT ,got all the pappers, and they scanned him right there to show the microchip and viola we got Pongo, my 8 year old daughter is thrilled!

From the time we started looking it took several months, moviestar (a breeder on this forum) was an intergral part of helping me ask all the right questions (Thanks again moviestar!!) and told me not to jump into anything, make sure it's a healthy puppy. Moviestar, helped me look at warrentys very differently and we now have a healthy boy , he is much more then I imagined.

He is somewhat "calm" friends and the vet have said. His mom is a silver Standard Poodle and the breeder said her Silver standerd was the calmest and had the most wonderful temperment of all her dogs. (she had 4 standard Poodles and 3 Retrivers with 30 years of breeding under her belt,) he must have his moms temperment because he is gentle and playful and I just can't help gushing about him!!! We start puppy kindergarden Monday, and we will be trying to go all the way, to get him certified as a therapy dog, God willing!

Gook luck; the breeders on this forum are wonderful and informative , ask all the questions you can think of you won't be able to stump them ...lol

~Jenny

Jenny,
we love the fact that you found the Doodle for you-dle, Thats our main goal when dealing with people looking to adopt our pups. Thanks for the kind words and allowing us to get to know you. Good luck and and have a HAPPY DOODLE DAY