Bernedoodle & Australian Mountain Doodle Policies
Reservations
If you are interested in adding a new puppy to your family, you have a couple of options:
Option 1: Reserve the next available pick on a current litter.
Any current litters are posted on individual pages under the Puppies tab of the website. Up until puppy selection day, we reserve “picks” for each litter and give priority to families who previously placed a deposit to be on our wait list.
To reserve the next pick, please complete the Puppy Application and tell us which litter and pick you are asking to reserve. If that pick is still available, we will reply with the health guarantee for you to review and information for placing a deposit. Your reservation is not official until we receive the signed health guarantee, the deposit and we have confirmed that the pick you are asking about is reserved for you.
During our scheduled puppy selection day and time, you will make your selection (in order of pick position). Payment is due in full after vet exams (typically scheduled for between 6 and 7 weeks of age).
We usually respond in less than 24 hours so please check your spam folder if you don’t see our reply.
Option 2: Reserve a specific puppy
Once puppy selection date is completed and families have made their choices, we will switch from reserving “picks” to specific puppies. The website will be update for each litter to show which puppies are immediately available to reserve. Follow the process above for submitting a Puppy Application and placing a deposit for us to hold that puppy.
Payment is due in full after vet exams (typically scheduled for between 6 and 7 weeks of age).
Option 3: Join our Interest List only
Join our Interest/Mailing List (bottom of this page). No deposit required. We still contact people on our deposit wait list first but will occasionally send out an emailed newsletter with updates and/or availability. This does NOT reserve a pick or a puppy and does not add you to our wait list.
We usually respond in less than 24 hours so please check your spam folder if you don’t see our reply.
How Puppy Selection & “Picks” Work
Once puppies arrive, we give mom & babies a little time to recover before taking first pictures of the litter or individual pups. We will then post them to their own page under the Puppies tab of the website. Available “picks” will be noted for each page.
When deciding whether to reserve a pick, please consider all the info we have posted. How many puppies are in the litter, where you would be in the pick position, how many of each gender, color, coat are available, when puppy selection days are and when they will be old enough to go home. This should help you decide if the “pick” available to you will work for what you are hoping for. For instance if there are 3 girls and 3 boys in a litter and you are 4th pick, you would have to decide if you are open to a male puppy in case picks 1 through 3 choose girls. If you are only interested in a girl, then 3rd pick wouldn’t work for you in this example.
We will schedule puppy selection after the age of 4 weeks and schedule puppy exams around 6 to 7 weeks of age. Puppies go home with you at 8 weeks of age and we reserve the option to keep them longer if it is in their best interest.
Photos will be updated at around 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 6 weeks of age. This will be done on our schedule and is worked around the essential things like puppy care and is sometimes weather contingent, so timing is approximate. We occasionally post videos on our Instagram account so follow us there to see those.
Once puppy selection is completed, we will update the website to reflect which specific puppies are available. At that time, a deposit can be placed to reserve the available puppy instead of a “pick”. Vet exams will still take place at roughly six to seven weeks of age. Final payment (less the deposit) is not due until after the puppy has its exam with our vet.
Our Location
Oregon Central Coast
Originally located in Southern California, we began our program in 2015 with Australian Mountain Doodles, Bernedoodles and Aussiedoodles.
In 2020 we relocated to the beautiful Oregon Central Coast and continue to raise Australian Mountain Doodles and Bernedoodles in our Oregon home.
The closest airport to us is Eugene Airport (EUG) approximately 1hr. 15 minutes from us (one way) and the next closest is Portland International Airport (PDX) which is approximately 3hr. 30 minutes (one way).
Doodle Sizes & Coat Types
Coat Types:
Doodles essentially have three coat types: Straight, Wavy or Curly
The type of coat they have will depend upon genetics and how many copies of coat curl they inherited from their parents. Our Bernedoodles and Australian Mountain Doodles can come with a straight, wavy or curly coat. We strive for low shedding and low allergen qualities so will only produce furnished (not smooth faced) puppies.
To read more about what you need to know about grooming a Doodle and maintaining the different coat types, click the link below.
Doodle Sizes:
Micro Mini (Toy) Size: 24lbs or under
Mini Size: 25-39 lbs
Medium: 40-54 lbs
Standard: 55 lbs or larger
Blue Skye Doodle puppies will mostly be 20 to 35 lbs as adults.
Vet Check & Vaccinations:
All puppies will have received a wellness exam by a Veterinarian before coming home to you and will have been de-wormed as appropriate for their age. We support minimal vaccine use for puppies because we believe this is in their best interest. Our vaccination protocol is based on the recommendations of Dr. Jean Dodds, DVM and various studies supporting minimal vaccine use for puppies combined with the recommendation from our holistic Veterinarian. Due to the maternal antibodies provided by the mother, puppies have immunity for the first 8-9 weeks and vaccinations given prior to 8 weeks may not be effective. Mom’s immunity naturally wears off starting around 9-10 weeks of age but may last as long as 14 weeks. This is why your puppy will receive several vaccines several weeks apart from weeks 9 to 16 to try to hit the time when moms immunity has worn off.
IMPORTANT NOTE: A minimal vaccine schedule works for our puppies because we know the parents are fully vaccinated and puppies nursed within the first hour of birth, thereby receiving immunity from mom’s colostrum. This schedule is likely NOT appropriate for dogs adopted from a shelter or found on the street where you don’t know if mom was vaccinated and the puppies maternal immunity is in question.
We recommend that your puppy should receive its first vaccination between 8-9 weeks of age followed by the second at 11-12 weeks with the final vaccination at 14-15 weeks of age. In order to prevent over-vaccination and/or vaccine reactions, we will not do the puppy’s first vaccination here unless the puppy is staying past 8-1/2 weeks of age. It is the industry standard and best practice for Veterinarians to redo the first vaccination when it has been done by a breeder and we are trying to avoid this for your puppy.
Prior to your puppy coming home at 8 weeks, please pre-schedule their vet appointment for a couple days after they arrive home for a wellness exam and their first vaccination. Your veterinarian will be able to recommend the best vaccine “cocktail” specifically for the area you live. Please use caution with flea and tick and heartworm medications. Vets routinely prescribe these monthly and often administer them at the same time as the combo and/or rabies vaccines. I am not going to advise you not to use them, but do your due diligence and research them. Certain brands have a very high incidence of adverse reactions. The Lepto vaccine, canine influenza and bordatella (kennel cough) can be given at a later date if even needed for your area. Flea/tick/heartworm medications are essentially poison, there role is to kill fleas and ticks on contact and they recommend you wear gloves when adminsitering them.
We personally do not recommend young puppies receive additional vaccinations beyond their Core Vaccines (DAP or DAPP) and/or medications during the same vet visit and recommend Titer testing prior to any boosters after the puppy series. Here is a great link to an article on vaccinations by Dogs Naturally Magazine.
Going Home/Flying/Shipping:
Puppies can go home with their families once they are 8 weeks of age. We reserve the right to hold them here longer if we feel it is in their best interest. We will arrange for you to come to our home on pickup day, scheduled the day they turn 8 weeks old. If you need us to hold them here longer, we can do that for an additional daily cost (per terms in the health guarantee/contract) and will include their first DAP vaccination prior to 9 weeks of age in order to keep them on track for their immunizations.
We enjoy having families pick up their new family member in person but we realize sometimes that isn’t possible.
We can also help arrange for a "Pet Flight Nanny" who will fly with the puppy in a soft sided carrier, in cabin and meet you at your local airport for delivery. Pricing for the flight nanny’s time varies but runs approx. $500-$750. Quotes and arrangements for a flight nanny will be made by you after we confirm dates for meeting them at the airport with the puppy. You will pay the flight nanny directly.
We can meet you at one of two airports so you may fly in and fly back out without having to rent a car to drive out to us. Eugene is 1 hour 15 minutes away and Portland is 3-1/2 hours one way. Southwest has a direct flight from EUG to OAK (Oakland). Our fee to deliver the puppy to you or the flight nanny at PDX (Portland) is $150. We will meet you at EUG (Eugene) for no additional cost. This option is dependent upon our availability, so please check with us first.
If a veterinary certificate (APHIS Form 7001) is required for travel, an additional vet check will be required and there will be an additional cost for that vet visit and the fee they charge us for this certificate.
Visitation Policy:
We understand the desire to meet our Doodle parents and see our “facilities” , and regret that we are unable to offer this. Adults live in our home, my son's homes and some live in Guardian homes. Puppies are all born and raised in our home. Due to the health risk posed to them and their puppies, and to maintain safety and privacy for our family we no longer allow any visits outside of scheduled Puppy Selection and/or Going Home days for the families who have already placed a reservation fee. We very much look forward to meeting you when you come to select your puppy and/or bring them home.
We cannot accommodate visits to “test allergies” or “meet a doodle”. Communicable diseases can be inadvertently brought in on shoes and clothing and pose too great of a risk. If it were to occur when we have a pregnant mom or young puppies, the consequences could be devastating. Sadly theft is also a serious concern. Our Doodles are our family but to some, they are just a commodity. We know of too many fellow breeders who have had puppies stolen by people posing as buyers and even cases where pregnant dams were taken.
We appreciate your understanding with this policy.
Health Guarantee/Contract:
Our health guarantee will be provided for review when you are ready to place a reservation fee. It will need to be signed and returned to us along with the non-refundable $500 fee. This guarantee includes the following:
Guarantee that the dog will be free of diagnosed hip/elbow dysplasia for one year.
Guarantee that your puppy will not be affected with DM (Degenerative Myelopathy), vWD (Von Willebrand’s Disease) or PRA/PRCD (Progressive Retinal Atrophy/Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration) which are the most common diseases affecting these breeds. Note: a puppy having once copy of DM, PRA/PRCD or vWD is considered a “carrier” and cannot contract these diseases, and is therefore not a health risk.
Guarantee that you are receiving a puppy in good health. Puppies are vet-checked here before selection day and you will need to have the puppy examined by your selected vet within three days of their arrival at your home.
Requirement to spay between 7 to 12 months of age for females and/or neuter between 12 to 15 months for males (at the recommendation of our vet).
Requirement to responsibly care for this puppy and provide obedience training.
We have the right to refund payment and cancel a puppy adoption for any reason at any time prior to them going home with you.
Final Payment:
The balance of payment is due after the puppies have had their vet exams and prior to your puppy leaving our home. Options for payment are on the 2nd page of your Health Guarantee. Any delivery/flight nanny fees will be paid directly to the flight nannies upon booking.
Refunds:
Please only place a reservation fee if you are ready for a new puppy and the going home timing works for your family. The reservation fee is non-refundable unless placed prior to our vet’s exam and something is noted specific to your puppy. You then have the option to postpone to a future litter or have your deposit returned in full. Once your puppy leaves here, you have three business days to have your puppy examined by your own vet for a physical exam. If the puppy is found to have a life threatening disease/condition at this exam, your puppy can be returned for a refund or replacement (less any shipping fees).