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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 2021 has been another long and trying year due to Covid. Like me, I’m sure everyone is longing for the day when Covid is a thing of the past and we can visit with family and friends without restrictions!

Our goal at L.A. Doodles is “To Raise Healthy, Calm, Confident, Well-Adjusted Puppies”.  Ethical Breeding starts out with a complete understanding and knowledge of the breed and the desire to better the breed for future generations with a willingness to constantly learn. As I continue to strive to be a responsible, ethical breeder, I am always on the look out for any new information that I think could improve our breeding program. We are excited to add the well-known Puppy Culture Program to our puppy raising process. Our previous litters have been raised with most of these protocols but we look forward to adding a few new ideas to our future puppies. To read more on the Program click on the icon below

Long term planning

Two year ago we decided to expand our breeding program with the introduction of colour coat patterns. It has been a two year wait but, I am excited to be introducing the merle gene into our breeding program through our beautiful Willow. When dealing with the merle gene, extra testing is needed to produce healthy puppies with merle markings.

What are Merle Markings?

Merle marking is a pattern of colouring in the coat of the dog and is characterized by patches of diluted pigment. The merle gene makes the solid colour of the dog lighter in areas resulting in a marbling effect. Below is an example of a Blue Merle Goldendoodle. The solid colour of the dog is black as you can observe in the dark patches, and the lightened colour is a grey. This is called Blue Merle.

Image blue merle taken from clicker.com website

Looking ahead to 2022 – L.A. Doodles is excited to announce that our breedings have taken place for our spring litters. Both Brinkley and Tulo have been bred to Ellie and Willow making both litters “Dual-Sire Litters”. Although it is possible for the puppies in both litters to have two fathers, it is also possible that the litters may have only one father.

I always wait anxiously for the day that I can listen with the doppler ultrasound for puppy heartbeats to know if our girls are in fact expecting. The pregnancies will be confirmed Mid-February. If all goes well, we should be expecting puppies mid-March.

Our Mamas

Willow
Willow is a Standard Brown Merle Parti Poodle measuring 22 ” at the shoulder and weighing 43 pounds. She is a beautiful dog with stunning Blue-Brown marble eyes. Willow is such a sweet girl, super smart and full of life! She loves playing outside in our yard with our other dogs and spending time inside by my side. Her tail never tires of wagging, and it looks like she always has a smile on her face. This will be Willow’s first litter. She has had nanny experience this year helping raise Ellie and Ruska’s puppies. Willow will be a great mama!
ELLIE 
Ellie is our beautiful Café au Lait Standard Poodle. She measures 23 inches at the shoulder and weights 50 pounds. Ellie is always up for a game of fetch. She enjoys running in the yard playing with our other dogs as they search for squirrels. Ellie is a smart, loving, gentle dog with so much love to give. She is an amazing mother, and her puppies are gentle and loving. Many of her puppies have inherited her beautiful grey-green eyes. 

Our Daddy’s

Brinkley is our handsome 85-pound Red Flat Coat F2B Standard Goldendoodle from Ruska and Tulo’s litter. He was born and raised in our home. As can happen in a F2 breeding, he has obtained an abundance of the Retriever Genes. Soon after he was born, I was impressed at how calm and gentle he was, and Brinkley continues to impress me as he has matured. He is very smart and always willing to please. Brinkley has passed on his wonderful disposition to his puppies! 
Tulo is a proven stud and has produced beautiful, calm puppies in the past.Tulo lives with our son’s family. He is a Cream Standard Goldendoodle measuring 25 inches at the shoulder and weighing 67 pounds. Tulo is a calm obedient dog, who loves to please.  He is very affectionate and loves spending time with his family, whether going for walks, watching the kids play soccer and baseball, camping or just hanging around at home. Tulo has produced many wonderful calm loving puppies in the past.