This is baby Tupper.....he is our first red male of 2003 with beautiful green eyes and chocolate markings. (Just like lovely Jordy from 2002 born to us). I took these pictures while we were waiting for his new daddy, Judge Tupper, of South Carolina, to pick him up. I especially wanted to get a close up of his coat, so that everyone can see how fluffy these babies are! All of Angel's litter is beginning to get the same thick coat as all of our past doodles.
In the beginning, we allowed our customers to make their own puppy selection. However, we unfortunately learned the hard way in 2004 that by Having people handle all of our puppies just to select ONE, also placed our young pups at great risk for becoming ill with parvo or distemper . When people are searching for their perfect family pet, they may come into contact with all sorts of puppies. Because some breeders do not take precautions and vaccinate their pups, diseases can pass from one puppy to another and cause another breeders' pups to die. This is why our policy is now very strict. While some do not agree with our policy, it keeps our puppies alive and well. THe health of our puppies is our number one priority.
Many people assume they can best pick out their own puppy, but we find that many people select the wrong puppy and for all the wrong reasons. It is impossible to judge a puppy by using "first impressions". People can not make the proper puppy selection by spending just 30 minutes to one hour with a group of puppies. Many puppies are wrongly chosen by their owners because their owners base their decision on how the puppy acts...how playful or not playful a puppy is...whether they come to them first and so on. Puppies act much differently when first meeting strangers. Just because a puppy is wary at first of someone doesn't mean they are shy, skittish or not interested. Some customers feel an active puppy is "hyper" or "wild" and they use those terms for a puppy who is just excited about meeting them for the first time and it can be a completely inaccurate judgement. Our puppies love to play. But it does take some time for them to warm up to the idea of a new person in their life. When children are involved, they too get excited! Children jump around and make sudden noises which can be a bit over-whelming for a young puppy. Being scared is not a sign of a puppy who has no confidence or of being skiddish. It just means that the new activity is different for them and will take some time getting use to. We highly recommend that anyone meeting a puppy for the first time, take things slow....sit down at the puppy's level and let them get to know you first. That way, the new person or people are not so scary to such a small puppy. We also learned that if the weather was cold, a puppy that was normally playful and outgoing, was now shivering and NOT wanting to be outside. Completely normal! If it is too hot, our puppies may not want to be outside either. A shivering puppy may give the impression that they are "fearful" and "shy" and that is simply NOT the case! Because we know our Goldendoodles and other puppies much better than anyone, we assign each puppy to its family. We have assigned our puppies to their families for many years. There are a lot of people who do not agree with our policy and that is fine.
We are not going to change our policy simply because someone disagrees with it. Our policy is what it is to help keep our puppies safe from being exposed to deadly canine diseases. Yes, we DO vaccinate each and every single puppy at the appropriate times but vaccines do not protect a puppy 100 percent! Too many breeders assume a vaccine protects their puppies and they allow anyone to handle them simply for the asking. We are NOT one of those breeders. If you disagree with our purchase policy, we do wish you well on your doodle quest. We do not make exceptions to our policy simply to please the general public's view of what we should or should not be doing as a breeder.
