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Originally from Australia, the Goldendoodle is steadily becoming very popular. This hybrid isn't a fad and I don't honestly consider them to be a "designer dog". Earning the reputation as a terrific family companion for children of virtually all ages, Goldendoodles can also become quite the fish catcher or gaming dog.
Medium sized Goldendoodles are sturdy enough to keep up with the best of them in the field. Poodles were best known, in the beginning, for their gaming skills and they embodied the perfect utilarian dog for being able to hold their own in frigid waters. Their "pom poms" on their hips helped protect them when retrieving in cold water.
Coming from professional show breeders, the Poodle's lineage dates back many years with the best known Poodles coming out of Europe and having exceptional bloodlines. Goldendoodles who hold top pedigrees that originate out of European bloodlines continue to this day to surpass those who do not. Their exceptional personality traits and over all quality in health make them the exceptional pet to own and behold.
Field dogs tend to have more energy while companion dogs often make better family pets. Both breeds, the Golden Retriever and the Standard Poodle carry these traits. With our own Poodles, their lineage comes out of Bel Tor, Wycliffe, Dassin and Eaton. Some of the top kennels back in their day. Many of our Poodles' bloodlines come out of Europe...Sweden, Germany and France. Our original Golden Retrievers came out of Pekay lineage. Pekay Kennels began in the early 1960s and they championed some of the best Golden Retrievers in the United States. Our Poodles have over 400 titled ancestors that carry companion dogs, master hunters and utility dogs that dates back to the early 1930s.
Our Goldendoodles usually carry a natural stance because they embody the fine qualities of their ancestors. Our Poodles have a heavy lineage for Master Hunters and Utility dogs, so we do see a natural inclination for enjoying playing in water, out of our Goldendoodles. The Goldendoodle dog should have good, natural movement and should look like a dog that is ready to get up and out for the day. Some of our Goldendoodles have a natural sense of showmanship, presence and of course, many of them have great conformation.
Goldendoodles have a strong love for play. Whether romping, running, retrieving or just hanging out in the yard....a Goldendoodle is able to easily keep themselves amused. Their intelligence shines through their sparkly eyes. Get two Goldendoodles together and watch how they create their own "game" rules.
Goldendoodles love you! They adore you! They own their full bodied tail wag! No matter what you do, your Goldendoodle will always see you as Top dog.
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I will not deny that I was never a Poodle fan. For some reason I seemed to gravitate toward the Golden Retriever more than any other type of dog back when I first became a breeder in 1996. My big buddy Gruffy would deluge me with attention and happily follow me anywhere. Being a social dog, he'd romp with other dogs and allow me to practice my poor dog training skills on him.
I was happy with my purebred Golden Retrievers because they were hearty, healthy, well balanced and very outgoing dogs. After picking up a doodle from my mother's home in 1996, I became hooked on this wonderful loving dog. When she passed away in 1999 from renal failure (she was nine years old and not in good health when we obtained her in 1996), I was given a spiritual assignment from above. I pondered for some time over whether or not to create puppies by breeding my qualified Golden Retrievers to a Poodle. Then, of course, my work was cut out for me to find just the right Poodle. Enter a breeder friend of mine who was a purebred Poodle breeder.
I obtained my first Poodle from her; spent 2 years researching their pedigrees and the rest is history. As a child, I was never without a dog. Of course my parents would never spend money to allow me to own a purebred dog, so all of my canine buddies were mixed breeds. I frequently ran away due to severe dysfunction within the family unit. My father was very abusive toward my mother for much of my childhood. My mother was unable to provide me with any kind of emotional support because she, herself, was in an abusive situation. My dogs, my cats and my other pets were my refuge. I could tell them anything and they loved me unconditionally.
My dogs taught me how to love. What my dogs gave me, I was able to offer back to other people. I wasn't able to actually fulfill my life with the constant companionship of a dog, however, until I moved to North Carolina and finished my military tour in Germany. I can't even explain why I decided to become a breeder but I do know it had absolutely nothing at all to do with money. Both my husband and I, at that time, were both working at the same company making an excellent income. Becoming a breeder was more out of wanting a hobby that would be fulfilling. My dogs provided that. They kept me busy. They kept me from dwelling on personal problems and they made me happy.
With my first Goldendoodle litter, I was hooked. My dogs provided me with so much inner happiness and a sense of peace, that I wanted to share it with others. It is when we focus our lives on others, that we ourselves become healed. I do believe that with all my heart.
Over time, I decided to start writing about my experience with my dogs and life in general. I wanted to share what I was learning about the Goldendoodle dog and I wanted others to know factual information instead of reading what someone decided to make up out of the blue. It is a fact that over time, even my own information changed because what I knew at one point in time about my Goldendoodles, I would discover something completely new. Everything I knew as a purebred dog breeder had to be tossed to the wind. My Goldendoodle knowledge has come from years of hard work; learning and doing. My info started from scrap.
I can sit here and talk about my difficult and sometimes hard life or I can sit here and tell you how my dogs have helped make my life better. My articles and blogs offer a lot of advice from a personal standpoint and although many naysayers will criticize what I write regarding the Goldendoodle dog, I know my information is based on the truth; from personal knowledge and is completely accurate. I am a believer that a Goldendoodle dog will make a monumental difference in anyone's life. They can be trained to be rescue dogs; therapy dogs; family dogs; companion dogs and possibly even hunting dogs. Their intelligence level is remarkable, given the right pedigree and lineage.
I take great satisfaction in knowing the Goldendoodle concept has not waned over the years. The naysayers will call them every name in the book, but you can't deny the fact this hybrid has become even more popular than the purebred Golden Retriever. I literally can not give a Golden Retriever away if I were to have a litter of Goldens and a litter of Goldendoodles at the same time. Hence, why I stopped breeding the Golden Retriever for purebred pups. Our Goldendoodles help teach people responsibility, patience and love. They allow their owners the opportunity to meet new people and become more social, if they weren't very social before they obtained their doodle. People can not help but stop others in their tracks when there is a Goldendoodle at the end of the leash.
The good news? The Goldendoodle is winning without even trying. They are, after all, a labor of love.
*About the author: Dee Gerrish has written about the Goldendoodle since 1999. Dee is a reknown Goldendoodle breeder whom became the first breeder to register the Goldendoodle dog with a ligitimate kennel club. Obtain more doodle info by visiting her site at http://www.goldendoodleworld.com
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Although the website owner appears to be operating his questionable site legally, he is responsible for nearly all of the derogatory content and would have to answer for it, once attorneys are able to get him into a court room. When a derogatory posting is placed on his website, appearantly the website owner himself posts under fictitious names to fuel the flames and further makes up more inaccurate, derogatory content that is lined with google search terms. This manipulates the search spiders to keep his website in the number one position not to mention, your business name and the derogatory content that has been posted about your business, even when the content has no merit. Every business should be concerned about ROR and the deceptive manner the owner operates their website. The internet is full of great information, but it is also full of deceptive information and many times it is difficult to tell what is real and what isn't.
Now I see why so many people over the internet are confused when it comes to obtaining information about the Goldendoodle. I joined a site called doodlekisses.com well before I realized it was full of inaccurate information and forum bullies. Not to say the entire site is full of inaccurate info. They have some great photos...some well meaning people...but trust me, I found enough erroneous information that caused me to just say to myself, "WHAT???"
http://www.doodlekisses.co
I want to address a portion of the information on the above link. I am not sure where this person obtained their info, but this entire statement is not accurate at all : "Doodles come in three main coat types. Wool, fleece and hair. If you consider a woolly wool coat to be at one end of a scale and shedding coarse hair coats to be at the other end, your doodle could have a coat anywhere in-between. Not only that...it could be a combination of more than one type. Coats can also be very curly, somewhat curly, spiral curls, wavy or quite straight. "
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First of all, there are only three coat types for the Goldendoodle. Period. They are curly. Shaggy. Smooth. There is no such thing as a wool, wolly or fleece coat Goldendoodle. Their statement that the Goldendoodle can be a "combination of more than one coat type" is far fetched at best and not true.
Goldendoodles are typed by their facial hairs. Meaning, if they are completely void of a facial beard, they are a smooth coat; if their hairs sprout out away from their face and the hairs are void of curls, they are a shaggy coat; if their hairs are very curly all about their face, they are a curly coat.
A Goldendoodle can have some curls about their body and still be shaggy coat doodle. A smooth coat can still have some curls about its body and still remain a smooth coat. A curly coat is just simply a curly coat.
Furthermore, the info claims that between ages 5 and 8 months of age their doodle will have the "perfect face and perfect length of coat". According to whom? The Goldendoodle is considered to be full grown at one year of age. At the age of 5 and 8 months, their coat is still growing and changing and so is their face and body. Who is to say what the "perfect" length is? Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. The coat of a Goldendoodle is what it will be forever, at the age of one year. NOT 8 months.
The person further claims "since they don't shed you need to comb the puppy's coat out". Every single Goldendoodle sheds, whether people refuse to believe it or not and whether a breeder uses that nonsense as a sales tactic or not. LET ME REPEAT....ALL GOLDENDOODLES SHED. ALL GOLDENDOODLES SHED.
Yes, there is some difference in the way they shed. A smooth coat Goldendoodle will shed a bit more than the curly or shaggy coat. Why? Because they have picked up more Golden Retriever genes than the other two coat types. However, the smooth coat Goldendoodle will shed entirely LESS than the purebred Golden Retriever, making this coat type ideal for someone who desires the look of a Golden Retriever but not have all the shedding hair.
I've not personally seen any difference in shedding between the curly coat and the shaggy coat, although some people will claim their doodle with more curls about the body shed less than their doodle with fewer curls. Unless you kept all the hairs in a cup and weighed the total at the end of the year, how could one possible say for sure? It's all mere speculation.
This person further claims you can NOT shave away matting which causes me to ponder where the hell they went to grooming school and what video told them this? YES. IF YOUR GOLDENDOODLE IS MATTED, YOU CAN SHAVE AWAY THE PROBLEM. It's very simple. Get yourself an Oster AE5 clipper set and use a 10 medium blade. Be careful to NOT cut the skin, but yes...friends...you can shave that doodle down right to the skin and end the matting issues. I found out years ago, scissors are dangerous! I REPEAT, SCISSORS ARE DANGEROUS. Be very, very, very careful when you are cutting your Goldendoodle's coat with scissors. Your dog can make a sudden move and you can quickly snip their skin and cause harm by accident.
I only use scissors around the paws and when I am trimming their coat around the eyes. Even then, use little scissors and be very careful.
The writer on the link I provided, claims you should "scissor the coat to about 2". Yeah? What if your doodle doesn't have 2 inches of coat? In my grooming article, I say IF you are going to shave your doodle down, leave at LEAST 1 1/2- 2 inches of the coat because your doodle's coat helps protect it from the sun and from insects. If you are not sure how to leave your doodle's coat a particular length, have a professional groomer trim your doodle. The coat will matt very easily. I always use a slicker brush because it helps remove the dead hairs and it also helps prevent matting.
I only use a comb on my doodles' coat when bathing. A simple solution to help prevent matting is by using a dab of regular hair conditioner through the coat at bath time and comb the conditioner through. Make sure to rinse it out very well. I never use dog products on my Goldendoodles or other dogs. Never. Dog products are not regulated by the USDA as well as human hair products. They won't cause as much drying of the skin as dog products will. Goldendoodles can tend to get dry skin easily, so I do refrain from using any kind of dog products on their coat.
I can say that the more I read the person's article about Goldendoodle grooming, the more I kept saying, "oh my freaking god!!! What????" . The author goes on to say "If a wool dog is very matted, it can take about 10 hours to dematt". WHAT???????? Who IS this person??? And are they serious?? The longest grooming time for me was just slightly close to 2 hours. The dog was one of my Poodles who has the thickest curly coat I've ever seen on a Poodle. Do you know how long it takes to shave that coat down completely? About an hour. The other hour is taking my time scissoring around the feet, the head and around the ears, not to mention getting the hair out of the ears because Poodles do sometimes have an issue with hairs growing inside of their ears. A curly coat Goldendoodle can have this issue as well. I've not seen this issue for the smooth coat, but some shaggy coat Goldendoodles can have the issue as well.
THe person who wrote the article I am discussing here must be a very slow groomer or not know what the heck he or she is doing if it takes them ten hours to get the coat off of their Goldendoodle. I would hope they are not a professional dog groomer. I can't think of a single customer who would tolerate waiting 10 hours to get their dog back from a groomer!
You know, I'm not saying I know it all or that I am perfect when it comes to knowing every single thing about dogs in general, however, I do know quite a bit about the Goldendoodle and I know when I am reading verbal nonsense and when I am not.
To obtain factual Goldendoodle grooming information, please go to our website at http://www.goldendoodleworld.com
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This is part six of a series of videos that expose the deep rooted problems with purebred Dogs, today. Kennel clubs don't see anything wrong with their antiquated standards that cause breeders to continue the merry go round of genetic health problems and skeletal deformaties that are deeply imbedded in purebred dog genes.
Watch the entire series of videos and I guarantee you will walk away a more enlightened dog owner and you'll understand why hybrids are entirely healthier dogs structurally as well as genetically.
This is part five of a series of videos that expose the deep rooted problems with purebred Dogs, today. Kennel clubs don't see anything wrong with their antiquated standards that cause breeders to continue the merry go round of genetic health problems and skeletal deformaties that are deeply imbedded in purebred dog genes.
Watch the entire series of videos and I guarantee you will walk away a more enlightened dog owner and you'll understand why hybrids are entirely healthier dogs structurally as well as genetically.
This is part four of a series of videos that expose the deep rooted problems with purebred Dogs, today. Kennel clubs don't see anything wrong with their antiquated standards that cause breeders to continue the merry go round of genetic health problems and skeletal deformaties that are deeply imbedded in purebred dog genes.
Watch the entire series of videos and I guarantee you will walk away a more enlightened dog owner and you'll understand why hybrids are entirely healthier dogs structurally as well as genetically.
This is part three of a series of videos that expose the deep rooted problems with purebred Dogs, today. Kennel clubs don't see anything wrong with their antiquated standards that cause breeders to continue the merry go round of genetic health problems and skeletal deformaties that are deeply imbedded in purebred dog genes.
Watch the entire series of videos and I guarantee you will walk away a more enlightened dog owner and you'll understand why hybrids are entirely healthier dogs structurally as well as genetically.
This is part two of a series of videos that expose the deep rooted problems with purebred Dogs, today. Kennel clubs don't see anything wrong with their antiquated standards that cause breeders to continue the merry go round of genetic health problems and skeletal deformaties that are deeply imbedded in purebred dog genes.
Watch the entire series of videos and I guarantee you will walk away a more enlightened dog owner and you'll understand why hybrids are entirely healthier dogs structurally as well as genetically.
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