Chocolate Pup Available Now: Small-Medium/Large-Mini Girl

We a wonderful pup available here at Golden Gate Labradoodles available to go home to a suitable family this week.

"Twinkle":

She will mature to around 28-30 lbs. with a soft curly coat.  Twinkle is a total love-bug and wants nothing more than to cuddle with her family. She is sleeping through the night in a crate, doing well with house training, knows a few basic commands, and is walking on a leash. Twinkle is suitable for most families but would like a family with someone around a lot of the time--she would hate to see her love dissipating into an empty house! She is confident and outgoing, and enjoys the company of other dogs.

Twinkle was born on July 2nd. and her parents are "Willo" and "Grady" (who is also the sire of our most recent litter with Grace, just born this week.) You can see the information about the parents on our friends at Greenwood Park's site.


Please call for more information.

650-576-9068

Little Dog Stars

Caidy & Roscoe's pups have opened their eyes and their ears, which had both been sealed for two weeks. While they can only see a few feet in front of them, they have started to lift their heads and peer curiously in response to noises and movement. 

 

We are gradually introducing the pups to new smells, surfaces, and places around the house

The pups are not sure what to think, but very quickly they will be come accustomed to variation in their environment, which will help them in their ongoing development

Most of the time, the pups remain quietly in their whelping box until Mama Caidy pops in for their next feeding

Eat and sleep, and eat, sleep sleep sleep...

Imagine curling up with these little heavenly bodies in your bed?

With Caidy's intelligent and interactive good-nature and Roscoe's confident and affectionate temperament, we are expecting out-of-this-world temperaments from these little stars! Introducing: "Sirius", "Sputnik", "Triton", "Rocket", "Lyra", & "Halley" (aka "Violet").

Puppy Pile! Caidy & Roscoe's Pups At One Week

We are enjoying Caidy and Roscoe's sweet and easy-going pups, who spend their days in their whelping box under the table in the sunny office, quiet and happy.  Of course, when Mama Caidy jumps in, everyone pipes up with soft little mewlings and a scrabbling and tumbling towards breakfast ...or "second breakfast" or "third", as the case may be!

The pups are black now, but there is a chance that several may develop to the rare "Blue" shade, which is an elegant charcoal grey with blue undertones

 

The pups are getting a lot of gentle handling several times a day as part of our Early Neurological Stimulation practices

This little girl is not convinced about the "stimulation" part

The pups are nursing every couple of hours and to keep up her weight, Caidy is eating 3 BIG meals a day consisting of a mix of raw burger, cooked liver, kibble, generously annointed with salmon oil, a calcium supplement, probiotics, and other tasty additions that we have that day such as salmon skin or other meats.

In terms of temperament, we are hoping for the perfect combination of Caidy's interactive, affectionate, and fun personality and Roscoe's laid-back, loving, and unflappable "Chill factor".  Projecting from both of the parents, we are betting these will be "people dogs" for sure who will very quickly establish deep-rooted bonds with their family ..And with pretty much everyone else they meet! Based on the sizes of both Mama and Papa, we anticipate that the pups will mature to sizes from 25-30 lbs. As they grow, we will be able to discern more size differentiation between the individual babies. We expect them to have wavy to curly fleece coats in the full range of "Black" coloration which likely will include some rare "Blue" puppies, which is rich charcoal gray-to nighttime sky black. The brown male will likely mature to a light Café or Parchment coloring like his dad.
 

Darkness at Dawn: Caidy & Roscoe's Pups Are Born

Caidy is an extremely smart and observant girl...so much so, that I am pretty sure she has "observed" that while I am NOT a night person, I do bound out of bed pretty early with a 4:45 AM alarm ready to go (to my son's rowing practice!)  Keeping that in mind, Miss Caidy very considerately waited until 4:46 to let me know that I had better be ready for her new puppies...soon...and by 5:05, the first of her six precious pups with Roscoe (Manor Lake Apollo) had made its appearance:

(Click on the individual images to view them in large format)

The first boy is a chubby fellow!

By 11:00, all six puppies had been born

Fours boys and two girls!

Caidy enjoyed her mid-way snack of some delicious CHEESE!

Auntie Bibi, our resident "Labra-doula" would like nothing better than to take care of these sweet babies

Not for you Beebs!

The pups were born unusually robust and active, and even at only a couple hours old, were dragging themselves across the box to find the puppy pile!

"Be Prepared": Doodle Scouts Get Ready to Hit The Trail

Brownie and Apollo's puppies are getting their puppy-packs together to graduate from the pack and join "Fur-ever" Families in the community...


"Merit Badge":
Badge is a lively dood with glossy dark fleece and an eye for adventure:

"Eagle Scout":
"Eagle" has an intuitive human-focus like his mama Brownie.

"Arrow of Light" :
"Arrow" is a thoughtful and quiet fellow who "looks before he leaps". We anticipate that his coat will eventually turn to a beautiful and rare Parchment color.

"Venture":
"Venture" is an affectionate and outgoing little gal with some spunk to her.  We hope to include her in our breeding program and  are seeking a Foster/Guardian family for her.  (Please let me know if you would like information about this program.)