Melanie and Girls's Blog – November 2011 Archive (2)

I was online last night and stumbled upon a support page of people who were having problems with their goldendoodles. Across the board, it seemed like people were experiencing similar "puppy behaviour" problems.

One person posted "my golden retriever NEVER acted like this. What have I gotten myself into with this goldendoodle?!?" This got me thinking about a puppy training class I was in. One particular class we were in was much like a play that would make Dickens proud. There was a…

Our home is open concept. The main floor of our house is one giant room. This has come in handy when it comes to breeding puppies. We can place a whelping box in the corner by the couch, and I can keep an eye open no matter where I am. Little did I know how critical the space would become when we planned on having two litters at the same time. Over Christmas.

As we all know, Standard Goldendoodles are not the smallest dogs in the world. A whelping box for a dog of that size measures 4…