Beth & Cheddar's Blog (4)

The day I brought Cheddar home I began to feel sick, he was here for only four days before I became too sick to take care of him.  Luckily we have some great friends who took him in until I was feeling better. It took two weeks, but he came back home Thursday night and fit right back into our home seamlessly.

I am so grateful for our sweet laid back puppy. I had worried that so many changes so early would have a negative effect. But he is so eager to please and has restarted training…

Yep, you read that right. We named our 7.5 week old goldendoodle puppy Cheddar. And the name really suits him. I drove with my brother and his wife for 5 hours from the breeder's home to our home. Cheddar threw up 3 times and peed once on my lap. But we survived :)

He perked up when we got home and loves the kids. It helps that he was raised in a home with lots of kids. Overall it has been a great start, I have been a bit stressed but Cheddar is transitioning well and loves playing…

  The puppies are growing fast and it has been exciting to get updates from the breeder with pictures and videos. My brother also had a chance to go down and meet the breeder on the day we picked our pups. My brother and I ended up picking the two boys from the litter and are looking forward to the official "gotcha" day only two weeks from now.

   I have been completing projects around the house to prepare for our new puppy. This week's projects will be installing the new hallway…

I have been researching dogs for a long time now, and for the past year I focused on goldendoodles. This year my family decided it was time to get our dog. I searched for a semi local breeder who fit the criteria and found one only 5 hours away. I clicked with the breeder immediately and put my family on the waiting list. That was a month ago in May.

One of my brothers expressed interest in getting a goldendoodle as well, so we decided to get litter mates and have the special…