How do I contact Almond Blossom Doodles?

[Eva Markiewicz]

Hi,

 

I would like to adopt a golden doodle from Almond Blossom Doodles, since I've read such great reviews on this website, but they have not responded to my e-mails.  My husband and I have sent 6 e-mails over the past two to three months from two different accounts.

 

Is there a better way to reach them?  Is there a phone number where they can be reached?

 

My husband and I have gmail accounts and I'm afraid that maybe their webmail does not accept gmail messages.  

 

It's very strange and frustrating.  

 

Thank you ahead of time for your help!

Eva

 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Dear Eva,

I don't know why you would be having this trouble but both of my dogs have a sire from Tulip Tree Retrievers because the owner Ashley is the daughter of Shelly (from Almond Blossom). I know that Almond Blossom has two litters going out to families this weekend so they would be busy this  week.

 

I hope this is helpful. 

[Eva Markiewicz]

Hi Bonnie,

 

Thanks for your response.  I contacted Almond Blossom using this e-mail address:

[e-mail]

 

My first e-mail to them was on 12/30/2010 and they responded on 1/4/2011 with information about an upcoming litter with Lily/Casey.  They said puppies from the Lily/Casey litter would be available in March and that a pregnancy check would be performed in January to make sure the pregnancy had taken hold.

 

I responded to this e-mail on 1/9/2011, but heard no response.  Then I sent another e-mail on 1/11/2011 and another one on 1/14/2011.

 

My husband who was cc'd on the messages then sent a follow up message from his e-mail account on 1/18/2011 and I just sent another e-mail on 2/12/2011.

 

 We discovered Almond Blossom a year ago and fell in love with the idea of having a pup from Lily/Casey.  We contacted them on 4/4/10 and they were very responsive, but we eventually decided against it because we were living in an apartment and decided that we wanted to wait until we had a home with a yard before getting a dog - it just didn't seem fair to the dog to have him cooped up in an apartment.  But we just had an offer accepted on a house and assuming all goes well, we should have the keys in hand on March 11.  We are really hoping to get a curly-haired boy from the upcoming Lily/Casey litter.  My husband has some allergies to dogs (runy nose and itchy eyes - hay fever), but he has been fine around all the curly-haired labradoodle and golden doodles we have run into.

 

I don't know if you are in e-mail or phone contact with the Shelly, but if you could please bring my attempts to contact her to her attention - I would very much appreciate this.

 

Here is a copy of most of my e-mail correspondence pasted below (most recent conversations first).  I have removed some personal information including my phone number, but other than that, the conversations are verbatim.  I included them because it might be helpful for you to send them to almond blossom, so that they can search their e-mail for these messages to determine whether they received them or whether the messages were somehow blocked by a spam trapper.  I'm not sure why our e-mails would be trapped by a spam blocker, but I can't imagine why else this would happen.

 

Thank You Bonnie!  We very much appreciate this.  

 

~ Eva and Spencer

 

 

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Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Eva Markiewicz  a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]> wrote:

 

Hi Shelly and Julie,

I e-mailed you twice this past week - so sorry for the multiple
e-mails, but I just want to make sure that we're on the wait list for
the Lily/Casey litter, please.

We want to get a puppy this Spring and if there aren't any more spots
in the Lily/Casey litter then we need to start looking around at other
options.

Thank You!  We are so, so, so excited to finally get a puppy.  We're
especially excited that it could be from Lilly/Casey!

Take Care,
Eva and Spencer

 

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On Sun,

Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Eva Markiewicz 

a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]> wrote:

 

Hi Shelly and Julie,

I just wanted to check in and make sure my e-mail hadn't slipped by
you.  We are very interested in the litter by Lily and Casey.

I just wanted to confirm that you added us to your wait-list.  Is
there anything else that we need to do?

Has the litter been confirmed yet?  When will the puppies be born?
When will they be ready do go home?  We are very excited.


Thank You!
Eva

p.s. Please feel free to call me on my cell at XXX.XXX.XXXXX

 

 

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On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Eva Markiewicz
a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi Shelly and Julie,
>
> We have been excitedly waiting a litter by Lily and Casey - every
> since finding your website a couple of years ago!  Please add us to
> your wait list.
>
> Spencer is somewhat allergic to dogs - would it be possible to request
> the curliest-haired dog (the lowest-shedding one).  We would also very
> much like to have a bigger medium size dog (so more in the 40-50 lbs
> category).  We would also very much love to have a red dog.
>
> How many people are on the wait-list so far?  Is there anything you
> need from us?
>
> Thank you!
> Eva
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Almond Blossom Doodles
> a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Hi Eva,
>>
>> Thank you for your inquiry in regards to Almond Blossom Doodles. Following is our Spring
>> F1 Medium Goldendoodle litter information.
>>
>> F1 Medium American Goldendoodles
>> Parents:
>> Lily/Casey
>> Colors: Red
>> Average Weight at maturity: 30-50 lbs
>> Price: $1800
>> Puppies ready for new homes: March
>>
>> All puppies include:
>>
>> Temperament Assessment
>> CKC Registration
>> Micro-Chip
>> Dewclaws removed
>> Shots/Worming/Bordetella
>> Health Guarantee
>> Training Book
>> Collar/Leash
>>
>> We are taking names for a wait list until pregnancy confirmation in Jan. We will be having more F1 medium and F1b miniature English cream puppies available in the summer. If you are interested in the Standard English size contact www.tuliptreeretrievers.com. We are raising a litter of Tulip Tree's Stella/Rueben here at Almond Blossom available Feb 20.
>>
>> If you have any further questions please let us know.
>>
>> Shelly/Julie
>> Almond Blossom Designer Doodles
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Eva Markiewicz a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>
>> To: Almond Blossom Doodles a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]>
>> Sent: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:40:27 -0800 (PST)
>> Subject: Litter Available Feb - Medium Golden Doodles
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We found that you have a litter coming up in Feb:
>>
>> http://www.almondblossompoodles.com/currentlitter.html
>>
>> Do you have any more info?  Who are the parents?  Is it possible to specify
>> a color preference with the deposit?  Are you amenable to transferring the
>> deposit to a later litter of yours if we meet the puppies and no puppy seems
>> to "click" with us?
>>
>> What are the associated adoption costs?
>>
>> Would it be possible to meet the parents?
>>
>> Can you comment on the hypoallergenic nature of the goldendoodles - my
>> husband has allergies with dogs and we are looking for a suitable dog.  He
>> is very allergic to golden retrievers, but he seems to be ok around
>> labradoodles.
>>
>> Thank You!
>> Eva
>>
>>
>

 

 

 

 

 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Dear Eva,

I have no special "in" with the breeders from Almond Blossom. I just bought two of their pups over the years. I hope you are able to reach them. I find nothing quite as frustrating as trying hard to contact someone and not getting a response (insert son's name here! haha)

All I would do is continue to try. 

Best of luck! bonnie

[Eva Markiewicz]

Hi Bonnie,

 

Thanks - I understand.  I will keep trying.  =)

 

Best,

Eva

 

 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Dear Eva,

If you go on the Almond Blossom group, you can see that a litter just went out on Saturday and apparently there is a male left. Just thought you might be interested. 

Hope you have been able to reach Julie or Shelly.

 

[Eva Markiewicz]

Thank you Bonnie!  Luckily we found a male puppy from PawPad Poodles.  They came highly recommended and I like the fact that they uploaded videos of the puppies playing.  It gave me extra confidence that the live in a friendly, social home.  We got bright green boy - you can see videos of him here :  http://www.youtube.com/user/thepawpaddoodles#p/u/6/PNSM87wnHFM

 

We are so excited!  He comes home March 5/6!  We already got him some toys, brushes, harness, leash, and food. We're sure to post pics soon! =)

[Bonnie and Kona]

Oh Eva, What a darling group of puppies! Your little greenie is adorable. How could you stand leaving him there. So fun! I am so happy for you. It looks like a wonderful home. I can't wait to see his photos when you pick him up. Hooray!

[Eva Markiewicz]

Unfortunately we couldn't fly out to see him, since we're in the middle of buying a house and need to be available constantly to sign papers, etc.  He is flying home march 5/6, so we'll have to wait until then to meet him.  PawPad Doodles was very kind though and uploaded many additional videos, so that we could see him playing. I think I watched each video 50 times at least trying to rank them, since we were 5th on the wait-list.  They're all adorable though - I'm sure we would have been happy with any one of them. We're super excited!

[Bonnie and Kona]

Where is he coming from and do you live in the Bay Area? Just a short wait now!

[Eva Markiewicz]

Yes, we live in the Bay Area and he's coming from Illinois, so a long flight.

[Laurie Mc Loughlin]

Hi,

 

Did you ever find a better way to contact them than email?  We are anxious to do our due diligence with Almond Blossom Doodles because their website and family references seem so good.  We are interested in their medium english doodles. We would really like to move forward soon.  Our home seems so empty since we had to put our Dockers down (he was almost 15).  Help please.

 

Laurie 

[Stephanie and Jellybean]

Hi Laurie,

they do all of their contact through email, so just keep trying and be patient. We didn't get their phone number until we were ready to pick out our puppy, as we had to have Shelly help us pick out the pup since she was going to be shipped to us. Good luck!