Need to find home for Goldendoodle

[Julie]

Hi,

I have a friend who has a beautiful male Goldendoodle, I think about 3 years old. She loves him but has had to go back to work full time and is not able to give him the attention he needs. Is there anyone who may be looking for a cute doodle boy in Southern CA? She is hoping to stay in touch with him, when he does go to a new home.

 

Please email me at [e-mail]  if you have any suggestions for her.

 

Thank youi,

Julie Conrad

 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Yes, there's always more to the story than just "I love him, but the dog deserves more time, attention, etc."

So a new family will have the trouble and expense of having to get the dog fully vetted, groomed, and possibly neutered, several hundred dollars right off the bat, and then deal with having a full-grown unruly, untrained, unsocialized and now extremely confused three-year-old dog on their hands.

Stories like this make me sick. How much time does it take to bring a dog in for a rabies shot or take him to a groomer? And who was stupid enough to sell a dog to people with a history of giving their dogs away? Why the heck do people like this keep getting dogs in the first place?

(I don't mean to address this to you, I know you're just trying to help the dog. I'm just venting.)

Rescues will expect her to bring the dog UTD on vaccines before he can go into foster care.

 

 

 

 

[Julie]

I'm 99% positive he's neutered and he's really not as unruly as his owner thinks. He just needs attention. I can't say he won't have any issues, though, by experience. He's probably fine on the other vaccines--likely had the 1 year rabies and has to get that renewed for licensing, grooming, etc. He is great with kids (she's got 3, one younger)--they do play with him when they go outside. But, yes, I would guess he has not been socialized with other dogs.  The couple times I went over there and he was outside (a year or so ago), I went out with him and had a hard time even leaving without him--he is very sweet and just soaked up my love. I have a doodle (maltipoo) who I rescued from people who purchased her online, spent $2300. She was shipped at 7 weeks of age from northern CA to these people who had never had a dog before and saw a cute pup online and swiped their credit card. That's all the breeders cared about.  She's a maltipoo and at about 5 pounds they were letting her jump off furniture. She ended up needing $3000 of surgery for her hip before she was 7 months old. They also kept her in a crate in the garage so they couldn't hear her crying. They told some people they needed to find a home for her because they didn't want to deal with the surgery. These people had a friend who knew me and how dog-crazy I am. They called me and I told them I'd take the little girl and get her surgery (they were even willing to pay for it!), get her through re-hab and then go from there. I did that, fell in love with her, and they said I could have her! How crazy is that. She now is the love of my life and I can't stand to even be away from her for a minute! Needless to say, she has had a lot of issues due to being unsocialized, not potty-trained, etc. She also had to have knee surgery a few months ago. I love her through it all, I only wish I would have had her from day one so she didn't have to go through all that. I agree with you, things like this make me sick, too. Literally, I get so frustrated with people and how they use animals for their own benefit, like making money or getting one just because they are cute. They are living beings--argghh! I'm sure all of us in this group feel about the same way and could go on and on about this!

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Then I agree...in crate while everyone is home..?  Makes me so sad.  He probably will be better off in another home.

I did initially agree with Karen. DH currently works from home, which is great, but sometimes the dogs are alone during the day.  They don't care. They love us and I honestly don't think they'd be happier anywhere else.

I am sorry about your current situation Julie.  Best wishes for you.

[shelly]

Julie ~ Then maybe this is a blessing in disguise for the poor doodle boy! :o)

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

I agree with what Karen says - but it sounds like he hasnt got the best home - these people arent prepared to changer their lifestyles for their dog - I say hes better with the DRC, Lets hope theres someone in the area who can take him and find a really great home for him

[Heather & Brinkley]

I wish I lived in Southern California.  I'm getting the second doodle bug!

[Elizabeth & *Kosci*.]

Such a sad situation. Poor dog. My prayer is that he'll find a caring new owner.

[Julie]

Here is Easton

[Lynne Tolmie]

Oh wow isn't he a darling, god it's really difficult when you hear stories like this, however, i would like to put across a point of view re breeders selling puppies, i'm a hobbie breeder, we've only had 2 litters to date and am awaiting the birth of our 3rd from our Poodle poppy.  I would say i'm a very concientious breeder who does all the health testing, opur dogxs are not kept in kennels etc. But with the best will in the world it is really difficult if not impossible to vet potential puppy parents to the enth degree, I have a document i email to people when i'm making my choice of who is best suited to our puppies, i then call the people i have shortlisted, sometimes/most times they are lovely and say all the right things, very occassionally someone lets slip a comment or i just get a vibe from them that rightly or wrongly tells me they are not the riight people.

Some people are very plausible, and to be honest i'm sure that if someone really wanted to pull the wool over a breeder's (whether ethical or not) eyes they would say and do anything that was required to do so.   So in essence what i am saying is that short of making visits to the persons home, hiring an investigator to check their history of pets etc then what can a breeder do.   Also anyone who buys a puppy from a breeder from an online site, without seeing the puppy needs their head looking at, no ethical breeder would sell a puppy without meeting the prospective keepers 1st & should never have a swipe facility!!   puppies are not a commodity like a car that can be viewed & bought online and then discarded after a new model comes on the scene.

Not all breeders are unethical and lots of us do care about where our puppies go to after they leave our homes.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

The DRC places more than 200 doodles per year in new homes. We have a detailed application, and require three personal references plus a vet reference. Vets will not lie, and many an adoption has fallen thru because of information that current or past dogs were not kept UTD, not neutered, a dog was euthanized for a treatable condition, a dog was given away, etc. It takes a five minute phone call. A home visit is done where possible, and that tells a lot too about how the people relate and interact with dogs, as well as the physical environment.

There are no guarantees, but there are certainly ways to help ensure that each puppy is placed in a home where he will be properly cared for, trained, and loved.

It also helps if you include a clause in your contract that the dog must be returned to you if for any reason the buyer is unable to keep him. Then you know your precious puppy is not being passed around from home to home. Unfortuantely, very few breeders make good on those contracts. Another mouth to feed seems to be a horrible burden for them.

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Peri's breeder refused to place a puppy with a graduate student for 3 years. When his life finally calmed down, he got a puppy from her at the same time I got Peri (he got a standard). He told me all of this. 

 

Easton is SO CUTE please tell them to contact DRC. They will have NO PROBLEM finding him a home.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Peri had a very good breeder who obviously cares more about her puppies' well-being than about making a sale.