Labradoodles in Shelter

[F, Calla & Luca]

I just read that some labradoodles may be in a shelter near Kamloops British Columbia. I don't know any deatils. I just noticed a thread on a breeder forum. If anyone is looking for a pet there may be dogs looking for a home.

"Several quality breeding Australian labradoodles have been put in this facility. Looks like they were from Avonlee labradoodles. I do not know why they are there and don't know if this is a kill shelter or not...Can anyone help and find out who is in Canada?

http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter72054-pets.htmlKelowna, British Columbia - Dog and Cat Adoption, Dog and Cat Rescue Pet Listings
www.adoptapet.com
Kelowna, British Columbia - Search pictures of local dog adoption & cat adoption listings. Dog rescue and cat rescue listings."

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Jessica, none of these links work.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Here is another link to view the dogs.

http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter72042-pets.html

[F, Calla & Luca]

This all reminds me of animal hoarding. Somehow love of animals and wanting to help them gets distorted and descends into disaster.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Except in this case, I am very sorry to say that it seems less a case of loving animals and wanting to help them, and more a case of trying to make some money as quickly and cheaply as possible. The more dogs the more puppies, the more puppies, the more money. There may have been some hoarding issues involved, too, but it isn't as if these dogs just wandered up to someone's door and she took them in out of the goodness of her heart. She sought them out and bought them for the purpose of breeding them.  

[F, Calla & Luca]

I know that. But I know Ann's mother became ill and died somewhere and she was stretched thin and running ragged. And she is supposedly having health problems. Maybe there were always problems but maybe it all got away from her or somehow got out of hand. I am in no way saying it was good or rational but maybe it wasn't calculated and evil. I hope so anyway.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

As Jessica mentioned, some of the Avonlee dogs ended up in the shelter 2 or 3 years ago for the same reasons you are citing. Many of us who knew about that had sympathy and compassion and wanted to give the benefit of the doubt, etc. etc., and therefore did not broadcast it or condemn it publicly. But having excused it once, I just can't find any justification for allowing it to happen again, and this time on an even bigger and more tragic scale. These are sentient beings who are suffering because of it. Once is a mistake, bad judgment, got away from her, and so on. Twice is...well, fill in the blank with whatever term seems to fit. I'm afraid the terms I would use are not very charitable. Maybe not calculating or evil, but not innocent of great stupidity and wrongdoing, either. Those dogs deserved better.

[F, Calla & Luca]

There is no question that the dogs deserved better.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

My mother also became ill and died a few years back. I was also stretched thin and running ragged. And everyone over a certain age has some kind of health problems. I didn't neglect my dog. And I also didn't get more dogs. Of course, my dogs cost me money, they don't make it for me.

[Jane Love]

I noticed a mention of an old friend of mine, the owner of Avonlee Doodles. I just want everyone to know about this lady and her practices. I bought my little girl from her 14yrs ago when she bred poodles. Soon afterwards she was shut down by the SPCA and her dogs were all taken from her with a few of them having to put down because of the conditions they had. Needless to say she got kicked out of the CKC . She had another doodle breeder in Grande Forks take her under her wing and she started with the doodles, charging a great deal more for her dogs than she ever got for her poodles.  I knew the money was the only thing that she was breeding for and was wondering when I would hear about her dogs winding up in shelters. She changed her last name from Bankert and her kennel name from Rialto to Avonlee so the SPCA couldn't track her and started living with one of her children and made a killing in the doodle market. I have not had anything to do with her in years, but figured I should let people that are into the labradoodle to steer clear of this lady. Just a friendly warning :) I also bought a male poodle from her at a discounted price of 300.00,was thinking about breeding. So I took him to an eye clinic at a show she was going to. The vet there said that he was blind as a bat without any optic nerve in the eyes. He was a funny little guy but I didn't know he was blind. I had him for a year and sad as it was I left him with her that day to find him a good home. Hate to think what happened to him. She gave me my money back after a month or so. I decided breeding was not for me.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Frankly, this has been on my mind a lot. She was a member of several reputable breeder organizations and forums. How does this happen?
I think to belong to a group of 'reputable breeders' says a lot and often times they are recommended. Maybe there ought to be inspections by peers, yearly, to be a member.
With this history, how was this able to continue??? I've certainly lost trust because of this post.

[F, Calla & Luca]

I guess all kinds of things slip through safety nets. Sad story in the end. I wonder what became of the blond little guy.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Thanks for the information Jane.