Where have all the good breeders gone?

[Discussing Labradoodles & Goldendoodles]

My journey:

I first found my first puppy in Indianna, I was going to get him shipped, he was affordable, too good to be true.  Such that a after googling the breeders name , found out they were part to the "top 100 worst puppy mills in the US." WITH a USDA report of grotesque conditions dated in 2010 (the breeder tried to justify that they had fixed it, where there should have never been anything to fix in the same place)

Then I found another pup that was relatively close that I was suppose to go pick up on the 18th.  I posted pics and you knowledgeable people warned me that the coat would most likely shed because it was from the f3 line.   When I asked the breeder she assured me she wouldn't have matched me with a dog that shed knowing my personal choice and so I decided to keep him for better or for worse.

Only by sheer luck, I was looking at some pics and saw a familiar picture.... the dog she said was Nimby's mom is listed as a stock folder on :

http://www.greatdogsite.com/hybrids/details/Goldendoodle/

AND

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goldendoodle_puppy.jpg

I asked he if this dog was Nimby's mom to give her a change to explain and she admitted it was.  Well, Wiki gives credit to the picture as can been seen in the 2nd link.

I have since requested that she cancel the adoption.....

LESSON: do you research.  I thought I had hit all my bases but twice , I'v had deceitful people try and pass a dog that just isn't.  If I wanted a dog that shed I would def. rescue, so here I am , puppy less and looking again, for a breeder who has pups STILL available.

I hope this will help future people from the heartache and the deceit I am feeling right now.

big bad bummer for me :( 

[Stephanie and Ragley]

Thank you! She uses her cuteness against me daily! And yes, our Chesapeake was laughably dumb. 

As for pictures, I second the suggestion to head over to the photography group! Lots of pictures to be seen there! I know there are a lot of us (myself included) that add new pictures each week to our profiles! Ragley also has an instagram account where you can get your daily dose of doodle cuteness and I know there are other DK members on there as well. Her name is @ragleydoodledoo and @oliverthegoldendoodle is another DK member who has a red doodle with an account.