[Maureen]

Friends, my bag is packed....come and get me!!


Dave, I have a pic of a "woolly" f1b on my site...sorry I'm being a little lazy and not transferring the picture to photobucket and back to here, but if you look at "lil bit" and see her coat you might get an idea.

I hope your breeders read more on this site as they do clearly have a lot to learn and they could learn from some fine breeders here who would be patient with them. And 8wks is really minimal for the sake of transferring loving able-to-bond puppies to other people for the money they are charging. The weeks #6-8 are the most work, most cleanup but most rewarding in what they get from each other, the adult dogs in the home and what they take from the people that are in their lives at that point. The laws on the books in the various states are for the benefit of ALL! I'm not allowed to be licensed in my town (long story) but I will tell anyone I can that it's worth the wait, yet I know the work involved in keeping a pupppy past 6wks. It's not just about the weaning!

 

[Maureen]

agreeing with Jacque...altho I think I'll wait on her reciting poetry to me! :wink:

On the rare occasions where I have sold a puppy to someone who thinks they want to breed I have pointed out that they really can't purport to charge the prices an experienced breeder does, and I think you have found clues as to why that is true, in your dealings with the breeder you are working with. So that could account for 25% of the cost discount. Now, if they have not done any genetic screening on their breeding adults then you are joining them in the gamble that your puppy is and will be physically sound to maturity, and that's the rest of the gamble, or discount.

Forgive me, I've forgotten if they have done OFA testing on their dogs' hips and elbows, or any other checking for potential genetic problems.

I have seen f1b doodles for less than $750 in the Denver newspaper but rarely less than $1200-1500 among reputable breeders.

Multigens seem to be getting more and more uniformly priced, and I would prefer a puppy from an American breeder over a puppy being shipped from Australia, personally but I just have my reasons for that. Australian Doodles aren't my preference at all, really.

Please don't take my input or opinions as criticism, because I've been where your breeder was, both with breeding Labs and Doodles, but I've made some choices to take risks on the front end, and eliminate as much risk of heartbreaking choices in puppies after they've been placed. I sincerely hope you have a GREAT, HEALTHY puppy coming to your home! And we live on one income so we have a pretty strict budget so I also understand the draw of an f1b at virtually half price.

We are in the process of putting together before/after pictures of puppies so people can visualize how future puppies might look at maturity. If you aren't sure of your future puppy's coat can I recommend visiting other doodle romps or trying to see as many doodles as you can?
just a thought, and you have my best wishes.

 

[Maureen]

All the multigen breeders I've looked at charge at or around the $2500 mark, plus applicable shipping costs, which are usually closer to $250-300 here, domestically.