Labradoodle pup

[luckyladygal]

I’m looking for recommendations for breeders of miniature labradoodle puppies in Scotland. With puppy farms being a worry I’m asking for anyone who can recommend genuine breeders that they have had a puppy from or know someone who has ?
I have looked at some of the well known websites but some of these puppies are nearly £3000 which is a bit much ?

This is such a sad thread. So many bastards abusing dogs in puppy farms, and so many condoning it by buying from them.

In the meantime Dogs Trust is bursting at the seams with all breeds and crossbreeds you’d like to choose from. Why not make the choice to adopt instead OP? I adopted the most beautiful lab from Dog’s Trust last year and he’s amazing.

That Tora’s have 20 breeding bitches. That absolutely screams puppy farm.

I got my miniature poodle from a home reared environment. The breeder had just one bitch. I viewed the puppies in the home with their mum. she was definitely their mother, as she was still feeding them. I’m aware that unscrupulous breeders show you puppies with a bitch that is not actually the mother.

The breeder was so caring and careful about selling the puppies. I had to answer questions about my suitability to take one of her puppies. The puppies were health checked and when I collected the puppy, she was wormed and vaccinated. I was there over two hours, whilst the breeder went through everything.

My puppy was practically housetrained due to being raised in a home environment. She’s amazing and very healthy.

I urge everyone to consider a poodle rather than a poodle cross.

Issue is o/p that labradoodle is not a breed.

you may have had 2 dogs previously that were exactly what you wanted. Replicating those dogs is impossible, you may get something more poodly, a Labrador, or something that has the worst characteristics of both breeds and is nothing like your previous dogs.

my friend got a cockerpoo. It looks like a cocker spaniel. You wouldn’t know it was a cross at all.

add the the fact that ethical breeders of doodles don’t exist. BTW a breeder owning both parents is a red flag- it’s either a puppy farm, or the owner has simply bought two dogs and is breeding them. If you have a breeding bitch and want the best stud, chances are you will need to travel to it.

this is why people are trying to get you to rethink, not that anyone is inherently against the dogs.

exactly.

i know someone with a Romanian rescue. It’s a fucking amazing dog currently working as a therapy dog in hospitals.

so I think that means all Romanian rescue dogs are like that? Of course not. But people seem to think they can make the assumption that all crossbreeds are exactly alike…

My miniature labradoodle puppy came from a loving home. The breeder has a pedigree Labrador who is a family pet (who we visited regularly at home), her best friend has a pedigree miniature poodle. They bred them as a one off, I have copies of the pedigree papers for both parents and their testing scores. Not all labradoodle breeders are from puppy farms. People just need to do their homework before getting any breed, as even pedigree dogs started off as crossbreeds, and even pedigree dogs can be bought from puppy farms. And have lots of health issues. My puppy will be spayed ASAP as I never plan to breed her, she just makes a lovely family pet. The OP of this post was literally asking for names of reputable breeders, not puppy farms and all she got was hate, just because of the breed and because other people mentioned puppy farms

it’s not “hate”, it’s pointing out responsible dog breeding is more than cute puppies.

fwiw there is someone local to me who breeds labradoodles. She has two bitches. She’s had three litters in the last 10 years. She has a huge waiting list from people all over the country, even though she currently has no plans for another litter.

when she does decide to breed one of her dogs she takes it to a carefully selected stud. Not her mates dog round the corner, but often travels miles for the right one.

o/p, for example, if she really wanted a reputable breeder wouldn’t be asking for recommendations in Scotland only. Ethical doodle breeders are so rare she needs to be open to travelling anywhere for the right dog. The chances of finding a good breeder locally are miniscule.

the problem is if you want an ethically bred dog you need to accept that unless you a very, very lucky a doodle is not it. You can’t have both.

Why does it matter if it’s her best friend’s dog, unless you’re a snob? She obviously knows her best friend’s dog better than a stranger’s dog from up the line. She knows his traits, his lineage, has all the correct documents/tests etc. I’d much rather the breeder know the dad well, than pick a stranger from up the line