Thank you for your interest in a Spring Creek puppy! 

We ask that every family adopting a puppy from us read two very helpful and important books while waiting for their puppy.  They will make a tremendous difference in the adjustment and assimilation of a puppy into your home.  Many people have a false idea of how they should handle dogs, or what they respond to.  Most dog issues are really issues with people, not with the dogs.  Please read the following books:

"The Dog Listener"  by Jan Fennell
"How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves"  by Sophia Yin, DVM

Puppy Starter Package at a fraction of the cost!  Midwest lifestyle crate, non-skid food bowls, bed, brush, 
treats, toys, leather leash & collar.  You'll pay less for this package together than the crate alone!
Girl Package Link   or   Boy Package Link

Nine Medium chocolate and apricot/cream Australian Labradoodles born to Starlet January 21st
Sire is our outstanding therapy producing stud boy, James Brown
Ready for their new homes March 20th.
Starlet has produced absolutely stunning babies for us in the past with luxurious coats and fantastic temperaments. These babies are just as stunning!
All have super silky fleece coats and will have that gorgeous minimally wavy coat that people love.  We have chocolate males that are available 
in this litter.  The sire to this litter produces incredibly sweet and gentle temperaments.  You can't go wrong with one of these puppies!

Click to Enlarge each picture
        
                                                                      

Virtue x Hero all chocolate Australian Labradoodle litter born February 9th
Three spots open to reserve puppies from this litter.  Ready for their homes 4-11-09.
Virtue has given us fantastic babies in the past and done it once again!  This is her exit litter from our program.  Don't miss out!  
She is an extremely sweet and loving girl, as is Hero, the sire to the litter.
   
   Virtue                                   Kissing Hero                                           Puppies

Glory x Ambassador Australian Labradoodle litter confirmed and due March 1st.
Waiting list is closed for this litter.
Glory's puppies are always stunning! This litter will give us standard size cream, chocolate and black babies.  
Both Glory and Ambassador are ultra sweethearts and this litter should be superb.  Don't miss out!
    
Glory                                               Ambassador
  

 

Heidi x Hero Australian Labradoodle litter due mid March.
Waiting list is open.  Ready for their homes Mid May.
Heidi has always provided us such wonderful puppies with outstanding temperaments.  This will be her exit litter as a breeding girl.
We are breeding Heidi to our stunning Kissing Hero.  This litter will only produce chocolate and black puppies.  We expect
fantastic fleece coats out of these two and amazing temperaments.  Puppies will range in size from about 25-35 lbs and 17"-18".
 
Heidi                                   Kissing Hero 

OUR LITTERS

We only breed F1B Labradoodles and Goldendoodles, and Australian Labradoodles.  We are no longer breeding F1 generation of puppies due to lack of consistency producing non-shedding/allergy friendly pups.  For info on how our puppies are cared for, and for information on early spay/neuter, please read OUR SERVICES & CONTRACTS page.  All puppies are sold as pet quality, already spayed/neutered.  If you are interested in a breeding quality puppy, please let us know and we will be happy to discuss selling an intact puppy.  All labradoodle puppies are registered with the ALAA (Australian Labradoodle Association of America Inc.).  

To send us an application, please follow this link:  PUPPY APPLICATION    Deposits are $250, and are non-refundable, and are applied towards the full amount of a puppy.  Our adoption fees are listed at the bottom of this page.  Shipping fees are $300 and cover transportation to the airport, air fare, vet check and health clearance for flight, and crate.  When sending in a deposit and application, please send a money order only made out Rochelle Sundholm, not to Spring Creek Labradoodles, and please send with delivery confirmation or a tracking number.  We do accept Paypal if you'd like to make payment through them.  Paypal deposit to rsundholm@msn.com 

Here are the sequence of events for every waiting family:  

• When puppies are born, all those who are on that waiting list will be sent a puppy birth announcement and birth pictures.  Every two weeks after we will send an update along with new pictures.  Please be aware that puppies change drastically between birth and 6 months of age, and most will end up being very similar in look once the coat is fully developed.    

• At 2-3 weeks of age, we will let families know of one or two chosen shipping dates.  Only one, and occasionally two shipping dates are scheduled for each litter as we live three hours away from the main airport in Portland, Oregon.  If you are not able to receive your puppy on that shipping date, and if our small, local airport provides a flight to your location, we may be able to schedule shipping on another day.  Only one trip out of town to the airport in Portland will be scheduled however, so if our local airport does not provide flights to your location, then the main shipping date will be the only one available unless you choose to come pick up your puppy in person.

• Final payment will be requested and is due by the time puppies are 7 weeks of age.  This applies even to families picking up their puppy in person.  

• At 6 weeks of age we are able to determine which puppies have the qualities each family is looking for.  We will share with families the details on the puppies we think are suitable, and work with them to determine which will become a member of their family.  Being open to either gender allows us the best opportunity to find all the qualities you are looking for in one puppy, but if you have a strong preference for one gender over another, please let us know.  

• At 7 weeks of age all pet puppies will be spayed/neutered.  At this age our ALAA registered labradoodle puppies will also have a microchip inserted.

• If you are coming to pick up your puppy, we are able to hold your puppy for one week after the shipping date without a charge.  After that,  a $25 daily care fee will be charged, but if we have other litters at that time, then we will be unable to hold a puppy for more than one week following the main shipping date.  Puppies of this age require a lot of personal attention for proper socialization and training.  Since we do not own kennels, it means personal one-on-one care of that puppy in our home, which is incredibly time consuming.  If we have other litters we are caring for, we would not have the time to dedicate to properly socializing and training another puppy as our focus will be on the care and raising of the litter in our home at that time.

• Between 8 1/2 - 9 weeks of age puppies will be ready to go to their new homes.  ALAA registration papers for labradoodle puppies will be mailed to families once they are received from the ALAA.  You will need to join the ALAA as a pet member in order to transfer the registration papers into your name.  

We reserve the right to retain puppies from our litters for use within our own program.  

We take great care with the breeding of our dogs.  All our breeding dogs are hip scored and eye tested, for information on other tests that may have been done, please inquire about the individual dog you are interested in.  Testing is done to ensure, as best we can, that any puppies we produce are free from potential hereditary defects. It is not possible to provide any absolute guarantees, however, by health testing our dogs we do our best to avoid potential hereditary defects being passed on to your puppy.  See our CONTRACT/HEALTH WARRANTY for detailed information.

All our puppies come with the following:

• Spay or neuter surgery already completed

• Microchip for ALAA registered labradoodle puppies.

• "Your Doodle & You" booklet to breed info, basic care and training

• Quart size bag of food that the puppy is accustomed to eating. 

• Copy of Contract/Health Warranty with the appropriate paperwork attached.

• Vaccination and Health Records (one vaccination administered and 2-3 worming treatments).

• Pedigree

• ALAA registration papers for labradoodle puppies only (not goldendoodles).

• 2 Nylabones or other appropriate toys

• Lupine Collar & Leash

• Puppy blanket or bed

• Puppy treats

We do have requirements for owning one of our puppies.

• A pre-puppy placement questionnaire/application must be filled out, and will be thoroughly reviewed. 

• Anyone purchasing a puppy from us will enter a binding contract once their puppy has been identified, which will contain all agreements between each party.  It has been designed to protect seller, buyer, and puppy.

• We require that families always give us first rights at purchasing a dog back if they are unable to keep him/her.

PUPPY PRICES:

Our F1B puppies are $2,000 and our Australian multi-gen puppies are $2,500.

It is important to understand a few things regarding puppy prices.  In purebred circles, and crossbreeds like labradoodles and goldendoodles, there is a wide range of prices.  You can find a purebred Poodle for $200.  You can also find a purebred Poodle for $3,000.  The quality of the line, the health testing invested in, the service and support provide to the buyer, and the warranty offered the buyer, all affect pricing.  In some rare cases, you can still find a quality dog for just a few hundred dollars.  On the flip side, you can also purchase a very poor quality dog for thousands of dollars.  It's up to you do your homework and to ask questions of the breeder.  What is the dog's pedigree, what health testing has been invested in, and what service and support and warranty does the breeder provide?   A good breeder will be concerned about the lines they work with and what they will be producing.  They will invest a lot of time and money into their program, and into their customers.      

A few careful questions on the buyers part will help determine whether or not the prices charged by a breeder are justified.  Anyone can make what they do sound good with carefully chosen words, but with information in hand, you can review it for yourself and make your own decisions about it.  A puppy is usually at least a 10 year investment of time in your life.  It's worth the effort to ask some questions, and worth the time to wait for the right puppy.   

The dogs in our program have been purchased after careful research of the lines.  Not only is much time and money invested in raising these potential breeders with the best of care, but much time and money is spent on having specific health tests performed before even considering the dog as a breeding candidate.  

Please contact us for more information.