Thank you for your interest in a Spring Creek puppy! 

OUR LITTERS

We only breed F1B Labradoodles and Goldendoodles, and Australian multi-gen 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 once your application is approved, and are applied towards the full amount of a puppy.  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 match puppies to families.  We do ask that all families consider either male or female, unless there is a very strong preference for one over the other.  Being open to either gender allows us the best opportunity to find all the qualities you are looking for in one puppy.   If a family opts to wait and not accept their match, they will be moved to the next available litter.

• 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.  

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).

• Personalized Pedigree with puppy photo

• 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.