Food.
We feed our dogs the chicken and rice Diamond brand dog food. It produces beautiful coats and an easy to clean up stool. All of our puppies are started on Diamond puppy food. You can change what you choose to feed your puppy, just mix it with the food sent home with you for a few days to make the switch easy on your puppy's digestive system.
Hair Care
Doodles come with various hair types. The curly coat is the most poodle like and will require a lot of grooming. You will want to have your doodle groomed every 4 to 6 weeks to maintain the Yankee looking coat. If your doodle has the more wavy shag coat you will be able to maintain it a bit easier.
I recommend the Les Pooches brush (green one) for brushing my doodles. You will find it something you cannot live without once you have used it. You will need to brush your doodle several times a week to maintain a mat free coat.
I am a groomer so I use my salon products on my doodles. There is no need to use ultra expensive shampoo on your doodle, just use any gentle dog shampoo. I love to use Pantene or any nice smelling conditioner.
I recommend the Les Pooches brush (green one) for brushing my doodles. You will find it something you cannot live without once you have used it. You will need to brush your doodle several times a week to maintain a mat free coat.
I am a groomer so I use my salon products on my doodles. There is no need to use ultra expensive shampoo on your doodle, just use any gentle dog shampoo. I love to use Pantene or any nice smelling conditioner.
Generations
I breed only first generation Goldendoodles (parents are not related). I found the following article helpful:
"When speaking of 'generations' it is generally implied to mean parent/child. The parents have children and thus, their children are 'first generation.' When those children have their own children, they then become 'second generation.' When we speak of the Goldendoodle being a 'first generation' it is implied to mean that the offspring come from two parents who are not closely related or who are not related at all. Whether the same breed or a different breed, the offspring are always 'first generation' when neither parent is directly related to each other. I've had so many people try to convince me that a Goldendoodle isn't a first generation Goldendoodle unless if comes from a Poodle/Golden Retriever parent. Again, I hate to burst your genetic bubble, but that's not correct. With purebred dogs, both parents are the same breed and their offspring are first generation providing neither parent shares the same parents themselves or direct relatives within their first three generations of pedigree. If you bred two parents who were related, together, then their offspring would be 'second generation.' When we speak of Goldendoodles being an 'F1B,' the 'B' means 'backbred.' A very nice term for implying the dogs are inbred....backbred to a close relative. Just because a Goldendoodle is bred to a Poodle, does NOT imply the offspring are 'F1B.' If a Goldendoodle is bred to a Poodle and the Poodle within the Goldendoodle's genetic structure is NOT related or closely related to the other Poodle used for breeding, their offspring are 'first generation.' If a Goldendoodle is bred to a Golden Retriever and the Goldendoodle used for breeding is NOT closely related or related at all to the Golden Retriever within the Goldendoodles' genetic structure, their offspring is still a first generation."
I found the above article on www.goldendoodleworld.com and found it explained the generation issue the best!
Dee Gerrish has been a private, professional, certified breeder for 12 yrs as of January 2008. She is a winning, founding, top 100, featured author for SearchWarp.com. More can be read about the Goldendoodle dog by visiting her site at http://www.goldendoodleworld.com
"When speaking of 'generations' it is generally implied to mean parent/child. The parents have children and thus, their children are 'first generation.' When those children have their own children, they then become 'second generation.' When we speak of the Goldendoodle being a 'first generation' it is implied to mean that the offspring come from two parents who are not closely related or who are not related at all. Whether the same breed or a different breed, the offspring are always 'first generation' when neither parent is directly related to each other. I've had so many people try to convince me that a Goldendoodle isn't a first generation Goldendoodle unless if comes from a Poodle/Golden Retriever parent. Again, I hate to burst your genetic bubble, but that's not correct. With purebred dogs, both parents are the same breed and their offspring are first generation providing neither parent shares the same parents themselves or direct relatives within their first three generations of pedigree. If you bred two parents who were related, together, then their offspring would be 'second generation.' When we speak of Goldendoodles being an 'F1B,' the 'B' means 'backbred.' A very nice term for implying the dogs are inbred....backbred to a close relative. Just because a Goldendoodle is bred to a Poodle, does NOT imply the offspring are 'F1B.' If a Goldendoodle is bred to a Poodle and the Poodle within the Goldendoodle's genetic structure is NOT related or closely related to the other Poodle used for breeding, their offspring are 'first generation.' If a Goldendoodle is bred to a Golden Retriever and the Goldendoodle used for breeding is NOT closely related or related at all to the Golden Retriever within the Goldendoodles' genetic structure, their offspring is still a first generation."
I found the above article on www.goldendoodleworld.com and found it explained the generation issue the best!
Dee Gerrish has been a private, professional, certified breeder for 12 yrs as of January 2008. She is a winning, founding, top 100, featured author for SearchWarp.com. More can be read about the Goldendoodle dog by visiting her site at http://www.goldendoodleworld.com
