Riverbend Australian Labradoodle puppies are raised in our home, for proper socialization and handling from birth. We believe the key to a developing a healthy, rewarding relationship, lies in starting your puppy correctly. This will set the stage for a balanced, lasting relationship and a puppy that can handle transition into his new home and family quickly and easily. We start our puppies early with exposure to proper manners, house breaking, crate training, grooming, and handling. We evaluate our puppies‘ individual personalities and help our families in choosing the puppy that fits best with their family, activity levels, and expectations. Once your particular litter has arrived, we welcome visits from those families that would like to get to know us and their puppy. We are very protective of young, developing immune systems, and ask that you come straight from home, and do not stop along the way or engage with dogs you do not know to limit the possibility of spreading germs, bacteria, or disease. You can visit on the scheduled family visit weekend, and we are happy to share that special time with you and your new family member. We will have you visit with several puppies, and sometimes the entire litter, so you are familiar with their temperaments, and can be an active participant in choosing the puppy that is to join your family. For those long-distance families, we schedule FaceTime visits so they can be included and active in the visitation process also.

When you are ready to add a Riverbend Labradoodle puppy to your family we would ask that you email us directly, as we have an informational email that helps to get you started. We love for you to share with us information about yourself and your family, your lifestyle and activity level, and things that you like to do as a family. We would like to hear about your previous pet history, and what you are looking for in the addition of a puppy to your family. We don’t use forms and check boxed lists, as we would prefer to be more personally involved with our families and get to know each of them through the adoption process. When you are ready to place a reservation, you can send a personal check to us. We hold your deposit check, as our deposits are refundable through the age of 4 weeks of whichever litter you ultimately are offered and say yes to, so you will have plenty time to be sure this is the right decision for your family, and we have time to be sure we have the right family for our puppy. If you do change your mind in the process, we can easily shred your deposit and take you off the reservation list. Once you are placed on a litter, we will send helpful information directly to your family every two weeks to help prepare you for your puppy, and we also include new puppy pictures so your family can be involved in the growth and development of the litter.

We are also blessed to be involved with a fantastic Labradoodle Breed organization, WALA is the Worldwide Australian Labradoodle Association. This is a worldwide organization bringing together nearly 600 Breeders from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Australia that are dedicated to protecting the breed we love so much. We are proud of our past participation as Board Members of the ALAA, Australian Labradoodle Association of America, as well as being Founding Members and current Board Members of WALA. We are honored at the opportunity to help protect and promote the breed we love so much with our participation in these organizations.

Why is this important to you? Our Australian Labradoodles must meet requirements for health testing, and you can be assured that everything is being done to breed the healthiest Australian Labradoodle puppies possible. Our health warranty/contract provided to our families has been accepted and approved. All our litters of puppies must be registered and appropriate pedigree information provided to families. Being a WALA registered Australian Labradoodle Member Breeder means you can be assured we are responsible and accountable to an organization that has very strict guidelines and requirements in place that protect you as a consumer.