Frequently
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Frequently Asked Questions
We encourage you to read through all these questions to thoroughly research us and how we care for your puppy and their parents.
After starting breeding in 2017 we put up a state-of-the-art facility in 2022 and we would love to show it to you. Our puppies are raised with full climate control, including heated floors throughout all the building, humidity, air condition, etc. They also have access, with a doggy door, to a fenced lawn with green grass at all times. Please stop out so we can show you, our facility. And please also read through the following questions to learn more about all our protocols in how we care for your puppy’s parents.
Greenbrier is serious about our socialization. We spend lots of quality time with them. They also get to hear normal household noises, vacuuming, sweeping, etc. We have two preschoolers who spend a bit of time in the kennel, and then we also like to socialize with puppies from other litters. At about five weeks of age, we start to have play time with puppies from other litters to also socialize them with canine socialization outside of their direct family.
All of our puppies are current on vaccinations and dewormers. Their vet has drawn up an extensive program that we follow, and we will have all that paperwork and records ready for you when you pick your puppy up.
Our vet is heavily involved in our program here, and all of our puppies get a full physical around 6 weeks of age, and you get stamped documentation reflecting the physical exam.
All of our puppies are used to going potty outdoors. They have access to a fenced in lawn with a doggy door and are used to going potty outside in green grass. You will still need to learn to communicate with your puppy on this, but we get raving reviews from people on how easy they are to train versus a puppy being raised in a concrete kennel setting.
Your puppy has a full physical from the vet. We ask that you get your vet to double check us within 14 days of leaving. If there’s anything wrong with the puppy, you can return them for a full refund. Or if there’s something minor, we pay vet bills up to the cost of the puppy. We extend this guarantee out to three years, covering anything other than injuries or contagions. We are serious about our puppies and absolutely want to be invested with you if anything should arise with one of our babies.
We have five children under the age of 10 who spend a significant amount of time in the kennel. Your puppy is used to play time with 3 and 4 year olds and is well acclimated to children.
We do have a contract that we ask you to sign, and it will reflect spaying and neutering your puppy, the health guarantee, and food. Also if you are ever unable to care for your puppy, you are required bring them back here and we make sure they have a good home.
All of our puppies must be eight weeks old before they can leave here.
You can apply to reserve a puppy on our website Greenbrierhomestead.com. We do have a detailed application and encourage you to spend some time with your answers. There is a $199.00 reservation fee that gets applied toward the cost of the puppy. The reservations are typically good for 14 days. However, we do make special exceptions for people if needed. They have an excellent home here, so there’s no rush on end.
We are licensed with the state of PA and also the United States Department of Agriculture, and they do unannounced facility inspections multiple times per year. However, from our outdoor access to our socialization program we far exceed required requirements by law.
We are excited about our facility, and we would love to show it to you, absolutely come out and you can see where your puppies are raised. We are still very cautious about biosecurity and do take this into consideration.
We do video calls by appointment and are happy to do a call with a specific puppy or puppy family by request.
Our puppies come with their health guarantee, their vet paperwork, all vaccine and deworming records, a blanket with siblings, scent, several small toys and a baggie of food that should last several weeks.
We are always here for our new parents, and you can always call us with any questions or comments at any time.
Absolutely you can meet the parents when you come to pick up your puppy. Certain exceptions do apply as in our pursuit for genetic excellence we will travel a far ways for the perfect male for our puppies and therefore they aren’t always onsite. Also, occasionally we have mothers who are protective of strangers with their puppies.
We have been pursuing elite genetics for a number of years. All of our parents are genetic tested, and we do our due diligence to make sure that we are enhancing the doodle breed.
All their parents have a vet appointment twice a year to do a full physical. They have access to veterinary care at any time needed throughout their life and we work closely with our vet to make sure they are healthy prior to mating.
This is completely dependent upon working with their vet, but never more than three times every two years and average retirement is 5 years old.
We retire our females early while they are still young, and we have a waiting list of people who are waiting to adopt them when they are ready to retire from their professional career.
Most of our puppies will be between the 25-to-35-pound range.
One of the benefits of us doing genetic testing is that we are also able to test for the poodle hair coat, and so we can therefore ensure that your puppy will be properly coated.
None of our doodles are AKC registered due to the fact that AKC does not recognize doodles.
We offer a number of shipping options. Anything along the east coast is delivered by ground transport and the cost from Massachusetts to Virginia is usually between 350.00 to 400.00 for a personal delivery. Nationwide the one that we typically recommend is using a flight nanny to fly with the puppy from us to you. We can arrange that for you and the cost is approximately $900.00.
We are open Monday to Saturday by appointment.
We feed Nutrisource small medium breed puppy, and you can source this online.
We feed them free choice. Doodles generally do not overeat, but especially while they’re growing. We recommend letting them eat as much as they want to unless your vet regulates them.
Everyone should have a doodle. They are called man’s best friend for a reason.
