I highly recommend Sadie's Doodles!! Sadie is responsive, professional, helpful, and her dogs are…read moreunbelievably amazing.
Sadie was awesome to communicate with, responsive, informative, and accommodating. I drove up from DC and planned to arrive around 5 pm, however traffic was atrocious and what should have taken 2.5 hrs took almost 5. This was my first dog, so I was already nervous -- compounded by the fact that I got there so late at night and felt horrible, but Sadie was extremely patient, understanding, and made me feel at ease.
She brought my furbaby, an F1 Moyen Goldendoodle, out of the house and set him in a little playpen while she got everything ready.
She walked me through everything, showed me his vaccination records, used a chip scanner to show me exactly where he was chipped and allow me to verify the chip number. She gave me a gallon size ziploc bag of food and texted me the exact food it was so I could read about it and order more. She gave me a bag with a leash, collar, little blankie w/ his mom's scent, food, and a bully stick, which are his favorite! She answered all of my questions about him, his parents, the littler size, his siblings, and on and on, and was patient with me while asked them, despite it being so late.
Before I even got back to DC, I already had an e-mail transferring his chip number to me so I can login and update all my info, an e-mail for an online K9 training course, and a link to the website where I could order his ICA registration certificate (yes, I know it's not AKC. Yes, I know it doesn't verify lineage. But I didn't pay anything and I got a certificate, with a foil seal, which looks VERY official and cool, and I dig it - novelty or not!) :)
As far as the dog ... seriously... he is AMAZING!! He has the sweetest temperament, is very calm, was well socialized before I even got him home. He is SO smart and super chill for a puppy. He was clean and brushed nice, he doesn't fear things like the brush or his leash or anything. You can tell he was taken great care of before I picked him up.
I DID see the reviews about someone's pup unfortunately getting giardia- which is a real bummer, so I was sure to tell the vet at his first appointment that I wanted him tested. He didn't have any symptom and his stool was never a problem, but I figured if she was going to get a sample, she might as well do it now and check for it. Everything came back clean - and the vet said he was in excellent shape.
Everything happens for a reason... I found Saidie's Doodles after a pup from another breeder fell through at the last minute after waiting for 7 months... and it turned out to be the BEST thing that ever happened! I got SO lucky w/ my pup. He's seriously the greatest.