Our Doodle Philosophy
Safari Doodles produces healthy, sound, stable Doodles from superior breeding lines. We produce the perfect Doodle for families looking for a healthy, good-natured, non-shedding companion. Safari Doodles gives a written health guarantee; see our Contract for details. All breeding dogs’ Hips are OFA certified, Elbows OFA certified, Heart OFA certified, and eyes CERF tested annually. Some of our dogs are also PennHip scored, OFA Patella, OFA Leff-Calve-Perthes and OFA SA certified. In addition we DNA health screen our breeding dogs for genetic diseases including PRA/PRCD, EIC and vWD.
We work hard to place each puppy in its forever home right from the start. We sell to approved homes only. Our list of questions is designed for us to get to know you and your needs in a dog. This helps us help you to choose the right puppy for your home. Doodles need a home where they can live as a family companion, sleep in-doors, receive regular grooming and receive daily walks or activities. We expect all our puppy buyers to enroll in a puppy training class where the family and dog can learn together. Doodles are social dogs and are a pleasure to have as a family member when properly trained and exercised.
Some Safari Doodle puppies will receive a NeoPar Vaccine (Parvo only) at 6 weeks of age and others may not recieve vaccines until 8-9 weeks of age, as per Dr Dodd’s vaccination research. The puppies are are wormed regularly for prevention. Our Doodle puppies are kept clean and raised in a household. They spend their days playing in the yard and the house and they sleep indoors. Our puppies are fed a superior diet including meat, veggies, premium dog food and supplements. We use a holistic veterinarian for the parents. We believe that proper nutrition, supplements, Chinese Medicine and acupuncture for the parents is the key to producing healthy puppies.
Some of our litters are raised by the mother dog’s guardian home for the first 6 weeks. Guardian homes always follow the Safari Doodles puppy raising protocol. Every puppy is given individual attention. At 6-7 weeks of age the litter goes to either Amy or Amanda’s home for training, veterinary care, temperament testing and placement into new homes. Our Doodle puppies are extensively handled and well-socialized with other pets, people and situations. We use the Volhard Temperament Test to evaluate each pup’s core temperament. We then help match the best puppy to your home by learning about your needs and helping you choose the right pup.
Safari Doodles breed a variety of Doodles types:
LabraDoodles: Labrador Retriever bred to a Poodle
GoldenDoodles: Golden Retriever bred to a Poodle
F1b of both breeds: A first generation Doodle bred back to a Poodle
Multi-Generation Doodles of both Labradoodle and Goldendoodle
Plus, the unique cross of a Labradoodle to a Goldendoodle, otherwise known as North American Retrievers or Double Doodles
Sizes of Safari Doodle’s crosses range from 15 pounds to 60 pounds with our focus on producing puppies who are 20-40 pound dogs as adults.
To start the process in deciding on a Safari Doodle, first fill out our Puppy Application. We review your answers and contact you by phone or email. After deciding that a Safari Doodle puppy is a good choice for your home, you may put a deposit on a puppy or litter. Puppy buyers choose their puppy based on order of deposit received. We help you make the choice by informing you of each puppy’s temperament traits based on the Volhard Test results and our experience after living with them. If a good choice is not available in the litter we will forward your deposit to a future litter.