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Why A Sunshine Acres Goldendoodle
To provide a healthy, intelligent, sweet-natured Goldendoodle puppy that is supreme at making families laugh together, give individuals devotion and companionship, and reduce the effects of dog allergies.
This fun-loving dog has been the object of many newspaper articles, Animal Planet, and various talk shows. Most people that are buying Doodlepuppy Goldendoodles are looking for a Golden Retriever with a lot less shedding hair. In addition to good hair qualities, the Doodlepuppy Goldendoodle is also a wonderful family companion, they are highly intelligent, and they are very trainable. That is the lovable Doodlepuppy Goldendoodle in a nutshell.
Although Michael grew up on a family farm in Iowa, and was involved in Agriculture, his first experience with genetics was in his undergraduate research with Dr. Walt Fehr’s soybean breeding. Genetics quickly became an interest to Michael in this work. In 2000 he located on a rural acreage at our present location near Wolcott, Indiana. It was then the Doodle dream was conceived and began to materialize. At this time, there were very few hybrid breeds of dogs available, as the majority of breeders focused only on purebred breeds. Michael’s interest in genetics led to him deciding to raise a family pet and therapy dog from lines that had been strictly selected for good health, outstanding temperament and trainability that was not a purebred, but a hybrid. Interestingly, at this time, there were very few Doodle breeders in the U.S, especially in the mid-west. Few people had ever heard of a “Doodle”. Michael began to research parent lines, and acquired his first Doodle mother in 2000. So Sunshine Acres was born, and along with it our first much anticipated and carefully planned for litter of puppies. Over the course of the next several years, we carefully selected our Golden Retriever, Irish Setter and Poodle parents from good, healthy lines that were solid in temperament and had coat type and coloring we were looking for. We have found the Goldendoodles to be a well balanced, tender hearted, warm, wonderful breed that we love to work with. After years of carefully selecting and breeding our own lines, our Goldendoodle puppies have developed a distinct “Sunshine Acres” look that sets them apart from many other Goldendoodles. Through experience we have learned which lines make exceptional “Doodle” parents.
Sunshine Acres has been raising the Goldendoodle since 2002. Our Goldendoodle puppies are socialized in a family setting following techniques taught by Jan Fennell, The Dog Listener. We own both of our puppies parents, and in most cases, owned their grandparents and great-grandparents as well. Each of our puppies come with a three year health guarantee and a puppy care package. They are current on their vaccinations and have been given the best of preventative veterinary care.
Raising Goldendoodles is our family project, as well as a family love. Our Goldendoodle puppies are socialized with our children and handled individually every day as we know how the trainability and intelligence of a puppy is directly linked to what their early exposures and imprinting have been. Our children and the puppies enjoy interacting with one another. Since Michael has completed Jan Fennel’s Foundation Course in Canine Communication, our Goldendoodle puppies are socialized according to Jan Fennel, The Dog Listener’s techniques in a family setting.
Here at Sunshine Acres, our family strives to continually improving the health, genetics, and quality of our parent lines, and is actively involved in breeder education. We are committed to responsible breeding practices, and are equally dedicated to educating our Goldendoodle puppies’ new families about responsible dog ownership. If you would like to learn more about Sunshine Acres and our Goldendoodles, talk with some of our Doodle owners on the online forums such as www.goldendoodles.com. We welcome visits by appointment. Our website also has many testimonials listed from our Goldendoodle puppies owners (see link above). We are glad to answer any questions you have about our Goldendoodle puppies, or the Goldendoodle breed, not only when you are purchasing a puppy but years afterward as well.
It has been very rewarding to now have many repeat customers as well as customer’s referrals coming to purchase their newest “Best Friend”-a Goldendoodle- from Sunshine Acres. While our puppies are delighted to fill this role of best friend and companion to their families, we also have many of Sunshine Acre’s Goldendoodles filling different roles as they work in search and rescue or as service, therapy or assistance dogs. Michael and Grover (our Goldendoodle who is a certified Pet Partner with Michael) enjoy doing Animal Assisted Activity work together at our local nursing home.
For current issues or trends in the Goldendoodle world, you might peruse the Sunshine Acres blog to catch up on articles written specifically to clarify or bring to your attention information that can be useful.
They’ve said about us
Sunshine Acres has puppies everywhere! This land is your land, this land is their land.
Following is a list of cities where our Doodles reside:
Chicago, Illinois is a Goldendoodle capital. New York City is a rising star Goldendoodle rendezvous. Los Angeles, California is the home of many of our Goldendoodles. San Diego, California needs more of our doodles on the beaches, in the hills, and down in the town. There are some there! Dallas, Texas is a hot destination for our doodles :) . Miami, Florida is a favorite doodle city especially in winter. Indianapolis is the crossroads of Doodle America. Cincinnati, Ohio is not only home to the Reds, but there are many red Goldendoodles there as well. Hartford, Ct; we are there! Washington DC, there too. Portland, OR, Portland, Me; yes from sea to shining sea. Our Goldendoodles live in Minneapolis, MN, GreenBay, WI, Columbus, OH to name a few more. Close to home in Lafayette, IN and far from home in Lafayette, LA do our doodles roam. Why, I have seen them in Orlando, FL, Tampa, FL, and Atlanta, GA. Our doodles have been everywhere in this good ole USA. Alaska and Hawaii, Houston, TX, New Orleans, and across the fruited planes of Nebraska, Denver, CO, Iowa, Peoria, IL, Saint Louis, MO and Kansas City! We also watch them living in the mountains and high flats of Utah, Nevada, Phoenix, AZ (ok some in the lowlands, too). If your home city is not listed here and you have a Sunshine Acres Goldendoodle or Irish Goldendoodle, send me a note and I will add you to the list!