Carrier Family Doodles

02/12/2025

🐾 Looking for a well-matched, healthy puppy? Planning ahead can make all the difference!

Joining a responsible breeder’s reservation list helps ensure a smooth, stress-free process when welcoming a new companion into your home. Learn why waiting is worth it: https://www.carrierfamilydoodles.com/why-waitlist/

📌 Discover the benefits of planning ahead for your future furry friend!

A Breeder's waitlist offers mutual benefits to buyer and seller--here's why Not all breeders establish a waitlist for their upcoming litters. When supply meets demand, some breeders may opt for a first-come, first-served approach. This is especially true for breeds with consistent appearances,

02/08/2025

Our Aussie Mountain Doodles (Aussiedoodle x Bernedoodle) from Stormy & Buster are popular family dogs...loyal, intelligent, trainable, sociable, and with a great activity level for a busy household. What's not to love? Well, evidently some like the "medium/standard" size that we currently offer, while others prefer the mini size of our Golden Mountain Doodles.

We are excited to introduce MIDGE! Our 13-y.o. son, Enoch, loves dogs and currently helps Bekah with grooming and dog care. We all agreed that he's at the perfect age to take on a puppy of his own and learn all about puppy/dog care, ENS and early socialization of puppies, and everything else we do here at Carrier Family Doodles. So we found MIDGE, a mini Aussiedoodle, who will be all "his." He is super excited. She's already sleeping in his bed. 🥰

Midge is currently 12-ish weeks old and, at some point in the more distant future, will hopefully produce some beautiful, MINI Aussie Mountain Doodles with our Ranger or Hero.

For now, she is living her best life with a few of our other new puppies and all our adult dogs. Her favorite activity at the moment is fetch with a giant tennis ball. 😂

01/31/2025

We are so grateful to our Carrier Family Doodles' family. We appreciate your trust in us, as well as all your referrals and reviews. We love every moment of what we do! After two years at our current pricing, we have made the difficult and painful decision to update our price list to stay in line with the current economy. Details on our blog.
https://www.carrierfamilydoodles.com/price-list/

Carrier Family Doodles 2025 Price list, and what it means for you At Carrier Family Doodles, we have always tried to hit the perfect "price point"--one that acknowledges the level of investment and effort we put into our puppies, while still ensuring that they remain accessible to the familie

01/27/2025

Carly will be retring this Spring! Her Tuxedo puppies (both black and golden) are always gorgeous, and she has really pretty parti puppies as well. Some people who get puppies of ours end up wanting a "puppy for their puppy." So here's our PSA: If you have a beloved Carly puppy, and want a "sibling," your last chance is coming up!

Carly is an F1b Goldendoodle, so her Golden Mountain Doodle puppies are a higher percentage of poodle (about 65%). These puppies are often preferred by those with allergy concerns. Enjoy the video that celebrates Carly and showcases her adorable offspring from some of her previous litters. If you have a "Carly puppy," feel free to drop a photo in comments.

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01/16/2025

A Day in the Life at Carrier Family Doodles (or, What do Our Doodles Do All Day?)

We focus a lot of attention on our puppies here at Carrier Family Doodles. But what does an average day like for our Goldendoodle and Bernedoodle "parent dogs?" I'm posting a little video, but there's also a blog with some photos here: https://www.carrierfamilydoodles.com/day-in-the-life/

01/08/2025

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We are so blessed to have received this 5-star review on our Google Business listing, following the adoption of Nova (now Zora) from Cheza's Christmas bunch:

"WOW - I cannot say enough wonderful things about this truly incredible family raising wonderful, healthy, well trained, and acclimated doodles.

From the very beginning, Cindy has been one of the most exceptional people I have met when it comes to being prompt, available, communicative, kind, and thoughtful. She answered all my questions through out the entire process since before litters were born, through early stages, and flawlessly helped align me with THE PERFECT match for a puppy. I was 8th in line for 2 litters and still got ALL of my needs and priorities met when looking for a puppy: temperament, size, s*x, and coloring.

One of the eldest daughters Bekah leads the care team and is incredibly thorough, detailed, and experienced in curating a puppy raising regimen and evaluation process to help align puppy’s and new homes with perfect matches.

I had the pleasure of pick[ing] my dog up on Christmas Eve and was welcomed into the home like a close friend and neighbor, met the entire pack of dogs, children, and enjoy Christmas Eve dinner with the whole family.

If you are looking for truly kindhearted, responsible, ethical, and experienced breeders, look no where else but here at with the Carrier family. I will forever look to them for my dogs for the rest of my life.

Thank you so much Carrier family!"

THIS is why we do what we do! Here's an article on our website that may help you in your future selection of a puppy, whether or not you choose Carrier Family Doodles: https://www.carrierfamilydoodles.com/choosing-the-right-puppy/ .

12/25/2024

Loved getting this Merry Christmas photo from Rudy/LeRoi (a Stormy x Buster Aussie Mountain Doodle). Hope all our Carrier Family Doodles' fans and followers have a blessed holiday! If you have a holiday photo of one of our CFD puppies, we'd love to see it in the comments!

12/18/2024

Our last puppy in this bunch is LUNA! She is a friendly and playful, unfurnished Golden Mountain Doodle. We get questions all the time about our unfurnished puppies, so I thought you might like to see a video of Luna to compare her appearance to those of the typical, fully furnished Doodle.

An unfurnished Golden Mountain Doodle ends up having a flat muzzle, more like the Bernese or the Retriever in the parent mix. They will not have the classic, "bearded" Doodle look, and may shed some. While furnishing gene is separate from the shedding gene, it is true that a fully furnished dog is more likely to be considered non-shedding.

Also important to note is that the gene for coat type is also separate from the furnishing gene, so you can have an unfurnished dog with a curlier coat, or a fully furnished dog with a straighter coat. However, an unfurnished dog with a curly coat may not be uniformly curly; the coat may be somewhat flat, with more random curls (such as on the ears or along the back).

So why do people choose an unfurnished puppy? Well, our unfurnished puppies are just as loved and well-socialized, with the same genetic health and guarantee as our fully furnished puppies, BUT they are priced at 30% less.

Some people really like the flat-muzzle look of the parent breeds (having had Labs, Retrievers, or Bernese Mountain Dogs in the past), but they dislike the shedding. Even though an unfurnished puppy typically sheds some, it is usually not at the level of the parent breeds. (Unfortunately, however, there is no way to know for sure "how much" an unfurnished puppy will shed).

Finally, some people want the mini Doodle size and personality, without the intensive grooming requirements. An unfurnished Doodle typically needs regular brushing, but, generally, very irregular grooming. That's a definite time-and-money saver, and is another reason why people choose unfurnished.

If you are one of those people who has always wondered, "What IS an unfurnished Doodle, anyway?!," check out Luna! I'll also drop a link in comments to an informational article regarding furnishings if you want to read more about it.

11/29/2024

Anyone else still feeling stuffed after your Thanksgiving meal?! 🍗 Even though our puppies didn't get any of the people food, they are still enjoying their morning workout. Maybe we should join them!

I was so excited to find this rocker balance at Good Will the other day for only $7.99. The exercise steps were a previous purchase. I love adding to the puppy play potential! They are fun to watch.

11/27/2024

Carrier Family Doodles wishes all our friends and followers a happy holiday season! Here's some cuteness to make you smile as you look forward to your Thanksgiving Day. Be blessed!

11/26/2024

We have recently had multiple posts removed from our Carrier Family Doodles page. Although we represent a legitimate business entity and have an established website, we are simply suffering the effects of an automated process across this platform.

We are going to delete many of our previous posts in hopes of avoiding a systematic automated removal. Please continue to stay updated on this page for as long as it is available, but also follow us on Instagram or visit our Website. We are always available by phone or text as well.

09/24/2024

Every one of our Golden Mountain Doodle puppies is unique, and there is a person who is "just right" for each one. We pray for an ideal match, every time.

Just a little troublesome...and totally irresistible! "I think he might be just a little troublesome. Do you think I should tell her?" Years later, I still remember the hushed whisper of my 18-year-old daughter during a puppy visit. They had fallen in love with Timo

05/23/2024

Our daughter, Bekah, pours SO much into our puppies! They are her full-time job and we are so blessed with how she loves them and cares for them so well. ❤️ She not only cares for all their basic food, medical, and hygiene needs, but she spends hours each day socializing with them and learning their individual temperaments/personalities. Not to mention, she keeps meticulous weight records so we can give weight estimates for each puppy that are as accurate possible. Our goal is for every match to be the best possible, and for every puppy to be a blessing to their new owner/family.

02/06/2024

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But the video outtakes are priceless!

You can see their distinctive personalities so clearly in this behind-the-scenes video! Butterball, a sweetheart who loves to give puppy kisses. Butternut, a friendly tail-wagger. Who's your favorite?

01/27/2024

Most people would look at the photo below and see a cute puppy. I think about the person behind the puppy.

This is a screenshot from one of the many videos Bekah sends me by request of people who want to see the puppies better and get an idea of their little personalities. What always happens is that Bekah gets a little video of the puppies playing and then... they want to crawl up in her lap. She is their person and she knows each and every puppy very well. She is a blessing to Carrier Family Doodles!

I laugh when Bekah takes the puppies around to different parts of the house to acclimate them to sights and sounds and unfamiliar people and places. I hear her affirm each and every puppy:

"Oh, I love your feet! They are so pretty!"

"You are a little naughty but so cute!"

"You have the sweetest little face."

"I love your ears!"

Is it any wonder the puppies love her?! She's the one you don't see in the videos but she is behind everything we do. She is why a Carrier Family Doodles puppy is well-cared for, well-socialized, and very well loved. From our home to yours!

12/26/2023

Take a peek at our new puppy nursery. We're excited! 😍

Our new Puppy Nursery is a welcome addition for our home-raised Golden Mountain Doodle and Aussie Mountain Doodle puppies! At Carrier Family Doodles, our dogs are beloved family pets and their puppies are raised in our home. But with several Mamas often ending up "in sync," it seems we either h