Bow Valley Labradoodles

26/08/2024

Babies getting bigger. 5 weeks old. Which one is your favourite?

24/08/2024

Learning how to eat

10/08/2024

Smiling Summer

10/08/2024

Stunning Shellie

10/08/2024

Sweet Splash

10/08/2024

Adorable lil Sandy

10/08/2024

Cute lil Sonny

04/08/2024

Look how cute these babies are. Mama is feeding them so well. Ready in September for their forever families. Contact me if you need some love and joy in your life.

01/08/2024

Babies are getting bigger and I’ve got some great puppy whisper helpers socializing them and doing biosensory work💕🐾 Mama is doing fantastic and such an amazing girlie. She loves her snuggles and little breaks.

26/07/2024

Babies are here! Mini lil lovies
What’s your favourite colour? love

22/06/2024

Who remembers these cuties from 2 years ago?
Can we say yes please let’s see if mama Reece’s and daddy Petrie can make another sweet loving set. Contact me for more details. Pups will be around 16-23lbs and ready September.

23/02/2023

We love our dogs and pups and want the best possible lives for them and I absolutely love working with our families to have a positive experience. Please plan ahead with us or refer families that are looking for a dog. I will post any pups that become available due to good size litters being born. We usually fill 5 spots depending on genetically how many the mamas can have.

Looking forward to working with you and adding to your family a wonderful, smart snuggly buddy.

We accept puppy applications for our upcoming litters. Take a look at the planned litters we have and fill out an application with the desired size and adoption timing that would work best for your family!

15/01/2023

Love it when our babies find comfort in their crate!
4 weeks old and starting them of food.
We get our mamas who all love their crate to nurse their pups in there as well as free choice the first several weeks to go in there. Creating this environment helps our pups love their crate. At 6-7 weeks of age we start separating them into small groups for crate sessions and than between 7-8 weeks they are all by them self and we are working towards no accidents so our pups and families have the best head start.

February 11 to go home. Please contact me for more details.

25/11/2022

We are so thankful for our furry family members! What are you thankful for?

02/11/2022

Some exciting news for our Calgary families!

Homes Alive Pets is headed to Calgary. 🎉 🎉 Stay tuned for updates as we can provide them.

Before then, we’re excited to announce a new Edmonton store in the West end. Timeline expected is February 2023 - right around the corner! 😎💯

08/09/2022

Hello families
Just wanted to do my yearly check in with all about routines, eating practices and socialization. Please take a minute to read as I want the best for everyone schedule and health wise.

Please please please make sure with your puppy or adult dog that you are crating them for a 1 hour morning nap DOOR CLOSED and 1 hour afternoon nap. This should happen irregardless of the age of your dog to ensure they are getting proper rest and practice in their crate. If they don’t practice these skills daily they can become less comfortable with it and lead to separation anxiety or other behaviour issues. If they ever become sick or injured the vet will use a crate for treatment and that can be even more stressful for them so please set the boundaries up so your dog has safety and security in their little den.

For eating routine DO NOT graze feed! This means food down all day. This is a big no no as it messes with their metabolism, causes picky eaters and can lead to weight issues. Your puppy/dog is a furry 2 year old toddler that will get distracted so they should be fed in their crate with the door closed with a time limit up to 20 minutes in the morning and dinner. If you are giving them more time and just allowing them to come and go you potentially can have issues and than will be contacting me or your vet with concerns as they’re not eating or spending money trial and erroring food as they become picky. DO NOT cook their food. This changes the balance of the food and can cause itchiness and health problems. Buy only AAFCO approved foods or foods that follow this nutritional composition. Any other foods are not balanced and can result in health issues. If you find your puppy or dog is itchy a RAW egg 3 x a week is a great treat and lots of healthy nutrition to balance their skin. Coconut oils or fish oil on their food (a sq**rt or tsp) is also fantastic for their skin.

Rotational feeding proteins is key to a well balanced diet. This means changing their proteins every 2-3 months when feeding kibble and with raw every 3-4 days.

Socialization goals are taking them to stores or car rides a couple time a week. Phone local stores around you not just pet stores and see if they allow dogs in. This gives your puppy great exposure to people not just animals. Home depo, Michaels, winners, etc are just a few that usually do!

Enroll in agility classes or a level 2 to continue that wonderful bond and training to keep not only your dogs skills crisp but yours as well. Most of the time I find it’s the non furry family member that needs the reminder 😉❤️ to keep their skills going as life can become busy so it’s easier to schedule time out of your day to just be with them and focus so that good manners and habits are part of your family.

Find a facility around you that does socials that you can go to so you can see and learn what is good socialization for your furry toddler. Day cares or other boot camps MUST have a crate rest period during their day if you are using that. If they don’t you will have an overstimulated dog that struggles to settle and your dog NEEDS to learn the art of being still and calm.

Yearly health checks are a must! Please use only Revolution during the warmer months of the year ONLY as the other topical tick and flea can and will cause seizures or other toxic neurological issues. There are natural sprays you can get online from Curated Canines that are safer. Internal dewormers monthly is interceptor plus. I wouldn’t bother with anything else as they don’t need it.

As always please contact me with questions or concerns or just to say hi. Thank you all for being part of the Bow Valley Family

Happy fall and love from our family to yours 🐾❤️🥰🐾

05/09/2022

Love this program as we use this with all our dogs and puppies! If you haven’t had a chance to check them out please do as it has a bunch of videos and checklists to help you get prepared, get working when your puppy comes home and continue improving their and your skills as they get older. You can always teach a dog new tricks. Are you ready to learn with them 😉❤️🐾

Promo code BOWVALLEY to save on your membership

https://youtu.be/Pm94hi1uQlo

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27/08/2022

Happy National Dog Day ❤️❤️❤️🐾🐾🐾

02/06/2022

Nothing sweater than a boy and his dog. Passing down the love and care. Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather and playing with their favourite furry family member. We sure are here 🥰🐾❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

26/05/2022

Aren’t black phantom puppies so adorable! Very cool to see how pups turn out! Love all the colours dont you?

27/03/2022

Sunday mornings are always puppy snuggles

17/03/2022

12/11/2021

Here’s a couple good reads with training in mind

https://www.couchwolves.com/articles/why-i-dont-use-the-s-word?rq=stubborn

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/training/dog_training_behavior/the-3-reasons-dogs-ignore-our-cues/ #:~:text=%E2%80%93%20The%20cue%20must%20no%20longer,that%20particular%20cue%20precedes%20it.&text=%E2%80%93%20%E2%80%9CSit%E2%80%9D%20no%20longer%20predicts,dog's%20fur%20will%20get%20scruffed

https://www.clickertraining.com/node/2849

Sit. Stay. Settle. Nope, he just STANDS there. “My dog doesn’t listen. He’s just too STUBBORN.” Stop right there!

02/10/2021

https://www.bowvalleylabradoodles.com/grooming-your-doodle

 Grooming Your DoodleHere is a booklet with photos as well as a you tube video from the ALAA.Labradoodle Care guideGrooming Demo VideoGrooming your Labradoodle yourself is a very straight forward taskTools needed: Chris Christensen slicker brushSlicker Brush option 2Steel Comb: Helps keep the mats ...

10/07/2021

Had a couple families ask about positive socialization and doggy day cares. Here are my thoughts.
This breed is a sensitive one which is a great gift to their families. When introducing new people or surroundings start at a distance. So what that means for meeting new people is to give the puppy space. DO NOT pat on the top of their head but rather have your palm up and allow the puppy to come to you to sniff and check things out. I always tell people to just ignore the pup for a minute and than once they are wagging their tail and comfortable than a nice ear rub or toy play can occur. This sets your puppy up for success. Positive introductions that respect your pups space goes a long way. They do not need to meet 100 people contrary to what socialization says. It is all about quality and consistency. Start slow. Take them with you through drive throughs. Carry them for walks until they are fully vaccinated. Have play dates with pups/dogs that are well trained and not hyper. A highly energized dog will not help socialize your puppy but rather over stimulate and scare them. Have a leash on the older dogs when playing and one on your pup. They can just be attached and do not have to be held in your hand as this is easier to redirect unwanted behaviour vs chasing them.
Doggy day cares need to be used with caution as well as off leash dog parks. We don’t like dog parks for the simple reason not every dog has good manners or will get along with other dogs and this can lead to a hurt puppy or scary experience. Controlled settings like puppy classes or socials at a training facility set you and your pup up for success. Doggy day cares can be used once in a while but insure they have scheduled naps times in the am and pm and small group plays with more than 1 supervisor present. If they play all day and are an exhausted dog that is over stimulated this is not necessarily a win and can result in a hyper dog latter that has a hard time settling or over excitement with other dogs so please ask questions about routine.
Sending love to all the families and their pups:)

01/07/2021

Fireworks🧨explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of wildlife, our companion animals🐾, and our Veterans.

The Forever Dog

16/06/2021

Check these guys out

Our puppy classes are starting again and we only 3 have spots left out of all our classes.

Register online and get your puppy off to the right start.

https://booking.appointy.com/Insyncdogtraining

18/05/2021

Good read 😊

When I was seeking my first dog I spent a lot of time researching.
If I wanted a dog that wasn’t a yappy breed and 100 articles said the breed were yappy and 1 article said they don’t bark a lot. Then it’s easy to want to believe that one article because you’ve fallen for a possibly unsuitable breed.

The same with Facebook groups and questions.

Sometimes I’ll see a question asking if a dog is ok to be left alone all day. There maybe 50 experienced people saying no absolutely not. But 2 people say they leave their dog and so the original poster feels validated to leave a dog all day.

This isn’t right.
Common sense (proving a rare trait nowadays) has to prevail.

Breeders know their dogs inside out. They are our specialist Mastermind subject.

So when a breeder of Australian Labradoodles tells you that this breed;
Love water, roll in fox poo, have sharp teeth and mouth in puppy development, jump up, need commitment to training, need socialisation, extensive grooming and exercise.

Guess what..... it’s not a lie.
It’s not every dog except yours.

This is the breed and this will apply to all dogs of that breed. Don’t look for that one post or article that tells you otherwise.

(Nora demonstrating the wonderful strength and balance doodles have in standing on back legs)

14/05/2021

Hello families
We are expecting medium pups in June. We have standards coming soon in the end of July and minis this fall. I will be working through applications but please know that if you don’t hear from me we are just busy and I will do my best to get back to you. As always feel free to message me or send an email.
We also post any openings of pups on our website
www.bowvalleylabradoodles.com
Look under the Puppies tab

Thank you for supporting us and your interest. I absolutely love what I do. Crazy times with covid and increased puppy interest so please reach out if you don’t hear from me here as well as my email is very busy and sometimes emails get lost despite my best efforts to get back to families.
Stay safe and enjoy the beautiful weather 🐾💕🥰🐾🐾🐾

Bow Valley Labradoodles is an Alberta based breeder of multi-generational Australian Labradoodles. We are proud to breed healthy, beautiful, family-friendly labradoodles for more than a decade. We breed all sizes of labradoodles from 18 - 55 lbs, we can help you find the right dog for your family!