The Details

At Powderhill, we are constantly tweaking and evolving the process for planning, breeding, marketing and delivering puppies to our clientele. Here is our current process (Updated June 30, 2023)

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VERY IMPORTANT:  Just about every single Powderhill Puppy is sold before it is conceived. The likelihood of getting a puppy from us on just a week or a month's notice is less than 10%. This is due to the huge interest in Goldendoodles, limited supply of puppies, and a large following of prospective and returning customers that we have enjoyed through our many years as a breeder. We do plan litters extremely far in advance so we are able to tell you what types of Goldendoodles we are planning up to 24 months away. We can always provide the name of the litter's mother, but we usually do not select the father until we are close to the breeding time. 

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We breed puppies throughout the year as our dams come into heat. People can contact us at any time to discuss potential placement on a litter list. If you wish to reserve a puppy you will need to send a payment for $500 through Good Dog.

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The $500 reservation fee is not refundable unless there is no puppy available for you. However, it can be used on any future litter for up to 12 months after declining to take a puppy from a litter. This means that if after placing your deposit you decline to take a puppy from a litter you are forfeiting your deposit. As a courtesy to you, we will transfer your deposit to another litter for up to 12 months. 

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Once litters are born and we have provided pictures and a male/female breakdown, we will contact folks who are on the litter list to confirm they will be choosing a puppy from the litter.  We will then make the official litter list and post it to the website.

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**Please note, Powderhill reserves the right to take the first two puppies from any litter in order to continue our breeding program**

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Our dams usually become breedable on a six month heat cycle. We do not decide when any of our female dogs goes into their heat cycle – Mother Nature does, but it's usually every six months. Many times the lead female is followed closely by one or more of the other females, but this is not always the case. The dam is usually bred 10-15 days after her heat cycle begins.

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At Powderhill, both dams and sires are health tested (OFA eyes, hips and elbows, patellas and cardiac) and DNA tested before being added to our breeding program.  

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Powderhill reserves the right to substitute a different sire if necessary to enhance the potential for a successful litter. From the date of the first tie with the sire to the expected delivery date is nine weeks, but the delivery could take place up to 4-5 days before or after that date.

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Once delivered, we prepare the mother and her puppies for their first picture, usually within 2 days, and we post that picture to the home page of our website: www.powderhillgoldensshoreline.com

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After they are born we allow the puppies to bond with their mother for a period of three weeks. This allows the mother to concentrate solely on nurturing her pups. The mother is fed frequently and given plenty of quiet time with her babies.

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At three weeks of age, we microchip and begin taking weekly pictures of each individual puppy. The microchip will stay with them for the rest of their lives; initially allowing us to assure each owner that they have the right puppy, and later helping those owners to find them if they are ever lost or stolen.

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When the puppies are seven weeks old they have their first vet visit and receive vaccinations. We then hold Puppy Pick Day (Saturday or Sunday) where the owners and their families can meet the litter and select their puppy. The owners of the first pick of the litter must come first, then the owners of the second pick, etc.  Each family is given thirty minutes to select their puppy.

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Pictures continue each week until week eight when the puppies are picked up. We also include some behind the scenes and informational pictures and video on our two social media sites, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram.

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On week eight, the puppies are ready to go home and each owner determines a specific time to pick up their puppy and take him/her home. Besides a food sample and a blanket scented with your puppy's littermates, we provide a binder that includes the Puppy’s initial health records, instructions for registering the microchip, our written guarantee, a lineage chart, care and feeding instructions, information on NuVet Vitamin, BAXTER&Bella Puppy Training, Trupanion pet insurance, Puppy Culture recommendations, a new collar and a toy.