Program & Process

What you can expect from us.

Your puppy will go through some of his most impressionable stages before they even join your home! We spend hundreds of hours training & socializing our puppies, starting from the first week that they are born. The difference that this will make over your puppy’s life is remarkable! Not only do we do extensive socialization exercises, we also start potty training from 4 weeks old. Our goal is to have your puppy come home to you with a strong foundation.

Richfield Farmhouse Doodle puppies are specifically bred for intelligence level, optimal health, and a family-friendly temperament. We strive to raise the the best quality puppies from genetically heath tested parents. To help improve the quality of life for our pups we begin ENS (Early Neurological Stimulation) at just 3 days old and we introduce Puppy Culture protocols and BAB curriculum

We want every family to go home with the perfect pup for their lifestyle and we respect each puppy and make sure that they are going to a home that fits with their personality. Not only will you have the happiest and healthiest dog in the neighborhood, you’ll also be getting a pet for your family to enjoy for many years to come.

why choose Richfield farmhouse doodles

Richfield Farmhouse Doodles puppies are BAB (Badass Breeder) curriculum trained, litter box trained, introduced to crate, leash and basic command training. This is all included with our puppy price.

All Richfield Farmhouse Doodles puppies come with the following:

A one year genetic health guarantee.
All vaccinations up to date.
De-wormed at least 3 times (we do them every two weeks or as many as needed before you take your puppy home).
An awesome puppy beginner tote bag that includes a bag of food that the puppy has been eating, activity and health records, appropriate registration paperwork and a puppy care information packet.
A well socialized puppy that has been handled and played with several times a day by multiple people. Our six children happily assist us with this, and we expect all of our puppies to be excellent with children.
A commitment from us that not one of our puppies ever end up in a shelter-we will take your dog back at any point in their life if you can no longer care for them.
A complete willingness to provide support and answer any questions that might come up for the entire life of your furever pup.

Our Process

puppy matching

The majority of breeders operate a first come, first served policy with regard to the placement of deposits and the corresponding selection of puppies. The first to place their deposit gets to select their puppy from the whole litter, the second to place their deposit gets the second, so on and so forth once the puppies are first born This presents a number of issues, the most important being that nobody necessarily ends up with the puppy that is best-suited to their family.

Selecting a puppy based on colour or gender alone at birth is not advisable at all, and neither is selecting the puppy that is the first to run over to you! Despite what some of the books tell you, this is not because he has or is going to develop a special bond and be perfect for you, it is because at that moment in time, he is feeling more energetic and social than his siblings. Give it a few hours, a different puppy would come running first!

We work a little differently to most breeders and the reason is this – there is no such thing as the best puppy in the litter. There is, however, the best puppy for you and this will most likely be different to the puppy that is best for everyone else on the reservation list. Everybody’s situation, circumstances and lifestyle is different and we work to match our clients with a puppy that is a perfect fit.

We match our puppies with their forever families based on temperament first and foremost as this is the primary factor which influences how well your puppy will fit in and become a firm and happy member of your family. After this, we look at size and coat type as these are practical in nature for the size of your home and garden and if any household members suffer from dog-related allergies or asthma. Gender and colour come last because they truly are unimportant and will have no influence on how well a puppy will fit in with your family or how much you will love him or her. There is no temperament difference between males and female puppies. Each puppy has its own personality and temperament. Color is purely cosmetic – please think of it as a bonus if you get the colour you like the most! We will ALWAYS try to match with your preferences as closely as possible, but we will never forego temperament to please a client on gender or color because that would not be the best thing to do for the puppy, or the client!

temperament asssessment

We conduct a structured assessment of every puppy’s temperament shortly after they turn 6 weeks old. This is when cognitive development is complete so we can get the most accurate results. Every puppy is placed into the same series of different scenarios and we gauge and record their reaction to each stimulus. This allows us to build a picture of how each puppy’s temperament will develop as they reach maturity. The temperament test we use is unique to Richfield Farmhouse Doodles and has been developed by combining methods used in the Volhard and APET tests and adapting them to suit the doodle breed. The Volhard and APET tests were developed for generic use across all breeds and we have found our adaptation to be most accurate and reliable for our puppies.

Final Matching

Once we have results for the litter, we compare these against client applications and match them up. Temperament comes first, then we look at other physical attributes. After the matching process is complete, we advise clients which puppy or puppies have been matched to them. If for some reason, a client chooses not to accept any puppy that has been matched to them, their reservation can be transferred to an alternative litter. It is important that everyone is excited about the arrival of their new family member – if you don’t come across as being excited, we will be concerned as to why! Every puppy deserves to go to a home where their new family is excited for their arrival! SUCCESS The beauty of the puppy matching process is that every client ends up with a puppy that is a great fit for them and our puppies end up in a home with a family where they will thrive. We get emails from clients all the time about how well their puppy has settled in and what a great fit they have proved to be with the family – this tells us that we have done a good job!