Adopting a Goldendoodle.
When you adopt, you’re not just giving a deserving dog a home, you’re also reducing the demand for puppy mills and other industrial-scale breeding operations that put profit before animal welfare.
When circumstances are such that you aren't able to adopt, be sure to seek out reputable, fully licensed and inspected breeders. They shouldn’t require any money from you to visit them in-person.
They should be more than happy to show you where the puppy was born and raised. They should have the puppy and parents on-site for you to meet in-person. They should be more than happy to share with you any pertinent information. For example; proof of licensing and inspection records, vaccination and worming records, health test results, health warranties, pedigrees, registration papers, and so on.
A reputable breeder will never require any type of commitment or payment from you before you’ve had the opportunity to do your due diligence. This includes getting to meet them, the puppy, and the puppy’s parents. If they claim to use Guardian Homes, they should allow you to visit them as well.
Beware of fake “Guardian Homes” and fake “Breeders.”
The Los Angeles Times did an extensive two year investigation on fake guardian homes and puppy-mill brokers pretending to be breeders.
Doodles Los Angeles, for example, had a steady flow of furry-faced puppies available online. Miriam Alperson and Daniel Zaraya of Doodles Los Angeles ordered roughly 500 puppies from Ohio since 2021, according to travel certificates. An attorney for the company declined to answer questions about whether customers are given breeder information, but said the company has a local, state-licensed veterinarian do health checks on dogs it imports. The attorney also said that it has temporarily suspended operations after receiving a “notice of violation” in Ventura County for not having a kennel license, which the company did not know was required.
Travis Sneed, a Silicon Valley groomer, said he breeds, trains and sells dogs to the public as well as to law enforcement agencies for therapy programs. He has prior convictions for defrauding a property owner and scamming people buying tech products online. Sneed operates Silicon Valley Goldendoodles at a sprawling estate he rents in Los Gatos, where his website touts “a strong emphasis on natural rearing.”
Learn-more see links below:
Pets for profit: An in-depth investigation by the Los Angeles Times
Bills Introduced to Stop the Puppy Mill Pipeline in California
Did your dog come from the puppy pipeline?
To see if your pet was listed in travel documents unearthed by The Times, enter its 15-digit microchip number into this database.