Welcome to the Golden Doodle Pad. Our family farm is located just west of Columbia, Missouri on 35 acres of beautiful farm land. Our dogs are part of our family and receive lots of love and socialization with people, other dogs, cats, chickens & cows. We pride ourselves on providing our customers with healthy and happy pets. Our farm and facilities have plenty of room for the dogs to play and live in a comfortable, family-friendly environment. Our dogs and puppies all receive lots of love and play time from our family and friends, and have lots of personality and love to give to their new families and homes.
Our Story
Our adventure into breeding began when we adopted two mini goldendoodles in June of 2017. We lost our previous dog, Sadie, to old age. The house was too quiet so we decided to begin searching for a furry family member. We fell in love with two mini goldendoodles. We loved that the breed is virtually non-shedding and hypoallergenic. We have a son with allergies so this characteristic was appealing to us. We fell in love with everything about our puppies and as we took them to baseball games, we were asked constantly about the type of breed and recommendations on a breeder. Well here we are, sharing the love. If you are interested in a forever friend, a furry family member, a loving, smart, non-shedding, hypoallergenic dog then contact us. We would love to find great homes for our furry friends.
About the Breed
A Mini Goldendoodle can be a cross breed between a Golden Retriever mom and a Miniature Poodle dad (F1), mini goldendoodle mom and a mini poodle dad (f1b), a mini goldendoodle mom and a mini goldendoodle dad (f2). Poodle hybrids have become very popular recently. Here at the Golden Doodle Pad we breed for hybrid vigor, the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring. Therefore, we only breed f1 and f1b mini goldendoodles.
The Mini Goldendoodle, like the Labradoodle and many other Poodle cross breeds is bred to produce a very low shedding dog for individuals who want a dog, but who suffer from allergies to shedding hair or have other problems with excessive shedding. While the Mini Goldendoodle is typically a low-shedding dog, it may shed some. The Mini Goldendoodle works well for many allergy sufferers.
Appearance
There are currently no size classifications for a full grown Mini Goldendoodle dog. It is difficult to know exactly what size a Mini Goldendoodle will grow to as an adult, regardless of parent’s size. Mini Goldendoodle sizes can vary. Some Mini Golden doodles adults dogs may grow beyond their intended size. The mini Goldendoodles usually grow to be about 13-16 inches tall . They average between 10-35 pounds full grown depending on whether it is an f1, f1b, f2 or multi-generation. Some may stay smaller than their average and some may grow to be larger than their average. There is no way to guarantee the size of a full grown Miniature Goldendoodle .
The Goldendoodles can come in many different colors, depending on the parent’s genes passed onto the pup. A variety of colors can come from the same litter. Our focus at Golden Doodle Pad is the brown/red F1 & F1b mini golden doodles.
Temperament
The Goldendoodle mini is a loving, loyal dog and has a keen sense of smell. They can be taught to enjoy swimming, as both the Golden Retrievers and Poodles normally enjoy water. Mini Goldendoodles are intelligent, friendly, and great with kids. They are easily trained, highly social, and by nature are easy with strangers and other dogs. They love to play, and retain the strong retrieving instincts of the Golden Retriever.
Breed Status
The Mini Goldendoodle is not a pure breed; rather, it is a specific type of mixed-breed dog or “crossbreed”. It is not accepted for registration by registries such as the American Kennel Club or United Kennel Club.
Mini Goldendoodle standard is an F1 (first generation) pairing between purebred Miniature Poodle and Golden Retriever parents. There are also other classifications of Mini Goldendoodles. One is known as an F1 backcross Mini Goldendoodle, or F1-B. These dogs result from a union of Mini Goldendoodle plus Mini Poodle parents.