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Puppy Suite
Puppies are born in beautiful birthing suites and given lots of love by our 3 children. For the first week of life they are kept warm and safe with their mother. When puppies are 1 week old they start to have regular contact with people especially children. We introduce them to many new smells, noises, and environments to help them become very adaptable to the world around them. We practice the “Puppy Culture” method and encourage our future families to learn about this method prior to bringing puppy home as it is a wonderful training method going forward. We also partner with Baxter & Bella which is an online training system for our families so each family has the tools they need to ensure a successful transition into their home. Because of our partnership there is 25% off when the code Ruby is entered at checkout. We start to paper train at 3 weeks of age helping to make the potty training transition in their future home much quicker when that time comes. These weeks are also important as we start to acclimate the puppies to the outside world. They have daily opportunities to be outside to explore all the new sights and smells as well as start the potty training process further. By the time our puppies go to their new homes they are very used to going outside and when they can't wait they use the paper in their specific area. We also start to work on simple training such as come, and name recognition (if their future family give us that). By 3-4 weeks of age puppies start on their first bites of puppy food. We use high quality Life’s Abundance Dog Food that helps support optimal puppy growth, brain development, healthy immune & digestive tract, and so much more. We strongly encourage families to continue on this food to support their puppies health long into the future. Even after starting on puppy food, puppies continue to nurse from their mother, but begin the weaning process. This is about the time we transition the puppies from our home to the heated and air-conditioned outside puppy area with large outdoor play area. This gives the puppies much more space to explore, learn, and grow. We continue the “Puppy Culture” process with much handling and introduction to new environments and toys on a regular basis. We do not start the clicker portion of “Puppy Culture” but do encourage families to continue this process at home. At 6 weeks puppies are ready for their first round of shots as well as a full check up from our vet. We are very lucky to have a wonderful veterinarian who comes right to our home. This gives our puppies the advantage of not needing to be introduced to possible germs and illness that can accompany a clinic setting as well as the stress this may cause. The puppies mother remains a large part of the puppies world during these weeks continuing to nurse periodically and teaching the puppies appropriate play/submission. We de-worm each puppy and perform nail care at weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks of age. They also receive several baths and routine grooming as needed so they become accustomed to this as it will be a part of their life for years to come. We believe the puppies front dew claws help to serve as their thumb so we do not remove them. We do have our veterinarian remove rear dew claws as they are prone to getting snagged and can cause problems down the road. We let our puppies go to their new families at 8 weeks of age. This is a very bitter sweet time for our family as each puppy has its place in our hearts and home. We enjoy being able to keep in contact with our puppies new families to see how they are doing. Our Standard Bernedoodles will range in size from 75-90lb (but may be larger). Our Medium Bernedoodles range in size from 50-70lbs. They enjoy exercise so a fenced yard, underground fence, country living, or an active life styled family is best. They also enjoy being with their families so for that reason they do not do well being in a kennel for long periods regularly. They will require grooming as they have a low to no shed coat. It is best to call a local groomer to get a price quote as this is an expense that sometimes is not fully considered when purchasing. PUPPIES COME WITH:
Our puppies are only sold as pets. They are not sold for any breeding programs. We require a written contract that you will have puppy spayed or neutered as soon as it is recommended by their veterinarian. TESTIMONIALS: “My son Stanley was desperate for a puppy, since he was 10 years old. I, on the other hand had no interest. Seven years later, after researching breeders for years he found Lisa! I was introduced to Ruby’s Goldendoodles and so began the process. We saw photos of Aggie, the most magnificent Bernese mountain dog and her new litter. Once she gave birth to these adorable puppies, we followed their development and this become my obsession. Lisa would post videos and photos weekly which connected us in such a way, there was no turning back. When I reached out to Lisa, she was kind, patient and caring. She gave me the time and attention I needed to feel confident and comfortable to accept this new member into our family. Every week we looked forward to seeing the puppies development. They were being crate trained at an early age and desensitized to loud noises while giving them confidence to be playful, which has since proved to be the reason our Aston is such a well adjusted, confident, happy, healthy, young pup!” When the day came for us to meet Aston, Lisa made it so easy the transition felt seamless. Thank you, Lisa for raising Aston in the most caring, loving well disciplined way. We are so happy that you and your family are part of ours! Xo” "Our experience from first email to long after we brought our pup home was wonderful. Lisa communicates so clearly and effectively you always know where you are at in the process. Our pup, Beans, has been so amazing. While he required the usual hard work and patience of taking care of a puppy, because of the environment he was brought up in he clearly was steps a head of other puppies we play with. The most obvious was when we started puppy kindergarten as he was comfortable trying new things, gentle with strangers, and very playful with other pups, not to mention the smartest pup in class. While we do work hard at his training, things just seem to come easier for him than his classmates. I credit all of that to Lisa’s responsible breeding practices and environment that she raises her pups in. Our vets office, boarding and dog walkers, and dog class trainers, all ask where we got him as they are so impressed with his temperament and intelligence. This was our first time getting a pup and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience.” The first picture is from our snow shoe trip up Hunger Mountain today. He is 58lbs and mid way through “Good Manners 2” at the humane society. He is a pretty mellow boy but he is the happiest and excited when we show up for dog classes on Wednesdays, he just seems to love the challenge of it! ~Laura “ We are so thankful for Lisa and her family! When it comes to the task of helping bring new puppies into the world, Lisa is incredibly attentive, kind, and caring. This much is clear from the website, pictures and videos, but we grew more appreciative of her with each communication. She is a sincere person who cares about the details of this process, and provides lots of helpful updates and instructions at each step along the way.
The program she uses to expose the puppies to diverse stimuli really works in our opinion. Our healthy, confident, gorgeous puppy, Tilly, has from day one been surprisingly unperturbed by most things. Loud noises, unexpected happenings, car rides, unfamiliar places — she stays calm by default! It’s remarkable, we’ve honestly never met a puppy like this. This makes our life easier, but it also seems to have made a more peaceful puppy. We also love that all of the mom and dad dogs have happy lives and get to live in homes with their families. Our impression is that Lisa (and her family) really do this work out of love. It has been such a gift to be able to watch all the puppies grow together and see their unique personalities, and to see our new best friend be so loved and cared for from her very first days of life. We cannot recommend Ruby’s Goldendoodles enough, and we won’t hesitate to email Lisa when we’re ready for another puppy.” ~Calais 
"Georgie is loving life! She is a great puppy we are blessed to have her. She's been busy traveling to see her human siblings. Great traveler. Loves puppy class with all her new friends and aced the come when recalled at the last class! She impressed all. She sleeps through the night. :) since night two!
Will definitely recommend your puppies!" ~Jenna 
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“Tiggy is the best puppy we could have ever imagined. Smart, snuggly, calm, confident, and very food motivated! His favorite things to do are play with other dogs and get attention from strangers on walks, and his least favorite thing is any time he can't see me AND Tucker. At 16 weeks, he's now 43 lbs. I love how big he is and we're so excited to see how big he ends up someday!!
THANK YOU, again, for all of the work you put in with the puppies when they were young. You can totally tell - he's good with people of all ages, dogs of all sizes, new sounds, etc. We are so grateful to have found him.” 
“Dougla is still super mellow and I am the envy of everyone who meets him!! Our senior dog is extremely submissive and spent the first week hiding from Dougal .... Second week completely avoiding Dougal ...... Third week barely tolerating Dougal ..... And this week they have just started to play!”
Dougal loves the chickens and gets along extremely well with other dogs. He has been around the baby a lot, even though I have not started babysitting yet. Dougal has only had 1 accident in the house and has started to sleep with us at night! He can now get on furniture, so he has lots of places to sit, but his favorite spot is under the table next to my chair!" 
"The Burhart's were wonderful breeders to work with. They are loving and caring in every way and it shows in the puppies. I had my Levi picked out by day two. It was a really long time to wait to be able to take him home. The Burkhart's sent me pictures so I could track Levi's growth and to see how much he was loved. They helped make this an amazing experience. I would recommend them and their puppies to anyone.
~Dawn (Levi is pictured below) 
“Fonzie is the 5th dog I’ve had in my life. I don’t want to dishonor my other pups, but he is the BEST one yet. Still a gentle giant. So calm. Not much barking. Easy and eager to train. Total goofball. His nickname is “Floppy” because he just flops down. We’ve had multiple family parties in the last month. People keep asking me if I drug him because he is so calm and relaxed.” -Paul
Rocky has been the most wonderful addition to our family! Lisa and her family are amazing and raised him in such a warm loving. We loved how Lisa included us throughout the first 8 weeks by sending us pictures of Rocky so we could feel apart of his early development. He came to us with the best temperament and the transition into his new home was seamless. We give Lisa and her family the highest of recommendations! ~The Sherman Family "Trader is my new little guy. He was raised by Lisa and her family and the experience was 10 out of 10. I picked him out when he was 4 weeks old and I got pictures with updates from Lisa that made me love him more. Trader is growing like a weed. He is active and very lovable. He gets along well with his big brother Fred"
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