While not yet able to master complex or fancy tricks, between 6-8 weeks of age smart little goldendoodle puppies catch on very quickly to some of the earliest, but most basic, training techniques and pre-training exercises. We start by teaching our young Rainfield goldendoodle pups to sit and pay attention or to “Watch me!” which is one of the very first things every dog has to learn in training . Pups that have mastered this basic skill go on to be much easier to train once they mature and are able to retain more information.
If you’ve ever visited with a litter of puppies, you know that it’s no small feat to get three pups to sit nicely on a dog cot, watching you and waiting at attention. Enter our early Rainfield Puppy Training tips.
We actually teach the whole litter to Mand or “Watch ME” at the same time. We start by using high value soft treats initially. At first the puppies are in their own little puppy world, romping around, tumbling and playing. We stand at the edge of the pen and use a hand motion, waiting for one of the pups to notice. The most attentive pup in the litter will be the first to notice and curiously sit down to see what we’re up. We quickly treat the pup with our high value treat. That pup is now sold on this new trick and goes on to repeat it over and over again as they get more treats. Pretty soon, a second notices that something is up and one of their siblings is getting something special. One by the one, the pups stop playing as they realize what’s going on and join in on the activity. Pretty soon we need 10 hands to quickly treat all the little cuties as they sit and wait *not so patiently* for their treat. Later we add a verbal cue. I use ‘watch me’ and ‘sit’.
Adult goldendoodles sitting at attention.
If you are looking for a goldendoodle puppy to add to your family, click here to find out more about our summer litter of goldendoodle puppies for Sale now.
UPDATE: This gorgeous goldendoodle has been adopted and is no longer available, however, if you are looking for an older goldendoodle, we do occasionally assist with rehoming of adult goldendoodles. Please get in touch with us and we will add you to our list and let you know when we have one of these beauties available.
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If you love the idea of having a goldendoodle, but would like to skip over the puppy phase, we have an adult goldendoodle available in Houston — a sweet, 5 year old standard-sized F1 female goldendoodle in need of a new home.
5 Year Old Adult Goldendoodle Available in Houston
This sweet pup is a friendly, outgoing, red F1 goldendoodle with shaggy hair. She loves to be around people and would make a great companion and playmate. This girl is house and crate trained and does well with children, other dogs and cats, although she can be a bit bossy with younger dogs who do “dumb stuff”. She is an indoor dog, but loves walks, games of fetch, outdoor playtime, and exploring the great outdoors. Although she’s 5, she has the energy to keep up just fine. Training-wise, she knows basic commands, is very smart and a quick learner.
Shaggy Coat and Grooming Style
When out and about, she gets lots of compliments on her beautiful red hair, especially when it grows out a little. As an F1 goldendoodle with shaggy, wavy hair, she can grow her hair out fairly long and sport that signature Goldendoodle look. The good news is she rarely mats and has a fairly low-maintenance coat, BUT, she does shed some. SHe doesn’t shed as much as retrievers, but she does shed, especially if not brushed out regularly. If you brushed her out once a week, you could probably avoid a lot of that though.
Temperment — Likes and Dislikes
If you had to sum up this sweet pooch with one major quality, that would definitely be that she’s a real people dog and is SUPER affectionate. If you know of someone who needs a companion and friend, She would be in heaven to have that kind of job! She sometimes has to be told “Too much love! Go to your place!” (her dog cot) but that’s not a bad thing. This beautiful doodle just loves people, snuggles, pets and gives lots of doodle kisses.
This girl has got a very sweet, good nature and generally listens well, but is more on the energetic side. She is 5 though and has calmed down a lot from her younger years., but when she gets very excited about something, she can zip around a bit. That is partly why we don’t recommend her to a family with babies or very small children (under 5 years old). She would love them, but could accidentally bump into small or young children and knock them over with her exhuberance.. She can spend hours outside watching over kids playing the back yard and waiting them to throw a ball, etc.
Her retriever mama was a field golden retriever, which is where she gets her beautiful, red color from. Field goldens tend to be great hunting and sporting dogs, etc. This sweetie definitely inherited her mama’s good nose and sense of smell. If there are any intruders on the property (snakes, rodents, toads, etc) she will find them and bring them to you as a good will offering. She has great ears and will bark and alert you if she hears someone at the door or someone coming into the driveway. In that way, she does better than most doodles at being an alert dog/watch dog.
She is a good traveler and loves to get out of the house and go on errands. Although she can be a little shy at first with new people, she warms up quick, especially once she realizes they are good petters. She’ll do Home Depot, but Petsmart is her favorite!
She loves toys — especialy the squeaky kind. Fetch is her favorite active game and she can beat any dog to the tennis ball.
As we said earlier, she’s an indoor dog and does well in her crate at night and when alone at home. If left outside for too long alone, she will get lonely and bark.. She must go to a home that plans to have her as an indoor dog (except for potty breaks or supervised outdoor time).
This doodle is a water lover! When it’s hot out, you’ll often find her soaking in a bucket, tub or pool. While she hasn’t been to the beach yet, she does enjoy wading in creeks.
She loves the outdoors and going on walks. She is a fast walker though, so does best on a retractable leash or she will pull.
Thunder storms and fireworks stress her out and she gets pretty nervous. She likes to be around someone who can reassure her that the sky is not falling.
Health:
She is a very healthy dog with no existing health issues, very active and gets around great. This beauty is chipped and up to date on shots, including rabies and comes with a health record.
Ideal Home and Rehoming Fee
Honestly, she’d do well in a wide variety of situations, from being a good pet for a family with kids (5 years and old) and other pets in the home, to someone who is active and needs a companion to be out and about, or a companion dog to retirees with a calmer situation where she can lounge around and be pampered.
We are asking for a $250 rehoming fee for her..
If interested in finding out more this adult goldendoodle available in Houston please contact us by today by email at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com.
Meet Polly, an adorable little female goldendoodle for sale in Houston! She is an apricot colored shaggy/wavy F1b goldendoodle puppy. Polly is a standard goldendoodle, so will probably max out at about 50-60 pounds.
How to Adopt Polly
If you’d like to adopt Polly, contact me today by email at nadia@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com, or phone at 832-971-4649 or by clicking here. If you’d like to see pictures of our doodles and their families, check out our Facebook page. More details below, so read on.
Shaggy Goldendoodle Puppy for Sale – Houston
Little Polly Doodle wishes you all a wonderful August. She is going on 7 weeks old and will be ready to go to her new home in early September.
Polly is a wonderful little girl who has very good manners. She loves her outdoor play time once the hot sun goes down a little. She is eating dry kibble, sleeps in her crate each night. SHe is sweet and affection, although a little shy at first. She likes to take new things in and figure them out before she jumps into the fun.
Doodles are so smart, aren’t they?
Pricing and Other Tidbits
Polly will be ready to go the first week of Septebber. We are asking $2150 for this cutie. She comes with her first puppy shots. We offer a health guarantee on all our pups. Contact us today about our goldendoodle for sale – Houston!
What do you think of this beautiful piece of Goldendoodle Art? This gorgeous piece features 3 precious Rainfield Goldendoodles, Maggie, Milo and Mayze. Aren’t they beautiful? I love how different each of them looks. The artist captures their individual expressions perfectly!
Milo and Maggie are F1 goldendoodles and Mayze is an F1b with a lot of beautiful curl. Maggie was the first to steal her family’s heart, Milo and Mayze came later, but fit right into the family. You know what they say… you can’t just have one goldendoodle. Thank you to their mom and dad for sharing this beautiful piece of goldendoodle art with us.
(Note: The goldendoodle puppies in this post are available. If you’d like more information on our goldendoodle puppies for sale, contact me at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com.)
While we normally have all our goldendoodle puppies spoken for by the time they’re ready to go home, every now and then we have a few who stick around for a little longer. When this happens, not only do we get some extra time with the pups to do early training, we get the fun job of getting to introduce the puppies to all sorts of new experiences, which we also call “sociazliation.”
Archie loves his car rides
Socializing a goldendoodle puppy doesn’t end with puppyhood. Those first 12 weeks are crucial, but the next few months, especially after they’ve had their shots — that’s when the real fun starts.
For instance, the pups we still have from our summer litter are 20 weeks old now and have had all their shots, so I have a different buddy with me whever I go these days. They’ve been on trips with me to Sam Houston National Park and met the park rangers, they go to Home Depot and any stores that are pet friendly, they have been to our neighbors farm and have met their livestock. These doodle pups get to go on playdates with the grandkids and more.
Sunny Bear, meet Smokey Bear!
All in Days Work Socializing a Goldendoodle
One of my recent highlights was taking the litter girl puppy into a local feed store yesterday and letting her explore a little. She loved meeting the friendly staff, but then seemed especially attracted to one man. He smiled and let me know that he is a REAL dog guy! He breeds and trains hunting dogs and 34 dogs at the moment. Now it all makes sense. This little goldendoodle knows how to pick’em.
I moved on with my shopping and the little pup trailed along. Well, this little goldendoodle is a bit of a huntress herself and delights in chasing our many country bugs and butterflies. Being an observant little doodle, she has watched me closely. We have some scary unusual country bugs that bite, so I carry my fly swatter as I go about my chores outside.
I finished checking out, and turned to go. As we were walking out, I glanced at the pup and noticed that she had visited the fly swatter display while I wasn’t looking and was proudly leaving the store with the one she had picked out in her mouth. I figured she was thinking I was leaving my favorite accessory behind or she was planning to get her own to facilitate her bug hunting. Locusts are her favorite. I guess we’ll see if she took my speech about not shoplifting to heart.
To finish up puppy’s day out, we popped in our neighbor who has a s beautiful bay horse.. It turns out my little girl is a horse lover too.
EVERYONE loves doodle kisses, right?
Adopt a Goldendoodle
If you are interested in adding one of our wonderful goldendoodle puppies to your family, please contact me today. You can click here to get in touch. Call or text 281-235-3272. Email: laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com or visit us at our Rainfield Goldendoodles Facebook page. We currently have a few of our summer puppies still available. They are 5 months old so are doing really well with crate training and potty training. In addition to daily socialization exercises, these doodle pups are getting a daily training session.
