Are you wondering about therapy dog training for goldendoodles? Anyone with a goldendoodle in their life knows that they have an amazing ability to connect with people. As such, we’ve had quite a few of our sweet Rainfield goldendoodle puppy go on to get their therapy dog training, with some going even further and becoming service dogs. Every time we hear from one of our Rainfield familes that their dog has gotten their therapy dog certification, we like to give them a big old Texas shout out!
Willie Nelson (Left) and brother, Waylan
Today we are here to celebrate Willie Nelson, one of our Rainfield F1 goldendoodle dogs. Willie just passed his Therapy Dog testing and is eager to start visiting longterm care facilities in the fall. He says that it’s going to tough work having to visit all those friendly people who will shower him with love and pats and sometimes treats, but some dog has GOTTA do it, right? Good job, Willie! We are rooting for ya!
Tip – How to Get Your Doodle in Therapy Dog Training
Goldendoodles are smart, eager to please and love to learn, so if you have the time and want to share some of that doodle love with others in need in this way, therapy dog training for goldendoodles can be a perfect solution. We recommend starting early giving your goldendoodle puppy their basic training wit a good trainer (once they have their all their shots). Be sure to thoroughly socialize your puppy by taking them out and exposing them to a variety of real-life situations and a variety of people.
Once you get their basic training finished, if they’ve done well and seem like a good fit and temperment for therapy work, go ahead and keep going on their training. Get them into the intermediate and advanced dog training classes. Some trainers are able to give your goldendoodle the Canine Good Citizen Test, which your doodle will need to qualify for Therapy dog training. If your trainer does not offer this, ask them for recommedations of where you can get this. Once your goldendoodle has their CGC (Canine Good Citizen) certificate, they will need to take a test to qualify as a therapy dog. Some trainers offer Therapy Dog Test prep classes to get your doodle ready for the big day. Once they have their certification, organizations like Paws for Therapy can get your connected to facilities looking for certified Therapy Dogs.
If you have the time (and a doodle), we hope you will consider therapy dog training for goldendoodles.
Remembering Valorie and Her Loving Appreciation of Service Dogs
I was thinking about my sweet grandaughter, Valorie, who left this world 4 years ago and thought I would do a post in her memrory and in appreciation of service dogs.
For 18 years, my husband and I were blessed with being Grandparents to Valorie, our third grandchild. Valorie had so much going on in her life besides her battles with Cystic Fibrosis and her Lucy and Goldendoodle puppies were just one beautiful part of her life. She had a big hand in socializing and training the pups when she was with me, which was often in the early years. Sweet Valorie was often with me on ‘Gothcha Days’ when people would come to their new goldendoodle puppy. Valorie had so much to say that I often had trouble getting a word in edgewise as she would gave the new families a rundown of their new puppy. Valorie would make sure they had all the best tips for doodle care’ and knew what their care and training history had been so far. Each familiy was always so kind and patient as they listened to her sometimes lengthy explanations. .Val was blessed with a special connection with dogs, especially puppies. Our pups all loved Vaorie! I would often find her asleep on the floor with puppies sleeping all around her.
This July marks 4 years since she sprouted her wings and started her Heavenly journey. She is greatly missed by all that knew her. She may have left us young, but she sure left her mark and a memorable legacy.
So today, as we remember sweet Valorie, apprecition of service dogs and the joy they added to her precious life seems like it goes hand in hand. Here are some our favorite pictures of her and her loyal companion and service dog, Lucy.
Check out our 2023 Summer Sale – goldendoodle puppy! We have a male goldendoodle puppy and 2 females ready to go now. They are doing well on their potty training and crate training and are pretty much house trained (with crate training). They are learning manners and are doing well with training. I will show you how to work with them when you come to meet them. These doodle pups will be small to medium standards, probably 40-50 lbs. The male has a culier coat and the females have shaggy wavy coats.
Pricing for our Summer Sale – Goldendoodle Puppy!
The price for one of these pups is $1850, a $400 disount on our regular price of $2250. The sale goes through the end of July, so contact me today to get your new furry family member. If you want to reserve one of these cuties, you can put down a $350 deposit to hold the pup until you are able to come out and pick them up. They are ready to go home now. The pups have had their shots and first vet check and are wonderful, healthy pups.
How to Get One of these Goldendoodle Puppies
As mentioned above, these puppies are ready to go to their new homes now. If you would like more information on these puppies, their temperments, and how they are doing on their training to see which one might work for you, contact me today by phone or text 281-235-3272. You can also reach me by email at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com. Puppy. To see examples of our older doodles and see what our Rainfield family has to say about darling doodles, please feel free to check out our Rainfield Goldendoodles facebook page.
If you’re having trouble training your goldendoodle puppy, here are some tips I gleaned during my adventures training a goldendoodle puppy named Archie.
Little Archie is a three month old F1b goldendoodle puppy. I spent a few minutes each morning giving him some one on one training. Well, this moring he said “no way!”
I had clipped a leash on Archie for the first time and he immediately let me know it was the greatest insult. He squirmed, twisted and wiggled as hard as he could to get that contraption off of his little collar. Thankfully, I had equipped myself with a bag of small liver treats. He had been doing so well with everything else I had done with him so far, so it took me by surprize as he shook his head and refused to budge. It was so unlike him. But first — backtracking a bit….
The importance of the right treats
My dogs and puppies will do anything for a liver treat. I like to buy them fresh from the store, cook them up and cut them into little pieces. Yesterday, I caused quite a sensation at the grocery store. While shopping, the meat market people brought out packages of liver marked on sale. They no sooner placed the packages on the shelf, then I had transferred them all to my basket. I could imagine other shoppers’ thoughts on my extreme love of liver. Not many people eat liver now days. At times like this, I pretend no one is watching. What can one woman do with 25 lbs of liver in her shopping cart?
Leash training a goldendoodle puppy
Well, back to Archie, he initially refused to move. I placed a treat a foot in front of him and he still did not budge. I put him in ‘sit’ position and waited. I had time. After about 20 minutes of taking ‘1 ft moves’, he seemed to forget his resolve to make me sweat it out. He decided to follow. While I had been faithful with his daily training session, somehow I had neglected his leash training. I knew I had a bit of catching up but was not prepared for his staunch resolve. Good news though, it did not take long before we had lots of progress. I have to admit, those little liver bits, work wonders. They are ‘high value’ treats. He is sometimes opinionated at first but it is inspiring to see how quickly he catches on. We actually had a little run together on the way back home, on leash.
Training can be so much fun. He is such a good boy and is quick to learn. And, of course, he teaches me patience.
Get your goldendoodle puppy today!
With summer kicking into gear, it’s the perfect time to adopt a goldendoodle puppy. Right now we have Archie and his sister, Cherish, Archie is a curly F1b goldendoodle puppy and his sister is a shaggy, wavy, goldendoodle. Both are expected to be small to medium standards. They are doing very well with potty training, crate training, and more, including, thankfully, leash training.
If you’d like more information about adopting either of these darling goldendoodle pups, or would like to get on a future list for a puppy, contact me today at 281-235-3272, or email laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com
Tip – How do you make the goldendoodle in your life REALLY happy? Take those goldendoodles on vacation with you and encourage them to be one of those beach loving goldendoodles!
Sweet Noelle had her first trip to the beach last week. Although she spent a good part of the week staying way AWAY from all that salty beach water in Corpus Cristi, the part she DID love was hanging with her two small charges, my grandkids, rolling in the sand, running along the beach and making sure no harm came to her very own “littles”. She will have sweet dreams when she gets back home.
Adopt an older goldendoodle
While goldendoodle puppies are a great joy, sometimes an older goldendoodle, like Noell, who is already past their puppy stage, is a better fit. Ocassionally we get older goldendoodles returned. It’s rare, but sometimes life changes happen and we do ask that our families contact us if they need to rehome their goldendoodle for any reason. We also ocassionally have goldendoodle and poodle parents of ours who are retiring and would love to have a home of their own.
If you would like to go on our list to adopt an older goldendoodle, contact me at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com.
