Our dogs live with us and our children on our lifestyle property in the beautiful Bay of Islands. They come on bush walks, kayaks, beach fun, river splashes, town visits and cafe trips. Our beautiful dogs are our close family friends, given love and encouragement every day which gives them sound mental health and confident qualities for breeding perfect puppies.

Well socialised parents of pups make a huge difference to the confidence and mind health of your future furbaby. In most cases I have raised the parents of your puppies, from a puppy themselves. In some rare cases, I have chosen a stud for my girl which I would intend to keep a puppy from. I NEVER send my girls into guardian care and returning them to get pregnant with a litter of puppies.

Raising the parents of your puppy in a positive environment plays a huge part in the trust and confidence your puppy has; setting them up with a lifelong skill of trust in human companionship. When you invest in a Bellawai Goldendoodle puppy – you have absolutely picked the best soft shaggy buddy with low/no fur drop that you can get!

At Bellawai Dogs we understand that it is a huge commitment to breed happy, healthy dogs.  It’s a full-time occupation for me to prepare your puppy and maintain the mental and physical health of our dogs.

Your puppy is born at our home in a comfortable room with us right there.  For the first two weeks hubby and I take turns sleeping in with the Mummy dog and the puppies. Taking four-hourly sleepless shifts so we are awake and on-hand for help and support to our girl and your puppy 24 hours a day. Just like a nurse and midwife (I call it a midwoof!). It is such joy to dote on your puppy’s Mummy which makes the birthing support in our home so much easier as well. Because of Simon and my interaction, along with our young adults, teen and four year old children; your puppy is confident with men, women and children when they come to you.

We get to know each fluffy furbaby personally from the moment they are born as I assist with delivery. Whelping support to the puppies and our girl for up to 10 hours as each precious bundle is born.  I am able to put the time and effort into starting each puppy on the right foot by your fluffy friend being handled from the moment it is born. Assisting he or she with their first breaths and supporting them to breastfeed from their Mummy straight away. This greatly reduces the stress hormones of your puppy and forms an immediate trust bond with humans, which gives a wonderful start to life with people.

We only breed with due dates far enough apart that none of our girls have the pressure of their birth shared with another girl. This important head start for your furbaby.

All Bellawai, Goldendoodle puppies have me there at the birth and assist the whole way through. I have a very strong bond with my dogs and as a birth support are able to support them at their most vulnerable time. Gentle ENS (early neurological stimulation) and ESI (early scent introduction) is started with your puppy when they are 3 days old with gentle touch which develops over the first three weeks of their life. Your puppy is started with open crate training at 3 weeks old with all of their littermates together so they feel safe with a den. This makes following on with closed crate training at 7 weeks easier for you when you have baby home as a crate space is familiar. Clicker and voice training begins at 4 weeks old with your puppy. Your puppy learns to sit, experience with wearing and walking with a lead and recall-follow. We use enthusiastic voices of “pup pup” when training the pups, so as to give positive words which you can carry forward when you take your fluffy baby home – regardless of their chosen name.

Each of our clients receives three training videos of myself and puppies from previous litters. These videos will be made available to you prior to receiving your puppy so you have time to watch and learn techniques they have already learned.

To help with your bonding you will find loads of progress photos on our Instagram and Facebook pages.  We encourage you to stay in touch with us for the life of your dog we have bred so we are able to offer further help and ongoing support.

Goldendoodles have a long history of smarts and loyalty. In 1969 Monika Dickens (great granddaughter of Charles Dickens) crossed a Golden Retriever with a Standard Poodle to gain a family focused dog with the gentle nature of the Golden Retriever and the clever smarts of the Poodle. Goldendoodles (also called Retradoodles, Groodles) have amazing qualities of wanting to be with you and give you love and companionship. They adore humans and are regularly used as assistance dogs because of their giant hearts and loyalty that is inherent in both very clever breeds.

My first Goldendoodle, Polly was fun and clever with a nature as golden as the sun. Polly was a huge part of my life and with her passing, I knew I would breed “Pollydogs”, as I call them, for other active and caring families.

I am happy to help you choose a breed match for your family. My breeding program is boutique in size, so we only have several litters a year in total. This means there are not puppies available all the time. If you don’t see an available puppy on my website, please contact me to request to be added to our waiting list. I always know when my girls are expecting their next litter and with which dog is their stud.

I breed first and second generation Goldendoodles. So some puppies are from our Goldador Retrievers Mabel or Jewel; or Poodle lady Heidi and others from our Goldendoodle girls Flossy and Holly. Our studs Arthur the great white giant Standard Poodle and Finnegan our Golden Retriever stud. The different parentage gives a wool curly coat rather than the traditional wavy surfy shaggy look.  All our Goldendoodles grow the traditional beard and moustache.

Don’t worry if it all sounds a bit complicated, I can explain all of this to you so you can get the coat type and hybrid vigor you prefer. We do this initially online, followed by a chat via video or phone call. This way you can order your puppy ahead of time, depending on the fur type you require. To find out more please contact me.