Labradoodle Puppies

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We are expecting two new litters! One of Labradoodles and one of Goldendoodles! August will be a busy month, but a very happy one for us!

URGENT, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CA REPRESENTATIVES

Many of you know that this Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Assembly Bill 1634 will be up for vote by the State Senate. I urge you to contact your Assemblyperson and your Senator in opposition of this Bill. The Bill may be found here: http://info.sen.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery

I am sharing my letter of opposition with you. I am not including the addendums. If you would like to see them, please contact me and I will forward the information to you.

Please feel free to use any part of this letter in your correspondence of opposition.

I hope that you will take immediate action to oppose this bill, either by signing petitions, faxing letters to your representatives, or calling their offices. Thank you.

Honorable Senator Wiggins,

I am a resident of Mendocino County and I am writing to strongly oppose passage of AB 1634.

I wish to be clear that I am not opposed to the intent of this Bill. I agree that too many domestic animals are being neglected, abused, placed in shelters and euthanized.

My opposition of AB 1634 derives from experience as a responsible dog breeder who routinely donates puppies to the Guide Dogs of America and to individuals with special needs. Passage of AB 1634 into law will, effectively put me (and others like me) out of business.

One of the main problems with AB 1634 is that fails to place responsibility for an animals directly on the shoulders of those who produce them (the breeders), and those who provide a market for them (the sellers and the owners.) This Bill does nothing to enhance the plight of animals. It merely creates a biased basis for assessing fees to support euthanasia and cover costs of housing of “disposable” animals.

We already have good laws aimed at identification and regulation of breeders. Still, the overpopulation exists. What needs to happen now is a tightening of the regulations to include owners and sellers of domestic animals.

It is my hope that AB 1634 will fail and that our honorable Representatives will then form a strong, diverse, committee (consisting of attorneys, animal rights activists, shelter organizations, animal control officers, veterinarians, devoted animal owners, animal clubs, responsible breeders and various organizations who receive animals into service) to study reasonable alternatives and weigh the risks verses benefits of any limiting proposal. (Please see Addendum I for viable suggestions.)

Alternatives might include, in addition to committee study, formal mediation to assist in fair, open and unbiased communication before imposing a restrictive ordinance such as AB 1634.

This issue goes beyond the concerns announced in the Bill. These animals are placed in the stream of Interstate Commerce, and strict, prejudicial regulations, such as AB 1634, in my opinion, offend the intent and purpose of a fundamental Constitutional right, the Interstate Commerce Clause.

This bill will not stop the influx of animals into the State. It will not reduce the number of those unfortunate animals found in shelters or abandoned. The only thing this Bill will accomplish is to shut down reputable California breeding businesses and force citizens of California to buy their domestic pets from outside the state, where California has no control over the conditions of the animals and where California citizens will have no legal recourse against the breeder or seller if their animal arrives or becomes unfit, unhealthy, in pain or in need of expensive surgery due to careless breeding practices.

Please, for a moment, briefly look over the comment section of AB 1634. You will recognize that the supporters are basically shelters and veterinarians. I think their interest in its passage is obvious. But also take notice of the many in opposition, because you will see a much broader and diverse representation.

I suggest that the overpopulation of animals is directly related to irresponsible ownership. The owner must always be held accountable, but in addition, the breeder or seller of the animal must be held accountable because they select the owner. I make proposals for consideration in lieu of AB 1634, attached to this letter as Appendix I.

I wish to enlighten you with information regarding quality breeding programs, through the eyes and hearts of responsible breeders and I have included this information as Addendum II.

The problem is not solely one of irresponsible breeding, although breeding can and should be regulated properly. The true burden to the state results from irresponsible ownership and from owners who believe that animals are disposable. Still, the breeder (or seller) selects the families, therefore, breeders and sellers must be held accountable for their decisions.

Contributing to overcrowding of shelters are animals from puppy mills, brokers and back yard breeders who produce far more animals than they can sell and once the “cute” new stage is outgrown, the animal is abandoned. These “breeders” do not care where the animal goes, so long as they are getting paid, and no longer have to be troubled with even minimal care for the animal.

Thank you for considering this information. I urge you to oppose AB 1634.

Sincerely,
Jacque Reynolds

We NEED Guardian Homes!

We have recently been blessed to add the two most adorable chocolate miniature Poodles to our program. We have a boy and a girl and both are so loving and sweet...and tiny! I don't expect that either will be more than 25 lbs, if that.

We'd love to find a perfect guardian home for them. If you live in northern CA, have a sincere love and compassion for dogs, can provide a safe and loving home and would like to get one of these babies free of charge...in exchange for "keeping" them for me until I retire them from breeding, usually 4 years for girls and 5 years for boys...please let me know! (Other conditions apply.)

utahjac@yahoo.com

WE NEED A GUARDIAN HOME!

Back Porch Labradoodles of California is proud to announce that we are expecting a new female Poodle to be raised for our program. She is a Moyen (small/medium) chocolate Poodle. I don't have her picture yet, but will post it when we get one.

By the way, we may be expecting a litter in June, it has not been verified, but we expect one...I'll update this blog when I know.

WE NEED A GUARDIAN HOME for our new baby! If you have a lot of love to give, you are a kind and nurturing dog owner, and you want to own this beautiful Moyen Poodle in a few years (in exchange for keeping her for us while she is in our breeding program) please let me know.

You must live within a reasonable driving distance from us, no more than about 4 hours from Willits, California.

We can discuss the details and give you an application! (When you contact us, put "Moyen Poodle" or "Guardian Home" in the subject line so that you don't get sent to our spam filter!)

Thanks, Jacque
utahjac@yahoo.com

Our females!

These are our females. The top picture is our F1 Goldendoodle, Rosie (Beanie) we plan to breed her soon, to Chase.

Next is Lexie and then Bayley who have been our only mothers so far, and they have made beautiful puppies (as you will see if you scroll through this blog).

This year we are adding Becky, if all testing goes well, a cream/apricot F1 Labradoodle.

Finally, here is Amelia, from Lexie's and Chase's recent litter. Still a baby, so we're in no rush to see her grow up. We are just enjoying her sweet innocence.

Since we have limited space, some of our dogs are being raised by loving guardian homes. Be assured that all puppies are born and raised indoors, with lots of love and attention.

Pictures of Parent Dogs

The parents are often overshadowed by the darling puppies that they create. So, now that we are between litters, I wanted to introduce you to our parents.

The top picture is of our Standard Poodle, Chase (with Bayley, parents to Nitos, below.) The third picture is also of Chase.

The second and fourth picture is our new miniture stud, Leo (Mis B-Haven's Chewbacca and co-owned with Sutter Buttes Labradoodles.)

The final two pics are Nitos, our F1B puppy. The last picture is to give you an idea of the fleece coats we are creating with these pups! (There is an adorable face in that coat...somewhere.)

Many changes!

All of our puppies are now in their loving new homes and we miss them, but we are excited and looking forward to our future litters!
We just became co-owners (with Sutter Buttes Labradoodles and Goldendoodles) of a really special miniture red Labradoodle sire. We hope to breed him this summer either to our F1 cream Labradoodle or to Bayley, our Blue Labradoodle for our first litter of minitures.
Rosie, our Goldendoodle, will be bred soon and give us her first litter of F1B Goldendoodles (or possibly our first ever North American Retrievers).
Then, it is possible that we could get a litter of standard Labradoodles, our first cream and chocolate litter (if all goes as planned!)
So, please keep in touch and let us know if you would like to be notified of our upcoming litters! utahjac@yahoo.com

Only Four Puppies Left! utahjac@yahoo.com

We are down to 2 boys and 2 girls, please contact me if you are interested in one of our pups...they have great temperaments and coats! They will be ready for their forever home on March 21.