Are you Looking for Crate Trained Goldendoodle Puppies?
We often get asked if we have crate trained goldendoodles puppies and what new doodle owners can expect. The short answer is, yes, crate and potty training is going well and your new doodle already has some other training as well! As small breeders who home raise our goldendoodle puppies, we are always finding new ways to give our/your new goldendoodle puppy the best possible start by crate training, potty training, teaching basic manners and more. Getting a new puppy is a big step, but there are a few things that we feel make it easier to introdue a new puppy into your home. We’ll go over a few of those steps here.
This little boy has learned the place command using a dog cot
Puppies have started potty training, but need reinforcement and constant oversight
Your new goldendoodle puppy is making good progress towards potty training, however, it’s important that you reinforce it by continuing to crate train your pup and following a good schedule. Puppies under a year old should kept in a crate or a playyard when unsupervised to prevent potty accidents, but also to keep them safe and keep your home undamaged. A puppy under a year old is not reliable, no matter how sweet, well-behaved and potty trained they are. Puppies under a year of age may look full grown, but they tend to get those funny ideas to chew your favorite shoes, baseboards, chair legs and so on when bored and left to their own devices.
Playyards are a great way to give your puppy more room to play while keeping them contained. Food, water and a potty area are provided.
Your goldendoodle puppy sleeps through the night in a dog crate.
By the time our puppies go to their new homes at between 8 and 12 weeks of age, your new goldendoodle puppy is generally sleeping through the night in a dog crate. Dogs naturally try to keep their sleeping areas clean, so that night time crate training goldendoodle puppies is an important first step to potty training. If the pups are just 8 weeks old, they have been sleeping with their litter mates, so they may have an adjustment period the first night or two. It’s important to not take them out during the night and to let them learn to settle or else they will quickly learn that whining and barking in the middle of the night is much more fun than settling down to sleep.
Little Rudy just woke up from a nap and is ready to go out to potty
Puppies are eating dry kibble
We start our puppies on dry dog kibble at around 6 weeks old, so by 8 weeks of age, they are generally eating their dry food pretty well. We do suggest that you talk to your vet and determine which dog food they recommend. It should be a high quality dog food that is specifically made for puppies. Once you choose your new dog food, you can start trasitioning your puppy to the new food.
Your doodle pup has their first shots and parasite treatment
Your new puppy has their first of three puppy vaccines. Puppies need a series of three to be fully vaccinated against parvo and other canine illnesses, so you will need to keep them at home or away from places where sick or unvaccinated dogs may have been, such as parks, sidewalks, grassy dog areas, etc. If you take them shopping at pet-friendly stores, keep them in the shopping cart until they’re fully vaccinated.
Doodle puppies all seem to love their first vet visits — or they love all the attention they get from vet and staff
We Have Started Teaching Some Basic Commends and Early Training
Kenny was the smartest little guy. He caught on to everything so quickly.
Your young goldendoodle is smart and learns very quickly. The earlier they are introduced to training concepts, the quicker they catch on to what you are trying to teach them. So before your puppy leaves our home we like to teach them to “Watch Me,” (pay attention), mand (to sit using a hand motion) and to sit before being petted. Any puppies that we have that are older than 8 weeks may also have started learning “Place” on a dog cot, “Settle” and “Go Potty” to teach them to do their business quickly when put outside.
When you pick up your new goldendoodle puppy, we will spend a little time to show you what your puppy is learning and how to keep it up. We will also give you a copy of our schedule that we have the puppies on. You are free to adjust it to your own, but it’s important that when potty and crate training goldendoodle puppies that you do have a good schedule in place.
8 week old doodle puppies know that “Settle” and ‘Place” means treats.
We hope that gives you a little more confidence in adding a new puppy to your home. We know it’s a big decision, but we feel it is so worth it. Goldendoodles are such wonderful dogs, inside and out. Our goldendoodles have added so much to our family, we want to share the love.
Goldendoodle Puppies Available Now?
Little Honey with her new mama
If you would like to add one of these beautiful goldendoodle puppies to your home, call or text Laurie at 281-235-3272, or email laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com. At the moment, we have a beautiful, smart and very sweet litter of cream and apricot F1 Goldendoodle puppies. To find out more specifics about our current pups, click here. We also are expecting another litter later this summer. To see more examples of our grown doodles and puppies with their families, you can visit our Rainfield Goldendoodles Facebook or Instagram.
F1 Cream and Apricot Goldendoodle Puppies Available Now
Cream and Apricot Goldendoodle Puppies in Houston – Spring Litter
Summer Break is coming up soon and is the perfect time to add one of our little cream and apricot goldendoodle puppies in Houston to your family. Our early spring litter of puppies have arrived and will be growing and changing and will be ready for their new homes in May 2022. Our cream and apricot goldendoodle puppies are F1 puppies so will be shaggy wavy goldendoodles. The F1 designation means they are 50 percent standard poodle and 50 percent golden retriever.
Here at Rainfield, each of our puppies are home-raised and handled and played with multiple daily. They get a lot of interaction with us, our kids, grandkids and other dogs, a few cats and our neighbors chickens from time to time. Our hope for each of our goldendoodle puppies is that they go on to make great companions, friends and family members for you for years to come. To read more about Rainfield Goldendoodles and why goldendoodles are our favorite, click here.
How Do I Get One Of These Gorgeous Cream and Apricot Goldendoodle Pups?
Reach out to us via text at 281-235-3272 or email at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com and I can get you more info on these beautiful puppies. Our summer break puppies are popular, so if you’d like to take one of these cuties home with you, jump on it now.
What Coat Type and Color Will These Goldendoodle Puppies Have?
Sweet dreams little one
These Cream and Apricot Goldendoodle Puppies are F1 goldendoodles. As such they generally a beautiful shaggy, wavy coat with some curl. We’re including a few pictures from Gracie’s previous litter, who are full siblings to the pups in this litter. Goldendoodle puppies go through two or three coat changes as they grow. They generally get their full adult coat at about 2 years of age, but in the meantime, you’ll see plenty of changes. Their puppy coat will grow and thin out, and you’ll see their thicker adult coat coming in underneath.
The doodle pups in this litter may stay the same color or darken as they grow. Golden retrievers typically darken with age and poodles tend to lighten up as they get older, so being a mix, you’ll get some that take more after their poodle or retriever parent.
How Much Does a Goldendoodle Puppy Cost?
These standard sized goldendoodle puppies are $1950. To reserve one of these puppies, you will need to put down a $250 deposit that gets applied to the total price. We generally prefer Zelle or Paypal for the deposit, but check with us if you want to pay some other way. Once we receive your deposit, we will let you know what pick you have as we assign picks in the order of deposits received.
Can I Meet Your Goldendoodle Puppies and Pick the One I Want?
Yes! You are welcome to come out and visit our cream and apricot goldendoodle puppies in Houston and pick from our available puppies. We usually have families come out to visit when the puppies are around 5 to 6 weeks old. Since our puppies will not be fully vaccinated at that time, we ask that you wear clean clothes and shoes that have not been around other pets and dogs when you visit to avoid tracking in germs.
What Can I Expect from These Puppies?
Goldendoodle Pups learning to “Sit” and “Watch Me”
A few of the things that we start early with our goldendoodle puppies is crate training. They should be pretty consistently sleeping through the night by the time your puppy goes home. They should be on a good schedule where they go to bed in the closed crates about 10 or 10:30 pm and wake up between 7-8 am needing to go out and do their business. They are generally doing pretty well on their potty training (if you continue on our with their crate training), however they are still puppies, so you will need to take them out right away once you get them up in the morning, and every three to four hours during the day.
We can fill you in on the details and get you all caught up so you can keep up the good work. We also start teaching them simple commmands and getting them ready to go further in their training once they go to their new homes..
The pups have their first shots and their worming/parasite treatment. We will give you their health record at the time of pick up so you can share this with their new vet. Pups will have been to the vet and gotten a clean bill of health. We do offer a health guarantee on all our pups.
Are You Ready For Some Furry Action?
If you have any other questions or would like to know more about these wonderful cream and apricot goldendoodle puppies in Houston, just get in touch at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com or by phone at 281-235-3272. You can also contact us through our Facebook page. or on Instagram at Rainfield.Golden.Doodles.
While your’e there, feel free to check all the pictures of our grown doodles and their families.
We have a female black goldendoodle puppy who recently became available and is looking for her furever home. Beauty is an F1b goldendoodle puppy who is 4 months old. Beauty is a medium/standard goldendoodle with a curlier coat. She is playful, funny and has that great doodle personality. She is crate trained and sleeps through the night in her crate. Her potty training is coming along nicely — if you continue to crate train her. This beautiful pup has all her puppy shots and her rabies vaccinations. She also comes with a health guarantee.
Contact Info?
If you’d like to add beautiful black goldendoodle puppy to your family, you can reach me by email at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com or by text or phone at 281-235-3272. She is ready to go now, so if you’re interested, don’t delay or someone else might be taking this cutie home instead.
Coat Type and Size?
Beauty is an F1b Goldendoodle Puppy. She will have a curlier coat, although not as curly as a poodle. F1b Goldendoodle puppies are popular with families who are looking for a dog with a more hypo-allergenic coat type who will be low to no-shed. Beauty will likely be about 50-55 pounds full grown.
Beauty – Out checking on the chickens with Grandpa
Pricing for this Black Goldendoodle Pup?
This F1b Black Goldendoodle puppy is $1850.
Upcoming litters?
Our spring/summer litter has arrived, although they are really tiny right now and won’t be ready to go till May. Click on the link if you would like to know more about our F1 Apricot and Cream goldendoodle puppies who will be ready in time for summer break, contact me at the phone number or email above. You can also message me through our Facebook page or follows us on Instagram at #Rainfield_golden_doodles. While you’re there, check out the pictures and examples of our grown goldendoodles.
So the big day is right around the corner. Any day now you’ll be bringing your new goldendoodle puppy home for the first time. Are you ready? We often get questions from new families on how to prepare for the big day and what our recommendations are to make those first days, weeks or months just a little bit easier. Here are our Top 10 Tips To Prep for a New Goldendoodle Puppy.
Bringing a new puppy home is exciting, but a little preparation can mean a lot less stress and easier transition for you, puppy and everyone involved. During the 8 to 10 weeks of your doodle pup’s life we get them started on basic manners and early traninig. Puppies learn and pick things up very quickly, so a little bit of training can go a long way to getting them off to a good start. By the time they go to your home they have started crate training, potty training, have been expected to sit to be petted or picked up and more. In this post we’ll go over our recommended set up. This is based on what we use in our home for the puppies, but also for new puppies that join our families.
Tip #1 – Crating Your New Goldendoodle Puppy
Crating your new puppy is very important both to potty training, but also for your new puppy’s safety. When you get an 8 week old puppy, it’s like getting a toddler in your home. They need to be watched or kept in a safe place unless they are being overseen. An unsupervisored puppy can chew or eat things that are dangerous or expenisve. Potty training is much harder if they are not contained while they are learning.
We crate our puppies at night, but also for brief periods of an hour or two throughout the day. If they are in the playyard, day time crating is not as essential, but you do want them to look at their crate as their bed and THEIR safe place. You need to close the crate door at night, but during the day if the crate is in a playyard, you can leave it open for them to come and go.
If you are not using a play yard, you can crate your puppy for a few hours at a time. They will need to be taken out to do their business and to run around. This set up works well if you work from home or are home pretty much full time.
Tip #2 – Using a Puppy Play Yard
Our recommended set up for the first couple months with your new goldendoodle puppy.
If you need to leave your puppy at home for stretches longer than a couple hours, or your work outside the home and plan to come home at lunch to let the puppy out, a play yard will give you more flexibility to leave your pup alone for a little longer while still contained. You can put a smaller crate inside the playyard, or just put a good bed in one corner. Their food and water can be out, and you can have some sort of pee pad in the corner or a litter box. We start training our puppies to use a litter box at about 3 weeks old, so they are generally pretty good by the time they go to their new homes. A pet gate where you puppy is contained in a safe area of your home can work too, but be sure there is nothing your puppy can chew on or damage if they get bored while you’re gone.
You also want to be aware of how your goldendoodle puppy is growing and changing as some learn to jump out of the crate at an earlier age than others which means you either need to try to train them not to jump out, or move on to new methods.
Tip #3 – Chew Toys and More
Your puppy will sleep a lot, so they don’t need to be constantly entertained while in their crate or play yard, but having some good chew toys or meaty bones can give them something to do to keep them busy. We do not recommend cow raw hides as they are not digestible and can cause intestinal blockages, but pig raw hides are fine. Filled cow hooves are a favorite — anything that will take a little time to work through. Just be sure to mix it up every so often..
Tip #4 – Should You Use Puppy Pee Pads, a Litter Box or Astro Turf?
If you plan to contain your puppy using either a pet gate or a puppy play yard, having a potty area can help keep things clean in between outdoor potty times. Puppy pads are great –as long as the puppies don’t chew them. The plastic isn’t good for their tummies. We use a litter pan or box with pine pellet type litter or pelletized horse bedding. There are different types of litter boxes, but your want something with a little depth and that is durable and not too expensive as puppies sometimes will chew it up a little if they’re bored. For older puppies, we like the smaller/medium mortar mixing tubs from Home Depot. Of course this should not take the place of taking your dog outside regularly so they get to doing their business in their outside potty area, but if you have to leave them for 3-5 hours or if it’s a rainy, cold day when it’s hard to take them out, having a potty area will keep their area cleaner.
Astro Turf or artificial grass is another option. We’ve had some families use astro turf on their patio, especially those who live in apartments. You probably don’t want to use this for a large, full grown dog, but with a puppy, you often need to get them out quick in the mornings, so having a potty area close by is helpful. Just be sure to either get the cheaper variety from Home Depot that that you can cut into smaller pieces and throw out when it’s soiled, or have a way to keep it clean so it doesn’t breed bacteria or get too smelly.
Tip #5 — Introducing your Puppy to Young Children or Older Pets
Using a chew toy to teach puppies not to bite our mouth us
The playyard option, a gated area or just plain old crating is really important if you are bringing your new goldendoodle puppy into a home with smaller children or older pets. Puppies are very playful, but they have sharp little teeth and need to learn to respect your child or older pet’s space. So do go slow and do introduce them, but don’t give your new puppy run of the house too soon. Take it slow and keep an eye on how interactions are going and be aware if a break is needed either for the puppy or the child or older pet.
Tip #6 — Constant supervision
Puppies, even those that don’t LOOK like puppies anymore, which to us means a puppy that is under one year of age, can’t be trusted on their own. They are teething, exploring and curious about the world around them. We recommend you keep your goldendoodle puppy contantly supervised until they are a year old. With our dogs, we keep them crated at night or when we are not at home until they are a year old and then we see how they do and ease up gradually.
Tip #7 – Start an Online Training Course
We like to start our puppies on early training exercises and get them used to simple commands like, “Watch me” or “Look”, “Leave it” etc., but, as you will soon discover, puppies learn in stages and it’s a process. One day they’ll be doing so good on the training your giving them. and the next they go through a new stage and seem to have forgotten everything they learn. Be patient. Your efforts to train your puppy will pay off if you stay consistent and keep at it. We recommend starting your new goldendoodle puppy on their training right away. If they have not had all three of their puppy shots yet, they are not ready to attend classes with other dogs, but you can still start their training by using an online training course such as the one month Pupford Course by Zak George, or The Baxter and Bella Training Course. The Pupford Course is free, Baxter and Bella offer a lifetime membership for a reasonable price. You can use our Rainfield Coupon of RAINFIELD25 to get 25% off the Baxter and Bella dog training course. What we like about the Baxter and Bella option is that if you run into a particular problem, say, your puppy is excitement peeing, or resource guarding, etc, you can do a Zoom call with the B&B team and they can see what your puppy is doing, how you are handling it and give you specific instruction on how to deal with that issue.
One your puppy is old enough, you also have the option of taking them out to an outside training course with other dogs, but just make sure you have the go-ahead from your vet.
Tip # 8 Use a Dog Crate Cover
Wire dog crates are our personal favorite. They are light weight, yet sturdy and look pretty good alongside other furniture. If you notice that your puppy is doing a lot of barking though when they see you or other pets or children going about your daily activities and you’re not in a position to let them out right then, go ahead an cover up the crate and it should help them to calm and quiet down.
The same goes for night time. We recommend having your goldendoodle puppy’s crate somewhere quiet and dark, maybe the laundry room or your bedroom, but if they have trouble settling down for the night, go ahead an cover up their crate and make sure it’s dark. We like to put on some night sounds or white noise on our Alexa or Google Home at night.
Tip #9 – Using a Dog Cot
Dog cots are a lightweight, mesh type raised platform that keeps your goldendoodle puppy off the ground. Our dogs love theirs and we go through several of them a year once they wear out. Dog cots are low cost, but pretty durable for the amount of use they get. We love our dog cot for teaching our goldendoodle puppies the “place” and “stay” commands.
Tip #10 Hands Free Leashes for Tethering
One way we have found to intergrate our older puppies into our home life while still keeping them supervised is to use a hands free dog leash or a tethering leash. A hands free tethering dog leash fastens around your waist and limits how far the puppy can go allowing you to keep a close eye on them, but frees up your hands so you can cook, do laundry, etc. If they are tethered to you, you are more likely to notice when they do something they shouldn’t, such as chew on the furniture, and can correct and train them on the spot.
Want to know if we have a goldendoodle puppy available?
If you’d like to know if we have a Rainfield goldendoodle puppy available, contacts us at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com or by phone or text at 281-235-3272. You can also click here to find out How to Get a Goldendoodle Puppy, including current pricing, .
Beautiful Curly F1b Goldendoodle Puppies for Sale in Houston, Texas
Dolly – a parti-goldendoodle female puppy
We’ve got some beautiful little F1b goldendoodle puppies for sale in Houston this Valentine’s Day! We’ve 1 male cream goldendoodle puppy and 1 little Black and white female goldendoodle pup available now and ready to go to their new homes.
These little pups are friendly, affectionate and playful. We’ll get into a few more details below, but if you’re interested in one of these cuties, give us a call at 281-235-3272 or email at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com for more information.
When Can I Pick Up My New Goldendoodle Pup?
The apricot, parti and cream goldendoodle puppies in these pictures are all ready to go to their new homes now. So if you’re ready for a new furry pal around your house, contact us today and we’ll schedule a time for you to come out and meet the pups and see which one might be a good fit for you. Once pupss are chosen, we will update this post as quickly as possible. If there’s one you want to reserve, we recommend putting a deposit down now by calling or texting the phone number above.
What is an F1b Goldendoodle Puppy?
. The F1b Goldendoodle Puppies for sale in these pictures are apricot, parti- and cream goldendoodle puppies. F1b Goldendoodle puppies have a goldendoodle parent and a poddle parent which means they will have curlier coats. This goldendoodle mix is best if you have allergies as they shed very little, if at all.
Cream goldendoodle Puppy being socialized with children
What Color and Size are these Goldendoodle Puppies?
We have a cream goldendoodle puppy, two apricot male goldendoodle puppies and one parti-colored female puppy available as of the writing of this post (February 15). They are medium/standard sized goldendoodles. Kenny (apricot doodle) and Dolly (parti-doodle) are expected to be about 40-45 pounds full grown, Scott and Major, the apricot and cream goldendoodle male puppies, are expected to be about 60 pounds full grown.
Dolly – F1b Goldendoodle pup
How Do I Get One of These Darling F1b Goldendoodle Puppies?
Again, all of these puppies are avaialble for pickup now, so contact us if you’re interested and would like to get pictures of the puppies or come to meet them and see if one of them is the puppy for you. Contact us by phone or text at 281-235-3272 or by email at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com. If you visit our Facebook page, you can chat us through the messenger and see pictures of families who have our older doodles. You can also visit our 10 Steps to Buying a Puppy for more information on how to get one of our dogs.
What is the Price for One of these Doodle Pups?
The price for these puppies is $1850. Again, if there is a specific puppy you want to reserve, we recommend that you put down the $250 deposit and we will not show that pup to anyone else. The deposit gets applied to the total price of the puppy.
What do I need to get ready for my new goldendoodle puppy?
We know that getting a new puppy is a big deal and involves some prep. Before you take your puppy home, we send out a pre-pick up letter with all the information on the puppy’s schedule, what training we’re doing with them, what supplies we recommend, and other general tips for getting ready for pickup. Our puppies are doing well with their crate training and potty training. They generally sleep through the night in their kennels at this point and are eating their dry kibble well. We’ve doing early training exercises to get them ready for more advanced training. We will go over all this with you at the pickup, but just to give you an idea of what’s been done so far.
The puppies have had their first shots and de-worming. We will gve you their health record at the pick up so you can take that to your vet. They will advise you on where to go from there.
Are you ready?
Contact us today to get one of our beautiful goldendoodle puppies for sale before they’re gone.
