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.
Noah’s Henry, a standard F1b goldendoodle who calls Portland home, is looing pretty pleased with his Doodle fashion designs. Evidently he had a ‘rascal moment’ and tunneled through a trash bag, coming up with his very first doodle fashion design. It amazes me how happy and accomplished doodles can look, no matter what. They can be such clowns.
Henry, a standard F1b Goldendoodle, looked pretty pleased with his handywork
We have known Henry’s family for many years. He is their family’s 4th goldendoodle! Their third goldendoodle was a sweet rescue story.
One day we received an urgent call about a goldendoodle that needing to be rehomed. The poor pup was caught in the middle of family troubles and had developed anxiety behavior issues as a result. We contacted one of our favorite local dog trainers and he spent a few weeks at their training facility relearning some manners and getting settled again. Once the trainer felt he was ready, his new family came out to get trained as well and the sweet boy got to go to his new home and family, and became their doodle number three.
I love Happy Endings!
Looking for a Goldendoodle of your own?
If you are looking for a goldendoodle of your own, contact us at laurieclaire@gmail.com. We’ve got some new goldendoodle puppies due this fall that will be ready to go around Christmas, 2022. We also ocassionally have older doodles that we are helping families rehome. So contact us today via email or facebook to let us know what you’re looking for and to see who we have available. .
Sweet Charlie, a 5 month old F1 goldendoodle just completed the first towards his journey as a therapy dog. Congratulations, Charlie! And a big thank you to Charlie’s mama and the trainers at Believe in Dog Training for the good work you are doing. Keep it up little guy! We see great things in your future!
Charlie, a F1 goldendoodle puppy, graduating from his first puppy class.
The Importance of Dog Training For Your Goldendoodle Puppy
While training for therapy work requires additional specialized training, we recommend that all our Rainfield Goldendoodle puppies go through a basic dog training program. Going through dog training is great socialization. They are such smart dogs who love to learn and are often the stars of their class. .
Looking for a Goldendoodle Puppy?
If you’re looking to add a goldendoodle puppy to your family, contact us today at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com to reserve your puppy. You can also check out our Facebook page where we post all the fun pictures of our older doodles living their best lives. Enjoy!
Hats Off to Our Wonderful Goldendoodle Service Dogs
While we are so proud of all of our sweet goldendoodle puppies, our doodles that go on to get more specialized training and become Goldendoodle service dogs have a special place in our hearts. We love hearing about our pooches who go on to become therapy dogs, school dogs, companion dogs for special needs children and adolescents, medical alert dogs and more advanced service dogs. These wonderful dogs, together with their new families, go above and beyond spending hours, days, weeks and months in special training and courses to become service dogs. Hats off to families who work so hard to unleash every last bit of potential these wonderful dogs have.
Service Dog Spotlight 2022
These are just a few of the latest Rainfield Goldendoodle Service Dogs. We know there are many more. Goldendoodle make such wonderful companions, but one of their best qualities is their empathy and ability to sense when their mommies, daddies, brother and sisters need a friend or have a special need. Keep up the good work! If you are thinking about training your doodle for special jobs, we encourage you to go for it. Goldendoodle are so smart and they do love learning and reaching their full potential.
Rudder is a Rainfield pup in Service Dog training. He’s coming right along. They really do learn fast and love having a job. Doodles have such big heartsDoodles are just wonderful family members and so good with kids. Robert, a Veteran, recently was gifted one of our Doodles for his new service dog. She looks like she’s coming right along. Thanks Maya for sharing such a beautiful puppy.Service Dog in Training – Thank you, Home Depot, for your dog friendly policiesFreddy just earned his Canine Good Citizen Certificate at the Petsmart Training Center. He’s got everything he needs to start therapy dog training.The little blue ribbon represents a lot of hard work by both Mama and Freddie. Thank you, Helen and Freddie, for going above and beyond to give a little of that doodle love to those in need.
Are You Planning to Train Your Goldendoodle as a Service Dog?
If you are planning to enroll your goldendoodle puppy in specialized training to become a service dog, therapy dog, companion animal for special needs individuals, a medical alert dog, PTSD dog, etc., let us know when it comes time to pick out your puppy. We can keep that in mind when we evaluate their temperments and let you know which pups may have the best temperment for that type of work.
Little Frankie is an F1b Goldendoodle who lives in the Dallas area. He just turned a year old, but we and his mommy, Helen, are very proud of him. He just earned his Canine Good Citizen Certificate after finishing his last course at the Petsmart Training Center. Getting a CGC is the first major milestone towards becoming a therapy dog. That wasn’t easy and Frankie’s a little pooped at the moment, but the next step, Therapy Dog Training.
Good job, Helen and Frankie! Helen has big plans for this sweetheart and plans to include him in her therapy work in the near future. Keep us posted on the progress.
High Paw, little guy! Keep up the good work!
Goldendoodles Love and Need Dog Training
Even if you don’t plan to go as far as Frankie with his therapy dog training, we definitely recommend getting your goldendoodle puppy into some form of training as soon as they are old enough. If you prefer remote classes, there are affordable online courses, like Baxter and Bella or Zach George’s one month course, or in-person classes.
If you’d like recommendations from our Rainfield alumni, give us a shout and we’ll put out the word. Whatever you do though, please do make the most of these very smart puppies. Goldendoodles are highly intelligent, intuitive dogs who love to learn and enjoy life with their families. A little training makes a world of difference! Enjoy!
Frankie’s Got Siblings Coming Soon!
We are expecting new puppies in mid-June, including some Frankie siblings. If you are looking for a late-summer goldendoodle puppy in the Houston area, get in touch today get in touch with us today either on our Facebook page, by email at laurie@rainfieldgoldendoodles.com or by phone at 832-971-4649.
