SDPkennels - About Us

S.D.P Kennels was founded in 2005 when I fell in love with the labradoodle. I am a service dog trainer and I was contacted by a client that was looking for a dog that she could have trained for mobile assistance, and she did not want another poodle. She asked if I knew of any dog that might work for her. I had heard of labradoodles, but I told her that I would do some research and let her know my findings.

That is what started my interest in labradoodles. I was not able to find a labradoodle in close proximity to either the client or myself, or one that was a price that she could afford. That is when I started to look into breeding them at our own kennel, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Sere

Sere

I had my first litter of labradoodles on March 7, 2006. The mother was a black lab, Serendipity (Sere), who was and still is my own service dog. The father was a standard poodle named Casey. He came from another breeder. Ten great puppies were born in that litter. Three went into service work, and we kept two of the puppies.

We have 3-4 litters a year, and our goal is to have at least one puppy from every litter go into service work. Since the S.D.P. Kennels were started, we have had at least 10 puppies doing full service work or are currently in training.

Our puppies are born in our house or out in a specially built whelping house. Whether they are born in our house or out in the whelping house, they get all the love and attention that I can give them. I'm a stay-at-home dog mom. So my day is spent with our dogs/puppies, but I do have help with their routine care. My father is the one who does most of the day to day care of our adult dogs in kennels. I do the day to day care for our house dogs. That gives me the time that I need to spend with our puppies when we have them. When we don't have young puppies, I spend my time grooming our dogs and training any older puppies that we might have, as well as working with the adults just to keep up our training.

Vist our Testimonials Page for some great feedback form our happy labradoodle families! We get lots of e-mail, photos form each puppy's new family. We love to hear from them and know that our puppies are doing well and bringing lots of hoy to their new families. We feel that sharing the feedback from our customers is a great way for prospective families to learn about what they can expect when adopting a labradoodle puppy form us.

"Our breeding program starts with the basic idea that each pup we raise will go into service work, be it mobile assistance, alert work, hearing, sight or search and rescue. Eachbreeding pair is selected with this in mind. When you buy a family pet from us, it's nice to know you have the very best."

I have just implemented the "Super Dog Program" with our puppies. The program starts when the puppies are 3 days old and will continue until the puppies are 19 days old. It is generally agreed that genetics account for about 35% of a dog performance and the remaining 65% is attributed to environment and training. I hope that by performing these 5 exercises for a few moments a day, I will increase their ability to learn, perform, handle stress, and remain healthy in the future. We also do two other tests with our puppies. They are "The Paws Working Dog Evaluation " and the "The Puppy Aptitude Test." Both of these tests help me make the best choice of where to place our puppies.