FAQ’S
Where are you located?
We are located in Salado, Texas.
What are your prices?
Our puppies are priced at $2500 - $4,500.
Please view our Pricing page for information.
What comes with my puppy?
Our puppies come with a complete health guarantee for 2 years, ruling out any genetic diseases. We send all our puppies home microchipped with a paid lifetime subscription. Personal health records including vaccination and deworming schedules, as well some helpful tips on training. We also include a Puppy Goodie bag that contains a small bag of their puppy food, puppy training treats and a Puppy Pal that smells like mama and litter mates, to help them with the transition to their new home.
Which payment options do you accept?
We accept Zelle, Venmo or Cash .
No available puppy will be reserved without payment. Any and all payments towards puppies are considered retainers and are non-refundable under any circumstances.
How do I reserve a puppy from you?
After you've made the decision to purchase a puppy from Red Ranch Dogs, the next step would then be to fill our Online Application. As a breeder, it is our responsibility to ensure that each or puppies find loving homes and the application process helps us with that. Once the puppy application is received we will reach out with further information to join our Waitlist.
What is your Waitlist Process?
To be officially placed on our waitlist we require a $500 deposit. All deposits go toward the final price of your puppy.
This deposit is non refundable but transferable to another waitlist.
Please note if you choose to move to a separate waitlist at any time you will be placed at the bottom of the list.
Do you do genetic health testing on your parent dogs?
Yes.
Being responsible, ethical breeders, we do our best to ensure you are getting a healthy puppy. This process begins by making sure we are breeding two healthy dogs to produce the litter we want to offer. We do a lot of research into the dogs we purchase for our breeding program and one of the most important aspects of that research is ensuring we are purchasing healthy dogs with a healthy lineage as well.
All of our dogs are health tested and often double tested to ensure accuracy.
Do you offer a Health Guarantee?
Each one of our puppies is sold with a 2- Year Health Guarantee. We guarantee your puppy is being sold free from any life threatening disease or defect or we will replace your puppy free of charge.
In order to qualify for our guarantee, each puppy must be seen by a veterinarian within 3 business days of coming to their new home.
Dew Claws and Tail Docking
We does not remove dew claws or dock any tails.
Can I choose my own puppy and how does that process work?
Yes, we allow our clients to choose their puppy. Choice of puppies is given in the order of deposit/waitlist and when the puppies are around 2-4 weeks of age. Having said this, we do help all our clients find the puppy that suits their needs best. If they are looking for specifics in personality, looks, coat type, color, etc., we are here to help. It is in everyone's best interest to find a puppy that will match the expectations of the client. Here at Red Ranch Dogs, we take this seriously and do our due diligence in guiding families to the right companion.
Do you allow visitors to come see the dogs and puppies prior to purchasing?
At this time we are only allowing waitlist families to visit around 4 weeks of age. We are more than happy to schedule a video chat otherwise.
Which different generations of Doodles do you breed?
We breed F1, F1b, and Multigen Doodles here at Red Ranch Dogs
F1 Goldendoodles - This is a cross between a purebred Golden Retriever and a purebred Poodle. They typically resemble the Golden Retriever a little more than the F1b as they are 50% Golden Retriever and 50% Poodle. These dogs typically have low to non shedding coats. Some will have the straighter coats with a loose wave to it. These coats will sometimes be low shedding. Others will have the fleecy coats and will shed very little to nothing at all. If you are wanting strong Retriever characteristics and you are okay with possibly some shedding, this would be a great option. If you have allergies, you may want to consider the F1b or Multigen breedings.
F1b Goldendoodles - This cross is when we take an F1 Goldendoodle and breed it back to a Poodle. This creates a 75% Poodle and 25% Golden Retriever puppy. These dogs will quite often look very similar to the F1 Goldendoodles in that many still keep that nice, fleecy coat type. The litters normally have a few with the fleecy coat types and a few with the curly coat types. The fleecy coat typed F1b puppies are typically extremely low to non shedding. The ones with curly hair don’t typically shed at all and if they do it is very minimal. The F1b is an excellent choice for those who suffer from allergies.
Multigen Goldendoodles - Through our years of experience, we have now come to the point where we use our trusted genetics and we will breed two totally unrelated Goldendoodles together. We do all the proper DNA testing to ensure that we are getting the low to non shedding offspring from these matings. We have found that the Mulitgens are just as good as the F1b for those with allergies as they are also low to non shedding. The advantage of breeding Mulitgen Goldendoodles here at Red Ranch Dogs is that we are able to get more of the colors we are looking for in our puppies such as the tri color, black and white, brown and white, or the merle.
Is there an advantage to owning a hybrid over a purebred?
Yes, there is definitely an advantage to owning a hybrid. You have most likely heard about “hybrid vigour” in the past. What this means is that when two totally unrelated dogs are mixed with breeds like Poodles and Golden Retrievers there is a vigor there that is not seen in purebred dogs. They tend to be healthier dogs that live longer because there has not been line breeding done like in the purebred breeds.
Doodles can still inherit genetic illnesses so it’s very important that the parents are health tested prior to being added to a breeder’s program.
Are Doodles hypoallergenic and non shedding?
While no breeder is able to guarantee you a non shedding dog in the Doodle world, there are many who do not shed. We have found in the past that most people with allergies do very well with tolerating Doodles.
Everyone has different types of allergies as well though and that is something to remember. If you are allergic to dog saliva, you will not likely not even be able to tolerate Poodles. If it is the hair or the dander, the Doodles are typically a great fit.
The planned stud on my litter changed?
There are about a million variables that are involved in the planning for our upcoming pairings, this is based on genetics, color traits and breed percentage. Oftentimes we have have 5-7 stud options lined up should a prospective stud fall though or is booked.
As much as we would like to guarantee each litter you see listed oftentimes we will need to switch up our pairings and go with another option.