Our process

Our History

Dr. Nathan Crockett grew up in a home that always had a dog. His wife Abigail grew up always having a yellow Labrador Retriever. After marriage, the Crocketts had a purebred with health issues (and major shedding), and a friend told them about Goldendoodles. The Goldendoodle's non-shedding coat, friendly personality and hybrid vigor were huge draws. 

After a long search to get a Goldendoodle from a reputable breeder, they welcomed a champion bloodline beautiful Goldendoodle into their family. The Crocketts decided to become the kind of breeder they had such a hard time finding (family raised pups from a responsible breeder).

They bought a gorgeous apricot poodle and planned to do one litter a year of home-raised doodle pups. After creating the bestGoldendoodles.com website, the Crocketts had hundreds of emails from people wanting one of the f1b Goldendoodle puppies from their first litter.

When their pet Goldendoodle had her first litter of pups, the Crocketts had deposits on all 12 Goldendoodle puppies in a matter of minutes and had to send an email saying the deposits were now closed. They realized they could never keep up with the demand for quality home-raised Goldendoodle puppies for sale from a quality doodle breeder.

Not wanting to start a kennel, they worked with close friends of theirs to become partner homes. The Crocketts bought outstanding Goldendoodles for several of their friends, provided the poodle stud, and connected the Goldendoodle (and mini Goldendoodle) puppies to wonderful forever homes.

These partner homes became an ideal way to have truly home raised doodle puppies, yet provide more than one litter for sale a year. The Crocketts added Labradoodles the second year (specializing in chocolate Labradoodles and mini Labradoodles). For many years now, Crockett Doodles has become known as a premier breeder of f1b standard and mini Goldendoodles as well as f1b standard and mini Labradoodles.

Over the past few years, Crockett Doodles has received requests from numerous other families who believe in home-raised doodle pups. Several of these family friends had a desire to do a doodle breed other than Labradoodles or Goldendoodles. Crockett Doodles strategically partnered with the Dion family to do family-raised Aussiedoodles, the Arnolds to raise Springerdoodles, the Weiers with Bernedoodles, the Houtzs with Newfiedoodles, the Taylors with Saint Berdoodles, the Crouchs with Swissdoodles, the Andersons with Cockapoos, Nathan's brother Isaac Crockett with Irishdoodles, Josh Crockett with Cavapoos, and several friends with Sheepadoodles.

Because each family has a couple doodles, it allows these guardian home doodles to be true family pets. Crockett Doodles is able to devote resources to fully vetting all puppy applicants, marketing each new doodle breed, working through health tests, etc. with the partner families.

Our doodle guardian homes and partner homes have been a wonderful way to provide outstanding family-raised doodle puppies to great families. One huge advantage to the Crockett Doodles program is that a deposit for one kind of doodle can be transferred to any other doodle in our network.

We have such high demand (and can accept only a fraction of deposits), that we are thrilled for a mini Goldendoodle deposit to be transferred to a mini Sheepadoodle or mini Bernedoodle or mini Labradoodle. Our program allows a great amount of flexibility to those who have placed a deposit with Crockett Doodles. We also are one of the only doodle breeders to offer a fully REFUNDABLE deposit. Your doodle puppy deposit can be refunded at any time, for any reason.

Our Partners

Crockett Doodles is a partnership of several close families in an effort to provide your family with healthy, happy family-raised doodles. If your application is accepted and you place a deposit, your deposit can be used for any family doodle breeder within the Crockett Doodles network (Goldendoodle, Labradoodle, Aussiedoodle, Bernedoodle, Sheepadoodle, etc). You're never locked into a particular doodle breed or a particular doodle litter, and your deposit is fully refundable--any time for any reason.

To help you find the right doodle breed for your family, check out our breed comparison chart.

Nathan Crockett

FOUNDER, OWNER, PRESIDENT

Dr. Nathan Crockett is the Director of Ministry Training at Bob Jones University as well as a theology professor. Nathan is the founder, owner, and president of Crockett Doodles. He’s involved in everything from raising puppies in his living room, taking puppy pictures, designing websites, and overseeing social media, to the careful selection and management of Guardian and Partner Homes. Nathan finds great joy in uniting beautiful healthy puppies with their forever homes. Nathan and Abigail have a large family, with five children and four beloved doodles.  Read more about Nathan >

Josh Crockett

Chief Operating Officer

Josh Crockett (Nathan’s older brother) currently serves as the Senior Pastor at Morningside Baptist Church in Greenville, SC. Josh has a Master of Divinity and is pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry, but it is his degrees in business and communications and his natural understanding of marketing that continue to strengthen the Crockett Doodles team. Pastoring is his primary focus, but occasionally he uses his talents to work on projects for Crockett Doodles and oversee a part of the Crockett Doodles team. He and his wife, Karie, have four children and a Cavapoo named Lady.  Read more about Josh >

Crockett Doodles Pricing

Our average price range for adopting a doodle puppy is $1,000-$1,900

Some doodle puppies are less expensive (like black Aussiedoodles)

Some doodle puppies are more expensive (like tri-color Bernedoodles)

Mini doodles are usually a little bit pricier than standards, since minis usually have smaller litters.

Detailed Pricing by Doodle Breed

Small Doodle Pricing: Cavapoos, Cockapoos, Springerdoodles

Medium Doodle Pricing: Goldendoodles, Labradoodles, Aussiedoodles, Swiss Doodles

Large Doodle Pricing: Bernedoodles, Irishdoodles, Sheepadoodles

X-Large Doodle Pricing: Newfiedoodles, Pyredoodles, Saint Berdoodles

*Several of our medium, large, and extra large doodle breeds have the option of miniature sizing. For example we offer mini Goldendoodles, mini Labradoodles, mini Aussiedoodles, mini Bernedoodles, mini Sheepadoodles, mini Irishdoodles, mini Saint Berdoodles, and mini Newfiedoodles. See the respective websites for further clarification of the sizing of minis. For example, a mini Saint Berdoodle (30-45 pounds full grown) is considerably bigger than a mini Aussiedoodle (8-15 pounds full grown). 

Discounts for all Crockett Doodles

• $100 doodle puppy discount for military, veterans, police, firefighters, EMTs, pastors, teachers, and home school parents

• $100 doodle puppy discount for anyone who was referred by another family who adopted a puppy from us

• $200 doodle puppy discount for friends and family

Apply for a Crockett Doodles Puppy

Years ago, we announced doodle litters to hundreds of people who had placed their name on a list. Within the first minute or two, the entire Goldendoodle (or Labradoodle) litter would be spoken for, and those who got a pup felt like they had won the lottery. If a family checked their email more than 4 or 5 minutes after we sent it, the pups would already be spoken for.

For the past several years, here at Crockett Doodles we've learned to use a thorough application process to take deposits ahead of time, accepting only the best qualified forever homes. 

Please do not place a PayPal deposit unless your doodle puppy application is accepted. We will try to thoroughly and fairly evaluate your doodle application within four to five days. We will respond with a detailed answer that will essentially be "yes," "no," or "wait." We're presently able to accept deposits from almost 30% of those who want a doodle puppy from us. Each year it seems like we have to be more picky in which applications we can accept as we are continually bombarded with doodle puppy applications.

Completing the application below in NO WAY obligates you to place a deposit or to get a doodle puppy from Crockett Doodles, it's merely the initial step to show interest and explore if your family would be a good fit.

If we accept your doodle application, you would have the option of placing a fully refundable $300 deposit, which would apply to the final price of your doodle puppy. Once you place the deposit, you will receive litter announcements to choose which doodle pup you want from a given litter as they're available. You also have the option to pass on as many litters as you want.

Your doodle deposit can be refunded at any time for any reason. We don't understand why almost every other breeder requires non-refundable deposits. To us, the application helps us evaluate if you would be a great forever home.

The deposit shows us that you're serious, but we have no desire to keep your deposit if you find a dog somewhere else or for some other reason decide not to get a puppy from Crockett Doodles.

Before you fill out an application, we highly recommend reading through our entire step-by-step process from start to finish.