Why Doodles?

Why Crockett Doodles?

1. Reputation:

Crockett Doodles has spent the past seven years developing a stellar reputation as a network of family-raised Doodle puppies. We leave comments and guest posts completely open on our Facebook page, and 99% of the comments are positive. Scroll through our Facebook page to read hundreds (literally) of glowing testimonies from real families who adopted from us—click here for a sampling of a few dozen testimonials. If you scour the internet looking for anyone with something negative to say about us, the strong chance is that they’re someone who never adopted a pup from us. We have a very loyal following from those who’ve had the privilege of adopting a puppy from Crockett Doodles.

2. Refundable Deposit:

We’re one of the only breeders (of any dog breed) who offers a refundable deposit (minus 5% processing fee). We want you to get a dog that is the best fit for your family, and we recognize that may well be through a Humane Society or another breeder. We understand that your plans may change after you’ve placed a deposit. So we’re happy to refund a deposit at any time for any reason.

3. Reasonable Adoption Rates:

Our Adoption Pricing is typically about half that of our doodle competitors who offer a similar quality family-raised puppy. Many hands make light work; because we harness the power of a network of dozens of families (each raising a litter at their home), we are able to cut costs significantly and pass the savings to you.

4. Outstanding 3 Year Health Warranty:

All of our Crockett Doodles pups come with an outstanding one year health warranty. If you feed TLC dog food which we recommend, it extends to three years.

5. Family-Raised Doodle Puppies:

We believe that puppies are healthier and better socialized when raised by a family, rather than a “professional” kennel with dozens of dogs.

6. Flexibility:

If your application is accepted, and your deposit is placed, you’re not locked into a particular litter. You have the option to pass on litters as they become available. This allows you to get the exact Doodle puppy that you want in the timing that works best for you.

7. Convenience:

Most families prefer to pick their puppy up at one of our partner homes. We have partner homes at various locations throughout the U.S. which helps shorten your trip. If you are unable to make the trip, we deliver for a flat rate $395 (a second pup is only $100 more for delivery). Families love the convenience our network offers them to get a puppy without making the trip themselves.

8. Giving Back:

As recognized leaders in the Doodle community, we desire to give back. We seek to use a substantial amount of any profit to give back to our community in tangible ways. Click here to read about the many ways we give back.

Our process

Our History

Crockett Doodles started as an idea. 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).

The Crocketts 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 several years, Crockett Doodles has received requests from numerous other families who believe in home-raised doodle pups. Many of these family friends had a desire to do a doodle breed other than mini Labradoodles or mini 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 mini Sheepadoodles and standard Sheepadoodles.

Because each family has just a few doodles, it allows these guardian home dogs 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. Each year our partner home network grows. What started seven years as ago as our closest friends and family, has expanded into several dozen partner homes in many states. Because of our excellent reputation and generous arrangement with partner homes, nearly every week we get requests from families wanting to be a partner home. We’re able to accept only about 5% of these requests as we always desire quality above quantity in seeking to deliver the best family-raised doodle puppies.

Our doodle 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 REFUNDABLE deposit (minus a 5% processing fee). 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 refundable at any time for any reason (minus a 5% processing fee).

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

Nathan

FOUNDER

Dr. Nathan Crockett is the Director of Ministry Training at Bob Jones University as well as a theology professor. Nathan is the founder of Crockett Doodles. For the first 8 years, Nathan was involved in everything from raising puppies in his living room, designing websites, and overseeing social media, to the careful selection and management of Guardian, Partner, and Surrogate Homes. Nathan finds great joy in uniting beautiful healthy puppies with their forever homes. As Crockett Doodles has grown, Nathan has delegated the day-to-day operations to Barry (President) and a fabulous team. Nathan and Abigail have a large family, with five children and three beloved doodles. Read more about Nathan >

Abigail

Chief Culture Officer

Abigail Crockett is a huge help to Crockett Doodles by doing all the behind-the-scenes things to free up Nathan’s time to run the company. Abigail is gifted musically with a degree in piano performance and a Master’s degree in piano and flute. Abigail is adept at handling five little kids, three great dogs, and regular litters of puppies being raised in the living room. She uses her background as an Executive Events Coordinator to plan events for guardian homes and partner homes. Her contagious smile and frequent laughter help make the Crockett house a fun place to be.

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.

6% Sales Tax Applies to All puppies Picked up in the state of South Carolina. The sales tax does not apply to puppies picked up or hand-delivered by our puppy nanny outside the state of SC

Detailed Pricing by Doodle Breed

Small Doodle Pricing: Cavapoos, Cockapoos, Springerdoodles, Maltipoos

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, pre-K through 12th grade 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

• We offer only one discount per puppy.

Because of the amount of time our Matching and Scheduling Team invests into matching each family with the right puppy, we kindly ask that no changes be made after you have chosen your forever puppy and received the email confirming you have been matched to your puppy. A Cancellation Fee of $100 will be subtracted from your deposit to cover our costs of re-matching and re-scheduling your puppy with a new forever home if you back out of your matched puppy. If you back out, you may of course stay on our wait list and wait for another available puppy, but will now have a $200 deposit on record towards your puppy (rather than the initial $300).

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.

At Crockett Doodles we 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 flooded 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 refundable $300 deposit (minus a 5% processing fee if you request a refund), 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 (minus a 5% processing fee). 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.

After you fill out an application, we highly recommend reading through our entire step-by-step process to understand the typical timetable from start to finish.