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What Our Clients Say

"He’s such a wonderful dog! So sweet and playful, he really loves our home and our family so much, and we all love him so much too. We had another baby girl in April, and he’s really good with her and our older daughter too. " Oct. 2024
- Milo's Mom
"Our daughter is looking for a puppy and she would love to get a mini labradoodle. She loves Kailani and would love to have a mini version of her! We have been doing a lot of training with Kailani. She easily passed her Canine Good Citizen and has gone on to agility training. She is great at this and loves it. She is sooooo smart! Such a fun dog. She loves everyone! We take her to visit our parents at their assisted living complexes and she is so wonderful with the older people. So sweet."
- Kailani's Mom
"5 years! Can't hardly believe it. Ava and I still spend 22 hours a day with each other...a couple hours in the mountains, on the ocean beach, or on the waterfront, etc. every day. We drove over 6 thousand miles together (Boston and back) this year and she was the most perfect travel companion imaginable. As usual, absolutely no health issues to be aware of whatsoever this year; perfectly healthy, she has gained only one and a half pounds over the last three. Here is photo of her on a typical morning hike in the hills, watching the sunrise on San Francisco. And then a photo of us on the front porch next to the Klimuska Cup - which she won in 2015. (Please take note of the “WARNING We’re Protected by a Doodle!” sign in the window) In short, like Mary Poppins, Ava is practically perfect in every way. For years, everyone has been totally blown away by her personality, intelligence, her tricks and routines…... I think if I put my hat down at Lake Merritt Park when she’s doing her tricks and we’re just playing, we could make a little pocket money. My daughter and son and law live with us in this big beautiful house and they just had a baby boy; with everyone over visiting to greet him, Ava’s overt and shameless jealousy in combination with her intellegence has been on full display and totally hilarious. Is my experience typical for the pups in her litter? I’m wondering? As a child, our family always had dog(s). My eight brothers and sisters and I have always had a dog. I’m in my sixties. I could probably name fifty of our family dogs off the top of my head (we’re close and we always brought our dogs!) but none of these dogs was anything like this beautiful creature. Truly remarkable. She has definitely made the world a better place. "
- Ava's Dad
"Finn is doing great. He is headstrong, as you predicted, but we all love him to pieces. He is such a smart dog. One scary but amazing story is that my daughter and Finn were outside last summer walking in our back yard. Emery heard a loud buzzing and turned to find a rattlesnake coiled and having a stare down at Finn. Emery kept calling him and he moved to be positioned between her and the snake. She finally had to go grab him and they both ran in the house. Brave dog that he is, he was standing looking at us like nothing happened, and we realized he wasnt putting weight on his back foot. We had him at the vet in 10 minutes, and he was given the anti-venom. He is such a strong dog, and improved over night. We were so lucky!"
- Finn's Mom
"Ted is fabulous! She loves to play with balls, loves the snow, her favorite is disc golfing. We have a course by our cabin. She knows where each hole is and runs to it. Then we throw the discs and she runs to them and turns them over. It’s hilarious!"
- Ted's Family
"We’re in the Sierras near Bear Valley and just walked in the door from a walk with Cosmo. He is doing great - can’t believe it’s been 5 years! He has been a wonderful member of the family - our son thinks he needs a sibling :-) He loves Maggie (Abby’s dog from you) and when we’re at the cabin constantly checks to see if she is next door. Wherever we go, he is the center of attention - not only is he handsome but he has a calm personality and loves people. Sometimes friends who are feeling down borrow him as a kind of therapy dog. This speaks volumes to his personality. Thanks for bringing Cosmo into our life. Cosmo is one in a million! Thanks again Nicki!"
- Cosmo's Mom
"Peach is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! She is the perfect dog! She is so incredibly smart too! She actually does scavenger hunts for our boys. She gets their snacks out of the pantry and hides them around the house for the boys. She then watches them find the snacks and gets so excited! It took us a couple times to realize what she was doing and now it’s one of her favorite games. She doesn’t even try eating the snacks! Her coat is so soft and shiny. It had kept its curl. She is incredibly sweet and loves having along us together. She has a strong pack instinct. "
- Peach's Family
"Frankie is doing well. We are living in Namibia now so Frankie is quite the jetsetter. Here is a recent photo of him on one of our evening walks where he can be off leash and enjoy dashing through the long grass. We had another baby last month and Frankie is adjusting very well. Frankie is incredibly sweet and handsome and absolutely wonderful with people of all ages. And while he still has lots of energy he is very well behaved. We feel very lucky to have him as part of our family."
- Frankie's Mom
"Cole is an excellent animal. He is right at 30 lbs as of a week ago. He has so much ’common sense’ It’s like he knows what to chew and what not to chew, he relaxes when we are relaxing, he doesn’t whine, scratch at his crate to get out or anything. If he is awake before me in the morning he doesn’t make a peep, but lays there patiently. He is naturally well-mannered and getting better. I take him to the office every day with me and he is great in the elevator, around strangers, noises, etc. He is comfortable with me touching is body all over, pulling off burs, etc. He is good at brushing and baths. He loves attacking the water when I am spraying the yard. It’s pretty funny how he chases it and bites at it. I have been training him and we have not gone to puppy kindergarten. He knows sit, come, stay, lay down, bed, down, off, drop it, crate, out, pen, inside, up (to get into the car), he sits and waits for his food, walks really well on leash and he pretty much goes potty on command. His off-leash recall is getting better every day, but he is very good at staying in the yard and close at the park."
- Mike
"I just have to tell you that we love Izzy so much. She is the heart of our family bringing us all together after my husband, my childrens’s dad, passed away. She is the most amazing people we have…...love, love, love her!"
- Izzy's Family
"We love Chanel and have become so attached to each other. She follows me around, knows my walk and looks for me as soon as I wake up. She's cried when I've been in pain and/or going through hard times. John could not believe it when he heard her cry, it was so sweet and unbelievably heartbreaking. She fills our lives and keeps us on our toes, we love her so much John spoils her rotten, and she loves to go for rides. As soon as the car door is open, she'll hop on and is ready to go."
- Chanel's Family
"Just wanted to send you an updated picture of Luigi. Now I can't even remember the name that he once was. Anyway he is a wonderful dog and we absolutely love him. He is fun active playful and very very friendly. He loves hanging out with other dogs, but I don't think we're going to get another one right now. Cats will have to do. Hope all is well."
- Luigi's Family
"Darby has completed a 6 week course of Puppy Kindergarten. He graduated and has been doing well on these tasks. He is now enrolled in a 6 week course called Brilliant Buddy. He is the youngest in the class where the others are 9-11 months old. He does well even with these older pups. He loves his crate, is pretty much potty trained, enjoys his cat Arnold where they play constantly, and is a super lovable dog. We have taken him a number of times on the boat (loves it…sleeps most of the time), hiking, camping a few times, up to Idaho to see the eclipse, has been with lots of other dogs and people and does will in all situations. In the yard he stays with me on a cable and is curious about everything. He gets daily walks and lots and lots of attention. "
- Darby's Family
"I wanted to give you an update on Luna. She's still the sweetest puppy and we are completely smitten with her. We've started leaving her alone uncrated for stints of time (we've done up to 4.5 hours on a couple occasions) and she's been totally perfect (no accidents or destructive behavior) - we've only done it on days when she's pretty tired though (however, she has never been destructive at all with the exception of one sandal when we first got her). We still crate at night and occasionally during the day, but she's mostly with us (unless she's at daycare - usually two times a week). She's very calm, but seems to have a lot of energy for exercise and socializing - if there is something going on she wants to be in the mix. She is so great with kids! So engaged and intuitively calm and gentle. Hopefully she'll be great for baby (who arrives in about 2 months)."
- Luna's Family
"Hoku is doing great! He gets along well with all people and dogs; nothing seems to throw him off. He is such a love, and he looks like a teddy bear. He knows his commands well and even runs to me when he is in the middle of playing at the dog park (I like to work on recall in high distraction environments just in case). He really is a terrific dog! "
- Hoku's Family