Lulu's Litter of Australian Multi-Gen Labradoodles! | Southern California Los Angeles Australian Labradoodle Breeder

I've been so busy taking care of & playin' with cute puppies that I'm falling behind in my fun news to share!  LULU had her BABIES!  :)  And if you've followed me on Facebook a little, you've probably heard me mention that this is a pretty special litter to me.  This is our very first litter of Multi-Gen Labradoodles, which is fun in itself, but what's so cool is that it is the direct result of many years of breeding our own lines.....from the ground up.  We started with a sweet, sweet Black Labrador Retriever, Daisy, who's sitting at my feet as I type this.  And she had a couple litters of F1 Labradoodles and we kept 2 pups...Lilly and Hope.  Those girls had puppies (F1B Labradoodles) and so we kept a few back for breeding (Lulu & Dakota out of Hope. Teddi and Lola out of Lilly. Can't wait for you to meet them! Stay tuned...).

Still with me?  Fast forward and now it's Lulu's turn for HER puppies to be born. SO.CRAZY.  So that means= Daisy--Hope--Lulu--these puppies. Which means my sweet, sweet black Lab Daisy who's laying at my feet is a GREAT Grandma.  !!  Eek.... love it.

Another crazy story about Lulu.  I went to pick her up from her Guardian Home several days before she was due to deliver.  I like the mama's to settle in at my house before they deliver (there's about a weeks window of when they can deliver & the pups be healthy).  While I was chatting with her Guardian family, she.went.into.LABOR.  Labor!  Right there on their living room carpet.  My heart sank because it was too early for the puppies to be born and I dreaded the possible result.  Puppies not fully developed.....potentially not alive. Ugh. Not good.  :(  I rushed Lulu to my house, thankfully just down the street, and like a pro, this first time mama popped those babies out in record time.  All alive.  All beautiful.  All healthy, from outward appearances anyway.  Two were very itty bitty, but considering all the above, I was so VERY thankful for the happy ending.  6 puppies total. 4 boys. 2 girls.  Amazing.  Thank you Lord!

Those pups just turned 2 weeks old and are still beautiful and sweet a pie.  One of the itty bitty's has struggled and isn't able to nurse on his own, so we are bottle feeding him every 2-3 hours and he's a TOTAL fighter. Like a small but mighty fighter.  He's still very tiny, even compared to his itty bitty sister (he's less than a pound as of today), and the other 4 look like giants compared to him.  But he wants to eat, has a great appetite and is very strong.  We are watching him very closely as we don't think he's totally out of the clear yet....but the fact that there is even hope and he's still around after this crazy journey is great.

Since I've been behind in getting pictures posted, I'm posting a lot.  The first 2 are taken the day after they were born.  Then there's a few of them where Great-Grandma Daisy was babysitting them.  After that are pictures I took tonight of them at 2 weeks old.  It was 5pm, too dark for pictures, but I took them anyway and they aren't the best in terms of clarity.  The pups are so cute that I don't think Lulu's puppy families will care.  :)  And there are way more pictures of the boys because the girls just weren't interested in having their picture taken.

Whew.....  I'm done.  Enjoy!

The Boys

Itty Bitty Black boy is on top of the puppy pile

The Girls

Izzy's 8 Week Old F1 English Goldendoodles Going Home! | Southern California Los Angeles Goldendoodle Breeder

Before I knew it, Izzys puppies were 8 weeks old and ready to go home.  Waaaaa!  I always say it, but it's a day of mixed emotions for our family because the puppies are leaving, but we get to meet their sweet families and see how happy they are to meet their puppies!  I love each one of these families and am so thankful our paths crossed.  I'm blessed that each puppy is going to be spoiled & loved on by wonderful people!

Here the puppies are on the Selection/Take Home Day:

Here's Black Boy with his adorable family. He's now Leonardo aka: Leo

And the Winner for Cutest Couple goes to (drum roll please........  :)  Aren't they so cute?!  They are engaged and dripping with cuteness and Blue Boy, now Whiskey, is gonna be SPOILED. The soon-to-be husband is from London and I could listen to his accent all day long.  :)

This sweet, sweet family adopted big boy Gray Boy, now Echo.  They are a hiking family and chose that name in honor of their favorite thing (one of them anyway) to do as a family

Sweet Green Girl is now Scout.  She's gonna have an incredible life at the beach!

Orange Boy!  Orange Boy is now a Scout too and is definitely gonna have more love than he'll know what to do with.  :)

Pink girl, now Beckett, is gonna have a blast with this fun mom/daughter duo!

Sweet Purple Girl is now Luna and may be a Mama one day!

This adorable, super duper nice couple are a Guardian Home for Miss Sweet 'n Sassy pants, Red girl (pictured on the left).  Red Girl, now Matilda, is a future Faithful Hopeful and a potential therapy dog.  The puppy on the right is Matilda's half-sister/cousin, or something like that in doggie language.  Izzy and the puppy's mama are full sisters and both puppies have the same dad.  Now that's a crazy family dynamic!  ;)

And last, but definitely not least, is this cute couple!  They adopted another Sweet 'n Sassy girl, Yellow girl.  Yellow girl is now Pippa and that name is SO fitting for her!

Thank you again, Izzy families!  :)

Izzy's 7 Week Old F1 English Goldendoodles | Southern California Los Angeles Goldendoodle Breeder

Izzy's puppies sure have grown up these past 3 weeks, since our last post.  And a few days ago someone must have given them some ornery juice, 'cause outta nowhere they found their SPUNK!  They're gettin' their own little personalities, feeling sassy & spunky with just the right amount of sweetness to make it all okay.  ;)  Can't believe they leave us this weekend!  :(

They didn't want to cooperate for pictures since Mama was standing right by me, but check out how they've grown! Here they are at 7 weeks old:

Black Boy

Blue Boy

Gray Boy

Green Girl

Orange Boy

Pink Girl

Purple Girl

Red Girl

Yellow Girl

:)  Thanks for stopping by!