Dams & Stud

TinkerDoodle Kennel is focusing on health, temperament, intelligence, and beautiful colors that we feel combine to make our dogs something special.We purposely keep our breeding program small so that I personally can handle and get to know each pup born here. I never have more than 3 litters in a yr, and can tell you more details about each of my breeding dogs than you’d ever want to know.

I believe in DNA health testing all of our breeding dogs to be sure that none have any genetic weaknesses that could pass on to their pups. I have such faith in the DNA testing that I base my lifetime guarantee on my pups on the results of it. We are very choosy to be sure that all of our dogs fit strict breed standards and our own rigid idea of dogs that have only characteristics that we want to “reproduce” and will compliment each other.  While testing is expensive (and means that if something negative shows up on any of our dogs we will have to remove them from our breeding program), it is the best way available to us at this time to be sure we’re breeding only top quality dogs. The results of this careful screening are apparent when you meet any of our dogs. I’m very proud of every one of them.

We have a VERY mellow, silly, and loving Standard Poodle stud named “Tink’s Chocolate Chip”. He got his name because he’s so sweet and brown.

Chip is APRI registered.

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You won’t see a lot of chocolate poodles because it takes very specific breeding to produce them. They never “just happen”. Chip started out a deep dark chocolate and has grown silver hairs among the brown to become “café au lait” which is even more rare and desirable. (Cafe aul lait is the dilute color that Chip passes on to some of his babies.)

Chip is very fun to work with, and has a fantastic temperament and personality. He’s smart and gentle, loving and very accepting of new people and things. We’re blessed to have Chip as the basis of our breeding program. Chip tested clear of all genetic defects listed at the bottom of this page. He carries black, chocolate, yellow and dilute color genes to pass on to his offspring. In my mind, he’s the ideal stud dog for doodle pups.

Our dams are all chosen to compliment him.

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I have 2 lovely MELLOW chocolate Lab females to create some gorgeous more laid back chocolate or cafe au lait babies with Chip.

“Jurgensons Hickory” is a classic chocolate Lab. She’s compact, stocky, with a nice blocky head and not an ounce of aggression in her. She’s more mellow than many Labs, which is one of the things that attracted me to her. I like my labs to be calmer and mellower so that the resulting pups are also that way. They have the energy to run and hike with you, but won’t be climbing the walls if they’re an indoor dog. She’s got great muscle and conformation, so should be a very good breeder. Hickories DNA results came back clear of ALL genetic defects listed below.

Hickory is AKC registered.

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“Tink’s Ava” is a typical English type lab.

She’s very beautiful,  broad, heavily muscled and extremely strong. She is friendly, mellow and loves attention. She hasn’t met any strangers yet… everyone is a friend in her mind. English type labs are the ones you’ll see in the show ring; as they have a look and temperament that is just awesome. They’re calmer, less driven and are happiest when surrounded by their adoring fans. Ava has a wide head and stance.  She is a charmer, and draws a lot of compliments from people who truly know labs. Ava’s DNA results were 100% clear.

Ava is APRI registered.

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With an eye to the future, I have purchased Dazy, a yellow Lab female. Dazy is my house pet. She’s wonderful with children, adores babies, is very obedient and intelligent. Dazy is my constant shadow and should produce lovely yellow or black F1 Labradoodle pups. She’s a gorgeous Lab girl who I’m very taken with.


Dazy is AKC registered and is a pointing lab, as shown in this picture.
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Dazy is still young, so I don’t plan to breed her until spring  2010.

Dazy learns very quickly and craves human companionship, which is a great trait to have. She’s a fun dog to work with and live with. Comical, loving, yet very devoted and eager to please. She’s passed all her personality and temperament testing with flying colors. She has made it her job to protect me, so will greet you at the door sounding all fierce… watch out or her wagging tail might hit you. lol The picture below shows Dazy as we know her… very alert and bright, she loves to cuddle.

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DNA testing such as I have done includes the following genetic issues:

  • Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration (PRCD)
  • Myotonia Congenita (MC)
  • Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA)
  • Hypothyroidism with Goiter (HTG)
    (Congenital Hypothyroidism)
  • Canine Leucocyte Adhesion Deficiency (CLAD)
  • Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL)
  • Cystinuria (CYST)
  • Narcolepsy (NARC)
  • Muscular Dystrophy (MD)
  • Globoid Cell Leucodystrophy (GCL)
  • von Willebrand Disease (vWD)
  • GMI Gangliosidosis (GMIG)
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII (GUSB_NOSVVIII)
  • Hemophilia B (HmB)
  • Phosphofructosokinase Deficiency (PFK)
  • SCID (DNA-PKc & DNA PKc2)
  • Thrombasthenic Thrombopathia (THROM)
  • Cone degeneration (CD)
  • Retinal Dystrophy (PRAD)
  • Canine Multidrug Sensitivity (MDR1)
  • GM1 Gangliosidosis (GM1)
  • L-2 Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria (L2H)
  • Neonatal Encephalopathy (NEWS)
  • Neuronla Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses (NCLs)
  • Canine Pyruvate Kinsase Deficiency (PK)

You can be confident that with the parent dogs having tested negative for these problems, that any pups out of them will be free of them as well. Any pups bought from me from DNA tested dams will come with a LIFETIME guarantee for all the genetic disorders listed above.