What's Included?
What does your puppy come with?
- Fully health tested, temperament tested, and trained parents.
- First vaccinations and exam with a licensed DVM.
- UTD on deworming and a clear fecal
- Microchip
- ENS from Day 3 - Day 16
- Early introduction to potty training beginning week 3 with potty pads and then potty trays.
- BAB and Puppy Culture Curriculum
- Weekly pictures and updates
- Live video calls with families as needed (we also do weekly live videos on Instagram)
- 3-day Health Guarantee
- 2-year Health Warranty
- 30 days Free Trupanion Insurance
- Puppy package (Snuggle Puppy, scented blanket, training treats, 5 lbs of raw food if picking up in person, bone, folder with vet records and info, custom Hamilton Farm Doodles Bag)
- Lifetime of Breeder Support
ultra bernedoodles
$3,500
All of our puppies are sold on a strict spay/neuter policy.
*$250 discount on deposits placed before puppies are born
*$250 discount on your second puppy from us.
Pricing
(Pet Home only)
mini bernedoodles
merle $4,000
Tri - $3,500
f1 Bernedoodles
merle $3,500
Tri - $3,000
f1b bernedoodles
merle $3,000
Tri - $2,500
f1 labradoodles
merle $2,500
chocolate - $2,000
Travel Info
Pick up in Illinois
meet at airport
We can meet you at O'Hare or Midway Airport in Chicago for an additional $50.
flight nanny
driving to pick up
If another dog is added to the delivery, there is a discounted rate of $0.70 per mile.
Click here to see our purchase agreement
a hamilton farm doodle puppy
Our health guarantee
- We further guarantee that we will strive to keep the puppy healthy by providing a clean, safe environment from birth until adoption.
- Before adoption, puppies will be examined by our licensed veterinarian. This will include ears, eyes, teeth, bite, heart, lungs, lymph nodes, knees, hips, range of motion of joints, bone structure and overall health.
- Your puppy will be current on shots, deworming, and will have a clear fecal exam before going home.
- We don't guarantee against Giardia or Coccidia. This common parasite in dogs is caused by stress and transmitted by healthy adult carriers. If found, we will treat with the recommended dewormer and provide vet documentation.
- We guarantee that your puppy will be free of diseases, congenital, and genetic defects. We will not knowingly breed or sell puppies that are unhealthy.
reserving your puppy
reservation list
- A $500 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your spot on any future litter. This deposit is transferable to another litter if you don’t find the perfect puppy in the originally desired litter. In the event that not enough puppies are born for you to choose a puppy, your reservation will transfer to the next available spot on the next acceptable list. You agree to these terms when you decide to submit your deposit. We will work with you and make sure you are aware of your options with each litter.
- Deposits can be made through Venmo or Good Dog.
- Please submit a puppy application form and wait for approval before submitting your payment.
- When a litter arrives, I will send a picture of the newborn litter identifying the parents and newborn males and females to everyone on that litter's Wait List. I will let you know the exact pickup date for the pups and will call/contact you in the order that your deposit came in. For example, if one of our moms has 6 puppies, I will send the newborn pictures to the first 6 families on the Wait list.
- When reserving a puppy, there are two questions I will ask: 1) Will the pick up date work for you? 2) Do you want a male or female?
- I will let you know what order you are in for choosing a pup of a specific gender.
- THE INDIVIDUAL PUPS ARE NOT SELECTED UNTIL THEY ARE 6 WEEKS OLD. You won’t be selecting one at birth. Only the gender is decided at that point.
- **We do reserve the right to allow picking sooner or later, as situations seem fit, and will alert the waitlist.
- Please note, transferring to another litter means you take the next available spot on the next litter of your choice, regardless of what spot you held on the previous litter.
picking your puppy
puppy selection
- Puppy Selection happens around 5 weeks of age. Personalized FaceTime/Zoom or In Person visits, can be scheduled based on availability.
- On Puppy Selection Day, we follow the order of the reservation list for both genders. To secure your chosen puppy until pickup day, an additional fee of $500.00 is required, making a total of $1,000 in non-refundable deposits deducted from the final price. The remaining balance is due in cash upon pickup or delivery.
Our family is very involved in raising our puppies. This hands-on approach is a core part of both our program and our values. We focus on ensuring that our puppies are comfortable with kids, handling, noise, and the activities of daily life. We hope getting a Hamilton Farm Doodles puppy is the best choice your family has ever made!
Family - raised
Our curriculum emphasizes raising puppies that are empowered, not enabled, to help them develop confidence and a belief in their own abilities that prepare them various roles, including therapy and service dogs.
- Empowerment
We believe that the best family puppies are used to being around different types of people and can face new experiences with a sense of adventure. We are intentional to include many socialization and developmental opportunities at appropriate ages.
- Socialization
We use BAB curriculum to incorporate 10 step handling exercises to promote resilience and positive emotional responses in our puppies.
- Structured Developmental Exercises
We incorporate five simple but proven exercises to help improve each puppies immune system, stress tolerance, heart and circulation, training, and overall well-being.
- ENS (Days 3 -16)
Our Curriculum
What sets us apart?
We use Animal Genetics to test our parent dogs. They test for diseases common to the parent dogs breed.
We test hips and elbows with OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) to insure the parents of our puppies are as healthy as possible. This testing provides factual evidence for leading health concerns, especially in the case of bigger dog breeds.
health standards
Frequently Asked Questions
Bernedoodles are a cross of a Bernese Mountain Dog and a Poodle. The percentage of each breed in an individual puppy will vary based on the generation of the parents.
Bernese Mountain Dogs are known for their affectionate and gentle nature, making them wonderful companions for families, children, and other pets. They are exceptional dogs with a calm, loyal temperament that allows them to become a wonderful family member that offers both love and protection. They have very striking tricolor coats and a majestic appearance.
The downside is the Bernese can come with health problems, shedding, and also a shorter life span of 6-8 years. When we breed the best of the two breeds - Bernese and Poodle, we can produce puppies that do not have the health problems, are low to no shedding, and have a life-span of 12-15 years. Basically, the best of both breeds! With these added benefits, many Bernedoodles go on to be therapy or service dogs.
Bernedoodles are known for being intelligent, pleasant, friendly, easy-going, and people loving. I find our puppies to be easily trainable, and very people oriented. They are the perfect, family-focused, fun-loving pet. They seek to please. (While at the same time, they seek for you to pet them!)
We also raise our puppies using the BAB and Puppy Culture curriculum, so they already have a head-start as far as training and socializing goes.
As with any puppy, they can have the 'puppy energy', but I have found that they are usually less energetic than a goldendoodle (my personal and unbiased opinion! ;) ) and will want to nap after a good play time. I think they have a good balance of energy vs. calm because of the mixing of the Bernese with the Poodle.
Our F1's tend to have very minimal shedding. I do not notice any hair on my clothes or in my house, but sometimes find little dust bunnies of hair in the corners of my house. Our F1b's and mini's have done very well in families with allergies and have been no-shed so far. Someone with serious allergies may want to consider a puppy with more poodle.
Our Ultra Bernedoodles have the same genetics as an F1 would have as far as shedding. Our multi-gens would be more like a poodle, since often they carry 2 furnishing genes just like a poodle but with different hair types. So they can be straight-coated but still have a no-shed coat.
As puppies grow into their adult coat, they tend to lose their puppy fur. This is not shedding but more of a transition. Usually their adult coat has grown in by around 12 months. For all types, you will need to keep up with brushing and regular grooming.
Because we are mixing two dog breeds: Bernese, with their straight hair and Poodle, with their curly hair, we can have a variety of coat types. I think is the best of both worlds! Our bernedoodles can have straight, wavy, or curly coats.
An F1 typically has a thick, full coat that is wavy. If you blow-dry it, they will be fluffy but if left to dry naturally it will have a more shaggy look. Of course it also depends on how long you let their coat get. Not every bernedoodle will have the same type of wave or curl, just like humans have different hair types.
F1b bernedoodles usually have a wavy or curly coat, depending on which parent they get their coat genetics from.
Our Ultra Puppies can be straight or wavy while our multi-gen puppies can be wavy, straight, or curly. Sometimes I breed a litter to get that straight look and sometimes they will have wave or curl. I will usually specify what the coat type for each litter is going to be, so you know what to expect.
For all coat types, they will need to be regularly groomed and brushed. The longer their coat gets, the more diligent you will need to be to brush them often and also follow up using a steel comb to make sure you are getting out any mats near the skin. I tend to groom my dogs every 2 months and keep their coats shorter, so I don't need to do daily maintenance. Of course, it is up to you and your preference. You can try different cuts and see what works for you!
The size of the parents is the main determining factor for the size of their puppies. Also, we can look at past puppies with the same parents and the size of past generations of parents to determine adult size of a puppy.
Here are the sizes we offer:
Standards - 60-100 lbs with heights from 22-26" at the shoulder.
Mediums - 35-55 lbs and heights from 20-22" at the shoulder.
Miniatures - 25-35 lbs and from 16-18" tall at the shoulder.
Micro-mini's will be under 25 lbs and around 12-15" tall at the shoulder.
Because we are adding in the incredible variety of color that poodles can have, we can get lots of different colors!
Tri- the classic bernedoodle look! It is the most popular color we have.
Merle - a very distinct color pattern with dark patches marbled against lighter patches. Merle's are a little harder to come by and sometimes get those cute blue eyes!
Sable - a hair pattern when each hair gets two colors. The tips are usually black while the coat keeps it original color. Often sable puppies can fade and/or lose the black tips after grooming. Sometimes, when you groom them they look lighter, but as their hair grows they get darker again. Fun fact: we have a few mama's in our program that are black-based sable, meaning their tips are not black but the base coat is. These moms have an intense brownish, red color to them and their puppies tend to keep their gorgeous colors!
Parti- parti is where the dog is over half white. They can also have merle or sable with this coloring.
These names refer to different generations (mixes) of the Bernese with the Poodle and are the different types we breed.
F1 - the dog is 50% Bernese and 50% Poodle
F1b - the dog is 25% Bernese and 75% Poodle
Ultra - the dog is over 50% Bernese resulting in "extra" Bernese characteristics.
Multi-gen - the dog is a mix of bernedoodles.
*We always make sure the parent dogs will produce the non-shedding coat types.
Hi, I'M abby!
i breed bernedoodles for excellent genetics and beautiful colors.
i specialize in puppies for families.
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