Mini Goldendoodle Puppies for Sale

The difference is height at the shoulder, which sorts Goldendoodles into Petite, Mini, medium and standard classes, from smallest to largest. Size comes mainly from the Poodle parent, so Minis usually have a Miniature Poodle parent and some Minis and Petites have a Toy Poodle parent. Medium and standard Goldendoodles have their own page.

Any of the three can happen, and all three are soft with facial furnishings. Furnishings are the beard, mustache and eyebrows of the doodle face, and dogs that inherit them shed less than flat-coated dogs without them.

A Mini Goldendoodle comes from a Golden Retriever and a smaller Poodle, usually a Miniature Poodle and sometimes a Toy Poodle for the smaller Minis and Petites. The Poodle parent mainly sets the size.

No, it is the same Golden Retriever and Poodle cross in a smaller size. Mini Goldendoodle and Miniature Goldendoodle are two names for the same size.

Some are, and one has made the national stage. Moxie, a 5-year-old Mini Goldendoodle service dog from Ballwin, Missouri, was a national finalist in the 2023 American Humane Hero Dog Awards.

Most Mini Goldendoodle puppies on Pawrade meet children before they go home. Breeders socialize 88% of litters with young children and 70% with older children. Many buyers have kids at home too: more than a third of Pawrade Mini Goldendoodle buyers have children.

Some puppies meet cats before they leave, but breeders on Pawrade socialize fewer litters with cats than with children or other dogs. If you have a cat, ask your breeder whether your puppy has met one.

Many do, as long as they get daily exercise and regular grooming. Most Pawrade Mini Goldendoodle buyers live in a house, and a smaller group live in an apartment or condo.

A young puppy eats 3–4 small meals a day, ideally from a slow feeder. Keep your puppy lean while it grows. Choose the food with your vet, because grain-free and legume-rich diets have been linked to a heart-muscle disease in Golden Retrievers.

Wait until your Mini Goldendoodle has finished growing before jogging or long runs, and ask your vet when that is. Until then, let it play at its own pace, because the growth plates in a puppy's legs stay soft while it grows. Small dogs finish growing sooner than large ones, and a Mini usually stops its rapid growth at around 6–9 months.

Most Mini Goldendoodles shed little, but no dog is truly hypoallergenic. Dogs with furnishings shed the least, while flat-coated dogs and some first-generation crosses shed more. Allergy sensitivity varies from person to person, so spend time with a dog before you commit if someone at home has allergies.

More than a Golden Retriever, because the coat mats and needs regular clipping. Brush at home, book a professional groom every 4–8 weeks, and check the ears after swimming.

Start early and keep it structured. The first 3 months are the main window for socialization, and puppy classes can start at 7–8 weeks of age. Keep obedience training structured through adolescence.

Take your puppy out first thing in the morning, last thing at night and after every nap. Keep the crate in a room where the family spends time, or in your bedroom at night, so you hear when your puppy needs to go out. Some breeders on Pawrade start crate training before the puppies go home, so ask how far your puppy has got.

A puppy can usually hold its bladder for about as many hours as it is months old, so a 3-month-old can wait about 3 hours. Stretch the gaps between trips outside slowly as your puppy grows.

Your Mini Goldendoodle has probably reached adolescence, which may begin around 8 months, when many young dogs test the rules and seem to forget their training. It is a normal stage that passes, so keep training short and consistent, be patient, and give plenty of physical and mental exercise. Most dogs are fully grown and settled into adulthood at around 2 years.

A Mini Goldendoodle litter on Pawrade usually has about 6 puppies, and most litters have between 3 and 9. Litter sizes are reported by the breeders.

Breeders report that they socialize 88% of Mini Goldendoodle litters with young children and 82% with small-breed dogs before the puppies leave. They also report getting 56% of litters used to the sound of a vacuum cleaner. Some breeders start crate training too, so ask about your puppy's routine. These figures come from what breeders reported for 680 litters. Keep it going once your puppy is home, because the first 3 months are the main window for socialization.

Set up a crate where the family spends time, get a slow-feeder bowl and grooming tools, and book a first vet visit for the early days. At that visit, ask the vet to listen to the heart and check the knees and eyelids.

Most puppies finish teething by about 6 months, when all the adult teeth are in. The baby teeth start falling out at around 12 weeks, so expect extra chewing from then on. Offer safe chew toys, rotate a few at a time, and keep shoes and other valued things out of reach.

Most puppies finish their core vaccine series at about 16 weeks, and your vet sets the exact schedule. Until then, keep your puppy away from sick animals, and follow your vet's advice on where it can go. Puppy classes can start before the series ends, from 7–8 weeks, as your vet advises.

Start right away, because the first 3 months are the most important time for socialization. Give your puppy short, positive meetings with new people, places, animals and everyday things. Puppy classes can begin at 7–8 weeks, once your vet is happy with the first vaccines.

The Veterinary Health Report is the written record of your Mini Goldendoodle puppy's health exam before it goes home. The breeder's licensed veterinarian examines the puppy to PetPay's exam standards and records the results in the report. It is a full hands-on exam of your puppy itself, not a record of the parents' health.

The breeder's own licensed veterinarian examines every Mini Goldendoodle puppy before it goes home. The vet follows PetPay's exam standards and records the findings in your puppy's Veterinary Health Report. A hard copy of the report travels with your puppy for your records, and a digital copy is in your PetPay account.

The breeder's licensed vet gives each Mini Goldendoodle puppy a full hands-on exam before it goes home, to PetPay's exam standards. The vet listens to the heart for a murmur, feels both knees for a kneecap that slips out of place, and checks the eyelids, lashes and eyes. A heart narrowing (subvalvular aortic stenosis) runs on the Golden Retriever side and slipping kneecaps on the Poodle side, so these checks fit a Mini Goldendoodle well.

Before travel, every puppy follows PetPay's vaccination and deworming schedule as far as its age allows: deworming at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 weeks, and the distemper, parvo, adenovirus and parainfluenza combination shot at 6–8, 9–11 and 12–14 weeks. Bordetella and corona are given at the vet's discretion, and no vaccine is given within 3 days of travel. Rabies is given by a licensed vet on the schedule your state requires. Your own vet completes the series. Your puppy's vaccination and deworming records are separate documents that travel with your puppy. Bring them, with the Veterinary Health Report, to your first visit so your vet starts from the same record.

If the vet finds something that could put your puppy at risk during travel, your puppy stays with the breeder until it's resolved. Problems that can be treated before travel are treated by the breeder's licensed vet first. Anything else the vet notes is shared with you.

Puppies grow and change quickly, and their immune systems are still developing, so no exam can find everything. The pre-travel exam by the breeder's licensed vet is a strong early indicator and a documented starting point. Your own vet builds on it at the first visit and at every checkup after that. Many inherited eye diseases, such as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), show up later in life, so a puppy exam cannot rule them out.

Every Pawrade puppy comes with a health guarantee administered by PetPay, independent of the seller. The terms are on the health guarantee page.

Not with the AKC or UKC, which do not recognize the cross. The Goldendoodle Association of North America registers Goldendoodles, including the Mini size.

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