Charlee the F1b bernedoodle out of Hazel

 Amazing transition into our home! She slept/settled into her crate the whole drive home. Spent a couple hours in the back yard and has been amazing! Eating, drinking pottying outside, love her to bits already! Also very smart with sitting and recall. You do amazing work!

 1 year update on Charlee the bernedoodle:

Hi Zoe,

So many awesome/positive things to say about our girl Charlee 😊🐾.  She’s been an absolute joy to have in our life. Being retired we can dedicate alot of time for training, exercise, grooming etc, and as you know it takes a considerable amount of time but the reward of an amazing, well rounded dog is paying off. She’s currently 42 pounds and has been for the last month so I suspect she is full grown.

Charlee is super friendly with people and dogs.  She’s confident and not scared with traffic, loud noises or fireworks.  She loves her walks in the neighborhood but is happiest off leash on the trails and even better if there’s snow.   She also loves being on the boat and swimming. We’ve well socialized her with other pups and has a few BFF’s in the neighborhood. She definately gets over excited when seeing her friends and we’re currently working on that. We’ve tried a couple of different trainers over the last 10 months and she has done extremely well with basic – intermediate commands and we’re currently working on heal walking and she’s doing great.  We can now walk comfortably around the neighborhood without pulling! She loves to learn, do tricks and of course the treat rewards! She definately has a stubborn streak but I think that comes with the territory (poodle) 😆.

Charlee is pretty active and busy in the daytime but shuts down  from about 9:30 pm – 9:00 am!

She has a very thick, wavy coat as Zoe predicted. The fur is soft and doesn’t shed at all. I do all of Charlee’s grooming including toe nails. Zoe exposed the pups to early grooming and as soon as she was home with us, I continued grooming of some sort on a daily basis. As a result, she is quite tolerant of all aspects of it including walking right into the shower without a fuss.

Initially Charlee had some separation anxiety when we tried to leave the house. After some advice from Zoe, patience and practice, Charlee is fine being left alone for a few hours now.

So to sum it up, Charlee’s been an absolute delight to have in our lives and we just love her to bits! Keep up the amazing work you do!

Michele