Standard Multi-Gen English ULTRA Goldendoodles

Why Sophie × Boone?

There is a very specific vision behind this pairing: a substantial, Golden Retriever-inspired Goldendoodle with the temperament, structure, and coat qualities we love in both breeds.

Sophie brings beautiful English Golden influence, a calm and affectionate personality, and an easygoing confidence that makes her a wonderful family companion. She's patient with children, social with other dogs, and comfortable participating in everyday family life without needing constant entertainment.

Boone contributes European Golden Retriever structure, impressive trainability, athleticism, and an exceptional ability to adjust his behavior to the people around him. His accomplishments in conformation and performance demonstrate his versatility, while his gentle relationship with his guardian family shows us the dog behind those titles.

Together, they offer an exciting opportunity to produce substantial, people-focused, affectionate puppies with the confidence and adaptability to thrive in a variety of homes.

Our breeding decisions consider far more than appearance. Learn more about the philosophy behind these choices in Our Breeding Process.

Expected Temperament

Gentle Companions With Confidence and Versatility

We're breeding this litter with an emphasis on balanced temperaments, family companionship, and the potential for advanced training and working roles.

We anticipate puppies who enjoy human interaction, are naturally affectionate, and have the confidence to explore new environments. Both parents demonstrate the ability to settle comfortably with their families while remaining willing participants in activities and training.

For families interested in service or therapy work, we'll be watching for puppies with the appropriate combination of confidence, resilience, motivation, social stability, and sensitivity to their handlers.

Our goal isn't to produce identical puppies. Some will be more outgoing and adventurous, while others may be quieter or more relaxed. Individual temperament will determine which homes and activities suit each puppy best.

See How We Match Puppies to Families

If you're still researching breeders, you don't have to take our word for what “temperament tested” means.

Visit our Puppy Selection Guides and look through past Pick Your Puppy temperament reviews. You'll see real puppies from previous litters, how they tested, the differences we observed between puppies raised in the same home, and the kinds of families, lifestyles, and working roles we recommended for each one.

It's one of the best ways to understand how our selection process works before joining a litter. We don't simply assign puppies a scorecard. We use those evaluations to help answer the much more important question: Which puppy is most likely to fit your family?

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English Ultra Goldendoodles

Sophie and Boone's puppies are Standard Ultra Goldendoodles, bred with a greater percentage of Golden Retriever ancestry than a traditional F1 Goldendoodle. We anticipate puppies averaging approximately 60% Golden Retriever genetics.

Both parents bring English or European Golden Retriever influence, and we're especially excited about the physical characteristics we anticipate: stocky builds, blocky heads, substantial bone, soft expressions, and beautiful silky coats.

For families who love the classic Golden Retriever appearance but are interested in the coat possibilities of a Goldendoodle, this pairing offers an exciting combination.

We anticipate cream, apricot, black, blue merle, and phantom puppies. Actual colors and patterns will be confirmed once the puppies arrive.

What Is an Ultra Goldendoodle?

Straight & Wavy, Low-Shedding Coats

One of the goals of our Ultra Goldendoodle program is to preserve more of the Golden Retriever's natural appearance while producing coats with lower-shedding potential.

Sophie has a beautiful, soft, wavy coat, while Boone brings a traditional Golden Retriever coat and genetically low-shedding characteristics. We anticipate straight to softly wavy coats with a silky texture, rather than the tighter curls often associated with Poodles.

Individual coat characteristics and shedding levels may vary, and no puppy can be guaranteed completely non-shedding or hypoallergenic. These coats will still require regular brushing, bathing, and grooming.

Coat genetics can be more complicated than appearances suggest. Families interested in understanding furnishings, shedding, and allergy considerations can explore our Goldendoodle Shedding & Allergies Guide.

Standard Goldendoodle Size

These are substantial Standard Ultra Goldendoodles, with expected adult weights of approximately 65–85+ pounds.

We're particularly excited about the stocky, well-boned structure and blocky Golden Retriever heads anticipated from this pairing. These puppies are intended for families who appreciate the presence and substance of a larger dog.

Their size may also be appealing to certain working homes, although physical suitability for specific mobility tasks cannot be determined from expected adult weight alone. As the puppies grow, we'll evaluate their individual structure and development alongside temperament when helping families make their selections.

Raised With Purpose

Genetics give us the puppy we begin with. What we do with those genetics during the first weeks of life matters too.

Our puppies are raised through a structured curriculum based primarily on Badass Breeder, with elements of Puppy Culture and practices we've developed through our own experience raising and evaluating puppies.

Beginning during the neonatal period, puppies receive Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) and Early Scent Introduction (ESI) before progressing into increasingly complex, age-appropriate experiences.

As they develop, we introduce handling, grooming foundations, household sounds, novel surfaces, movement, obstacles, problem-solving opportunities, confinement and crate foundations, and appropriate interactions with people and adult dogs.

We aren't trying to expose puppies to every possible thing they might encounter in their lifetime. We're teaching them how to encounter something new and work through it. For puppies with working potential, that distinction is especially important.

Families can explore our complete Puppy Raising Curriculum to understand what happens during those first eight weeks.

The Litter Experience

Waiting for your puppy should be part of the experience—not eight weeks of wondering what's happening behind the scenes.

Once the pregnancy is confirmed, reserved families are invited into our private Facebook litter group, where we share regular photos, videos, developmental updates, enrichment activities, and a much more complete look at the litter than what appears publicly on our website.

You'll get to watch personalities emerge, see the puppies experience new things, follow their growth, and begin learning about them long before selection day.

At approximately six weeks, we also host our Puppy Party, giving families an opportunity to meet the litter and spend time with the puppies before temperament testing and final selections.

The goal is for you to arrive at puppy selection day already feeling like you've been part of their story.

You can read more about this experience in Our Waiting List & Puppy Selection Process.

Service Dog Prospects

We are excited to evaluate Sophie and Boone's puppies for service, therapy, and other working prospects, particularly families seeking a larger dog.

Boone's trainability, confidence, and ability to adapt his behavior to the needs of his guardian family are qualities we particularly value. Sophie contributes a calm, affectionate, socially confident temperament that complements those strengths.

Still, service-dog placement is never made from pedigree alone. We watch these puppies throughout their development and formally temperament test them at approximately seven weeks. We're looking at the individual traits that matter for the work being considered, including human focus, motivation, confidence, resilience, energy, intensity, prey drive, environmental sensitivity, touch tolerance, and the ability to recover and continue working.

A puppy can come from an excellent pairing and still tell us that a different life would suit them better. For service prospects, temperament and suitability take priority over color, gender, or appearance.

Families considering a working placement can learn more about our expectations, evaluations, and limitations on our Service Dog Prospects page.

Temperament Testing & Puppy Selection

Formal temperament evaluations take place at approximately seven weeks old, with puppy selections following around 7½ weeks.

By then, our recommendations aren't based on a single test. We've spent nearly two months living with these puppies and watching how they respond to everyday life.

Our evaluations consider:

Human Focus • Confidence • Motivation • Energy • Prey Drive • Intensity • Resiliency • Tenderheartedness • Touch Tolerance • Sound & Sight Sensitivity • Human & Dog Assertiveness

Families receive detailed temperament information before selections are finalized, and we help interpret what those traits are likely to look like in real life.

We want families choosing with their eyes open—not simply choosing the puppy whose photograph they like best. We reserve the right to steer a family away from a puppy when we believe another puppy would provide a substantially better match.

Explore Our Selection Process & Puppy Selection Guides →

Finding the Right Match

Our placement process starts before the puppies are born.

We want to understand what everyday life in your home actually looks like. Children, other dogs, cats or small animals, work schedules, activity level, previous dog experience, travel, training plans, and long-term goals can all change what makes one puppy a better fit than another.

For companion homes, we're looking for the puppy whose natural temperament fits comfortably into that family's life. For working and service homes, we look more critically at the specific traits the dog will need for the intended job.

There isn't one "best" puppy in a litter. There is a puppy who is better suited to you.

Going Home Late December

Sophie and Boone's puppies are expected around October 27, with an anticipated go-home date of approximately December 22, 2026.

Before leaving us, puppies receive age-appropriate veterinary care and vaccinations, are microchipped, and go home with their individual veterinary records and puppy materials.

Families also receive information for activating 30 days of Trupanion coverage, and our contract requires a veterinary examination within 72 hours of going home.

Most importantly, our support doesn't stop at pickup. We remain available to our families throughout the life of their dog, whether the questions come during the first week home or years later.

Families can begin preparing by reading our Bringing Your Puppy Home Guide, which explains the reservation-to-selection experience.

Reserving a Sophie × Boone Puppy

Reservations are available to approved families and secure a selection position within the litter rather than a specific puppy.

We do not assign puppies at birth. Families have the opportunity to watch the litter develop through our private Facebook group, attend our Puppy Party, and review individual temperament evaluations before making their selections in reservation order.

Our $500 reservation fee is applied toward the final puppy purchase price of $2,500. Reservations may be transferred to a future litter according to our reservation agreement if timing, availability, or the puppies born do not provide the right match.

For families seeking a service-dog prospect, we strongly encourage flexibility regarding color and gender so temperament can drive the final decision.

Picks #5 and #6 are currently available.