Thistle Ridge Doodles     

Premier Breeder of Goldendoodles, Australian Labradoodles and the beautiful cross between the two; Double Doodles

Disease Testing Each and Every Parent Line Receives Before Being Allowed to Breed.

Golden Retriever Lines Receive the Following Testing

OFA Hips, Elbows and Patella's
OFA Cardiac
Baseline Thyroid
Degenerative Myelopathy
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
Ichthyosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Progressive Retinal Atrophy 1
Progressive Retinal Atrophy 2
Preogressive Retinal Atrophy, Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration
Sensory Ataxic Neuropathy


Poodle Lines Receive the Following Testing

OFA Hips, Elbows and Patella's
OFA Cardiac
Baseline Thyroid
Degenerative Myelopathy
GM2 Gangliosidosis
Neonatal Encephalopathy with Seizures
Preogressive Retinal Atrophy, Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration
Von Willbrand Disease 1
IC Locus (Improper Coat/Furnishings)


Goldendoodle Lines Receive the Following Testing which is the Combination of the Golden Retriever and Poodle Testing.

OFA Hips, Elbows and Patella's
OFA Cardiac
Baseline Thyroid
Degenerative Myelopathy
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
Ichthyosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Progressive Retinal Atrophy 1
Progressive Retinal Atrophy 2
Preogressive Retinal Atrophy, Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration
Sensory Ataxic Neuropathy
GM2 Gangliosidosis
Neonatal Encephalopathy with Seizures
Preogressive Retinal Atrophy, Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration
Von Willbrand Disease 1
IC Locus (Improper Coat/Furnishings)

All Labradoodle Parents Receive the Following Testing

OFA Hips, Elbows and Patella's
OFA Cardiac
Baseline Thyroid
Centronuclear Myopathy
Cystinuria 
Degenerative Myelopathy
Exercise-Induced Collapse
Familial Nephropathy
Glycogen Storage Disease VII, PFK Deficiency
Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis
Myotubular Myopathy 1
Narcolepsy
Neonatal Encephalopathy with Seizures
Progessive Retinal Atrophy, Cone-Rod Dystrophy 4
Progressive Retinal Atrophy, Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration
Retinal Dysplasia/Oculoskeletal Dysplasia 1
Skeletal Dysplasia 2
Von Willebrand Disease 1
IC Locus (Improper Coat/Furnishings)

ALL Double Doodle lines (combination of testing for all three breeds. Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever and Poodle)




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OFA Hips/ Elbows - http://www.ofa.org/hd_grades.html
Thyroid - http://www.ofa.org/thy_proc.html
VwD - https://www.vetgen.com/canine-vwd.html
DM - https://www.vetgen.com/canine-dm.html
Cardiac - http://www.ofa.org/cardiac_about.html
Patella - http://www.ofa.org/pl_overview.html
IC Locus (Improper Coat Furnishings)




Test Names:furnishings, improper coat, Wh locus, wire hair trait, wirehaired trait
Affected Genes:RSPO2
Inheritance:Autosomal Recessive (Improper Coat); Autosomal Dominant (Furnishings)
Mutation:Insertion
Breed(s):All Breeds


Testing Summary
The IC Locus (Improper coat/Furnishings) trait test reliably determines if a dog has one of the following genotypes at the IC locus:

F/F
This dog does not carry the Mutation for improper coat and will therefore have furnishings (proper coat). However, the overall coat type of this dog is dependent on the combination of this dog's genotypes at the L, Cu, and IC loci. This dog will pass F (furnishings, proper coat) on to 100% of its offspring.

Interpretation: Furnishings
F/IC
This dog carries one copy of the mutation for improper coat (IC) and one copy of F and will therefore have furnishings (proper coat). However, the overall coat type of this dog is dependent on the combination of this dog's genotypes at the L, Cu, and IC loci. This dog will pass IC (improper coat) on to 50% of its offspring and F (furnishings, proper coat) on to 50% of its offspring. Therefore, this dog can produce puppies with improper coat if bred with a dog that carries one copy (F/IC) or two copies (IC/IC) of the mutation for improper coat.

Interpretation: Furnishings (Improper coat Carrier)
IC/IC
This dog carries two copies of IC and will therefore have no furnishings (improper coat). However, the overall coat type of this dog is dependent on the combination of this dog's genotypes at the L, Cu, and IC loci. This dog will pass IC (improper coat) on to 100% of its offspring and can produce puppies with improper coat if bred with a dog that carries one copy (F/IC) or two copies (IC/IC) of the mutation for improper coat.

Interpretation: No Furnishings, improper coat
Detailed Summary
The improper coat/furnishings (IC) Locus determines if a dog will have longer hair around the muzzle and eyebrows (facial furnishings) or a lack of furnishings (called improper coat in breeds for which facial furnishings are standard). A DNA variant in the RSPO2 gene, which functions in hair follicle development, results in the production of furnishings in multiple breeds and is found in all wire-haired dogs.

Testing Tips
Genetic testing of the IC Locus for the RSPO2 gene variant will reliably determine whether a dog has furnishings or improper coat and whether or not a dog has furnishings and is a Carrier of improper coat. Facial furnishings are inherited in an Autosomal Dominant fashion, meaning only one copy of the RSPO2 variant is required to produce furnishings. Improper coat is, therefore, recessive to furnishings, meaning two copies of IC are required to inherit an improper coat and dogs with furnishings can be carriers of improper coat that can be passed on to their offspring.



Puppy Sizes:

Mini (20-35 pounds)
Medium (35-50 pounds)
Standard (40-70 pounds)

Please note: We cannot guarantee size, as genetically this is impossible to predict as they can grow larger than either parent. When selecting a pairing; we will only breed if parents are within 4 inches of each other in height. Bone structure and weight too can vary based on the density of their bones.
Two dogs can be the exact height and length however one could weigh 36 pounds and one could weigh 67 pounds. When asked about weight we always try to give our best guestimate based on the parents and previous generations in our pedigrees and the generations of bone structure. However without completing genetic testing on each and every puppy we are unable to know how much Retriever they have pulled from their pedigree and how much Poodle they have pulled. 

In theory an F1 should be 50% Poodle and 50% Retriever and F1B should be 75% Poodle and 25% Retriever. However a puppy can draw the majority of one breed and therefore be far larger or smaller than predicted. 

In our early days as a breeder when we too were breeding early generations we also found coat to be as unpredictable as size and puppies were being returned due to allergies. 

We are now better able to guestimate size more closely being so far away from the purebreds genetics good and bad. We no longer have the Purebred parents or Grandparents but they are 4 or more generations away. 

We are also very happy with the way genetic testing has changed over the years and are now able to test for coat length, curl and furnishings (that teddy bear face so wanted with the big mustache and beard) and are even able to breed more hypo allergenic dogs.

Years ago when we were breeding early generations it was completely impossible to predict size as a Retriever would be bred to a poodle. Some retrievers can be 60 pounds and some can be 120 pounds. Poodles vary in size from teacup size all the way to Standard. While many breeders would breed a Retriever to a tea cup sized poodle to rush the size coming down to a mini, we chose to breed down over a course of many generations. Starting with a Golden Retriever and a Standard Poodle. keeping back a smaller boned pup. We would then breed that smaller boned pup to a Moyenne Poodle, keeping back a smaller boned pup then breeding that pup when old enough to a Miniature Poodle. We are now breeding Multigenerational Goldendoodles and Double Doodles. Although we are now more confident with giving our guestimates in weight we know it is still not possible to be exact but are typically close in our judgements.


Health testing is very important to us and rightly so. We as your selected breeder hope to give you not only "The best dog you have ever owned" but one of the healthiest; living a very long and happy life. 

By doing our due diligence with genetic testing and by only breeding parents that have surpassed  expectations for temperament  hope to produce a healthier friendly pup for you to take home.