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Managing Your Doodle’s Coat

Managing Your Doodle’s Coat

Caring for your doodle's coat is crucial for their health, comfort, and appearance. Doodles typically have curly, wavy, or mixed-texture coats, which can mat and tangle easily if not properly maintained. Here at Colonial Village Labradoodles, would love to offer you...

Puppy Proofing Your Home

Puppy Proofing Your Home

Bringing home a new puppy is a very exciting experience, but it can also be overwhelming! Here at Colonial Village Labradoodles, we encourage preparing for your new puppy ahead of time as much as possible, including puppy proofing your home! Puppies are naturally...

Successfully Potty Training Your Puppy

Successfully Potty Training Your Puppy

The key to successfully potty training your puppy is keeping a consistent schedule! Here is the routine our trainers at Fieldgate Farm use to potty and crate train our Colonial Village Labradoodles! Wake up! Go straight outside! We want to be very calm any time we...

Meet the Staff

Meet the Staff

A little about our owner Kyle... Growing up in Tyler, Texas allowed Kyle the opportunity to be involved in Future Farmers of America and to learn all things Agriculturally related. As a calf roper, he really is a true cowboy (if you do not notice by the accent)! He...

Crate Training for Your Puppy

Crate Training for Your Puppy

Here at Colonial Village Labradoodles, we encourage crate training your puppy.  Crate training is necessary for safety, damage prevention, housetraining and travelling. Our trainers at Fieldgate Farm have broken crate training down into 3 simple steps for you!...

How To Understand and Manage My Puppy’s Biting

How To Understand and Manage My Puppy’s Biting

There are multiple reasons that puppies bite, even Australian Labradoodle puppies!  Let's look at some of the reasons that puppies bite and techniques we can use to manage it.   Some of the reasons puppies may bite are: They want to play!  Puppies are playful and are...

Baxter and Bella

Baxter and Bella

The Baxter & Bella dog training program is a comprehensive online training system designed to help dog owners train their puppies and adult dogs effectively. Founded by dog training expert Amy Jensen, it aims to make training accessible, enjoyable, and achievable...

Meet Our Staff!

Meet Our Staff!

A little about our owner Mindi… Mindi grew up always loving animals. Her first word was for a litter of stray kittens at age one and she grew up bringing every critter home. She grew up in rural Zionsville and was a 10 year 4-H member and showed horses through college...

Winter Puppy Activities

Winter Puppy Activities

Winter weather is here! We understand that these colder times can make it more difficult to allow your puppy to get their playtime in. We have some great winter tips for you and your pup that will encourage them to learn and play! If you and your pup are getting stir...