Lovedale Australian Labradoodles
Cessnock, NSW
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Hi, I'm Cassandra and Samantha H.
Lovedale Australian Labradoodles is a small Labradoodle breeding program based in the beautiful Hunter Valley. With emphasis on quality over quantity, you can rest assured that you will be purchasing a puppy of the highest quality. All puppies are born in our houses and raised with our families. We are extremely…
Meet our Parent Dogs
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- Breeding & Welfare
- Health Practices
- Home Environment
- Documentation
- Feeding
- Physical Condition
Our Breeding Practices
Behaviour and socialisation
We follow the Puppy Culture Program, and more recently follow “Badass Breeder” which we love and recommend to new owners. These programmes we believe are well structured to start early neurological stimulation from a few days post birth until the puppies leave us at 8 weeks of age. The puppies are then at the…
Health
Our breeding dogs are all hip and elbow scored, Orivet DNA tested with complete healthy breed profiles. All our puppy owners will be provided with a full DNA profile of parents plus a video of the parents being scanned for microchip numbers so that you can check hip and elbow scoring against the said parents. We…
Home environment
Both our homes/kennels are built on acreage and are fully air conditioned with individual dog pens containing quality beds, enrichment, TV's and radios. Our dogs are socialised around other dogs, cats and farm animals including chicken, horses and alpacas. Our pregnant females give birth in designated whelping…
Included with our puppies
Our puppy pack contains birth certificate, vaccination and worming records, information on training, diet, grooming and exercise guidelines. We provide a toy, grooming comb, car seat belt, some treats and a long lasting chew. Throughout their development we send photos and updates and offer a lifetime dog…
Health Tests
Core Tests(3/3)
Lovedale Australian Labradoodles conducts 3 out of 3 core health tests which RightPaw believe are most important to conduct for the Australian Labradoodle.

Canine Elliptocytosis
Genetic Test
Canine Elliptocytosis is a rare genetic disease causing the red blood cells to be abnormally…

Hip Dysplasia
Physical Test
These breeders have had x-rays taken on their breeding dogs to assess their ‘hip score’. Dogs…

PRA
Genetic Test
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) in dogs is a type of genetic eye disease causing deterioration…
Additional Tests
Lovedale Australian Labradoodles conducts 13 additional tests available for the Australian Labradoodle.
Transportation options
Lovedale Australian Labradoodles will send their puppies to the following states for their new families:
- All states (QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, NT, ACT & TAS)
Getting your puppy home
Lovedale Australian Labradoodles supports the following options for getting your new puppy home safely.
In person puppy pick up
Meet the breeder in person for puppy pick ups
Ground transport service
Supportive of on-the-road pet transport by car or van
Domestic air travel by plane
Supportive of domestic air transport by plane
International air travel by plane
Supportive of international air transport by plane
Badges of Recognition
About the Breeder
Cassandra and Samantha H
Member since Dec 2020
A little about us
We are Cass and Sam and both have our own established businesses in dog boarding and training and have come together to form Lovedale Labradoodles. Having known and worked with each other for over 11 years now, we completed our training at the National Dog Trainers’ Federation in 2016. As Trainers, we were both…
Why we got involved in breeding
Personally we love dogs and really enjoy seeing the whole process from birth, right through to the end of their training. We have been fortunate enough to be mentored by many experienced breeders that we have within our networks in the dog world. This has inspired and assisted our many hours of work and research…
Our special touch
We are passionate about puppies! We care about ensuring that puppies born with us have the best possible start to their lives by starting even before they are born! We look after the parents by providing them with the highest nutritional and health care possible. This then carries on once the puppies are born…
Credentials
Association number
B000691200
Breeding since
2019