ABOUT

Waratah Puppies – enriching lives through the love of a puppy – because sometimes love and friendship comes with a wagging tail.

Waratah Puppies is an award winning, family operated business committed to breeding quality Cavoodle/Theodore and Shoodle puppies, raised to be loving companions in their new forever home.  Our puppies are happy, healthy and look forward to bringing you much joy and affection.

We are committed to breeding healthy, well-socialised puppies and to providing them with foundational training and to supporting their transition into their new homes especially when they are preparing to be Assistance Dogs in Training, Emotional Support or Therapy Dogs – particularly for people on the Autism Spectrum or living with anxiety depression or PTSD.   Vulnerable people can feel socially isolated and their disability can affect their ability to work, perform day-to-day activities or relate to their family and friends.

Waratah Puppies is a specialist breeder. 

We recognise and cater to the unique needs of families with children on the Autism Spectrum

and people living with anxiety, depression or PTSD.   

“Your instinct when you have a chronic illness is to sometimes isolate

and make your world as small as possible

so you don’t have much to deal with,” he said.

“But a dog will open you up.”   

Michael J Fox

A Waratah Puppies’ puppy can provide “connection, inclusion and build confidence”

Kaylene began breeding and raising Cavoodle puppies after a family member, who is on the Autism Spectrum, enjoyed such positive experiences from having a Cavoodle puppy in his life.  Waratah Puppies (formerly Waratah Park Puppies) sold our first litter of puppies in 2010 and are still in contact with some of those families.

Having a puppy join your family is a life-long ‘experience’ rather than simply a ‘purchase’.

There are no ‘silly’ questions.  Please ask all the questions you need have.  The more information we provide you with BEFORE your puppy joins your family, the more prepared and confident you will be for their arrival.

Our NSW Breeder Identification Number is B000793269.     We are a member of Pet Professional Guild Australia and the APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers Australia) and local Chambers of Commerce.

When our first puppies flew to Sydney to meet their new families, they cried when put in their travel crate at the airport.  We cried too.   We decided on that first occasion to spend the time needed to have them settle happily in a travel crate so a flight wouldn’t be stressful to them.

Since 2011 we have crate trained all our puppies.  The benefit is:

• The puppy has a safe, familiar place to travel home in, whether that’s in a car or a flight interstate or overseas;
• The puppy has a safe, familiar place to sleep in at night.  Our puppies sleep through the night if their family follows our recommendations;
• The puppy has a safe, familiar place to snuggle into when they need a quiet time and we ask families with children to respect the puppy’s need to have some quiet time away from constant activity, pats and cuddles

Increasingly new puppy buyers were asking if our puppies could have some basic training before their puppy arrived.  Since January 2020 ALL the puppies we sell have basic obedience training with the option for additional training as requested.

In addition we can provide an Assistance Dog in Training (ADiT) program for puppies we breed or raise BEFORE they join their forever families.  This additional training prepares the puppy for ongoing training as an Assistance Dog and hopefully reduces the opportunity for the puppy to develop naughty behaviours before formal training begins.  Puppy families are provided with a video of their puppy’s training and instructions on how to continue their training.  Where a family is working with an Assistance Dog training Organisation, we are very happy to liaise with that organisation when developing each puppy’s ADiT training program.