Sunshine Acre's Beginning

Although Michael grew up on a family farm in Iowa, and was involved in Agriculture, his first experience with genetics was in his undergraduate research at Iowa State University with Dr. Walt Fehr.  Genetics quickly became an interest to Michael in this work.  In 2000 he located on a rural acreage at our present location near Wolcott, Indiana.  It was then the Doodle dream was conceived and began to materialize.  

At this time, there were very few hybrid breeds of dogs available, as the majority of breeders focused only on purebred breeds.  Michael’s interest in genetics led to him deciding to raise a family pet and therapy dog from lines that had been strictly selected for good health, outstanding temperament and trainability that was not a purebred, but a hybrid.  

Interestingly, at this time, there were very few Goldendoodle breeders in the U.S, especially in the mid-west.  Few people had even heard of a “Doodle”.  Michael began to research parent lines, and acquired his first Doodle mother in 2000.  So Sunshine Acres was born, and along with it our first much anticipated and carefully planned for litter of  puppies. Over the course of the next several years, we carefully selected our Golden Retriever, Irish Setter and Poodle parents from good, healthy lines that were solid in temperament and had coat type and coloring we were looking for to be parents of our red Goldendoodle puppies for sale. 

We have found the Goldendoodles to be a well balanced, tender hearted, warm, wonderful breed that we love to work with.  After years of carefully selecting and breeding our own lines, our Goldendoodle puppies have developed a distinct "Sunshine Acres" look that sets them apart from many other Goldendoodles.  Through experience we have learned which lines make exceptional "Doodle" parents.