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 ha...