For The Love Of Labradoodles

Kiwi Pride Australian Labradoodles has been successfully breeding healthy Australian Labradoodles since 2002 and over the past 16 years of breeding we have worked hard to develop lines from multigenerational dogs with beautiful calm and steady therapy natured temperaments that lend themselves well to all types of therapy/companion work.

 

Our therapy puppies offer a unique opportunity for therapy support / comfort and companionship for individuals and families in New Zealand with a child or family member that would benefit from a special bond with one of our labradoodle fur babies.

 

The Kiwi Pride Australian Labradoodle has such an amazing and versatile temperament and being such a family friendly breed, highly intelligent and easily trained it can suit many types of family lifestyles as it has a non-shedding and asthma/allergy friendly coat that will give pretty much anyone the opportunity of having a therapy/companion dog.

 

Our criteria for a puppy is very broad and inclusive, covering a range of conditions, syndromes, illnesses and combinations of conditions affecting a client's ability to lead a full and positive life of opportunity, however the family member may not qualify under New Zealand law for a certified disability assist dog but would benefit from a Kiwi Pride Australian Labradoodle puppy that has been carefully selected for its temperament attributes and given basic training to allow it to enter a family’s home easily offering affection, comfort and love.

There are many conditions and syndromes where a therapy/companion puppy can support a family.  Some of the conditions featured on our programme include:

 

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Down syndrome

• Head injury or trauma

• Confidence issues

• Chronic illness

• Difficulty relating in social situations/forming friendships

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Diabetes

• Developmental delay syndrome

 

Kiwi Pride wanted to fill a niche in the community for individuals and families that didn't meet the criteria for a fully trained disability assist dog in New Zealand, or who have found the waiting list for a fully trained service dog too long for their needs or didn’t require the level of training that a disability assist dog can offer.

 

Our puppies are given age relevant therapy training from 8 weeks – 6 months of age, a family on our waiting list will be notified when an individual puppy has been identified and at 12 weeks of age will be confirmed to possess the necessary temperament and attributes to be suitable for the family’s needs.

 

Once placed with a family, we work with the family through our Kiwi Pride trainer with follow up phone calls of support and encourage further training from a competent trainer in the families local area for support. Many of our puppies are placed up and down New Zealand and when we are confident that both the client, and the puppy are working well as a team to a set standard, we will allow the puppy to wear a Kiwi Pride therapy jacket. The puppy jacket is for use out in public to identify it as a therapy/companion labradoodle, this does not give this puppy public access like a fully certified disability dog under New Zealand Law, however under arrangement with individual businesses, schools and facility’s it may be arranged for the therapy puppy to enter the premises on a case by case basis, but it is the discretion of that individual premises to allow access or not.

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