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 DoodleQuest®My name is Kathy Burgess and I have owned/bred dogs for 30 years. Our family of six was one of the earliest breeders of goldendoodles. DoodleQuest® is located in Nicholasville, near Lexington, Kentucky. We believe that sound temperament, rock solid health, and correct structure are the most important foundation on which all other accomplishments are built. DoodleQuest® keeps only the best tempered adult dogs and Volhart test all pups before they go to homes. To produce excellent lifetime health, we do extensive health testing on all breeding dogs and select only those with excellent histories. In order to produce correct structure that will age gracefully, we choose dogs with correct structure and champion pedigrees. DoodleQuest® has purchased semen from top lines from the United States, Canada and England. We have flown to Ireland to hand-carry puppies back from top lines to add to our program. We believe we were the first in the world to breed petite (toy) goldendoodles.
DoodleQuest® knows that well-bred pups can achieve amazing things when given the opportunity. We have worked our dogs with search and rescue, agility, obedience, conformation and in Junior handling. We have produced champion and international champion dogs. We have multiple canine good citizen (CGC) and therapy dogs (TDI). |
We have put
companion dog (CD) titles on our dogs. We have had the
top scoring dog in our state
that was exclusively trained by our then 10 year old daughter. We have had one of the top 25 dogs in
conformation in our breed in the United States. We
have attended the Westminster and Eukenuba
Classic dog shows. Our daughter was the #1
handler in the USA in
her breed. So, our dogs have done great
things.
We believe in
community
service. We make regular nursing home
visits with our therapy dogs. We frequently donate dogs as
service dogs. We have dogs that are
serving the physically handicapped, the blind, the deaf and as social
service
dogs. We have an autistic-calming dog
and a seizure-alert dog with a young child. We
donated a dog that was used in research to see
whether a dog could be
trained to sniff peanuts to protect its owner from accidental allergy
exposure. 
Our first
donated dog was
Kansas Dog of the Year. Many service dog
organizations have contacted us for either service dogs or dogs to add
to their
breeding program. We know that we can only
do a little but we try to do our part to make the world a better
place.  They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If is nice when others recognize our excellent reputation and quality dogs. Unfortunately, we have had problems with a breeder using our kennel name, DoodleQuest®. We believe it is done in an attempt to funnel unsuspecting buyers that are looking to buy a DoodleQuest® dog and know of our excellent reputation to her site. This breeder has a reputation for misrepresenting dogs, selling unsocialized, untested, sick dogs and then not honoring her health guarantee. Many times the owners have their new puppy die after just a few days or weeks after arrival and our out hundred or thousands of dollars in vet expenses. To add insult to injury the owners then find that the breeder has no intention of honoring her health guarantee. What a heartbreak! We feel very bad for the owner who was deceived and is emotionally and financially spent. Therefore to protect new owners we have felt forced to trademark our kennel name, DoodleQuest®. If you see any other breeders using DoodleQuest® please contact us so we can take the appropriate actions to keep other new owners safe. DoodleQuest® simply the best. |
