Somewhere around 3 1/2 yrs ago, we “ordered” our Bernie off of the internet after finding their webpage and falling in love with the photos and descriptions of puppies listed. We say that we “ordered” him because we’re big dog people and always have a few dogs at home, but have never picked one out w/o seeing it first. We opted for the delivery service being just a few states away because it made sense as we thought about time, gas, a hotel stay to sleep, etc. We thought we were crazy buying a dog off of the internet, sight-unseen, and I said to my husband, “How bad could it be not picking it out in person – it’s a puppy and it’s going to be awesome.” Afraid of it being a scam (who knows?) and not wanting to let our kids down, we kept it a secret that this puppy was coming until it was at our doorstep in the arms of the deliverers in the middle of the night. One of the coolest parent moments ever was waking up each of my two children with a puppy in their face to get ready for school. They each asked if they were in a dream! Right after we added Bernie to our lives, my 14 y.o. daughter developed POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), a condition that makes her pass out uncontrollably. As she was researching what it was, she found tons of videos on social media of other teen girls (unfortunately, that is the common age/gender that POTS hits) who had bernedoodles that they were training (or were trained) to be a service dog for them. Bernie had already strongly connected to our daughter and when she wasn’t feeling well, he was right by her side, even when she was passed out on the floor in a fetal position and he would weasel himself into her so that when she awoke, he’d be right there to greet her and lick her face. I brought this up to a gentleman I know who does have a service dog that he trained himself, as this man also teaches classes about service dogs in the workplace, in the community, the rights of the dog vs ESAs, etc, He guided us in what to begin to teach him, in which order, ways to do it, places to take him in the community that are good training areas, etc. My daughter began to teach him and he excelled, wanting to be trained and show her that he could do it – it was amazing. There is something about a Bernedoodle that brings together the smarts that they naturally have with the desire to please the owner, as well as show their love. Our Bernie is the most loving dog we’ve ever had. He is gentle, but uses his hands like he is just like us to reach out, touch you, and we believe, show his love. He does to the “Berne lean” where he leans up against you, putting pressure against you and we do believe that it is his way of showing his love. He is the happiest dog, but is very protective if others come into the home (like the plumber)! He wants to growl and bark, but keep his distance, just letting him know that it’s HIS house with HIS people that the plumber is in. It’s quite funny because we could take him to Wal-Mart and walk him through hundreds of people and wonder if he even notices the other people – he has never cared about other people out and about, just when they are in our house! Like another review said, our vet was also very impressed that he is very relaxed and came right to him when asked, something he said others don’t always do at first (or at all to someone they don’t know). This is apparently the reason for the suggestion of high socialization for Bernies – they don’t naturally socialize w/ other humans. When our vet is impressed, so are we! Although we laxed on the service dog training because our daughter’s health plummeted and she wasn’t able to train him, he still showed her what he could do and stayed by her side in the moments that she needed him most. As she got better and focused on just trying to go to school and be a teen, the emphasis and time prioritized was not on his training, but he still can show her his basics and instinctively knows what to do when she isn’t feeling well. I would say that he’s not at the level of being able to take him about everywhere like a service dog and we’ve let him be more of a “pet” at home, but w/ a little training, he could rise to the occasion, if needed. Training him as a service dog was not a part of our game plan initially, but the interest and pride he had to be able to do things for his human was impressive and says a lot about these dogs. He lives the best, most spoiled life, with being so close to his human that he can jump into “care” mode for her if needed, but his days are filled with really just being a spoiled pet with our other dogs. We can’t thank Baltic Berne Doodles enough for this gift of our pet and family member and if we are looking in the future to add another to our pack, we’ll be going straight back to them again!

My wife and I purchased a Bernedoodle from BaticBernedoodles. We were very impressed with the cleanliness of the home and environment the puppy came from. We purchased Boomer (now Donzi) for a fraction of what other breeders were selling BD’s for. We took our new puppy to our local vet for shots and check up day later. Our vet said he had never had a dog sprawl out on the table like ours did. He said the puppy is perfect in temperament and health. He wants the number to Baltic Bernedoodles to obtain one for him and his wife after their newborn child is born. We couldn’t be more pleased with a recommendation like that!!! Thank You James!!

We got our puppy Freddie (now bandit) about a week ago and he has been the sweetest little addition to our family. The service was great as well, we received all of his records and a huge bag of food to take home. Bandit is all around just the happiest puppy.

We adopted Cotton (now her name is River!) in December of 2022 and it was one of our best decisions we’ve ever made!!💗 She lives in Woodstock, GA now and loves her fenced in backyard 😉 She is the sweetest, kindest, and most fun thing ever – if we could adopt 100 more just like her we would!!💗

Brewer (formerly Winston) has been the greatest dog I could ever ask for. He is such a sweet, calm puppy and has brought so much love and light to our lives. We can’t say enough good things about our pup or the experience of getting him!