Why a Bernedoodle?

Which one is right for you?

What is a Bernedoodle?

Bernese Mountain Dog and Poodle

Bernese Mountain Dogs are known for their good and affectionate nature and overall calmness. Their large stature equates to a dog that is big and powerful and is built for hard work. They are strikingly beautiful and blessed with 3 vibrant tricolors, black, white and copper tan, with a coat that is thick and silky. Distinctive markings, make up a majestic appearance overall.

The Poodle is an active, athletic breed with the different breed varieties varying predominantly by their size. Poodles are known as a highly intelligent, energetic, and sociable breed. They require both physical and intellectual activities. A typical Poodle is reserved and a little aloof with strangers upon first introduction, but after a while slowly reveal a warm and personable disposition once the dog realizes the new person is trustworthy and means no harm.

When bred together the Bernedoodle is created. Overall, the temperament of the Bernedoodle is playful and affectionate. They interact well with children and generally love to spend lots of time with their human families. Because they need to be in close and consistent proximity with their human families, you will find that they don’t do well when left alone for long periods of time. Bernedoodles make great family dogs because they are friendly and easy to socialize. A lot of intelligence is passed on from the Poodle parent, which allows the Bernedoodle to be able to work as a therapy dog, with the proper training. Bernedoodles are a highly desirable breed due to the hypoallergenic properties of their coats. Although, no dog is completely hypoallergenic, the coat that is passed down from the poodle is nice for many allergy sufferers. Bernedoodle coats are typically wavy and curly, which results in very minimal shedding.

Bernedoodle sizes

Mini, Medium and Standard

Bernedoodles come in different sizes. We breed multigenerational Bernedoodles, Ultra Bernedoodles, Teddy Bear Bernedoodles, Cavapoo's and occasionally Sheepadoodles.

Multigen Bernedoodle's are a Bernedoodle that are three or more generations as a bernedoodle.

Ultra Bernedoodles are when the dog is greater than 50% Bernese. Sometimes even up to 70-75% Bernese but still have the allergy friendly doodle furnished coat.

Teddy Bear Bernedoodles are a micro mini or mini Bernedoodles infused with King Charles Cavalier or Cavapoo. The Cavalier temperament compliments the Bernedoode wonderfully. It gives a little smaller of a dog generally with bigger eyes and a shorter muzzle. Looking like a Teddy Bear hence the name.

Cavapoo's are a blend of King Charles Cavalier and a mini poodle. We do offer different generations such as F1, Multigen and Ultra's.

Sheepadoodles are a blend of an Old English Sheep Dog and a poodle. We occasionally have a litter of F1 Sheepadoodles.

General size ranges can be offered but sometimes a puppy will genetically take after one size parent more than the other. Therefore, we will always give you our best guestimate and tell you the weights of both parents. We do not guarantee sizing.

Micro: are normally under 25-30 lbs.

Mini: are normally between 30-50lbs.

Medium: A medium is generally between 50-65 lbs.

Standard: Estimated to be in the range of 70-100 lbs.

Coat Colors

Beautiful wide variety

Bernedoodles can come in many different coat colors just like poodles. It is all about the genetics of the parents and what their genetics produce when paired together. Achieving certain coat colors takes planning and research. We breed for the beautiful copper tan points that make the Bernese so striking. Our focus is traditional tri's, phantom, merle tri's, phantom merles and beautiful red abstract. We occasionally will have other colors if we choose a stud outside our program that carries different genetics.

Tri color: The traditional Bernese coloring. Tri's have a white blaze up their forehead and white chest.

Phantom Tri: Dominantly black and tan with minimal white. No blaze up the forehead.

Merle Tri: Very similar to a traditional tri however the black color is merle. Also referred to as Phantom Merle Parti.

Phantom Merle: Predominately beautiful merle color with copper tan points and minimal white.

Red Abstract: Red with minimal white on body.

Red Tuxedo: Red with more white. Generally a white blaze, chest and socks.

Chocolate: The tri's and tri merle can also come in chocolate. This is when the dog is a dark brown with copper/tan points and white.

Bernedoodles do come in more color variations, but these are the most common we aim to produce.

Bernedoodle Generation

What generation is best for you?

When you first start researching doodles it can be very confusing all the F this and F that. I hope to shed a little light on it and make it easier to understand.

F1: An F1 is a first-generation doodle. It is two different purebred dogs bred together. With doodles one is always a poodle. For Bernedoodles it is a pure-bred Bernese Mountain Dog bred to a pure-bred poodle. F1's can come in different sizes depending on the poodle used. With F1 generation you get one copy of the Furnishing gene from the poodle and one copy of the incomplete gene from the Bernese. The furnished gene is dominant so that is why F1's have the doodle fluff. F1's can have wavy and curly coats and can lightly shed. Our personal experience is our F1's have very minimal to no shedding.

50/50 Poodle/Bernese

F1B: An F1B is a second-generation doodle. It is a F1 bred back to one of the original pure-bred breeds. Most commonly F1B's are bred back to a poodle to increase the furnishings and low shedding. 75/25 Poodle/Bernese (We are not currently breeding F1B litters)

F2: An F2 is when two F1 dogs are bred together. In F2 litters you will get some puppies who inherit two copies of the incomplete gene from the Bernese side. These puppies will be unfurnished and their coat appearance will be similar to a Bernese instead of the fluff commonly associated with a doodle. *we do not breed F2's at Brookside Doodles.

Multigen: Most of our litters are multigenerational. This is when the dog has been a bernedoodle for 3 or more generations.

Ultra Bernedoodle: An Ultra is when the dog is higher than 50% of the breed other than poodle. Sometimes it is a Bernese Mountain Dog bred to a multigenerational Bernedoodle. Other times two Bernedoodles with high Bernese content can be paired for Ultra's. We will also be having ultra Cavapoo's in the near future.