About Us
"My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am." --Author Unknown
My husband, Greg, is a computer software developer at a steel manufacturing company in Rock Valley. He takes care of feeding and keeping the puppies' living area clean and dry. He also gets the credit for developing this website and taking care of the maintenance. (I get to do a little editing!) I was employed as a surgery and outpatient registered nurse for a number of years, but have decided to keep our focus on the dogs (and be the family manager and master scheduler!). I take care of vaccinating the puppies, record keeping, and am in charge of finding nice homes for our puppies. I also do the blood draws for the progesterone checks on our dogs. Our kids are pretty involved with helping us with picture taking and all the little extras. Our daughters have been involved in dog training in their 4H club. They did very well their first year at the fair. One received reserved champion in obedience, the other reserved champion in handling. Way to go girls! (And of course, dogs!) Our boys are now old enough to participate at the fair, and are looking forward to their first year of dog training (May 2017). We all enjoy spending time outside with the puppies in our backyard, letting them run and discover the great wide world. Our puppies are well socialized from birth. The pictures of our boys below was taken several years ago. I had called a few weeks ahead to make an appointment and had asked if we would be able to take along a tractor and wagon for photo props. I knew I had put them to the test when I had asked if I would also be able to take along a few live puppies! I knew I had chosen the best photographer around when she was very willing to do this and also did an awesome job!
We now have Little Paws of Iowa puppies at 3 locations. In the winter of 2011, we partnered with a friend, Ella Fluit, who shares our love of mini goldendoodles. In 2015, we also partnered with Nolan Rozeboom who shares our love of mini bernedoodles. Ella and Nolan's duties include taking care of the parents and puppies at their location from birth until they go to their new homes. By partnering with these friends, we still take pride in being a small breeder but now we get to share some of the responsibilities of raising healthy intelligent puppies. We take pride in our clean and high end "Little Paws of Iowa" facilities. We share the same values of quality breeding and providing excellent living conditions to our parents and their puppies.
We now have Little Paws of Iowa puppies at 3 locations. In the winter of 2011, we partnered with a friend, Ella Fluit, who shares our love of mini goldendoodles. In 2015, we also partnered with Nolan Rozeboom who shares our love of mini bernedoodles. Ella and Nolan's duties include taking care of the parents and puppies at their location from birth until they go to their new homes. By partnering with these friends, we still take pride in being a small breeder but now we get to share some of the responsibilities of raising healthy intelligent puppies. We take pride in our clean and high end "Little Paws of Iowa" facilities. We share the same values of quality breeding and providing excellent living conditions to our parents and their puppies.
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Julie Bakker (contact for puppy adoption and questions)
3270 Fir Ave., Rock Valley, IA 51247, 712-476-9410 Nolan Rozeboom 2042 290th St., Rock Valley, IA 51247 |
Ella Fluit
2338 Dove Ave, Doon, IA 51235 |
