Popcorn - Service Prospect | Flat Coat Standard Ultra Goldendoodle

Details at a Glance Price: $1800 Coat Type: Straight Flat-coated, (unfurnished) Expected Size: 66 lbs Color: Gold Sex: Female Genetics: 76% Golden Retriever Shedding: Sheds similar to a Golden Retriever Standard Ultra Goldendoodle (Dixie × Boone) Available Now — Ready for Placement Popcorn is an exceptionally engaging, resilient puppy with strong environmental confidence, natural interaction skills, and impressive recovery after stress or surprise. She is playful, socially intelligent, highly interactive, and naturally motivated to participate with both people and her environment. Because of her combination of confidence, curiosity, engagement, and recovery, Popcorn stands out as one of the puppies in this litter with especially strong potential for advanced training or service-oriented homes. View her temperament test here for Part 1 https://youtu.be/t8AGH8TAc2k and here for part 2 https://youtu.be/Yp23XvjehBc Personality & Temperament: Popcorn approaches the world with confidence, curiosity, and enthusiasm. Throughout evaluations, she consistently demonstrated: strong environmental confidence quick recovery after surprise or novelty playful social interaction strong handler engagement and re-engagement active curiosity and exploration resilience during environmental challenges One of Popcorn’s most impressive qualities is her ability to recover quickly after unexpected environmental stimulation. When startled or surprised, she consistently processed the experience, recovered quickly, and willingly re-engaged the environment rather than shutting down or avoiding the situation long-term. This type of recovery demonstrates: environmental stability resilience curiosity after surprise strong adaptability under stress Popcorn also demonstrated: strong toy engagement natural retrieval instincts problem-solving ability persistence during interaction confidence navigating novelty and obstacles She appears naturally motivated to participate, interact, and engage with both people and her surroundings. Service & Advanced Training Potential Popcorn demonstrated many of the traits we look for in puppies considered for advanced training or service-oriented work. Throughout evaluations, she showed: strong environmental confidence excellent recovery after surprise or distraction natural engagement with people curiosity and resilience in new environments problem-solving ability and willingness to participate While no puppy can ever be guaranteed for service work, Popcorn’s combination of confidence, recovery, social engagement, and trainability makes her especially appealing for families seeking a highly capable, interactive companion with strong working potential. Living With Popcorn Popcorn would likely thrive in: active companion homes training-oriented homes service or advanced training prospect homes families wanting an interactive and engaged dog homes comfortable continuing structure and impulse-control work socially active households wanting involvement and participation She appears especially likely to enjoy: training games enrichment activities toy-based interaction environmental exploration social engagement active daily involvement Popcorn feels like the kind of dog who genuinely wants to participate in life alongside her people. Areas to Continue Building... Like all puppies, Popcorn will continue benefiting from: calm physical greetings and impulse control emotional regulation during excitement handling tolerance and restraint acceptance maintaining focus through distractions calm settling during heightened stimulation While socially affectionate and engaged, she did demonstrate some physical resistance during prolonged restraint or stationary handling, suggesting continued confidence-building and emotional regulation during confinement and handling exercises will be beneficial as she matures. She responds best to structure, clear communication, engagement, and continued positive experiences. With continued guidance and maturity, Popcorn has strong potential to develop into an exceptionally capable, socially intelligent, and highly interactive companion. Coat & Appearance Popcorn has a straight, unfurnished coat and is expected to mature with a very natural Golden Retriever–like appearance. Unlike traditional fluffy doodle coats, her coat will remain flatter and more natural overall, without facial furnishings (no beard or eyebrows). This coat type typically: sheds similarly to a Golden Retriever requires less grooming than dense doodle coats grows more naturally and slowly over time has a practical, easy-to-live-with feel in everyday home life Families who love the look and feel of a Golden Retriever are often especially drawn to this type of coat. Popcorn combines that classic Golden-like appearance with a highly interactive, resilient, and naturally engaging temperament. What to Expect: Popcorn has been thoughtfully raised through our early development program and is well-started for an easy transition into her new home. She is already using a dog door and has a strong foundation in potty training, helping make the transition into a new environment much smoother. She has also been raised with: daily handling and interaction structured socialization environmental exposure and enrichment early confidence-building experiences With continued consistency and involvement, Popcorn is expected to continue maturing into a highly engaged, socially intelligent, and resilient companion. From the Dixie × Boone Pairing Popcorn comes from our Dixie × Boone pairing, selected for temperament, structure, and overall consistency. Dixie is known for her intuitive, people-focused nature, while Boone contributes calmness, steadiness, and strong emotional balance. Together, they consistently produce puppies that are: socially engaged and people-oriented confident and adaptable highly trainable and responsive well-suited for active family environments and continued development Availability & Next Steps Selections for this litter have already been completed. Popcorn is currently available and ready to move forward with the right home. Because the reservation process has finished, placement is now handled on a first-come, qualified basis. We will connect directly with interested families to confirm fit and next steps. If you feel Popcorn may be a good fit for your family, we recommend reaching out soon, as availability can change quickly at this stage.