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California families

Goldendoodle Puppies for California Families

Smeraglia bred the world’s first English Goldendoodles in 1999. Today California families bring our puppies home from our family farm in Robertsdale, Alabama by Au Pair Air, with a nanny who flies your puppy to your airport. We have delivered puppies to California families for years by Au Pair Air. Families can also meet us at the airport or on the farm. Here is how it works, and which size fits your family.

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  • 1999world’s first English Goldendoodles
  • 2-yeargenetic health guarantee
  • Temperamenttested and family-matched
  • DeliveryAu Pair Air to your airport

How your puppy gets to California

From our Alabama farm to your California home, in four steps.

  1. Apply and get matched

    Your application tells us about your family. At seven weeks every puppy is temperament tested, and we match the puppy to your home, not first come, first served.

  2. Ready to go home

    Our puppies go home between 8 and 10 weeks old, depending on their size. Our team will confirm each puppy’s specific go-home date. If you choose Prep School first, your puppy goes home after training (1 to 16 weeks).

  3. The trip to California

    Au Pair Air: a nanny flies with your puppy in the cabin to your airport. Lauren can fly into most U.S. domestic airports.

  4. Gotcha Day in California

    Meet your puppy where your delivery brings it, or come to us: we can meet you at Pensacola International or Mobile Regional airport, and we’d love to welcome you to our farm in Robertsdale, Alabama.

Ways California families meet their puppy

  • Au Pair Air, at your airport
  • Pensacola or Mobile airport
  • Our farm in Robertsdale, Alabama

On the farm, visits are by appointment. Please plan airport meetings and farm visits with our team before booking flights.

Delivery to California

Au Pair Air
To your airport. For Au Pair Air quotes, families can email [email protected].
Or
Meet us at the airport, or pick up at our farm in Robertsdale, Alabama
A couple holding their new Smeraglia puppy

Fly in for your Goldendoodle’s Gotcha Day

Fly in and meet your puppy!

You can fly into Pensacola International Airport or Mobile Regional Airport and make your puppy’s homecoming a Southern adventure.

We can arrange to meet you at either airport, but our favorite option is welcoming you to the farm in Alabama. Come meet your puppy, spend time with our team, ask your questions, and enjoy that first unforgettable cuddle right here where your doodle’s story began.

Please coordinate your visit or airport meeting with our team before booking flights. We’ll help confirm your puppy’s readiness and plan the details. Families must have a confirmed appointment before booking flights. Those visiting the farm need to arrange their own transportation from the airport. Any airport handoff must also be confirmed with our team before flights are booked.

Which size fits your California life?

Choosing the right puppy is about much more than size. We consider your lifestyle, activity level, household, experience with dogs and what you hope life with your puppy will look like. Each size links to its puppies.

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Puppies ready for California homes

Live from our nursery, the same puppies as our Available Puppies page.

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Questions California families ask

By Au Pair Air: a nanny flies with your puppy in the cabin to your airport. For Au Pair Air quotes, families can email [email protected]. You can also meet us at Pensacola or Mobile airport, or at our farm in Robertsdale, Alabama.

Lauren can fly into most U.S. domestic airports. For Au Pair Air quotes, families can email [email protected]. She will confirm airport options, pricing and travel arrangements.

Yes. Fly into Pensacola International Airport or Mobile Regional Airport. We can meet you at either airport, but our favorite option is welcoming you to the farm in Alabama. Please coordinate your visit or airport meeting with our team before booking flights.

Our puppies go home between 8 and 10 weeks old, depending on their size. Our team will confirm each puppy’s specific go-home date.

Yes. Our farm is in Robertsdale, Alabama. General farm visits, virtual puppy visits and allergy-testing visits are booked through the office. Call the office at (251) 960-1311. Trainers arrange Gotcha Day appointments directly with their clients.

A Goldendoodle bred from the English (European-line) Golden Retriever rather than the American line. We bred the world’s first English Goldendoodles in 1999. Read the English Goldendoodle guide →

Three cream Goldendoodle puppies from one litter, held in someone’s arms

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What it takes to bring your puppy home to California

Every puppy comes with health-tested parents, our two-year genetic health guarantee and lifetime rehoming support from our family.

See prices & what’s included

Your puppy
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Application
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Pensacola or Mobile airport
$195
New Orleans airport (MSY)
$495
Au Pair Air
For Au Pair Air quotes, families can email [email protected].
Prep School (optional)
1 to 16 weeks

Bring a Smeraglia puppy home to California

Start your application, and our team will help you find the puppy that fits your family and your California life.

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