Good Neighbor Podcast: Union

Meet The Doodles Trained For Real Life And Ready For Forever Homes

• Mike Murphy • Season 5 • Episode 85

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Looking for a dog that fits real life, not a fantasy? We head out to Shiloh Farms in Union to meet seven Doodle puppies raised with purpose: crate trained, noise desensitized, travel practiced, and already sleeping through the night. Crystal Bonati opens her “Place of Peace” to walk us through how thoughtful breeding, early socialization, and steady routines shape confident family dogs.

We break down the alphabet soup—F1, F1B, double doodle, multi-gen—so you can understand parentage, likely coat traits, and size expectations. Then we go pup by pup: from Sabo’s striking phantom markings to Burrow’s teddy-bear charm, Mia’s fearless curiosity, Gabby’s gentle calm, Caitlin’s sweet chill, Petey’s cuddly loyalty, and Boomer’s laid-back independence. Crystal explains why she invites families to visit multiple times, bring a worn shirt for scent, and choose the dog whose temperament fits their life. The process turns impulse into insight and helps ensure a bond that lasts.

We also explore real-world needs: how crate training makes workdays manageable, how noise desensitization helps during fireworks and grooming, and why car trips now prevent anxiety later. For empty nesters and first-time owners alike, an older, well-prepped litter can be a gift—less chaos, more connection. Crystal shares how her faith centers the farm’s mission to “train them up” and send them out, plus moving stories of second dogs easing grief and becoming daily companions.

Curious which personality fits your home? Listen, then come meet the pups at Shiloh Farms in Union and see the difference a calm start makes. Call Crystal at 513-885-0656 to schedule a puppy visit!

SPEAKER_00:

This is the Good Neighbor Podcast. The point with local businesses that neighbors come together. Here's your host, Mike Murphy.

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Thank you, Charlie. Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host of the Good Neighbor Podcast. We talk to local business owners, residents, anybody that you need to know, and I'm obviously with somebody that I think you need to know. With me today is Crystal Bonatti with Shiloh Farms. And what is the rest of the narrative there with Shiloh Farms? Go ahead and tell us, uh, Crystal, uh, what who what's the name of your farm and what is your business?

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It's Shiloh Farms, Place of Peace. Okay. And place of our Shiloh is biblical. It stands for Place of Peace.

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Okay. All right.

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And we breed doodles.

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All right.

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So our subtitles kind of like doodle dandy dogs.

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Okay. Yeah. And that was the part that I was kind of having a hard time with. You know, I just kept thinking Yankee Doodle Dandy. But um, okay, and it's it's golden doodles, correct?

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No, we have double doodles, double doodles, Aussie doodles, and then multi-gen doodles.

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Okay, so right there, you're gonna have to educate me, and while you're doing so, you're gonna educate a lot of people in the community. What is the difference?

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So a double doodle is when you take two doodles, like lilac. Her mom was a periodoodle, her dad was a golden doodle. So that made her a double doodle. All right, and then her puppies we bred back with. The first uh letter was with another uh golden doodle. Okay, and then her second letter we bred back with a poodle.

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Right.

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Um, and then Shiloh is an Aussie doodle, which is an Australian shepherd and a poodle. She was the first generation, so she was an F1.

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Okay.

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And then her puppies we bred back with a poodle, so that makes them an F1B.

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Okay.

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So now if I take Shiloh's puppies, if I take one of them, which I plan on hoping to keep one of the males to breed back with lilac or lily, and then they'll be multi-gen because they have different generations of um breeds in them.

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Okay. So complicated. Yeah, it sounds like I mean it sounds like it's it's uh there's a math equation, there's a flow chart, there's um all sorts of things happening there. But case in point, somebody who I told um this morning that I was coming to visit with you, she used a term that I had never heard before, told again just now, and she was saying, F1, F2, what are they? And so I'm like, I have no idea. I said, but I'm going to find out. So that's why I'm here. Um I'm here on the farm with you. Um, for those of you who um don't recognize the backdrop because you're used to seeing me in my basement with all my stuff behind me. I still have a lot of stuff behind me, it's just different stuff today because we are on the farm and we're uh sitting in a kitchen under construction.

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Yep.

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We are um uh within earshot of a bunch of little puppies and other dogs that rule the house that uh you may hear in the background. But part of what we're going to do today is we're going to introduce you to the latest litter of puppies that Crystal would like to showcase and find homes for them in the community. So if you like puppy breath, you like kisses and hypoallergenic dogs, correct?

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Non-shedding.

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Yeah, non-shedding, and so I mean, there's all sorts of benefits. So um, some of you out there know all about these doodle dogs, and some of you don't know a darn thing, and we're all gonna find some stuff out together. So, with that being said, um, Crystal, how old is this latest litter of puppies? And how many do you have?

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There are seven. There's four males and three females. Okay, and they will be 11 weeks old on Monday. Um, they are already crate trained, they sleep all night. Um, they've had their first vet check, they have their second vet check scheduled. They're trained with vibration and noise, they go up and down the steps on their own. Um, they've even been travel trained. We've had them out in the vehicle so they're used to being in the vehicle. Okay. Um, we want the transition to be very smooth when they go to their forever homes.

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Okay.

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And the reason why we are so compassionate about this is when we received Lilac, our first double doodle, she was not trained at all. She would never go in a crate. Um, when I groom her, I still have to use scissors because she wasn't comfortable with the vibration. Noise train is another one that we do. Lucas, my 100-pound farm dog golden doodle. Um he does not cannot handle fireworks or gunshots. So these dogs are used to any loud noises. Um that's why we are so compassionate about it, because we we knew the struggles that we went through, and we don't want our forever homes to go through that.

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Every 4th of July, that's all we hear is you know, people, come on. Uh, you know, my dogs can't handle a full week of fireworks, and um it's not just babies, but it's fur babies too.

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But yeah, okay.

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Well, that's good to know. I mean, you've there's a lot that goes into it, you've thought about a lot, which makes you the expert, which is why I'm sitting here today.

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So I don't know if I'm an expert, I'm learning as I go, okay, but um we just enjoy what we do.

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Okay, well, that's important too. All right, so um, if somebody is um thinking, well, geez, I I might be interested. Um, do they have to have any sort of specific um knowledge or training, or do you vet them? Or like what's that look like? I mean, can someone just show up at the door, pay you money, and lead with a puppy?

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So, what we encourage and what our vision was when we started the farm and breeding is that we want people to come out and spend time with the puppies and pick out a puppy. Okay, we don't want them to just come and say, you know, we want a puppy and you give us one. We want it to be an experience where this is going to be a member of their family. So we want them to come out, spend time. I've had people that have come out several times before they even picked out a puppy and then um come back as often as you want. We have people bring their own piece of clothing so that puppies have their scent, you know, and they're familiar with them before they go home. Um so we don't have an application. We, you know, when we started looking for Lucas, who is our first doodle, um, we didn't live here on the farm. We were looking for an Aussie doodle, and people had these long applications and restrictions, you know, for you to fill out and before they would even release a dog to you. We're not like that. You know, we feel like if someone wants uh an addition to their family, um, come and spend time because their personalities are different. Every one of them are so different.

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So hence having to spend a little bit of time to kind of understand the differences in personality between the two. Okay. Yeah, because you're uh you're creating um a relationship that lasts a long, long, long time, many years. So that makes sense.

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I get pictures every year on their birthdays and holidays, and anytime there's a special event, I always have my previous owner send us pictures.

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Okay. Well, that's kind of cool. You have um how many how many litters have you raised and sold into the community?

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Two.

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Okay. So this is third the third? Okay.

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But Shiloh's first litter. It's our first litter of Ozzy Doodles.

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Okay. So I know well, there are there are other questions that I don't know to ask, and I want to make sure that before we start to bring the puppies out and put them on camera, and you know, um, all the fun that comes with that. Um, what type of information should people know? Like what questions am I not asking because I don't know to ask? Is there anything that comes to mind?

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Just being educated then to know that you know there are vet visits that they have to have. Um, doodles, um they're different than a short haired dog where you do have to brush them.

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Okay.

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Um they're they're like a child. You just can't have it and and put it in a corner and let it go. You know, you do have to spend time with it. These dogs are so trained already that it just cracks me up. I mean, it's hysterical. I opened up their crates and the doors open, and I said, okay, everybody outside to potty. And it is hysterical to watch them go out, you know, to go potty.

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It's like a little army of well-behaved children.

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Yep.

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Um, yeah, um, reminds me of that uh movie. What's the one? Um, The Hills Are Alive, The Sounds of Music. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah.

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My hills are alive.

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Well, the house is alive with the sound of barking because ever since I walked in the house, um, they all want to know who's here, who's here.

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So they are very good watchdogs. My they it's interesting because their sense is so strong that they know if someone is down at the bottom of our driveway.

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Okay.

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So they're very good watchdogs.

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All right, that's good to know. I mean, so anybody that's um potentially getting one of your puppies, they're getting a good watchdog.

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Good security system.

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Okay. All right. So one more question. Um, you know, you've got um a nice big house here, you're on a farm. Are these um dogs okay being in a residential home in subdivision?

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Yep. And actually, I'm even preparing them for that now because I I do work a couple days outside the home.

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Okay.

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So when they get up in the morning, they're on a routine. I mean, they're it's not like they're running loose the whole day. They're um they get up, they go potty, they play, they eat, they go back in their kennels. Okay, and then there's some days that they're in their kennels, you know, four or five hours. Um and then there's, you know, they go out, they play, and when you crate train, that's what you need to do. They don't need the free range, they need to be trained to where they stay in their kennel and they know that when they come out, they go out and they're fighting.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay, all right. So without further ado, maybe we can start the parade of puppies.

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Okay, I'll go get one.

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All right, in no particular order, okay, unless you want there to be an order.

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I'll just go down the line of the three.

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Okay. Okay, so who do we have here?

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This is Sabo.

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Sabo. Hi, Sabo. Hello. Hi, buddy.

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So soft.

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He is. So he is the the biggest one of the crew.

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Okay.

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Um mom is 50 pounds, and dad was a five-pound poodle.

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Okay.

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So he actually is gonna take after mine, and he's probably gonna be at least 50 pounds.

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Okay.

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If you look at the size of his pot.

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Yeah, see that. Hello. Oh, thanks for the kisses.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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His markings are beautiful. He's what you call Phantom because his markings are the same on each side.

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I'll give you a little pet. Thank you. I like your little goatee.

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Uh-huh. He has a little white tip on his tail, too.

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Okay.

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Oh, glad.

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So very distinctive.

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Very, very playful. But he's a good boy.

SPEAKER_02:

So that's so that's Sabo. And I'm Sabo. So on that note, I think you shared with me before that um the the naming methodology is based on Cincinnati.

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Well, sports people in general.

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Okay, sports in general, not necessarily Cincinnati.

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Yeah.

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Okay. Yeah. So Chris Sabo, I take it. Okay. And then there's others that we're going to meet that are gonna have other names that people will will connect.

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Yep. All right, my buddy.

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All right.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, let's go get someone else. You want to give someone else a turn?

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All right, bye, Sabo. Okay, so now we have a little bit of contrast into the the lighter uh fur, lighter color.

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This is Burrow.

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Burrow. Okay, huh? Well, just by your name alone, people are gonna wanna come gobble you up, I'm sure.

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So he's a sweetheart. Now, now he is small, he's one of the smaller ones. He may get 15 pounds, but he's gonna be smaller.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay. Well, that's just about the right size for a lot of families, including mine, perhaps. Yeah, you look like a little sweetheart.

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Oh, say don't let my looks fool you. I have so much personality, yes, you do, but it's funny. He says, I have to put on a big show when I get in my kennel, when mommy feeds me or gives me my treat.

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Okay, well, yeah, I'm sure they all have their own, like you said, personalities. And um, if somebody comes here and I know you want them to kind of spend some time and get to know, but if if they tell you, here's what I'm looking for in a in a pet, you can then make a recommendation, like, okay, well, not this one, not this one, but here's yeah, here's a great one.

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Absolutely.

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Okay, absolutely. Hello, smell me. We're gonna be friends. Say hi to everybody.

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He was the first one born. Okay, so it's funny. You were cracking me up.

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Are you nervous? He looks like uh a little stuffed animal on camera.

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He looks everyone says he looks like a little teddy bear.

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Yeah, a teddy bear.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he is sweet, but he's just he cracks me up, don't you? You just have a personality, that's uh very cuddly.

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So, yeah, 15 pounds, that surprises me.

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That uh go one extreme to the other, yeah. Okay, yeah, they uh a vet explained it as like a Christmas light, um, when you breed, because if we had to do an AI when we when we bred them, and um so we've got a five-pound dad and a 50-pound mom. We could get just about anything.

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You're very friendly.

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Yeah, they all are there.

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Yeah, all right.

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Okay, okay.

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Next is Mia. Hi Mia. Mia Han, I take it.

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Yep. Mia.

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Hello Mia.

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Hello, Daddy.

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It's nice to meet you, Mia. So uh personality-wise, um, how would you identify Mia?

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Mia is a swampy. She um she was the first one to be able to learn how to jump up on the couch.

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All right, good for you, Mia.

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And she was the first one to uh tackle the teeter-totter.

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So size-wise, um she's gonna be a little bit bigger.

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She's probably gonna be about 30 pounds.

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Okay.

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Yeah. Yeah, she's gonna be a little bit bigger.

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Interesting. So um she seems a little more timid.

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It's typically not like her though.

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Yeah, well, this is all very different. Like, who's this man petting me?

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And what's that camera?

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What's that microphone all about? Thank you.

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Oh, there you go.

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Thank you. Thank you, Mia. It's nice to meet you. Thank you for the kisses. Thank you. So, yeah, very distinctive markings.

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Yeah, um, yeah, she has more white on her.

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Yeah. Um, you'll notice when she's been walking in the mud puddles.

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Yep.

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You're a good girl.

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This is Gabby.

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So this is Gabby. Hi, Gabby.

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Gabby Douglas.

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Hello, Gabby Douglas.

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Yeah, okay.

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She's the only one that's all black.

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Okay.

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She's got a little bit of white on her.

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A little white on the face there.

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Yeah, she's one of the very sweet, timid ones.

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Okay.

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Um, and she's probably gonna be about about 25 pounds.

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Okay, well, she's not uh she's not afraid of me, so she's she can't be that timid, but she's yeah, she's got a very sweet demeanor.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, okay. Cuddly, oh my gosh, they love to cuddle. Yeah, love to cuddle, and I just go down there and let them cuddle all over, huh?

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Which I'll be doing before I leave. I'm sure I'll get that.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh yeah. Well, that might get attacked and get some puppy love. Uh-huh. Why? Yeah, we encourage people to come out and spend time.

SPEAKER_02:

If somebody comes out to visit with the puppies, I mean, how long might somebody stay?

SPEAKER_03:

Oh gosh, I've had people stay a couple hours. You know, um, we don't want it to be a short in and out.

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Um you want them to understand them all and maybe fall in love with.

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Yeah, we have one family that came out four times before they finally made their decision on which puppy they wanted.

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Okay. Well, it's a good thing that they're taking their time with the decision like that and just not being uh too quick about it.

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Yeah, she is. I mean, her she's gonna be so pretty. I mean, her face, I just love her little face. Huh.

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Well, we're gonna find you a little family, okay?

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Are you ready? Oh god, thank you, buddy. Okay, come on. Yeah, go fully switch out.

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All of them have been cuddly so far.

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Oh, yeah, they are. They're the most loving.

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It's a running team.

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This is Caitlin.

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Hi, Caitlin.

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Somebody's down here.

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Oh, hello.

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So she her markings are a lot like Mia's. She doesn't have a white around her neck.

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I was gonna say she looks you you would have a hard time, you know, if you're meeting these dogs for the first time, knowing who's who.

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That's why they're all color coded. Okay, yeah, they are all color coded, but I know them apart now. Yeah, but she probably will only be like 25.

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Yeah, she looks a little smaller when you are right.

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Actually, she hits 25. I'd be surprised.

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Okay.

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I think she's gonna be one of the smaller ones, maybe 20.

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Look into the camera, sweetie. Let people see you. See those pretty eyes.

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What do you think? You're not used to being upstairs.

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And again, you may have said already, but uh her personality temperament is very, very timid.

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She uh rambunctious ones. Huh. Say we leave that up for Burrow. Yeah, yeah.

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So she's very, very chill, very chill.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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They love to play. They have lots of toys that they play with and buns that they chew on.

SPEAKER_02:

So as as they grow, like a lot of puppies do, do they sleep less and play more, or like what's the mix?

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Actually, they sleep more.

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Yeah.

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Um, my older dogs, they're they sleep more than the puppies do.

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Okay.

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I think sometimes if I would let them stay up all day, they would just go, go, go.

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Okay.

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But you'd have to have to make them go in the kennels. And when they do, I mean they're quiet. They don't sit there and whine. And at nighttime, their kennels get covered up, so they know when I'm covered, it's nighttime.

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Okay, so that's a great point you bring up because that can be a struggle for a lot of families. They have to leave the house to go do things. Um crading them in the evening, hearing yelping, yelping, barking, barking, all the separation of it sometimes. Um, dogs can experience. Um, that's not the case with these dogs. No, no, that alone will will maybe tip the scale of bringing to meet these dogs. Here's the watchdog.

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This is Petey.

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Hi, Petey.

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Petey for Pete Rose. He's one of the timid ones. He's one of the more quiet, laid back, snuggly ones.

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Hi, Petey. Do they know their names?

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Yeah, they sure do. And they know what a treat is.

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So you don't have to spell the word treat.

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No.

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Well, hi Petey. It's nice to meet you. So what is what is Petey's um personality temperament like?

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He's very laid back. He's laid back, he's cuddly. He's usually like one of the first ones to come up. It's like this whole meat.

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Yeah.

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He loves to play. Huh. I love to play.

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Well, they're all cuddly and they're all very soft. I mean, I think most most people have, you know, um touched a goodle and kind of understand the feeling of the fur.

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So I did learn something that if a dog's fur hair, if it has to be cut, it's hair. But if it doesn't, then it's fur. I didn't know that. What do you do? What do you mean bashable? What do you do? What do you do?

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You don't know me like that, do you?

SPEAKER_03:

Mike, we just met. And he's gonna be small. He's gonna be maybe 15, maybe 15.

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Okay.

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But he's pretty much so all black. He's got some white on the tip of his toe and his little white goat.

SPEAKER_02:

So how many males do you have versus females?

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Four males and three females. Okay, I've got one more male to bring in.

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Okay. Yeah, I was thinking I'm losing track of how many we've seen already. So we've we've got one more.

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One more. We got boomer. We got boomer.

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All right, boomer size is coming.

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Yep. Got the big boy. He's tiny.

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Nice to meet you, Petey.

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This is Boomer.

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Hey Boomer. Nice to meet you, buddy.

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He's my tiny little peanut. I love his markings. He's another one. He doesn't have the white like Sabo does. He has a little flippy ears like his mama does. Yeah.

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So temperament on this one.

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He's again one of the laid-back ones. Um, but it's funny, he's the one that doesn't, he's okay if he's by himself and he's okay to play with the others.

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People see your pretty eyes. I'm gonna find you a home, Homer.

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He's got his mother's markings. Yeah. He has a lot of sabo's markings. I mean Shio's markings. Him and Sabo both. Sabo's got more white. Little buddy. He's a cuddler. Usually the first one to go to bed.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, you look like one of the one of your first siblings that came out just a few minutes ago that I met. So um total number that you had in the litter, was it seven or was it more? Was it nine or those?

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It was seven.

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It was seven. Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

She had seven, and they all all of them were good.

SPEAKER_02:

Well, good. Well, good. So um we want people to come out and play with them, meet them.

SPEAKER_03:

Yep.

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Um fall in love with them. Yeah. Get the puppy kisses, yeah. Smell the puppy breath and all that. And yeah, they're they're just so easy going. Now, um I'll let you, I'll let you put him away, and then we'll just sort of wrap up and just kind of talk a little bit to the community, um, and uh talk about uh the process of coming out to see you and where you're located, and which is very easy by the way. She's here in Union. So it's um it's not a long drive, it's it's very convenient.

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Yep.

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All right, little Betty.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay, Crystal. So now that you're uh all worn out from uh hauling puppies in and out of the room, yeah.

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You're you're good exercise.

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You're you're a very good mom, by the way. I've noticed that uh you you take good care of your little baby.

SPEAKER_03:

I have five children of my own. Okay, so you guys kind of all left the nest, so I'm filling it with the with the dog.

SPEAKER_02:

You're well practiced.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02:

So um now that people have gotten to see um the uh puppies that uh are available to the community. One thing that um again, the person I talked to this morning that was asking me about F1, F2, and all that stuff that I didn't understand. Um she was saying, wow, um this is a great time to introduce um these puppies to the community because Christmas is coming up. So um that's something that I hadn't really considered, but so um do you find that that's kind of um uh thing giving, you know, like uh maybe it's Christmas or any other like holiday. Is there a spike in um people adopting puppies um for those occasions, or is it just sort of across the board all year round whenever the litters are available?

SPEAKER_03:

Um I think the more um intentional breeders plan it like that. Um, I know my first two litters happened to be in the springtime, so it worked to where you know kids were out of school and um they were home. Um I remember when I got my first puppy, I wanted one um for a while, and I got mine on Christmas.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

So this was my first litter to have later. And granted, yes, these puppies are a little bit older, but kind of an advantage because they are so well trained now, it's gonna be less of a transition for for their new homes.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah. So that's a big advantage.

SPEAKER_03:

So when I did the hard work for them, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02:

So, and um that's that's another, you know, thing that um when when I talk to my friends about, um, especially, I mean, the age I'm at, we're a lot of empty nesters, okay. And that's a lot of my friends. And so either they've already got dogs or they're thinking about you know, bringing a puppy into the house. And they say, Well, I just don't know if I want all the work. Um, and um, I think what they're talking about is the the training, and like we mentioned before, um having to like kennel train them so that like to to sleep by themselves at night without crying, crying, crying and disrupting the house. Um, or I mean all the things that can can happen with a puppy, you make a good point. You have done a lot of the work for the people, the the future families um that you know are yet unknown, which brings up another point. When this litter is gone, you know, you've you've spent a good amount of time with these uh little boys and girls. Will you be sad? Um, how does that uh affect you?

SPEAKER_03:

So I've not let myself and I've always prepared myself, and even with the first two litters, um I didn't have any problem with them. Um, it's interesting living on the farm, farm life is very, very different. I remember my first batch of meat chickens that I raised. Um, I cried the first time we took them to the butcher.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_03:

But after that, I was fine. I mean, I realized that you know they had their purpose and that's what it was, and um, I was fine with the rest of them. Plus, they're they're they're dirty birds. Okay, but I'm not allowed myself to get to where um I'm I'm sad if they go. I'm I'm happy when I see the families and the pictures that I get, you know, back and see how happy the the dogs are and the families are. And like I said, I get to see several of them now. They keep sending me pictures.

SPEAKER_02:

Um so no, I'm I'm that's my that's my mission in life is to provide these healthy, happy puppies for so if you're watching this podcast or listening to the audio, uh don't feel sad for Crystal that you're coming and taking her children from her. Um, this was all um done on purpose, it's intentional and She's uh helping to share love in the community, and you can be a part of that love. So if uh if you want to know more, um, Crystal, what's your phone number? And then uh we'll also let them know what your address is if if you'd care to share that as well.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

One thing I wanted to share with you when you were talking about the puppies and being sad in the Bible, because Shiloh stands for place of peace. So everything that I try to do is very intentionally biblically. And with my five children, I try to raise them in the way that the Bible says, train them up in the way that they should go, right out that door to be successful, you know, adults. And I'm very blessed that I have five children that are very independent.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

So I think that way with the puppies too. I'm training them up in the way that they should go to their forever homes.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay. So well, that's a nice perspective. But uh, but I'm I'm willing to bet that you did not uh name your your children after sports heroes.

SPEAKER_03:

Nope, they're all named after family members.

SPEAKER_02:

That's the way it usually works.

SPEAKER_03:

Yes. But um, my my mobile number is 513-885-0656. And um Shiloh Farms is on Sutter's Road in Union. It's a one-lane dead end road. You can't miss us. Uh, we're the third from the end. We have them on the mailbox.

SPEAKER_02:

Many of you in the community know uh Bryson and Amanda Warner, friends of mine. Well, friends of Crystals as well. She's met them. Um, so if you've ever been to Bryson and Amanda's house, um, it's uh stone's throw away. Yeah, it's not too far.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, they're probably in the backfield.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, yeah. So it's a beautiful um part of the county out here, but it's it's still union, so it's not far away. So you can um come and uh love on these puppies, let them love on you, and maybe take one home uh eventually, once you get to know them and uh you you know you've made a right choice, then and only then, um once there's a love connection, yeah, will the puppy go home with you. So we want people to come and see these puppies, and we want these puppies to go find their their new homes uh here in the community. So if you um would like to adopt a little for a baby, or if you know somebody that's been talking about it, um we want you to share this information uh with your all your friends and family and come out and see Crystal and her family and the puppies, and um maybe um you're going to be parents to a brand new um Ottie Doodle. Yeah, maybe maybe Mia, maybe Boomer, you never know. Gabby, Gabby, yeah, Caitlin. They're all they're all they're all beautiful. So come see them. So um before we sign off, is there anything else that we haven't talked about that you want people to know?

SPEAKER_03:

Um a lot of times people say, Well, I already have a dog, and I have found that it's easier when you have two or more.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

Um, and then I had one family that they had an older dog that they knew was getting ready to pass away. And so they received one from the last litter, and their dog passed away shortly after that. And she is so thankful that she had the new puppy to, you know, to be there, not to take the place, but to kind of ease the pain. Yeah, um, I had another, it was actually a patient of our office. She had lost her um lab. She had a black lab, and she um got Levi from the last litter, and Levi looks almost identical to the lab that she lost.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_03:

And she treats that, and that puppy goes everywhere with her.

SPEAKER_02:

All right.

SPEAKER_03:

So they're they're important, they're special.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, so sometimes those things just feel like they're meant to be, you know, there's a greater purpose, and you know, and they are family members, and so um, yeah.

SPEAKER_03:

I have one that they take it to church. It was tiny, she's only like okay, maybe I think 10 pounds from the last litter, and yeah, she goes to church with them. She sticks her in a little purse and she just sits right there in church with her.

SPEAKER_02:

So if you need a church puppy, you know where to come. Yeah, shadow farms. Yeah, all right. Well, on that uh happy story, that happy note, um, we're gonna sign off now. And uh, we want y'all to um call Crystal, and uh, she's already given the phone number, but I'll make sure that it's listed um wherever we place this podcast. We're gonna put it all over social media this weekend and uh hopefully get your phone ringing and get some people coming and puppies. Yeah, get to know those puppies and fall in love. All right, well, um this is the good neighbor podcast, and I'm with one of the good neighbors uh here in town. So um everybody out there, be good to your neighbor, and until next time, see ya everybody.

SPEAKER_00:

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