Upcoming Litters & Reservations | Tillery Labradoodles

Reservations open

Choose your pairing

Reservations are open now. A $500 reservation holds your place in line for the pairing you choose — and if a litter fills, it rolls to the next one.

Big news at Tillery Labradoodles — Heidi, a chocolate phantom Australian Labradoodle, and Navy, deep chocolate with white markings, are expecting. Pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound, litter due October 15.

Confirmed · Due October 15

Heidi × Navy

Heidi’s retirement litter — the last puppies she’ll ever have.

SizeMediums · 30–40 lbs

ColorsChocolate, caramel, cream

PatternsSolid, phantom, parti

Home in time for Christmas

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Dolly and Artie are expecting at Tillery Labradoodles — pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound, Australian Labradoodle litter due October 22, red and apricot coats, large medium to standard size, ready to go home for Christmas.

Confirmed · Due October 22

Dolly × Tarheel’s Artie

Dolly’s soft cream meets Artie’s rich chocolate — expecting beautiful reds and apricots.

SizeLarge medium–standard · 38–50 lbs

ColorsRed, apricot, caramel, cream

PatternsTuxedo, solid

Home in time for Christmas

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Hank and Andi pairing at Tillery Labradoodles — Australian Labradoodle litter due November 8

Planned · Due November 8

Andi × Hank

A repeat of the pairing behind our sire Toby — Hank is his father and Andi is his mother.

SizeSmall medium · 25–30 lbs

ColorsRed, chocolate, caramel, black

PatternsSolid, parti

Go homeEarly January

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Expected colors, sizes and patterns are our best projection from each pairing’s pedigree — nature always gets the final say. Meet the parents on Our Girls and Our Sires.

How reserving works

Simple, personal, and in the order reservations arrive.

Apply or call

Start the adoption application, or just call Billie — she's happy to answer every question over the phone first.

Reserve with $500

A $500 reservation fee holds your place in line. If your preference isn't in this litter, it rolls to a future litter of your choice.

Visit, then gotcha day

Meet your puppy at 5–6 weeks. Puppies go home at 8 weeks old.

Day 49 · the science of a good match

Every puppy is temperament tested

At exactly seven weeks old, every Tillery puppy is evaluated using the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test — the breeder standard for understanding who a puppy really is before they go home.

Why 49 days?

Seven weeks is the sweet spot. By day 49 a puppy is neurologically complete — as Wendy Volhard puts it, the puppy has the brain of an adult dog — but hasn't yet been shaped by life experience. Test earlier and the results aren't reliable; test later and you're measuring training, not temperament.

It's a narrow window, and it's the reason we test every single litter on the same schedule rather than when it's convenient.

What it means for your family

Puppies are scored from 1 to 6 across ten areas — and there are no winners or losers. A confident, driven puppy who'd thrive with an experienced handler is a poor fit for a quiet retirement home, and the gentlest puppy in the litter may not be the one for a household of active kids.

That's the whole point: the scores show which puppy belongs with which family. It's why Billie asks about your home, your schedule and your experience on the application — and why, when it's time to choose, you'll have every puppy's results in front of you.

The ten areas we score

Social attraction — confidence and interest in people
Following — willingness to stay with their person
Restraint — how they handle being gently held
Social dominance — response to being petted and led
Elevation — trust when they have no control
Retrieving — willingness to work with you (a strong predictor of trainability)
Touch sensitivity — how much pressure they feel
Sound sensitivity — reaction to sudden noise
Sight sensitivity — response to movement
Stability — recovery from a startle

Results are shared with your family during puppy selection to help you make your final decision — and a printed copy goes home in your puppy's folder.