I bought my puppy from Nancy back in December and picked her up in February. She was from Baileys litter. I did a lot of research before and she was the closest to me and from the pictures online seemed to be the perfect match for what I was looking for. The pictures of the parents looked a bit outdated (which they are). Also, I am almost positive that the weights for the dogs on the website are incorrect because Bailey was said to be around 30 pounds, but when seeing her in person she looked between 40-50 lbs. Communication with Nancy was good in the beginning, but once puppies came and I would ask for pictures she wouldn't text back until she sent a weekly/biweekly update that was very generic. My puppy ended up with Giardia when she came home and I was let know by someone else from my litter that the vet records were falsified and I had contacted the vet that was on the records and they confirmed that she had been falsifying records for a long time now. I contacted Nancy about this and she tried to lie at first over text and was ignoring all my phone calls. Finally after calling a few times she admitted that she had administered the shots herself. She refunded me my deposit to cover the giardia cost, but I will not be recommending her or be going through her for another puppy. read more

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Wow, I originally gave this breeder high marks until I received a text about falsifying paper work on the first vaccinations. I was a bit shocked & worried. I contacted the breeder and she assured me that the first shots were given. Please if you are on the waitlist, when picking up, ask her about your puppy's first shots. Who gave them and when. I'm ok, if she administered it herself but be honest about it. Honesty is important when dealing a business transaction. My pup is now 6 months and thriving. Thank goodness he's healthy and we love him! 3 Stars is due to dishonesty read more

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I can only speak from my personal experience, and despite what some other reviewers have said, we were very happy adopting from Nancy at Twisted Oaks. Our Simon boy is 9 months old tomorrow, and is such a happy, healthy puppy. I found Nancy to be communicative and easy to work with. She made the process of getting on the waitlist and adopting simple. I asked directly about vaccinations for the litter and she was transparent about administering them herself. I appreciated the pictures of the litter she sent ahead of time, and the effort she went through to schedule a pick-up time that would work for us. When we arrived to pick out our puppy, Nancy had the litter set up in a large playpen on her spacious, beautiful front lawn. Coco, the litter's mother, was there as well. There were eight puppies still available, and they were all healthy looking-- no signs of disease, malnourishment, or birth defects. The litter was playful and well-socialized. We LOVED that Nancy provided a two-hour window to pick out our little guy. It gave us plenty of time to talk with her and observe the puppies thoroughly without any other adoptive families present. We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that Nancy had already been crate training the puppies, so we never had an issue using a crate with our little guy. He has slept in his crate through the night since the first night we brought him home! Seven months later, we couldn't be happier with our pup. He is medium size, exactly as described, with the most beautiful curly golden coat. He does not shed at all, which was important to us given that we have several highly allergic local family members. He has passed all of his puppy checkups with flying colors. We are so grateful for him and all the joy he has brought to our lives! read more

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While Nancy was smooth to work with, like many posts here, I got the false vaccine records and stock puppy litter photos. I was fine with that, but the most confusing and unfortunately unforgivable deceit was marketing a golden doodle where, I just got the DNA results back and my dog is in fact a labradoodle. So! I only write this review to note that if your puppy is from Emma's little it is in fact a labradoodle and not golden (still 75/25% though). One extra star because my baby girl is still perfect. read more

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I have a 7 month old doodle from Coco/Finn litter that I picked up from Twisted Oak in Oct 2020. I am so thankful to have my dog Maverick, and he's been a great addition to my life...his disposition is sweet and fun. He's incredibly smart and his coloring is beautiful! However I think there are a few things worth mentioning about my experience. There were no reviews when I got on the waitlist for twisted oaks. I found Twisted Oak after searching everywhere for a breeder I felt safe enough to put a deposit down that didn't have a wait list that was more than a year wait. The communication with Nancy went well as we waited for our pup to be born. -The first thing that was odd to me was when I saw the same picture of "Finn" that Twisted Oaks has on their website on a message board with someone talking about the dog calling it a female by another name https://www.labradoodle-dogs.net/threads/do-you-do-a-summer-haircut.13813/ I asked Nancy and she didn't know how this could be, but sent me a pic of Finn, which made me feel better---but still odd that two people were using the same picture claiming it was their dog -Second thing was the first pics of the puppies sent had a timestamp from May--our litter was born in August...so I don't think we were sent photos of our actual litter. -I'm a part of a few doodle groups on facebook and connected with a few people waiting for puppies from my litter and other litters due in the same time frame. I think we were all sent the same round of pictures These things definitely threw me off and made me nervous. There are a lot of horror stories and scams, so I was on edge until we actually got to Nancy's house and saw the puppies. The pups were all there and we had a nice conversation in Nancy's beautiful yard and all was well. I took Maverick to the vet for a pup check and was told he had an umbilical hernia and giardia. I let Nancy know about these things and she graciously sent me money for the price of the hernia correction,, which was awesome and appreciated. The hernia was obvious to a vet, so if she took the pups to the vet she would have known about this too and should have passed the info on to me before I chose the pup. Giardia is something dogs catch from water or feces, and I don't place "blame" on Nancy that Maverick had it, but it created a few trips to the vet and medicine to get it under control. I haven't had any health tests eyes, hips etc done on Maverick yet, so I'm hopeful he's in strong health and will be with me for many more years to come. I'm thankful to have Maverick but I'm unsure if I'd purchase another dog from Nancy with all the inconsistencies in stories I've heard. read more

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I got my puppy from Nancy about 6 weeks ago. Thankfully I took her to the vet the next day. The vet was not happy with how she looked. His literal words were "she does not look like a normal happy puppy". It turned out she had a horrible infection of Giardia that took several rounds of medication to clear up. What's worse is that Nancy sounded surprised by the Giardia, and like she had just learned what it is. CLEARLY other puppies prior to mine have had it from prior reviews here. She doesn't take the puppies to the vet, and gives the vaccines herself. Which I thought was fine, but honestly it's not worth the trouble of getting an unhealthy puppy. She was also really anxious. When I got her they told me she's the chill one.. WRONG. She was just sick.  I love my puppy and she's doing well and healthy, but everything I had to go through unnecessarily after paying so much money for a healthy puppy just seems unfair. I'll also add--I did a lot of research before and after getting the puppy. The puppies sleep outside, which is NOT good for a well socialized puppy. And her pregnant dogs are kenneled outside... also not good. It gives me puppy mill vibes. The best breeders I've seen (yes the ones that have super long wait lists) have actual HOMES for their pregnant dogs where they live, not just hang around outside in a kennel to be bred over and over. And the puppies do not sleep outside. I wish I would've listened to my instincts and done more research beforehand about that part. TLDR: Find a better breeder. The longer wait and more money spent elsewhere will be worth it. Edit: she paid me for vet bills, your puppy will probably be fine but just wanted to let you people know there might be issues. My puppy's symptoms were diarrhea, she was NOT eating, and no where near the normal puppy energy she has now. She was visibly in pain and always scooting her butt. Symptoms started to subside about 1.5 weeks after I got her. Just know what to expect. Do some research on giardia and Best of luck! read more

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Several months ago, my husband and I put a $200 deposit down and we had first pick on a litter that were born in March. We went on vacation for a couple of weeks but did a video call and Nancy sent pictures to make sure we got the first pick on the litter. We went on vacation thinking we'd be picking up our puppy as soon as we got back. Fast forward, I texted to ask for updated puppy pictures and the pictures that were sent to us DID NOT match the puppy we had picked out prior. Nancy "apologized" and said that she basically accidentally gave our puppy away to someone else and that she had confused the pictures with another puppy. Being that she's a dog breeder, how do you get these puppies confused? Also, wouldn't it be extremely important to make sure a client that is paying $2,400 for a puppy, is getting the puppy they picked out? I would never trust or recommend anyone go through Nancy for a Goldendoodle--my husband and I were extremely excited to get a dog and she left a really bad taste in our mouth. Horrible, horrible experience!! read more

PLEASE READ: I recently adopted a puppy from Nancy Hubbard, the dog breeder that owns this ranch, and love my puppy to death. My problem with this ranch is that Nancy falsified vet records for my pups litter and several other litters prior to his. This shows no integrity on her end, however she did confess to forging the papers and reported to have vaccinated the pups herself as well as apologized and offered to pay for the vet expenses by venmoing me my deposit back. I want to make this information known so that this doesn't happen again. Make sure to have the vet information prior to picking up your pup and please contact the vet to verify the information. The vet that she claimed to have gone to is Grantline Vet in Elk Grove and when I called to retrieve records, they confirmed she had been falsely claiming to have brought in several litters to them when they had only seen 1 pup at the end of 2019. Please be aware and take care of your pup! Please ask all the questions for the safety of your pet and if they are unable to provide answers, that should be your red flag! The picture of the vaccines posted is the picture she sent me as proof of purchasing vaccines and self vaccinating the pups. read more

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I was almost having a good experience with Nancy when things turned sour. I was supposed to pick up my puppy yesterday from her which did not happen.She texted me 3 days ago before pick up saying that the puppy didn't pass the health check up and since I was last on the list, she had to kick me out, which I totally understand.However things got fishy 10 days ago when I started asking her about the pics of the puppy and some vaccination documents ( since I had read some horror stories about her and her vaccination ways) so wanted to make sure that my pup was coming in will all the vaccinations needed. She did not send me any pics on the puppies even after asking her repeatedly. When she texted that I wont be getting the puppy, I called her immediately and kept calling for almost 3 full days ,which she did not respond to. It was very unprofessional on her part to not even call back.She did however refund me the deposit immediately .To my surprise she didn't even ask me if I wanted to be on the next waiting list, which made it all very fishy.I just hope she did not give away my pup to another buyer for a higher price! With a very heavy heart I had to return all pup stuff that I had bought! I dont recommend going with Nancy, if you do go please get all details on vaccinations from her has she has lied about it in the past, you can read the other reviews! read more

I had a mostly good experience interacting with Nancy but the deceit that has recently come out has been frustrating to learn about. We researched extensively and found nothing to suggest that Nancy was not running a legitimate operation. I regret that I referred others to her and would not have had I known about the lack of transparency. All that said, our dog is wonderful. She is smart, good tempered, and when she came home, she was in good health and adjusted well. We met the mother dog when we came to pick out/take home our puppy and she was calm and healthy. Our dog does not shed and is a medium size as Nancy had advertised. read more

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Today would have been our puppy pick out and take home day. We were happy about that, because we felt that this would give us the opportunity to see which puppy clicks with us. Nancy, the owner, was pretty nice and easy to communicate during the whole process. We were looking for a female, medium size. Nancy wrote that she has 7 females available (litter of 11 puppies) and only 3 families on her waiting list who want a female. She wrote we will have plenty to choose from. We got some pictures and some information during the waiting time. Yesterday I texted her writing how excited we are to pick our girl out and shortly later I got a text from her saying all girls are taken. Unbelievable. Now she was claiming that she has 5 males to choose from. First we didn't want a male and second how can she have 5 available if only 4 were in the litter! She is not an honest person and things don't line up. I should have listen to the other bad reviews about her. I hope nobody else will get their heart broken from her. read more

I guess I am lucky. I put a deposit down with Nancy and I found her hard to communicate with. We paid her the $200 and were on a waiting list, when the litter was close to the due date I contacted her and she replied it wasn't time yet. I waited to hear from her which never happened. I contacted her later and asked why hadn't I heard from her. She said she had been texting me. I had never texted with her, only email and home phone. She was lying, she didn't even have my cell phone number. Like I said I am lucky to only be out $200. I got my doodle from another breeder and am very happy. Beware, this breeder is a scammer, just out for your money. read more

I got my puppy almost 7 months ago from Twisted Oaks and there were no reviews at that time on Yelp. I looked extensively at the time for a breeder that seemed safe and also within a reasonable distance from me and didn't have a one to two year waitlist. At first, everything seemed great but Nancy really had poor communication skills and we'd always have to text her to ask for picture updates when she told us originally that she'd proactively send weekly pictures of the litter. However, on the day we picked up our pup, she was extremely professional and helpful, made sure we covered our shoes before picking up the dogs for their protection, and gave us plenty of time to pick out our new family member. Our puppy is the sweetest and so smart and gorgeous.. but I did notice that Nancy seemed to have A LOT more litters out immediately after and she was already pretty disorganized and bad at communication. I can only imagine that she bit off more than she could chew. I'm just now finding out that she did the vaccinations herself as well! She gave us vet records so I'm shocked at the dishonesty and makes me wonder what else she has lied about.. however I love my puppy and he's perfect. I don't think she was as disingenuous in the beginning but it seems like she really bit off more than she could chew with these newer litters. read more