My name is Brandi Shurtz-Huffmaster and I along with my husband Scott am the owner/breeder of Sutter Buttes Labradoodles & Goldendoodles. I reside with my family and our Doodles in Yuba City, California.
I feel very blessed that I have been able to fulfill a lifelong dream of mine in being a stay at home mom of my three boys Brogunn, Madoxx Piersonn, and my new little girl Ireland; doing something that really excites me …raising quality Doodles that will become loyal family pets in homes such as yours!
Sutter Buttes Labradoodles & Goldendoodles is co-owned by my mother, Shannon Shurtz. She also resides in Yuba City with my dad Craig. Shannon and Craig are a host home for some of our dogs within our breeding program.
All of our breeding dogs come from quality lines with excellent pedigrees. We put great time and effort into selecting our breeding stock to produce the temperaments and coats that we wish to pass along to our upcoming litters.
What got us interested in Doodles?? The answer to that question is very easy. We have an elderly (13 years old) black Labrador Retriever which we adore. She is, has been, and always will be a housedog. She is a huge part of our family – she is royalty in our book. Reba is very special to us because she came to us at three years of age when my grandfather passed away. She was his dog and she treasured my grandfather. He trained her at 5 months of age to retrieve anything he needed…(remote control, hats, keys, tools, soda cans, wallet…etc.). She could do every trick in the book by 6 months of age. He took great pride in her ability to learn several tricks a day, and she loved to please him. We were honored to take her into our home and she quickly realized we were going to spoil her like crazy…as we have!
The only negative thing I could EVER say about Reba is she sheds…and her hair is everywhere! We all have allergy problems and I am sure her hair does not help out those issues either. As she has gotten older we had often thought about getting another lab when she goes off to romp in “doggie heaven”, but the thought of all that dog hair made us question it. Then one day I was reading Fortune Magazine and came across an article about Labradoodles that I found very intriguing. Shortly thereafter I saw the delightful dogs romping around on the set of the Today Show – It was then I became hooked and knew that I had to get my hands on one of these fabulous creatures! How wonderful….dogs with the temperaments and sweetness of Labs and Golden Retrievers and the intelligence and allergy-friendly (no to low shedding) coats of a poodle! That is why we started Sutter Buttes Labradoodles & Goldendoodles.
In Memory of our beautiful Reba who left us on September 7th, 2004. We miss you terribly....no one can ever replace the hole in our hearts that appeared when you passed away. We will cherish our memories of you forever! Reba 1991-2004
