Texas has more ALAA-registered Australian Labradoodle breeders than almost any other state covered in this series, with nineteen active programs spread across four distinct regions.
This piece walks through where each program is based, what’s confirmed about its health-testing record, and what Texas buyers specifically need to check before putting down a deposit.
Texas’s Nineteen ALAA Breeders
Texas’s ALAA roster splits into four regions: North Texas around Dallas-Fort Worth, the Houston metro and Gulf Coast, Central Texas and the Hill Country, and San Antonio and South Texas.
Fifteen of the nineteen programs have earned an additional ALAA Paw distinction on top of standard membership.
North Texas and Dallas-Fort Worth
Four ALAA members operate in the McKinney and Denton area north of Dallas.
Legendary Labradoodles
Alaina Ugland runs Legendary Labradoodles out of McKinney and holds an ALAA Silver Paw for her program’s health-testing record.
Location: McKinney, Texas
Website: Legendary Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Silver Paw)
Avery Lane Labradoodles
Avery Narramore also breeds out of McKinney under the name Avery Lane Labradoodles, and her program holds ALAA’s Platinum Paw, the association’s highest health-testing tier.
Location: McKinney, Texas
Website: Avery Lane Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Platinum Paw)
Liberty Hill Labradoodles
Keelyn Lomascola operates Liberty Hill Labradoodles from Denton and holds an ALAA Silver Paw. It’s one of the newer additions to the North Texas cluster.
Location: Denton, Texas
Website: Liberty Hill Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Silver Paw)
Dignity Labradoodles
Carol Smith also breeds out of Denton under the name Dignity Labradoodles and holds an ALAA Silver Paw, giving Denton County two active ALAA programs in the same city.
Location: Denton, Texas
Website: Dignity Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Silver Paw)
Houston and Gulf Coast Breeders
Eight ALAA members operate within roughly an hour of Houston, stretching from the northern suburbs down to the Gulf Coast.
Royal Paws Labradoodles
Belinda R. Johnson runs Royal Paws Labradoodles inside Houston itself and holds an ALAA Golden Paw, one tier below the association’s Platinum designation.
Location: Houston, Texas
Website: Royal Paws Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Golden Paw)
Noble Fur Labradoodles
Sonya Burchett and Tonya Kurtz co-own Noble Fur Labradoodles in The Woodlands and hold an ALAA Silver Paw.
Location: The Woodlands, Texas
Website: Noble Fur Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Silver Paw)
Lone Star Labradoodles
Lanie Smith and Kelly Bingham also breed out of The Woodlands under the name Lone Star Labradoodles, giving that one suburb two active ALAA programs. Lone Star doesn’t currently carry a Paw distinction.
Location: The Woodlands, Texas
Website: Lone Star Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA
Lindy’s Labradoodles
Lindy Johnson operates Lindy’s Labradoodles from Cypress, northwest of Houston. The program doesn’t currently hold a Paw designation either.
Location: Cypress, Texas
Website: Lindy’s Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA
Integrity Labradoodles
Melissa “Missy” Smith runs Integrity Labradoodles out of Bellville, west of Houston, and holds an ALAA Golden Paw.
Location: Bellville, Texas
Website: Integrity Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Golden Paw)
Ladybug Labradoodles
Carolyn Powers breeds out of Waller, also west of Houston, under the name Ladybug Labradoodles, and her program holds ALAA’s Platinum Paw, its top health-testing tier.
Location: Waller, Texas
Website: Ladybug Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Platinum Paw)
Manor Lake Australian Labradoodles
Kim Kochman runs Manor Lake Australian Labradoodles out of Santa Fe, in Galveston County southeast of Houston, and holds an ALAA Golden Paw. It’s one of the longest-standing programs in the state, with an ALAA member number dating back to 2006.
Location: Santa Fe, Texas
Website: Manor Lake Australian Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Golden Paw)
Mid County Labradoodles
Jamie Loyacano operates Mid County Labradoodles from Port Neches, on the Gulf Coast near Beaumont, and holds an ALAA Silver Paw.
Location: Port Neches, Texas
Website: Mid County Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Silver Paw)
Central Texas Hill Country Breeders
Five ALAA members are spread across the stretch from Waco down through Austin and into the Hill Country south of San Antonio.
Lilah Australian Labradoodles
Nicohl Echeverria runs Lilah Australian Labradoodles out of Robinson, just south of Waco, and holds an ALAA Silver Paw.
Location: Robinson, Texas
Website: Lilah Australian Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Silver Paw)
Dixie’s Doodles
Dixie Moore has run Dixie’s Doodles out of Lockhart, southeast of Austin, since 2005, making it one of the oldest continuously active ALAA member kennels in Texas. The program holds an ALAA Silver Paw.
Location: Lockhart, Texas
Website: Dixie’s Doodles
Registry: ALAA (Silver Paw)
Texas Labradoodles
Mary Calkins breeds out of Wimberley, in the Hill Country west of Austin, under the name Texas Labradoodles. The program doesn’t currently hold a Paw designation.
Location: Wimberley, Texas
Website: Texas Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA
AussieTex Labradoodles
Nancy and Rick Miller run AussieTex Labradoodles in Austin itself and hold an ALAA Golden Paw.
Location: Austin, Texas
Website: AussieTex Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Golden Paw)
Endeavor Australian Labradoodles
Abigail Wetmore operates Endeavor Australian Labradoodles out of Boerne, in the Hill Country northwest of San Antonio, and holds ALAA’s Platinum Paw.
Location: Boerne, Texas
Website: Endeavor Australian Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Platinum Paw)
San Antonio and South Texas Breeders
Two more ALAA members serve South Texas, one inside San Antonio and one down near the Rio Grande Valley.
Pinnacle Labradoodles
Stephanie Sale runs Pinnacle Labradoodles inside San Antonio and holds an ALAA Golden Paw.
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Website: Pinnacle Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA (Golden Paw)
QuiSal Labradoodles
Lucia Saldana breeds out of Alamo, in the Rio Grande Valley near the Mexican border, under the name QuiSal Labradoodles. The program doesn’t currently hold a Paw designation.
Location: Alamo, Texas
Website: QuiSal Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA
Texas’s ALAA Paw Distinctions
Every ALAA member in this article already clears a real bar before it ever shows up in the directory: submitted pedigrees and minimum health testing, written purchase agreements and health warranties, registered litters, and adherence to the association’s code of ethics.
Three Texas programs currently hold ALAA’s Platinum Paw, its highest health-testing tier: Avery Lane Labradoodles and Ladybug Labradoodles, both near Houston, along with Endeavor Australian Labradoodles near San Antonio.
Five more hold a Golden Paw, one step below Platinum: Manor Lake, Royal Paws, Integrity, AussieTex, and Pinnacle.
Seven hold the entry-level Silver Paw, and four Texas programs don’t currently carry any Paw distinction at all, which is normal for a newer member rather than any kind of red flag.
Because ALAA runs this update for every dog roughly once a day, buyers should check a breeder’s current status directly through ALAA itself rather than relying on a badge image posted on the breeder’s own page.
Texas’s Breeder Licensing Law
Commercial dog breeding is regulated in Texas under Occupations Code Chapter 802, administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Breeders who own five or more intact adult female dogs and sell puppies from those animals must hold a state breeder’s license.
The program originally required a license only for breeders with eleven or more intact females, but a 2023 statute that took effect January 1, 2024 lowered that threshold to five.
Licensed breeders are subject to regular inspection and must meet TDLR’s standards for housing, veterinary care, and recordkeeping.
Texas buyers can verify a breeder’s license status directly through the TDLR website, and it’s worth asking a breeder whether they’re licensed if the operation looks close to that five-female threshold.
Chagas Disease Risk in Texas
Dogs pick up Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, mainly through contact with triatomine insects, commonly called kissing bugs, either by ingesting the bugs themselves or their waste.
Research out of Texas A&M University found dogs housed at outdoor kennels face a 30.7 percent annual infection risk, with wildlife like raccoons and opossums near kennel grounds helping keep the parasite’s lifecycle going.
Chagas attacks a dog’s heart and can cause sudden cardiac death or long-term heart damage. There’s currently no cure and no fully reliable test, and an infected dog often shows no symptoms until a cardiac event happens, which makes prevention more important than treatment.
Installing insect screens, removing outdoor lighting that draws kissing bugs, clearing vegetation that shelters them, and keeping dogs indoors overnight all cut down exposure.
New Texas puppy owners should bring up Chagas awareness at a routine post-purchase vet visit, especially for a dog that will spend real time outdoors.
How the Australian Labradoodle Began
The Australian Labradoodle’s story begins not in Australia but in Hawaii, where a woman needed a guide dog but couldn’t have one because her husband’s allergies ruled out every breed her local guide dog school could normally place.
Wally Conron, working for the Royal Guide Dogs Association of Victoria in Australia, crossed a Labrador Retriever with a Standard Poodle in the late 1980s to try to solve that exact problem.
The resulting puppies had the right temperament for guide work, but their coats still shed more than hoped, so later breeders folded in Cocker Spaniel, Irish Water Spaniel, and Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier to fix that.
Australian kennels Tegan Park and Rutland Manor spent the early 1990s stabilizing that combination into today’s Australian Labradoodle, and those same foundation bloodlines still turn up in the pedigrees of every breeder featured in this article.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nineteen programs currently hold active ALAA membership in Texas, spread across North Texas, the Houston metro and Gulf Coast, Central Texas and the Hill Country, and San Antonio and South Texas.
Avery Lane Labradoodles and Ladybug Labradoodles near Houston, along with Endeavor Australian Labradoodles near San Antonio, currently hold ALAA’s Platinum Paw, the association’s top tier.
Yes, once a breeder owns five or more intact adult female dogs used for breeding. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation administers the program under Occupations Code Chapter 802, and licensed breeders are subject to inspection.
Chagas disease is a parasitic infection spread mainly through kissing bugs that attacks a dog’s heart and has no cure. Texas A&M research found outdoor kennel dogs face a 30.7 percent annual infection risk, which is exactly why insect control matters so much for prevention.
Confirm the breeder’s current ALAA membership and Paw status directly through ALAA’s own website, ask whether the program is licensed with TDLR if it appears to operate at scale, and get any health guarantee in writing before paying a deposit.
Conclusion
Of every state covered in this series so far, Texas offers one of the largest rosters of ALAA-registered Australian Labradoodle breeders.
Programs here range from brand-new members to a kennel that’s operated continuously since 2005, with health-testing distinctions running the full range from Platinum down to no Paw yet.
Texas buyers get a real regulatory backstop once a breeder crosses the five-female licensing threshold, but Chagas disease adds a genuine regional health risk worth planning around from day one.
With nineteen verified, ALAA-registered programs spread across four regions, most Texas families will find a legitimate option within a reasonable drive.
Australian Labradoodle Breeders In Other Places
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