As New Jersey has been identified as being among the top Lyme-endemic states in the country, this carries the same implications for dogs that it does for their owners. Within the state, there were seven currently active Australian Labradoodle breeders who could be verified using real contact information; however, many of these breeders claim affiliation with either the Australian Labradoodle Association of America (ALAA), the Worldwide Australian Labradoodle Association (WALA), or the Australian Labradoodle Club of America (ALCA). Some of these registry-membership claims were self-reported and could not be independently confirmed on the registries’ own directories.
What New Jersey Australian Labradoodle Puppies Typically Cost
The English Manor Labradoodles, located in West Milford, list the cost for each puppy at between $3,300 and $3,400 along with a required $500 deposit. They also list a trained adult dog around 18 months old at $4,700. The breeder calls itself New Jersey’s longest-standing Australian Labradoodle program, with a website stating it has been involved in raising Australian Labradoodles for over 20 years.
The Royal Manor Labradoodles, located in the Bordentown and Florence Township area of Burlington County, charge $3,500 for each puppy along with a non-refundable application fee of $500 that applies toward the total purchase price. According to their website, they offer a 2-year health guarantee for genetic issues and a 3-year warranty for hip-related issues, backed by a 5-generation pedigree.
New Jersey’s Puppy Lemon Law Mostly Protects Pet Store Buyers, Not Home-Breeder Customers
New Jersey’s Pet Purchase Protection Act (N.J.S.A. 56:8-92 through 56:8-97) gives buyers 14 days to have a veterinarian certify a non-congenital illness, and 180 days to certify a congenital or hereditary condition. Consumers get to choose their own remedy: a full refund plus reimbursement of vet fees, keeping the animal with vet-fee reimbursement, an exchange for an equivalent animal plus past vet fees, or, if the animal dies, a refund or replacement plus past vet fees. Each of these remedies is capped at twice the amount paid for the dog.
The catch is scope. The Act’s remedy provisions for exchanges and refunds are built around the definition of “pet shop,” and legal sources confirm that individual home or hobby breeders selling directly to consumers are considered exempt from those consumer remedies simply because they sell a puppy. Generally speaking, a puppy purchased from a New Jersey hobby breeder, rather than from a retail pet store, falls outside the refund and exchange provisions of the Pet Purchase Protection Act, which is worth confirming with an attorney should it ever become important.
New Jersey also has no statewide numerical threshold to determine when a kennel license is required. State law defines a kennel as any establishment where the business of boarding, selling, or breeding dogs for sale is conducted, but each of New Jersey’s more than 500 municipalities sets its own numerical thresholds for issuing licenses locally. A separate federal trigger exists for USDA Class A dealer licensing, which applies once a breeder has more than four breeding females combined with direct, sight-unseen retail sales, but that is a federal regulation, not a New Jersey state one.
New Jersey’s Registry-Affiliated Australian Labradoodle Breeders
English Manor Labradoodles
English Manor Labradoodles, a small, family-run, multigenerational program in West Milford, also operates under the domain tristateslabradoodles.com and is affiliated with the Australian Labradoodle Club of America (ALCA). The program offers cream, caramel red, chocolate, and taupe coats across small, medium, and standard sizes, and includes a 3-year genetic health guarantee covering hips and elbows.
Location: West Milford, New Jersey
Phone Number: (973) 229-1848
Website: English Manor Labradoodles
Registry: ALCA
Hidden Springs Labradoodles
Hidden Springs Labradoodles is a small family-run business, run by Mike and Carol, located near the Mantua and Gloucester Township area of Gloucester County. The breeder is identified through third-party resources as both an ALAA Silver Paw breeder and a WALA member. The breeder also states that each dog it sells is DNA-tested and certified, with hips, elbows, and eyes evaluated and cleared of congenital defects.
Location: Blackwood, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Phone Number: 856-981-4800
Website: Hidden Springs Labradoodles
Registry: ALAA, WALA
Cream Puff Labradoodles
Cream Puff Labradoodles in Hillsborough offers red, apricot, cream, chocolate, black, tuxedo, phantom, and parti fleece coats across mini, medium, and standard sizes, and operates by appointment. The breeder identifies itself as the first WALA member in New Jersey; however, this specific claim cannot be independently verified through WALA’s publicly accessible featured-breeders page and should be treated as breeder-stated rather than validated.
Location: Hillsborough, New Jersey
Phone Number: 877-346-3003
Website: Cream Puff Labradoodles
Registry: WALA (breeder-stated)
Angel Breeders
Angel Breeders in Montvale has been breeding Australian Labradoodles since 2007, after acquiring its first dog in 2004, and breeds at a deliberately low volume of 8 total litters totaling 72 puppies across its history. Third-party directories list Angel Breeders as an ALAA Silver Paw breeder, and no pricing was published on the pages reviewed.
Location: Montvale, New Jersey
Website: Angel Breeders
Registry: ALAA
All About Love Australian Labradoodles
All About Love Australian Labradoodles, located in Mullica Hill, is listed as an ALAA Golden Paw breeder through third-party resources and also appears on the Good Dog platform. Contact information for this breeder was found via roundup websites rather than directly from the breeder’s own site, so verifying the details directly before reaching out would be worthwhile.
Location: Mullica Hill, New Jersey
Phone Number: (609) 413-3257
Registry: ALAA
Sunny Heart Doodles
Sunny Heart Doodles is one of the newer programs, breeding since 2022, and focuses exclusively on miniature multigenerational Australian Labradoodles located somewhere in suburban New Jersey. The breeder states that all of its breeding dogs are registered with the Worldwide Australian Labradoodle Association, and it runs a Guardian Program for local New Jersey families who want to host a breeding dog.
Location: Suburban New Jersey
Website: Sunny Heart Doodles
Registry: WALA
One More New Jersey Breeder Without a Stated Registry
Royal Manor Labradoodles, in the Bordentown and Florence Township area, does not show a registry association or membership on its website, but it offers a 2-year genetic health guarantee, a 3-year hip warranty, a 5-generation pedigree, and a spay-or-neuter contract for its puppies. Royal Manor offers both medium-size dogs, around 30 to 45 pounds, and a larger medium size around 40 to 45 pounds.
Location: Bordentown / Florence Township, New Jersey
Phone Number: 317-480-3580
Website: Royal Manor Labradoodles
New Jersey Ranks Among the Country’s Most Lyme-Endemic States
According to the New Jersey Department of Health, there were 40.8 confirmed and probable Lyme disease cases per 100,000 residents in the state in 2019, decreasing to 27.6 per 100,000 in 2020. This rate was described as far above the national 2019 rate of 10.7 confirmed and probable cases per 100,000. Since humans and dogs are exposed to the same ticks, the same underlying tick exposure driving those human numbers represents a real threat to dogs throughout the state.
Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex counties represented the top three counties for human Lyme disease burden in New Jersey in 2019. Most cases reported statewide occurred between May and October, consistent with peak tick activity.
National companion-animal disease maps have consistently placed New Jersey among the top canine Lyme-risk states alongside other northeastern states, though an exact New Jersey-specific percentage from those national maps was not independently verified for this article and shouldn’t be treated as confirmed until checked directly. Year-round tick prevention, rather than just a seasonal routine, is worth treating as standard care for any Australian Labradoodle living in New Jersey.
Why the Australian Labradoodle Exists At All
An Australian Labradoodle was not developed to follow a trend the way some designer breeds are today. A woman in Hawaii needed a guide dog, but her husband’s allergies ruled out most standard guide-dog breeds available at the time.
Working for the Royal Guide Dogs Association of Australia in the 1980s, Wally Conron cross-bred a Labrador Retriever with a Standard Poodle to try to solve the problem. The resulting puppies had a temperament suitable for guide work, but they still shed noticeably, so breeders added Cocker Spaniel, Irish Water Spaniel, and Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier over the following years to reduce the amount of shedding.
By the early 1990s, two Australian programs, Tegan Park and Rutland Manor, had successfully stabilized both the temperament and coat type typical of the modern Australian Labradoodle. Many of today’s ALAA-, WALA-, and ALCA-affiliated breeders, including several featured here in New Jersey, still trace their lines back to that same foundational work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The Pet Purchase Protection Act (N.J.S.A. 56:8-92 through 56:8-97) gives buyers a window to have a puppy checked out by a veterinarian, and then choose a full refund, keeping the animal with reimbursed vet fees, or an exchange. However, the protections afforded under this statute apply primarily to transactions involving pet shops, so hobby breeders who sell directly to the public generally fall outside the scope of this remedy because they don’t fit the definition of a “pet shop.”
No. New Jersey has no statewide numerical threshold on the number of dogs that would trigger a kennel license. Instead, municipalities throughout the state set their own separate standards for licensing hobby breeders, so requirements vary significantly across the more than 500 municipalities in the state.
Yes. New Jersey’s Department of Health reports human Lyme disease rates several times higher than the national average, with most cases concentrated in Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex counties. National companion-animal disease maps also place New Jersey in the high-risk tier for canine Lyme disease.
Most of the breeders featured here state an affiliation with one or more of those three registries. Several of those claims come from the breeder itself or from a third-party directory rather than the registry’s own roster. Royal Manor Labradoodles makes no statement about registry affiliation at all, relying instead on its own health guarantees and pedigree documentation.
Confirm registry status directly with ALAA, WALA, or ALCA rather than relying solely on what’s published on a breeder’s website, get any health guarantee in writing before a payment is made, and ask whether the breeder uses year-round tick control given how Lyme-endemic New Jersey is for both people and dogs.
Conclusion
Seven active breeders currently serve New Jersey families with Australian Labradoodles, and most have identified some form of affiliation with ALAA, WALA, or ALCA. Since many of these claims are self-reported, verifying that a breeder actually tests for genetic disease is worthwhile. Given how Lyme-endemic New Jersey is for both people and pets, confirming that a breeder tests, offers guarantees, and maintains year-round tick control provides real assurance when choosing an Australian Labradoodle breeder.
Verify any registry claim directly with ALAA, WALA, or ALCA rather than taking a breeder’s word for it, get a written health guarantee before a deposit changes hands, and ask whether tick control runs year-round rather than just seasonally, given how far above the national average New Jersey’s own Lyme disease numbers run.
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