About DoodleFinder
Hi! I'm Crystal Williams, a newly married, work-from-home techie who lives in Bowie, Maryland. I built DoodleFinder as the website I needed when I was looking for a goldendoodle for my Mom.
Jasper on his first day home
Three years ago I visited Goldendoodles.com and a heap of individual goldendoodle breeder websites. Every website had a different design and it was difficult to compare information from site-to-site, so along the way I made a spreadsheet of the things Mom needed to make her decision: everything from health guarantee and shipping options to location and price.
Once Mom and Jasper were happy at home I couldn't bring myself to toss all the good information I'd collected. So I put the information on the Web so other people could use it. That first DoodleFinder was ugly and useless. My second try a year later was better looking and more useful, but they say "third time's the charm", right? :-)
Jasper's gangly "teenager" moment
I went back to school this January and made DoodleFinder my class project. Now it is rebuilt from scratch and has a cleaner look, individual profile pages, and means for breeders to keep their information up-to-date. Other ideas are in progress, like an Available Puppies calendar and an area to help with rehoming rescued doodles.
What DoodleFinder Is (And Isn't)
DoodleFinder couldn't possibly replace full-fledged doodle community websites like Goldendoodles.com or DoodleKisses.com, and it's not meant to. I'm not a breeder and I know almost nothing about breeding. But I know a good bit about building databases and websites.
My simple goal is to create a place where people can come and see all the doodle breeders in North America. Every single one. Jasper's companionship changed my Mom's life and health, and I think everyone should have an easy way to find their new best friend. And every doodle breeder should have a chance to be found, too. That's why it's free to be included on DoodleFinder, and always will be.
Rather than charge a fee or ask for anonymous donations, I offer sponsorships to the breeders. Breeders who provide financial support to DoodleFinder are highlighted in the state listings and have a 
next to their name in both the state listings and the Doodle Breeder Directory.
Jasper all grown up!
