Recent litters

Raising puppies is a passion of ours.  We love the puppies from the minute they enter the world in their amniotic sacs.  It is exciting to help them grow and thrive, becoming playful and independent.  People often ask, “How can you let them go?”  Of course, it does tug at our hearts a little.  We have known them since they took their first breath.  But there is nothing better than placing a puppy into the arms of a waiting family.  It is always a joyful moment, full of smiles and happy tears.  It is hard to imagine a better job; it brings people such joy.

Amelia Winnie’s F1 bernedoodles

Born on November 9, 2025


Amelia Winnie
– Bernese Mountain Dog

Quincy – Moyen Poodle

A great match

Amelia Winnie’s puppies arrived right on her due date.  She waited until after midnight to start labor.  In the course of 13 hours, she delivered nine beautiful puppies: five girls and four boys.  All are healthy and beautiful with traditional tri-color markings.

We have found Amelia Winnie and Quincy to be the perfect pairing  Amelia Winnie is a happy go-lucky girl. She is blessed with features that always makes her look like she is smiling.  She is a joy to be around, with her attentive eyes and affectionate demeanor.  Quincy is such a handsome boy.  He is tri-colored in black, white, and tan.  He, too, has beautiful eyes and likes nothing better than to receive his daily pets.  He is always inviting others to play. Handsome, sweet, and athletic, he has it all.

 

WHAT TO EXPECT

Weight: 45-70 pounds

Colors: Traditional tri-colors in black, white, and rust

Coat: Soft wavy coats, perfect for people with mild allergies

 

 

Northern lights

 

Amelia Winnie’s puppies arrived on a Sunday.  Two days later, something phenomenal happened.  On Nov. 11, people in many parts of the United States could see the brightest northern lights in decades.  Like me, you were likely out after dark, poised with your phone camera pointed at the sky, ready to take it all in.  And it was spectacular.  The northern lights were dancing across the sky in bands, waves, rays, and spirals. With the help of my phone, I captured the most vivid shades of red, pink, purple, and green. At that point, there was no doubt in my mind.  Amelia Winnie’s puppies would be named after the northern lights.

For more information about these beautiful puppies, please call us at 563-277-0301 or send us an email at bluffcountrybernedoodles@gmail.com.

 

Aurora – SOLD

Flare– SOLD

Lumina– SOLD

Geo – SOLD


Phoebe– SOLD

Celeste – SOLD

Galileo– SOLD

Helios– SOLD

Borealis (Bo)– SOLD

Ruby’s cockapoos

Born on Sept. 28, 2025


Ruby
– American Cocker Spaniel

Quincy – Moyen Poodle

They are here!

We are excited to welcome another litter of cockapoos from Ruby and Quincy.  The two of them have the most beautiful puppies.  Ruby is a tri-colored cocker spaniel with charming rust-colored eyebrows.  She is also a merle, leading to the beautiful silvery overlay on her ears.  Ruby has a sweet and mischievous personality.  Quincy is a sweetheart as well.  He loves his morning pets and is always the first to line up when we sit down to drink our morning coffee. He is incredibly athletic and can navigate the tightest corners.  It is a joy to watch him run free in the pasture.  Sometimes it looks like he is floating in the air.

The list for Ruby’s cockapoos is open. Please reach us at bluffcountrybernedoodles@gmail.com or 563-277-0301 for more information.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Weight: 20-28 pounds

Colors: Tri-colors in black, white, and rust, perhaps with a few tri-colored  partis and phantoms

Coat: Soft wavy coats, perfect for people with mild allergies

 

 

Take a look!

Here are some of Ruby’s and Quincy’s past puppies, fully grown and bringing lots of joy to their families.

Spots everywhere

This litter looks like an art exhibit.  Each puppy is a painting: a white canvas with beautiful strokes of black, silver, and rust.  Looking at the puppies together, it was easy to come up with a theme: spots. 

Just imagine the spots on a leopard, the dots on a polka-dotted dress, the flecks of light in a loved one’s eyes. 

How about the patches of color on a pinto horse or the spots on an Appaloosa?  A splash of color on a child’s drawing?  A patch in a carefully stitched quilt?


Dottie (Polka Dot) – Female – SOLD

Patches – Male – SOLD

Appaloosa – Female – SOLD


Flecka – Female – SOLD

Spot – Male – SOLD

Pinto – Male – SOLD

Splash – Male – SOLD

The newborns

It was a few days before her due date.  In one corner of the house, Ruby quietly gave birth to her first puppy.  We sprang into action and prepared the whelping box with a heating pad, hospital pad, and soft blanket and moved the newborn there.  Ruby followed and quickly delivered another puppy.  The whole process took about five hours, but as always we waited some extra hours to be sure she was done.  It is so special to watch newborn puppies find their way to their mama’s teats.  They all did and started peacefully suckling.  


Red Girl – Polka Dot (Dottie)


Orange Girl – Appaloosa


Blue Boy – Splash


Purple Boy – Patches


Turquoise Boy – Spot


Yellow Girl – Flecka


Green Boy – Pinto

Lucy’s F1b bernedoodles

Born on June 25, 2025


Lucy
– F1 Bernedoodle

Quincy – Moyen Poodle

The bugs

It was a late June evening, just before Lucy was about to give birth, and we were sitting outside, surrounded by the twinkling lights of fireflies. That’s when inspiration struck.  We decided that we had to have a firefly in the bunch, and then it was just a matter of thinking of other adorable bugs found in Iowa during the summer months.  They play a vital role in the ecosystem, not least in terms of pollinating plants.  Welcome, Bugs.

Bumblebee – Male

 

Cricket – Male

Walker – Male

Dragonfly – Male

Firefly – Male

June Bug – Female

Clementine’s F1b bernedoodles

Born on June 14, 2025

Clementine – F1 Bernedoodle

Quincy – Moyen Poodle

The space litter

Clementine is a first-time mother, and she did fabulously. Her instincts kicked in right away.  It was so sweet to watch her nurture her babies: licking them, gently nudging them with her nose, and laying down on her side to allow them easy access to her teats.  She was so careful when she sat down in the whelping box, making sure all her puppies were safe.  Here they are, one day old.

With help from Clementine’s guardian family, we gave all the puppies space names.  Summer nights are a special time to watch the sky and imagine what is out there: comets, stars, planets, and galaxies.

   

Galaxy – Male

 

Comet – Male

Cosmo – Male

 

Nova – Female

Orbit – Male


Sirius – Male

Luna’s cockapoos

Born on February 19, 2025

Luna – Cocker Spaniel

Winston (Lucky) – Mini Poodle

The wildflowers

Luna’s puppies arrived a few days after her official due date.  Sam had been monitoring her, and finally she was ready, showing the first signs of labor. The first puppy arrived at 9 pm, followed by a long labor break. As always, it took patience to wait for the next one to appear. But the next three puppies came in quick succession in the middle of the night.  All four of the puppies were healthy and beautiful with lush red coats with white patches.

The weather has been changeable this year, with a bit of tug-of-war between winter and spring.  The first signs of spring came when snowdrops started poking through the snow.  We decided to name the puppies after the beautiful wildflowers that make their home in our Iowa woodlands in the spring. Soon the puppies will be able to romp around among the flowers.

Violet – Female

 

Sweet William – Male

Bluebell – Female

Snowdrop – Female

Lucy’s F1b bernedoodles

Born on December 8, 2024

Lucy – F1 Bernedoodle

Quincy – Moyen Poodle

Old-fashioned games

Normally a puppy birth takes many hours.  It is not unusual for us to be in the whelping room for 12 hours or more. This time Lucy surprised us. She delivered seven puppies in a span of two and a half hours, all of them with ease. Each puppy was perfect and healthy.

It was a snowy day, and we were feeling nostalgic. That led us to the perfect litter theme. We decided to name the pups after old-fashioned games we played in childhood.

Here are some pictures of the newborns, taken minutes or hours after delivery. 

Domino – Male

Mona (Monopoly) – Female

 

Yahtzee – Male

 

Ludo – Male

 

Scrabble – Female

 

Jenga – Female

 

Checkers – Male

Ruby’s cockapoos

Born on August 26, 2024

Ruby – American Cocker Spaniel

Quincy – Moyen Poodle

Movie stars from the 1940s

When we saw Ruby’s puppies, they looked like movie stars from a time gone by. They brought us back to the 1940s, the Golden Era of movies. Many movies were still shot in black and white then, and they went on to become classics.  Casablanca. The Maltese Falcon. It’s a Wonderful Life. Citizen Kane. Meet Me in St. Louis.  The list goes on.  Hollywood movies were truly magical.  Of course, we had to glamor shots of our cockapoo movie stars.

Humphrey Bogart

Lauren Bacall

Vivien Leigh

Jimmy Stewart 

Ingrid Bergman

Judy Garland

Bing Crosby

Katharine Hepburn

Luna’s cockapoos

Born on July 8, 2024

Luna – Cocker Spaniel

Winston (Lucky) – Mini Poodle

The scientists

Luna gave birth to six handsome boys on a hot afternoon in July.  An experienced mother, she knew exactly what to do. She has a very sweet and gentle manner with her puppies and goes exactly by the book when caring for them.  This was the first litter for Luna and Winston, also known as Lucky. He, too, is very smart and almost seems to know what we plan to do before we take the first step.  We wanted a theme that would imply intelligence, and we chose famous scientists and inventors: Einstein, Edison, Newton, Mendel, Tesla, and Franklin.