Waratah Puppies – changing lives through the love of a puppy – because sometimes love and friendship comes with a wagging tail

Waratah Puppies specialises in breeding, raising and beginning training of puppies for people with additional needs including children on the Autism Spectrum, with physical disabilities or people living with anxiety, depression or PTSD/CPTSD.   

There are many benefits of dog ownership. For people with additional needs, particularly children on the Autism Spectrum, a puppy / dog can:

* help with emotional regulation and provide emotional support;

* provide companionship and reduce loneliness;

* improve confidence and social engagement – even if not formally trained as an Assistance Dog.

After they leave us, many of our puppies complete training to become a recognised Assistance or Therapy Dog.

We can offer an introduction to Assistance Dog training for people interested in purchasing a puppy as a potential Assistance Dog.

To learn about the difference between a pet/companion dog, an Assistance/Service Dog and a Therapy Dog – click on this link to download a comparison.  (Service Dog is an American term. In Australia we use the term “Assistance Dog”).

If you or a family member have additional needs, please click on the link to our additional needs waiting list here. There is no charge to join our waiting list.  After you select your puppy we will send you an Invoice for payment of either a deposit or in full – as well as send you our comprehensive Information Brochure so you can begin to prepare your home, and heart, for your newest family member. 

Sometimes we also have gorgeous puppies available for purchase by families without additional needs.  Please click on the link to our general waiting list at the bottom of this page if you would like to know when we have puppies available.

Purchasing a puppy is a big decision – and a long term commitment to their love and care.

Waratah Puppies’s Breeder Identification Number is 000793269 (NSW Pet Registry)

All of our breeding dogs are DNA tested (Orivet) and the puppies we breed won’t suffer from genetic diseases tested.

Our puppies are sold – microchipped, have at least 2 vaccinations, wormed, desexed, crate trained at night (so they won’t cry all night), have basic obedience training, come with comprehensive information about caring for a puppy, 6 weeks free pet insurance and more …..

Credit Card payments accepted (surcharge applies)

While we have older puppies and dogs available

we’ve made the decision NOT to breed any new litters

of Cavoodle or Moodle puppies in the near future.     

We MAY re-commence breeding puppies from mid 2024.   

We’ll keep the website updated.

Cavoodle & other puppies currently for sale:  (February 2024)

Pictures and information about the puppies we have available can be requested if you complete either our Additional Needs or General enquiry forms.

Sharing the opportunity for people with additional challenges to experience Connection, Inclusion and Confidence Building through the unconditional love of a puppy is why we breed gorgeous Cavoodle and ‘oodle puppies.

All families can benefit from the love of a puppy.  At the end of the day there is nothing more heartwarming that being greeted by a wagging tail and big brown eyes.

We’ve prepared a document – What to Consider BEFORE purchasing a new puppy.  You can download the document here 

We believe early basic obedience training is essential for a happy, positive relationship between a puppy and it’s family.  As many of our puppies are sold to people who are considering training their puppy as an Assistance or Therapy Dog, we’re going to begin a puppy’s training well before the puppy leaves us.   Our breeding program will be scaled down so we can devote more time to training our gorgeous puppies.

Our puppy’s ‘good manners’ will involve teaching “Sit”, “Stay”, “Come” and walking confidently on a loose lead.  ALL families buying from us from 2020 will enjoy these benefits – you don’t have to be formally training your puppy as an Assistance Dog to benefit from this basic training.

Our puppies are desexed and crate trained before joining their families.  We know this is an important reason people have purchased from us in the past.  The benefits of not losing sleep for a week is a DEFINITE advantage you gain from purchasing from Waratah Puppies.

To watch unedited video of 9 week old Lexi after her first week of training –  click on the link… 

In addition to basic obedience training – we offer 2 introduction to Assistance Dog training packages:

1. a basic introduction to Assistance Dog training (walking on different floor surfaces, wearing a training jacket and begin placement training).  This usually adds approximately 4 weeks to the puppy’s training schedule.

2. Our advance introduction to Assistance Dog training involves preparing a proposed training plan for your puppy, beginning social/community access training so your puppy will begin some of the training requirements needed to be recognised as an Assistance Dog under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.  We do not begin training the puppy for disability specific tasks which is also required prior to the puppy being recognised as an Assistance Dog.

While we cannot guarantee a puppy you purchase from Waratah Puppies will pass a Public Access Test (PAT) or meet the requirements of an Assistance Dog under the DDA 1992, the puppy will have a great beginning to their training journey.  Additional training can add approximately 4-6 weeks before a puppy joins it’s family.

For more information about Assistance Dogs, how to purchase one or how to self-train one – please visit Assistance Dogs in Training Australia (www.adita.com.au) for more information.  (declaration of interest – Kaylene is the Policy & Resource Officer for ADiTA)

If you are interested in purchasing a gorgeous, rare, Chocolate Cavoodle please visit

Chocolate Cavoodles Australia

for pictures and information.

click on the link below

 https://chocolatecavoodlesaustralia.wordpress.com/

f you are purchasing a puppy for yourself or a child on the Autism Spectrum or with special needs, please click on the ADDITIONAL NEEDS ENQUIRY BUTTON at the bottom of the page or CLICK HERE.          For our general waiting list please CLICK HERE.   

Why buy a Waratah Park Puppy?

Our cavoodle puppies are happy, health family pets with many advantages over other cavoodles you may see for sale.   Our puppies are:

• lovingly cared for and handled every day
• vet checked thoroughly, at least twice before leaving us
• vaccinated with C3 and C5
• wormed every 2 weeks with Puppy worming Suspension and comes with dates for ongoing treatment, including recommended grooming schedule
• microchipped (we begin the process of transferring ownership to new owner)
• desexed, receive post op care and stitches removed before leaving us
• doing well with toilet training – to newspaper inside and grass outside
• able to sleep all night on their own (soft toy companion) in their own travel crate
• used to wearing a collar
• lead training
• basic obedience training (sit, come) – USB of training sessions & training notes provided to new owners