



I'm Theresa S., the breeder behind River Days Australian Labradoodles located in Graham, NC. We nurture Authentic Australian Labradoodle puppies that are physically robust & emotionally well-balanced, ensuring they are prepared to integrate seamlessly into your household. We are passionate about our work, & welcome the opportunity to prove why our breeding program is superior!
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Theresa has been certified by Good Dog’s screening team for responsible and trusted breeding practices. When you’re ready, reach out to ask about the puppies or anything else on your mind. You’ll get to know each other through messaging, phone, or video and pay securely, all on Good Dog.
Together, you’ll choose the puppy that’s right for you, stay in touch with regular updates, and plan how to bring your new puppy home.

“$3750 ($500 reservation fee, second installment of $1000 due upon acceptance of invitation to the litter, $2250 balance due by 6 weeks old) . Deposit & second installment is applied to the total price of the dog.”
Theresa may provide a written contract or health guarantee when you purchase a puppy. This helps protect both you and your breeder, ensuring that you both have a clear understanding of the terms of your puppy purchase. If Theresa offers a contract or guarantee, the details will be personalized by them. If you have any questions or want to know more, don't hesitate to reach out to Theresa directly.
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You can drive or fly to pick up your puppy from Theresa.
Meet in Graham, NC
231 miles away
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Meet at Raleigh–Durham Airport
230 miles away
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Meet in Ashburn, VA
1 mile away
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Club memberships
Theresa is a member of Australian Labradoodle Association of America and World Wide Australian Labradoodle Association (WALA).
Certifications & recognitions
Gold Paw Breeder, CHIC Certified, Puppy Culture Breeder.
Theresa has been a member of Good Dog for about 6 years
Theresa was screened for responsible practices and has been a member since 2020.

River Days Australian Labradoodles meets or exceeds our community standards in these areas:
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About Josephine
Josephine is AMAZING! She is a sweet girl with a soft and relaxed, but confident, temperament. She loves her human siblings and her buddy Josie (above). She enjoys her walks and playing with other dogs, and she’s never met a human she wouldn’t love to cuddle. Josephine’s host family’s plan is for Josephine to earn her certification as a therapy dog, which is well within reason for such an incredibly intuitive and people-oriented dog! We are proud to have Josephine in our program, and expect to see her stellar temperament shine through in her offspring!
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About Jesse
Meet Jesse and WOW! Jesse is a Certified Therapy Dog! He’s gorgeous and has the most amazingly calm temperament– a real flop-dog! Jesse is affectionate and people oriented, and has such wonderfully intense eye contact. Our trainer has remarked on Jesse’s wonderful and sweet temperament on multiple occasions, which makes us incredibly proud. In his spare time, and when he’s not playing fetch, Jesse likes to snuggle and lounge around the house. Jesse’s offspring have dependably sweet and affectionate temperaments, and many of them have inherited his athleticism.
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About Brody
Brody lives in our home as a cherished member of our family. He is a sweet natured, affectionate, goofball who loves to snuggle and to play fetch. Brody consistently passes his wonderful temperament to his offspring, making them ideal family dogs! We are proud of his contributions to our program…not to mention he is STRIKINGLY handsome!
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About Roux (pronounced Roo)
Incredibly gentle, sweet and intuitive. Great with dogs and children with strong therapy dog qualities! We are so proud of this precious boy, and excited about his contributions to the ALD breed!
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About Maci
Maci has a soft, sugary sweet, gentle temperament. She is human-oriented, but also loves meeting and playing with other dogs. She is especially cuddly and is very well bonded with her older canine sister, our retired mama dog, Salem. She loves to play, especially chase, but definitely prefers to be the chased and not the chaser. Both Maci’s canine parents are certified therapy dogs! We expect amazing things from this precious girl!
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About Millie
Millie is the daughter of our very first River Days' mom, Zoe. We are incredibly proud of the impact Zoe had on our program, and Zoe's legacy through Millie, Piper, Hadley, and Oliver. Millie, like her mother, is incredibly smart, sweet, social and super human-oriented. Millie loves her family immensely, and is especially bonded to her human dad. Millie's host family is related to Piper's (now retired) host family, which has resulted in a lot fun for their families. How amazing it is to have such fabulous families as part of our River Days family!
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About Jett
Jett is the best dog! He keeps us laughing with his silly ways. He’s so playful, but always makes time to sneak in a snuggle session with his mom and dad. Everyone is his best friend , humans and animals. He loves riding on his boat and expects his brothers to catch him a fish every cast. Jett is a very smart boy , sometimes too smart! He knows where every treat is hidden!
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About Maggie
Meet our sweet little Maggie who weighs in at 18lbs, and is incredibly outgoing! Maggie is intelligent, loves to cuddle, has the softest coat, and a gorgeous compact structure. She is the wonderful combination of her mom, Salem, and her dad, Eno. She is fun loving, social, and playful! She achieved CGC at only 6 months old! We are over the moon to have Maggie in our program.
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About Bear
Bear lives in our home as a beloved member of our family. He is a super sweet boy, with a wonderful soft confidence. We call Bear the “family goofball”– he never takes himself too seriously and keeps us laughing. Bear did very well in training, and passed the AKC CGC exam with our 8-year-old son as his handler. We are so incredibly proud of both boys for that accomplishment. It’s one thing to do well with an adult, but its a whole other level to perform well with a kiddo leading the way. Bear has a unique and interesting coat trait called “roan”, which gives him his amazing and rare coat pattern. He has a wonderful wavy textured coat that’s super soft and gorgeous. He’s a handsome and special package, and we are so blessed to have him in our program.
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About Ginger
Ginger is a beautiful caramel delight! She was born right here in our home, and we could not be prouder of how she turned out. Ginger comes from solid lines with predictably stellar temperaments. We are thrilled to have Ginger in our program– we know that she will enhance the temperaments we breed in our program, and further support the consistently beautiful appearance of a well bred Australian Labradoodle. Here is what her guardian family, the Mastropolos, have to say about her…. “Ginger is such a sweet, adorable pet. She is very social and loves meeting people of all ages and dogs of all sizes. We really enjoy her playful and affectionate personality:) Ginger particularly likes chasing after balls and taking walks. She is a quick learner which is great for training and fun teaching her tricks. Ginger has been a perfect addition to our active family of six!! Being a guardian family to Ginger has been such a blessing. We just love her so much.”
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About Beso (pronounced Bay-so)
Beso lives in our home as a treasured member of our family. We are enjoying him so much! Here is what his person (Zeph) has to say about him… “Beso’s my heart dog. We’ve had a bond since I flew home with him. Theresa has, at times, rightfully had to separate us to ensure Beso can be away from me. He’s still not happy about it, and will leave me a chewed up tissue or something equally benign if given the right chance to express himself. He’s always been a good boy. And a smart boy. He’s still on-point with most all of his training and obedience, despite my best efforts to spoil it out of him. He didn’t have too much of a puppy or adolescent rebellious stage (except a misunderstanding with Theresa’s glasses). He’s always loved to play. Fetch is his favorite thing, and he’ll fetch anything. Only Brody is faster – no one is better. These days he likes to play alpha, or elder, or something, to keep our other dogs in line. None of the others take him too seriously, though, and he ultimately yields to Sadie. He loves his walks, heeling happily on- or off-leash and running around exploring when allowed. He has been professionally off-leash trained by our trainer. He got car-sick at first, but got used to it and now relishes a car ride with me – anytime, anywhere. You may, at times, catch his head out the window, enjoying the air and the smells and the view. He’s perfectly fine in his crate but sleeps with us. Sometimes we go to sleep holding paws”.
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About Leah
Leah is calm, gentle, intuitive, and super sweet. Proven certified therapy dog producer.
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About Hadley
AMAZINGLY sweet, social, affectionate. Hadley lives with her guardian parents who love her immensely! She is a black and white parti girl whelped in our program, and we could not be prouder!
Excellent health testing
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About Spike
Spike is a 13 lbs mini boy who is stealing hearts everywhere he goes! Spike lives in our home as a cherished member of our family. He is sweet, social, and affectionate-- and, has big-dog chill! Spike holds his CGC!
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About Luna
Luna is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Marley
Marley is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Oliver
Oliver is a male Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of his breed, Theresa decided to make him part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Josie
Josie is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Luna-Mae
Luna-Mae is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Lila
Lila is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Coco
Coco is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Luna
Luna is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Eno
Eno is a male Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of his breed, Theresa decided to make him part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Brownie
Brownie is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Piper
Piper is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
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About Salem
Salem is a female Australian Labradoodle. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Theresa decided to make her part of their program. Theresa has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.
Excellent level
River Days Australian Labradoodles reports to performing the health tests below on their breeding dogs. Ask your breeder about the tests performed on the parents of your litter. Learn more about health testing for Australian Labradoodles.
Hip Dysplasia
Hip testing reduces the chance of passing down hip dysplasia, which is primarily found in large breed dogs and can cause hip pain and the eventual loss of the function of the hip joint.
Elbow Dysplasia Finals (OFA, BVA, SV, FCI)
Elbow testing reduces the chance of passing down elbow dysplasia, which is primarily found in large breed dogs and can cause arthritis in the elbow joint and front leg lameness.
Eye Certification (CAER, registered with OFA)
Eye testing reduces the chance of passing down a wide range of hereditary eye illnesses including retinal dysplasia, lens luxation, and glaucoma, which can cause impared vision or blindness.
Cardiac Evaluation (registered with OFA)
Heart testing reduces the chance of passing down congenital heart disease, which can cause a range of symptoms ranging from trouble exercising to heart failure.
Patellar Luxation
Knee testing reduces the chance of passing down Patellar Luxation, which results in the kneecap becoming displaced or dislocated and can cause mild to severe joint pain.
DNA Profile, PawPrint Genetic Panel (Breed Specific)
Genetic testing reduces the chance of passing down a wide variety of hereditary diseases of differing prevalence and severity such as Progressive Retinal Atrophy (an eye disease) and Von Willebrand's Disease (a blood disease).
Hear what other owners say about working with Theresa to bring home their puppies.
Susan N.
Verified owner · Mar. 2025
Theresa and Zeph have created such a responsible and thoughtful breeding program. The experience has been fantastic from day one thru puppy pick up day, and our boy, Roo, is adjusting so well.
Health testing is one key piece of responsible breeding and is performed on breeding dogs to prevent the presence of heritable conditions in their puppies.
Health testing is one key piece of responsible breeding and is performed on breeding dogs to prevent the presence of heritable conditions in their puppies.
Health testing is one key piece of responsible breeding and is performed on breeding dogs to prevent the presence of heritable conditions in their puppies.