Our Professional Experience Gives You Expert Service
Our Mission
Our goal is to promote the positive, healthy qualities of the Goldendoodle breed and temperament while providing the best family pets.
We start with full health testing of the parents. We then use our professional background in puppy development to ensure our puppies receive all aspects of needed upbringing and care.
We match our puppies to their forever homes based upon personality and temperament - not just their looks.
Our Story
Margaret Bridges owns and operates (Purpose Driven K9) dog training in Indianapolis. Having trained numerous Goldendoodles, we have grown especially fond of them. We currently own six Goldendoodles.
We want to help provide other families with outstanding representatives of the Goldendoodle breed. With all the research we've done over the years, we're using our experience and knowledge to provide your family with the best the breed has to offer.
At Gertie's Goldendoodles, we want you to be well-informed so you feel confident in raising a new puppy, and we strive to provide you with as much information as we can about preparing for, caring for, raising and training your puppy now and into their future!
Meet the Team
When you choose to work with Gertie's Goldendoodles, you're going to get premium knowledge, care, and service from a family that works with dogs for a living. We are professionals with in-depth knowledge and experience with puppy development, socialization, grooming, health care, obedience training, and more!
Margaret Bridges
Certified Dog Trainer, Dog Behavior Expert
Margaret is a certified dog trainer and dog behavior expert based in Indianapolis. A nationally recognized trainer, Margaret has a lifelong passion for understanding how dogs think, feel and behave, and for helping people build relationships with dogs that are both safe and deeply connected.
Margaret is a Certified Professional Trainer. Her education includes hands-on study in Chicago and ongoing training with respected leaders such as Chad Mackin, Jason Vasconi, Heather Beck, Jay Jack and Mark McCabe.
Her specialties include basic and advanced obedience, reactivity and aggression cases, separation anxiety, pack and people socialization, puppy development and canine body language analysis.
Purpose Driven K9
Dog Centered.
Owner Focused.
Since 2015, Margaret and her team have successfully helped hundreds of families train their dogs. Their certified professional dog trainers have custom-picked training options that give you the skills needed to have a happy dog experience.
We provide reliable and consistent dog training results by:
- Helping your dog to listen better.
- Raising your puppy to be its best self.
How to Get a Puppy...
Perhaps you're ready to move forward with getting a Goldendoodle puppy. Now what? It takes less than 5 minutes to fill out an application!