True to a point
I Bought three labs as pups with good ofa on parents and grandparents - all
three flunked at 30 months
However testing your dog or the parents is sure better than buying a pig in
a poke.
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I would like to add that just because your dog passes
With hair loss around the eyes I assume he was checked for demodetic mange.
The eye area can be one of the first symptoms.
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Hi
We think our doodle has allergies. What made you think
your dog had allergies and what is the dog allergic
to?
Our doodle has red rings around
I Lost a dog last year to 'bloat' - perhaps if the EX vet was not such an A
hole I could have gotten her to the university in time for surgery estimated
at two thousand dollars.
Surgery is available that attaches the stomach to the chest wall - my NEW
vet offers it on large dogs of susceptible
She may be a chocolate phantom (chocolate and tan)
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All airlines that accept dogs have to put them in acclimatized holds -
continental is just smart enough to advertise that. The USDA has rules
about handling live critters. Most airlines are at about $175 for a size
100 or small kennel with up to 25 lbs dog and combined. The next size up
jumps
Silvering is from the poodle - they are born black but by about 8 weeks old
you will see the hair around the eyes and muzzle starting to grow in light
gray. They change to fully silver over a couple months. In the poodle an
experienced breeder can tell from birth by the coloration of the hair
Get a tar and sulfur shampoo - it helps with the itches and healing. Don't
use the flea products more than recommended as they are actually a poison of
sorts which in the correct dose does not hurt the dog.
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We've had doodles as small as 13 lbs
8 lb poodle stud - small lab - footstool...
Most of our doodles run in the 20 - 40 lb range now that we have
generational and f3b's
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Some one want to explain all the health issues I am hearing about related to
many of the Australian dogs?
I would also like to know when they changed what they claim the breed to be
based on. Seems to change every few years to now included cocker - perhaps
water spaniel - etc. not just lab and
I can mention one place to avoid - gal name of Paula. Supposedly guide dog
work. Offered trade one of my better pups for a pup of my choice the next
year. She always was keeping or had sold everything - I never did get my
pup. If she had flat out said please donate me a pup instead of offering to
Not to be a party pooper but many standard poodle bloodlines have
epilepsy. Last I heard bloodline info was being collected in hopes of isolating
and being able to test for it via DNA. That info is old but the fact the
standard poodles have problems more than a lot of other breeds
tails if kinked - ratlike- to skinny -
in other words ugly are docked. poodles are born with kinked tails a lot
and if this trait has carried through they need to go. when docking we leave a
medium tail - enough to sit on cover things and give character. the nice
ones we leave.I've heard
check my site - we will have pups
again soon. generational and breed backs. ALL have OFA good and Cerf clear in
addition to temperament being first and foremost in our dogs.
Please visit www.k9goodies.com/birdwalk for
pictures of representative pups and parents as well as basic info on our
while genetic test cost may vary many
people think the are exorbitant in price and that is not true. NO offense
and not directed at Carla at all as she may have been misled. Breeders not
'willing' to get their dogs tested at least on the most important test are doing
everyone a dis
more expensive than refunding $ is the
emotional cost to breeder and owneras well as tohave a dog go
through the pain of something that potentially could have been
avoided.
testing is no guarantee but is sure is
better than not knowing and breeding an existing problem into the next
I wouldn't want to stand on concrete
all day either - nor expect my dogs to. they have a large play yard when
they are not chilling out on their futon in the living room.
as per the blindness let me speak from
my own experience - Many breeders will tell you not to worry about Cerf test or
hip x-rays are important to me.
I bought 3 lab sisters - both their parents had been tested ofa
good.
I raised those three to 26 months
before getting them tested prior to breeding. here is the shocker - they all
flunked. if I had bred them based on the background only who knows what
I want everyone's input and don't
think this group is for breeders only.the list should be about sharing -
dog experiences - pet or breeding and bragging on our doodles. It is never my
intention to put anyone down. just my own little soapbox on testing based
on experience breeding the
Title: Re: [labradoodles] new group
temperament has to be first and
foremost
what good is the most healthy gorgeous
dog in the world if you can't live with it?
health and temperament have to be a
package deal as much as possible
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we grade our pups before they go and
can assure you of the level of shedding if any. true most if not all f1's will
shed. past that they can be evaluated.
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