i
found this dog in our local shelter...we have been looking for an adult doodle
for awhile now, as we want to bypass the puppy stage..what do you all think? Is
it a doodle? The shelter classified him as a poodle mix......![]()
-----Original Message-----
From: darrel davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 1:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [labradoodles] Joe!Where do you live in Arkansas?
Cynthia Hoskison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi, This is our story. We got Phoebe, a yellow lab from a very good
breeder and planned on breeding her and raising labs here in
Northern California where the hunters are very prolific and will
spend good money on a good dog. Well, we then decided to move to
Arkansas, where the labs go for $75 and there are 20 litters in the
paper.
I don't know when I first heard about Labradoodles, but I was soon
convinced to breed them instead. I search the entire West Coast for
a black boy! (I think white, cream or apricot boys look like girls,
so I only wanted black). I have never even been around a Standard
Poodle or owned a unneutered male dog, so this is going to be quite
an adventure.
When we first got Joe, he was the cutest puppy I have ever seen.
And as he grew and grew! I kept wondering why everyone didn't have
one. Joe is only 5 months old now and he already as tall as Phoebe!
(And she is huge! - I think we are going to end up with
GiantLabradoodles!) He is so tall and with the longest legs! Up
until last week, he hadn't been groomed and still had his puppy
hair. He looked like a little black bear - my favorite wild
animal! All I did was keep the hair on his face trimmed with
scissors so he could see. Well I took him to get groomed last week
and explained to the lady that I didn't want him to look funny, just
give him a trim. I used to get upset that I spent $1200 on a dog
and everybody asked me what he was. Not anymore! He totally looks
like a poodle. She really shaved him and his face is completely
bald. My sons keep saying he "looks like a real poodle now" and "he
has a really long beak". I thought poodles had really long, skinny
muzzles, but Joe didn't. His looked normal. Until he was groomed!
I am amazed by his hair. I combed him with a people comb a while
ago and if I bunched up all the hair in a little wad, it would not
have been the size of a pea. And you can totally pet him any which
way, because his hair grows straight up.
As a future breeder I do have a few questions - I have never even
seen a Labradoodle and most people I tell them about just laugh,
like I made it up. Do they get their tails docked at birth? Does
anyone have a problem selling their litters. How do you market an
expensive "mutt"? I know there is a big Labradoodle guide dog
frenzy going on now, is it possible to sell the puppies to guide dog
schools? I'm scared that I have a $2000 breeding pair and won't be
able to sell my dogs in rural Arkansas. I know a Lab/Poodle cross
makes a Labradoodle and I am sure two Labradoodles make a
Labradoodle, but is one better than the other. Should I be looking
to get a breeding pair of Labradoodles? I did ask these questions
to some breeders I found on the internet, but they didn't respond
and one even told me not to breed them for fear of competition.
Cynthia
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