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how i wonder do they know his age ? when they do not seem to
know what he is.....funny .. wish i lived in the States i would have had him
like a shot, i live in South Australia my dogs come from here, in Victoria, from
a big breeding kennel that supplies puppies to the world,
the fact that he is skinny i would think is either he
has been free and roaming around alot or the owners did not know how to feed
him, you are so lucky to have found him and i hope him you, don't be
deceived by his size it may well be all coat.
Would they let you have him on a trial basis to see if
you like each other, because of our time difference it is now Friday
10th 11.45am i am not always here but i would love to keep in touch
with you about him feel free to write to my email to, anytime
hugs
milly*
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:25
AM
Subject: RE: [labradoodles] is this a
labradoodle? to Todd and Kimberly
the
shelter says hes 4 years old.... but the thing is...I called about him and
they said he's very skinny. He sure doesnt look skinny to
me!!!!!!!
i would say yes it is , if you go to our photo
album and look at my rupert bear you will see this one is very like him
and as he would have looked as a 3 month puppy, how do you know it is
an adult ? it is difficult to decide from the picture i can only guess that
he might be about 24-26 inches high if he is an adult dog and the paws
will tell you he is going to be a big boy assuming of course it is male
<G>, my first Rupert bear was killed in a tragic accident 2 months ago
he was 21 months old he stood at 31 inches and looked very much like
him to, sadly i have no photos of him as an adult to show you, he was the
delight of my life, very active but so so beautiful, i do hope you are able
to have him
milly*
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 7:57
AM
Subject: [labradoodles] is this a
labradoodle?
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......![]()
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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