I love your pictures. I am going to show the picture
to my groomer. What beautiful dogs. Is it true that
poodles are high strung? Do they deserve such a
reputation? My doodle is 75% poodle and has the best
personality. He looks like a poodle.
--- Sherri Regalbuto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I think I have one on my website. Yes I do I just
> checked. go to
> www.Sherrisphotographics.photoreflect.com
>
> and click on My dogs in the events.
>
> The one of my dogs tug-o-war and sitting together is
> a
> good idea of what they look like. I shave them down
> completely with a #5, everywhere. Most groomers
> have
> a problem visualizing and I have many poodle friends
> carrying in a photo of my dogs so they can see how
> to
> do it. My male who is the blonde one looks like a
> giant teddy bear when he grows in a bit and I
> sometimes hate to cut off all those golden locks of
> his.
>
> He has a coat much looser in texture than my female
> who's coat is very tight curls and looks cool when
> she
> just air dries.
>
> Everything is the same length so they grow out
> evenly.
> I don't like a giant furry face like some of the
> doodle people leave on. I lived with an airedale
> for
> years so a big sloppy face I'm quite over.
>
> Sherri
>
> --- Laurie Mandigo-Stoba & Ian Stoba
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Sherri,
> >
> > Do you have any pictures of the cut you use on
> your
> > poodles? Our
> > doodle has a coat that tends much more towards the
> > poodle, and we're
> > having trouble figuring out how to deal with it.
> > The groomer did a
> > cut on his face a week ago that I really don't
> like,
> > and I would love
> > some better information so I can tell her what I
> > want him to look
> > like instead of trying to just say what I don't
> > like:)
> >
> > Thanks much! Regards, Laurie
> >
> > On Jul 4, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Sherri Regalbuto
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > First, I am a poodle person. I've had standards
> > for over 20 years,
> > > love them and think there is nothing better. I
> am
> > also a dog
> > > trainer, writer and photographer, all dog
> > subjects. I love just
> > > about every breed and mix. I have just
> completed
> > an article on the
> > > bad rap that poodles have.
> > >
> > > This is my 2 cents on the subject.
> > >
> > > Doodles cost a ton because they are the "in"
> breed
> > right now. Sad
> > > but true there are tons of very bad breeders out
> > there. I for one
> > > do not care if people breed different breeds
> > together. What I care
> > > about is temperament, health and sound bodies.
> I
> > don't want to see
> > > dogs housed in kennels and I don't want to see
> > dogs being bred
> > > every heat.
> > >
> > > Whether a dog is a purebred or a mix they should
> > still have all the
> > > genetic health testing done on the breeding
> > parents. There is no
> > > way that a mix is healthier than a purebred,
> that
> > is a huge
> > > falicy. The problem with some purebred dogs in
> > the linebreeding
> > > and that can happen with mixes just as easily.
> > Outcrossing is the
> > > best way to bring in new blood but one must know
> > what the lineage
> > > is on these outcrosses. A outcross is a
> breeding
> > dog that does not
> > > have any of the same lineage as the other
> breeding
> > dog.
> > >
> > > If you were to be very allergic to dogs I would
> > stick to a poodle.
> > > I have many clients that have got a doodle only
> to
> > find out there
> > > were allergic to it and already in love with
> their
> > puppy, sad.
> > >
> > > I think the doodles are adorable but with the
> good
> > traits of both
> > > breeds you can also get the bad traits of both
> > breeds.
> > >
> > > Everyone thinks my poodles are doodles because
> of
> > the way I clip
> > > them. Most people who don't want a poodle but
> > want a doodle do so
> > > because of the stupid hair do. If you saw my
> two
> > poodles you would
> > > probably want one.
> > >
> > > So many men say to me "Wow, I didn't know Iliked
> > poodles."
> > >
> > > Either way, do your research and visit each
> > kennel. Some new
> > > breed breeders can be very savvy when selling
> > pups.
> > >
> > > Sherri
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > HollyAnn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Your goldador sounds really sweet, Cay!
> > >
> > > When trying to decide on a dog, I originally
> > wanted to go with a small
> > > breed, since that's what I was used to all my
> life
> > (my family had
> > > two dogs
> > > when I was growing up: one was a mixed mutt of
> > some kind and he
> > > lived to be
> > > 18 years old; the second is a Jack
> Russell/Beagle
> > mix, and she's just
> > > turned 10 years old this past June). My husband,
> > on the other hand,
> > > was
> > > used to giant-sized dogs...Newfoundlands! His
> mom
> > used to breed them a
> > > while ago, and he had a Newfie of his own. I
> only
> > had the pleasure
> > > to know
> > > our Newfie for about a year and a half after we
> > got married; she soon
> > > developed cancer and was already an elderly dog
> > and even the vet
> > > said that
> > > he was against operating on her because of her
> > age. She had one of the
> > > sweetest personalities and temperments I've ever
> > seen in a dog.
> > >
> > > As much as I loved our Newfie, I didn't want
> > another one. I like their
> > > temperments, but...I can't stand their drool!
> Nor
> > can I stand how your
> > > hands feel so oily after petting them for a
> while
> > (their fur is
> > > water-resistant), and they shed like the
> dickens.
> > Our Newfie passed
> > > away
> > > in December 2001, and we've since moved once,
> and
> > I'm STILL finding
> > > her fur
> > > in our things! I don't mind a bit of shedding
> here
> > and there, but that
> > > was too much for me to handle at times...and her
> > fur has also busted a
> > > vacuum too...
>
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