I have a wavy coated doodle and she usually doesn't smell very "doggy." Occasionally, we get bad smells coming from her ears (problem with infections that we have to keep an eye on) and oh yes, her feet smeel like BO :)
--- In [email protected], "Ken Hix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had a Standard Poodle for one month shy of 15 years before I lost him to > cancer and age. I know the smell you talk about. I now have a medium, multi > generation Labradoodle from RM and the smell is the same. Wet or dry, he > doesn't have that doggy smell. I often pick him up to let people that don't > know the breed smell him and they can't believe it. He is 8 months now and > because they recommend not bathing them unless really necessary (I'm > assuming that means something like getting sprayed by a skunk), I've never > bathed him. He goes to work with me every day and I work for a machine shop > where oil, grease and dust from the shop are walked into my office and he > still manages to stay clean. I've seen him role in the mud and be clean > again in about an hour. Dirt just falls off. I do think that if you got a > F1 or maybe F1b, you might not have this ability, and the coat type probably > has something to do with it also. My Labradoodle has a fleece coat, non > shedding coat and I haven't talked to anyone that has a curly or straight > coat Labradoodle to see if this is the case. > > > > Ken > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
