Hahah! Great for apartment living and lapdogs, you can put them in your handbag up until they get over 6 weeks old, the mailman has a real affection for them.
Actually it was sold to us because they couldn't show it, unknown to us at the time it had some birth defect where it's front teeth didn't line up properly (lose a lot of points when showing apparently), but we had no intention of showing it anyway. We took the dog back to the Kennel to put her in pup, and it was then when he told us. He was surprised when he had seen the dog again a few years later and then wanted to borrow it to take to shows because it excelled in other areas where the judges would most likely overlook the teeth defect. That dog cost us a mint in the end, we had done multiple operations on it to remove cancer plus all the other stuff like ear infections from having small ear canals.
Definitely. I work on puppy mill dogs daily, an the mutts that are passed off as "Labradoodles" give me the irrits. For example, one wolfhound x who's only claim to labrador lineage was his gold colour, a springer spaniel x (the markings and head/ears are unmistakable to someone who owned spaniels for 30 years) a "mini Labradoodle" that's a cavalier x, but the top billing goes to this bloke, who's paperwork says he's a chocolate labradoodle eyeroll
I had a good look into the breed/s before i brought her home, i'd had Cockers and Cavalier x Cockers for 30 years, and she was offered to me by her breeder (a client of mine) when i mentioned i'd had to get my old girl put down. The breeder is a retired cow cocky from Guyra who's been breeding working dogs forever.
When I eventually 'caved' and said they could have a dog. I wanted a Kelpie.... she wanted a Cavoodle.
... i tried to heel it in but my post was barking up the wrong tree me thinks.......
I don't trust many animal breeders. The few that my mate had bred, threw a few pups with full tails and they just cropped them at birth. I can't remember whether his female originally came from Kingaroy in NQ or Casino in NSW, it was about 30 years ago. I recall he was a very quick dog, couldn't have much of a joke with him when you played ball, he'd take the ball out of your hand before you even knew it.
It's a running joke among groomers about poodle x owners complaining that their dog looks like a poodle after a groom - "don't poodle my oodle" lol.
That little shit's hair grows so fast, the human saying of 'you are only 1 week from a good haircut' applies.
I really struggle with knowing breeders still crop tails. And for what, to pass off crossbreed Heelers as ASTCD?
Still...if it looks good in the show ring, it should be allowed.
What about dogs like Pugs and Shar Pei, I heard they're perfect show dogs?
Word dawg.
Nice looking mutt that.
