Loving my Doods

I rescued a momma Dood and her seven three week old puppies a cuople of years ago this February. My family kept the only chocolate puppy Coco and of course Paris. I can't explain what a wonderful addition both she and her puppy COCO have been to our family. One week ago I had reconstructive eye surgery. I am still recovering at home and their companionship is invaluable. They have never been taught to be therapy dogs, but they don't leave my side. I have never owned a Doodle before these guys, and I've never had such calm dogs before. These two were rescues, and I'm not even sure what kind of Doods they are, and I don't care. I know Coco has lab in him because of his dad, but don't know about Paris. Coco never went through a typical puppy stage of chewing and requiring lots of exercise. He and his momma have only been love sponges requiring lots of human companionship. The only thing we struggle with is coat matting especially in Paris. This was absolutely the best rescue I've ever experienced!!

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AdminPermalink Reply by LM Fowler - Admin on January 18, 2012 at 8:22pm

Wonderful. I know what you mean, they are wonderful dogs. Seems most have the best of both breeds in the temperament. Mine are very similar. When I am sick, tired, sad, whatever mood, they just seem to know and mimic it. I have a pic somewhere of my puppy mill girl, Ginger laying on top of me when I had the flu a few years ago. I was going through shivers and chills and I fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up, she was laying on me. My husband took the pic because he couldn't believe she did that. My Jack did go through the destructive puppy stage and Ripley was a owner surrender because he was resource guarding and biting the children, but with lots of work and love, he has turned into a fabulous sweet boy and Jack has grown into a big mush. I adore doodles and just wish crappy breeders would stop sticking any 2 dogs together, calling it an "Oodle" of some sort and then people adopt them who love the fuzzy puppy and then think sticking them in a crate or alone for 12 hours a day is going to make a great dog. Your doods are wonderful because you are wonderful to them. They are repaying you by loving you back.

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Member Since 2010Permalink Reply by Heather on January 19, 2012 at 7:56am

I know I am a "dog" person and have owned many...I truly loved my Standard Poodles, but seriously these two are the best! Do you have any ideas about the matting?? Paris gets very car sick so I haven't taken her to the groomer, rather I've invested in clippers ect. The Andis clippers want to pull on the mats, and I'm afraid to cut so close to her skin. The mats are on her back legs, I scissor cut her often, but am afraid to go under or through these mats. She doesn't stay outside much so she doesn't get wet to make them worse. don't know what's causing them.

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AdminPermalink Reply by LM Fowler - Admin on January 19, 2012 at 5:53pm

Sometimes it depends on the undercoat. I have 5 doodles here right now. One never mats, a couple mat only in certain areas and one mats as soon as the coat gets to a certain length. I have learned to keep them clipped in the puppy coat, but cutting through the mats and scissor cutting will let you keep away from the groomer, longer. At some point though, you will probably have to do it. I have a mobile groomer that comes to my home, makes it easier with multiple dogs. You should ask friends or ask around for a good groomer in your area. Not all are very good and even some will cut like a poodle. You have to ask if they have ever done a doodle. Bring pictures of what you want so they have an idea.

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Permalink Reply by Susan D. on January 20, 2012 at 10:09am

You might try one of these. A groomer recommended it to me and several doodle owners use them for mats. http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Coat-King-Stripping-Comb/product-reviews...

It gets the undercoat close to the skin without all the tugging and pulling. (It will look like a ton of hair coming out...lol.) With my large boy, Marlow, I use a Les Pooches brush called Mat Zapper. Marlow loves to be brushed and will go to sleep while I work on him.

http://www.doodlecountry.com/ematzabr.html

(I bought mine elsewhere, but Kemp is sooo knowledgable about brushes and grooming, that he is a good resource to buy from.) They are expensive, but worth it.

I think some dogs are prone to matting. My small girl, Sloan, has a curly poodle coat and if I let it get long, it will mat, plus she doesn't like to be brushed!

One place for good info is on a different site (sorry, Lynne!) and Kate is OCD on grooming her dogs. She shows you exactly what she uses and explains how she uses them. She will answer questions too.

http://doodleworld.ning.com/group/groomingchat/forum/topics/groomin...