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I grew up with a GSP. He lived for 15 years and didn't calm down til he was 14.
He was an amazing bird dog and a good companion
Our boxer mix has really short hair, and we barely see any of it on the floor. Our doodle leaves huge hair balls all over. Not experiencing the doodle not shedding trait.It's not the poop, it's the hair that's the PIA.
Every child should have a puppy at least once.
That's a good thing!
Sounds like it was a good dog to have growing up.
Kind of concerned that the groms will go to college, and we'll be left w/ trying to tire the dog out everyday. I guess it'll keep us active into our 50s.
I appreciate all the responses. We're still on the fence and not trying to take this decision too lightly. My main reason for wanting to get one is for my sons to enjoy it while they're still living at home and have the time to invest in it. The main reason why not to do it is b/c we already have 2 dogs, even if the boys weren't involved in choosing them.
a lot of poodle mixes don’t take on the non-shedding trait. The day we ended up with pickle we were actually going to meet another dog. Some sort of terrier poodle mix. He sat on my lap for ten minutes and I was covered in white fur. Then we met pickle who is supposedly a Maltese/Yorkie comboand we fell in love. He really doesn’t shed at all. Will leave the occasional hairball if he’s chewing on hot spots but we seem to have gotten those under control. No more eggs for pickle.Our boxer mix has really short hair, and we barely see any of it on the floor. Our doodle leaves huge hair balls all over. Not experiencing the doodle not shedding trait.
This is why we want another shorthaired dog and not a doodle. Plus, it won't get burrs and mats like the doodle does now.
Watch the chicken too. My dog used to get hot spots and even had a full on breakout once until I started feeding him salmon and sweet potato fooda lot of poodle mixes don’t take on the non-shedding trait. The day we ended up with pickle we were actually going to meet another dog. Some sort of terrier poodle mix. He sat on my lap for ten minutes and I was covered in white fur. Then we met pickle who is supposedly a Maltese/Yorkie comboand we fell in love. He really doesn’t shed at all. Will leave the occasional hairball if he’s chewing on hot spots but we seem to have gotten those under control. No more eggs for pickle.
I was letting him lick the egg yolk off my plate when I finished breakfast. My childhood dog loved egg yolk and I was always told it was good for their coats. But it made him blow up in hot sports. Just glad we narrowed it down and figured it out fast. I think there is chicken in his food and he’s been fine. We’re really good about not giving him people food overall. Dog I grew up with ate pretty much everything she ate and lived to be 19, but was the world champion of beggars.Watch the chicken too. My dog used to get hot spots and even had a full on breakout once until I started feeding him salmon and sweet potato food
I have one that doesn't shed either but it's looking like ymmv for each dog
Mine too.My first dog was a chow. Love those dogs.
Ours was a mix. Pretty sure chow/pekingese if you can imagine that. He was a sweet heart. No issues with him unless there was a cat/chicken/squirrel/anything small and furry around.Mine too.
He was found at roughly a year old at a construction site. The crew brought it to the office and my mom took him home.
He was dope and, honestly, the most handsome Chow I've ever seen (no smooshed nose, probably not purebred, obviously). We did a sh!t job at training him. He would sprint out of the house if the door was left open and wouldn't come back for days. He'd terrorize any other dogs he came across. He bit a few people. A friend's 7 year old that got too close to his food, a neighbor that got too far into the front yard, another neighbor that got too far into the yard. When he bit me when he was probably 6-7, my parents took him in to the pound. I was 12, my mom had a baby on the way, and they weren't trying to find out what might happen adding a newborn crawling and walking around to an aggressive dog that we never effectively trained and had already bitten several people.