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Hi Everyone! Been a while... FINALLY progress!!! ... Maybe

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HI Everyone!!! It has been Months since I last posted- I have been concentrating a lot on wedding planning etc and have been trying so hard to be patient waiting for our puppy's planned litter to come to fruition. It got too hard for me to be on the site so much when I had so long to wait before our puppy was coming!

Well... our breeder thought that the mother would go into heat in Dec/Jan some time... we waited and waited and still nothing. I have been checking every couple of weeks with the breeder and she has been doing everything she can think of to try to influence nature in our favor (ie: kenneling this dog with other females in heat etc) and still nothing. Well finally today I checked in once again and the breeder made us another offer...

She said that she would be happy to refund our deposit, but she also said that out of her last litter she kept 3 females for breeding since she is retiring the mom of this litter. These 3 females are F1's from a beautiful big poodle (who would have also been our puppy's dad) and a black lab with AMAZING hunting lines... (would have been our puppies grandma, as we wanted an F1b). There is one puppy in particular who has "the most beautiful fleece coat that she has ever seen on an F1" (and I have seen some BEAUTIFUL puppies on her website as I have been patiently waiting for my own to be breed)... she is willing to give us-and only us- this little black girl with the beautiful curly coat because according to her the curly coat is not ideal for breeding F1bs, the wavy coat is and that is what the other two girls have. The breeder says this female is one of the best in the litter.

Originally we wanted an F1b becuase my fiance is allergic to his family lab, but we needed those hunting lines. This dog will atually have stronger hunting lines, but is an F1... she is 9 weeks old and we are waiting for the breeder to take a pic of her and send to us. If we like what we see we may take her.

Question is: if she looks curly as a puppy, is there still a chance that she could have a flatter adult coat? and shed more? ... opinions... should we take her?

I trust this breeder a great deal and do trust her word and opinion... I believe that she would not try to sell us a puppy that would not meet our needs, but this is all of a sudden happening so fast! And I just wanted some opinions from those I trust before I make any hasty decisions.
 
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I am aware that all F1s can shed, and that the curliness doesnt always predict the shedding... his allergies arent bad... just not comfortable if he rubs his eyes etc. after petting the dog. Mostly we just dont want hair everywhere-

anyways, the F1 that we were waiting to be bred has the same mother as this little puppy and she doesnt shed at all, plus this little puppy is curlier than the other F1 was when she was a puppy...

the other problem with waiting is that the dog needs to be between 5-7 months old in October for the Duck opener in order to have her at the right age for training. THis is a short window and I am afraid that if we wait much longer my fiance is going to want to wait another year... and to be honest I dont think I can!!!

The reality is that we are looking for a doodle that has a curly coat- and we liked the idea of the F1b because of that. The truth is that this F1 will probably hunt better because she has more lab in her... and the timing with this one seems right. We have been waiting for SOOOOOOOOO long as many of the other Sr members on the boards know and this is so exciting for us, I guess I was just looking for a little encouragement that an F1 with curly coat can have just as good of a coat as an F1b.

Jac??? where are ya??? :D
 
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Thanks!

Thanks Wanna and Jett (thanks for the PM too Jett)

We are very excited!!! We have decided to take her... and we are going to name her Sammy. If all goes well she will be with us next Friday!!! YAY!!!

thanks everyone for all of your support through my LOOOONG journey!
 
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Thanks Shannon and Jac! The breeder said that even when she baths her and brushes her she gets NO hair int he brush which I think is a good sign. Also, even if there is some fur on the couch when she gets a little older... I think we already love her so much before meeting her that at that point NOTHING will matter!

as you can see it is the middle of the night and I have not been sleeping becuse I am just so excited!!!!! I decided to get up and poke around for a little while, hoping to tire myself out.

So yes, she is arriving at 2:30 on Friday and I can hardly stand it. THis week is going to be the hardest EVER! We decided in the end that we trust the breeder's sense on the coat (she is very good about guessing and has her little boy who has some allergies always snuggle close to the puppies to "tell her which ones make him sneeze" ha! and our little Sammy does not. Plus Dereks allergies are nothing bad, just didnt want a Lab- but he grew up with one and did just fine, just cant nuzzle in without getting some itchy eyes. Also, her hunting instincts will be better as an F1 and we would trade that for just abotu anything :)


well thanks everyone for your support!!!
 
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