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.
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.