[Bruhahnjb31]

Hi all, Well we are coming along very nicely with Misty. She is now around 11 months old and is pretty much all potty trained. We love her like our own baby.

Of course life is never without problems,,LOL. When we first got her last April we had her shaved down to about 1/4 inch. This was because even tho she was on the anti flea tick meds I was so grossed out by ticks that I didnt want to take chances.

So fast forward to now. Her hair is about 2 inches long. As far as all of the posts about how labradoodles "don't shed or shed less" all I can say is LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Now mind you it may just be my labradoodle, but with all of the clumps of hair I have swept up daily I could probably knit myself a whole new winter coat!!

My plan originally was to get her shaved every spring but now I am so tempted to do it now so that I can MAKE it to May. I am tiring so of having to sweep every day. Now I know I should be brushing her every day and that could help but I just dont have the time for that. She is always inside and when she does go out its just to do her business and then come back.

So what do ya'll think?? Im just afraid if I dont do it now by May we may not even be able to tell she is a dog!! I am going to put a recent photo of her in the photo section so you can see how she looks..Thanks so much for all of the help.

 

[Bruhahnjb31]

Thanks everyone for all the compliments about Misty. She really is adorable. When she sits and looks at me I just get all happy looking back at her. I have decided that I am still going to shave her this spring but I will just move it up maybe into March. She will be 1 in approximately a month. Maybe she will outgrow it. I wish she would because I too love the scruffy look!! I always wanted a Benji dog when I was a little and I think that is how she looks only .

I guess I will just consider it extra exercise when I have to sweep so much!!!

 

[Bruhahnjb31]

Oh sorry I forgot,, Misty is an F1. Her mother was a lab and her father was a black standard. She's just a plain old Amish farm labradoodle!!! She has a small black spot on her nose. When it grows hair out of it it reminds me of an old lady with a mole with a hair growing out of it!! So I cut that hair off!! LOL.