Hi!

[robin1]

I made an introduction earlier this year, but lots has changed since then. We still have Molly, the 3 year old goldendoodle, but thankfully my mum decided to spay her so she’s being spayed tomorrow morning.

I’ve tried to advocate for a rescue dog, but we have had a rescue dog in the past who was very difficult to handle, so I think it’s put my parents off. Instead, we’re getting a male poodle/newfoundland cross. I’ll attach some photos of the litter, they’re a little over 2 weeks old now and we’ll be bringing our puppy home when they’re 8 weeks. In terms of names, Bear, Milo and Mars seem to be popular with the family.

The litter was wormed yesterday and had a weigh in. The biggest was 1kg and the smallest was only 360g!

(BTW I’m a minor and so still living at home, so I don’t have much influence over my parent’s decisions in relation to buying puppies/adopting and doodles/well bred dogs and everything else)

 

[JoanneF]

I strongly recommend you get your puppy used to grooming early on. The combination of the long, soft Newfoundland coat and the curly Poodle coat could be rather challenging, to say the least. It's likely to matt very easily.

 

[robin1]

I strongly recommend you get your puppy used to grooming early on. The combination of the long, soft Newfoundland coat and the curly Poodle coat could be rather challenging, to say the least. It's likely to matt very easily.

Yes we’ll definitely be making this a priority! What brush would work best for that coat type? I think we have a slicker brush somewhere but I’m not sure where it is. For Molly, I brush her with a double sided comb, one side wide toothed and the other narrow toothed and that works fine. Will it work for the new puppy?

 

[JoanneF]

It's hard to say. With a crossbreed, you can't be sure how the coat will actually be and it will likely change as your dog turns adolescence too. You may just have to wait and see what works best, but whatever you use, make sure you groom down to the skin - not just over the surface.

 

[robin1]

It's hard to say. With a crossbreed, you can't be sure how the coat will actually be and it will likely change as your dog turns adolescence too. You may just have to wait and see what works best, but whatever you use, make sure you groom down to the skin - not just over the surface.

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks!