We adopted a black baby (not from Haiti) Labradoodle and named her Maya! She was born on December 1. We brought her home on January 24th at 7 weeks old. She weighs about 8 little pounds. She is half Labrador (black) and half Standard Poodle. The best of both worlds: A hunting dog with webbed feet for Jason and a "non-shedding" smart dog for the rest of us.
The kids are more than ecstatic. Now, we have wanted our kids to have a puppy (kind of) and have never agreed on the breed to get. We always said when we moved we would make a final decision. Well, as life goes, we have been saying that for 5 years now and Megan only has about 6 years left at home, so it is about time. Farrell's just got a cute new puppy last week and gave us the bug, too.
So this is how it went down. We were driving home from Tyler's soccer game and saw a truck by Draper Park with a sign: "PUPPIES". He had been there a couple times before, but we never stopped. This time, I thought, "Oh, let's just let the kids play with them." BIG MISTAKE! Warning/Note to self: Do not EVER stop where there is a sign offering ANY type of baby animals!
Anyway, we instantly fell in love with the little girl. There were 8 puppies in the litter. He had 2 boys left and this little girl. Man was the guy a good salesman. He convinced Jason what a good hunter Labradoodles are and what a good pet because of the poodle. (She won't be huge, but a little bigger than I ever wanted.) The mother is the lab and the father is the poodle. The only thing we were surprised was the big price tag. "Designer" dogs cost a pretty penny!
We finally pulled the kids away and said we needed to go home and think about it and look on line as to how much these really sell for and about the breed. We really had not considered Labradoodles. I thought they were huge dogs with really frizzy hair! Apparently, that is when the mother is a poodle. The great salesman/breeder offered to let us take her home and let her walk around then bring her back in an hour. (Smart guy-like we were going to rip her away from our kids.) So we went home, looked up Labradoodles...and apparently they are fantastic dogs! They were "designed" in about 1995 to be hypoallergenic guide dogs. How smart! We could not find anything bad about them! Well, that was good enough for me. Jason negotiated the price and we had a new member of our family. I could not believe I was agreeing to this! But, everyone was so excited, and with a little luck and A LOT of training I think she will be fine. We found a Crate on KSL, went to Walmart and loaded the cart with $100 in supplies and now the fun training begins! Welcome home little Maya Miller!
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