UPDATE: Just Discouraged Facebook "friend" from Buying a Doodle

UPDATE: See first post below for scoop, but for those of you who have followed, I received a very great email from my friend. She is going to put her schnauzer into training (has never done this) and try to really work with her before making any decisions. She has also decided to NOT rehome her before seeing how the baby and dog react to each other. Sooo, maybe I actually helped in this situation. She also said she would think long and hard before 1) giving her current pup up and 2) adding any other dog to her family. Sometimes advice is taken and I am really happy I spoke up in this case.

ORIGINAL POST: I am posting this on the forum because I thought it might stir some of you, especially those of you involved in the DRC.

A "friend" on facebook saw a photo of Peri recently. You know how those facebook "friends" are - I am closer to DK friends than those people sometimes. Anyway, she was asking me if they shed and many other questions.
I explained that it is never a guarantee that they are non-shed, EVER. Especially with the first generations...I really tried to educate her. I told her if she is that worried about the cleanliness of her house and needs a non-shed dog for that reason (she does not have allergies), go with a poodle or other non-shedding dog like a terrier, etc....
Then she proceeds to say she is going to re-home her Schnauzer next year because she is trying to have a baby. She said he is too used to being an only dog and may snap at the baby. Now I can totally understand being scared about a snappy dog being around my child, but the entire conversation irked me. Do you know what I mean? The whole non-shed thing, child thing, etc...
Isn't this why so many doodles end up getting re-homed? People think they are non-shed, they may not be. People think they are so smart and easy, they are puppies for the first 1-2 years of their lives, for goodness sake!
This is more to vent, but I did think it was worth posting in the forum. Because I really told her she should wait and not rush out and buy any dog before really thinking it through.

I have had a lot of blogs lately, hope you are not sick of me :)

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Permalink Reply by Dan, Judi, & Timbow on November 20, 2009 at 4:11pm

Dan and I say the same thing. Training Timbow has been great practice for how we will treat each other when we have human babies. :)

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Permalink Reply by Lorraine Bromley on November 20, 2009 at 10:10pm

i would also say that if that is the only thing she is worried about is the dog might do something she needs to keep the dog and train the dog and socialize the dog prior to the baby then tell her if she can't put the effort into the dog she has then no other dog would be better ever and she shouldn't have dogs if she can't trust a dog she raised and trained for years compared to a dog no one has loved trained or socialized yet.
This does [iss me off too.

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Permalink Reply by Kim on November 21, 2009 at 3:40am

UGH!!!! I hate that!!!! I have some facebook friends actively TRYING to rehome their dogs ON facebook!!!!! They are using that as a classified ad. It makes me sick.

But - I will always have a Doodle. I don't ever want any other kind of dog, and nothing will ever change my mind!

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Permalink Reply by Caroline on November 21, 2009 at 4:27am

How sinister, to plan the demise of your first dog on the basis of a potential problem in the future , to "make way" for another-. That's how it seems anyway... poor schnauzer...

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Permalink Reply by Kim on November 21, 2009 at 4:46am

ooh... I didn't mean it like that!

I just meant that while a lot of the members here on DK are trying to discourage others from buying Doodles, I will always have a Doodle.

I think that the person who is getting rid of a Schnauzer because of a potential problem is disgusting and should NEVER be allowed to have another animal... if only things worked that way.

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Permalink Reply by Caroline on November 21, 2009 at 8:50am

Oh yeah- I wasn't referring to your comment, more the main story.I agree. I'd love another doodle (they're addictive), but that would only ever be as an addition to Christy. It almost sounded in the story as if the person was checking out doodles first and then justifying the rehome with the existing dog's "fit" with new baby (not even here yet).