Ever since I was a little girl I always was enamored with the super short sleek haired breeds...Dobies, Great Danes, Greyhounds, many of the hound breeds, Pitties...I love to see the ripped muscles on a dog. 😂
However, there were two breeds in addition to them that I loved and they would be GSD’s and Standard Poodles.
My husband and I were only familiar with mixed breeds, doggies whom we loved. Our first purebred was our Great Dane, Moose. He needed a home and was poorly bred and at 6 months came to us as a wild, out of control,crazy boy. We were actually in over our heads but we learned quite quickly.
He had anxiety issues and he had a lot of digestive problems his whole life. He was not an easy dog, although he was a breeze to groom! He was the sweetest, most cuddly dog either of us had ever experienced and we loved him dearly. After he passed we were heartbroken but we were quick to want another dog as we hated
being dogless. We went back and forth with ourselves, should we rescue, should we get a purebred, a mixed breed, a puppy or older dog?
It really was a dilemma.😉 We are an older couple with grandkids and really wanted to get this right. I’ve always had a dream to train a therapy dog. Although we had never, in our lives, purchased a purebred dog we decided, based on our desires for what we wanted in a dog and the need to know, at least somewhat, what we would be getting into, a purebred pup was what we were going get. Then of course the question is, what breed?
Well, I’m the researcher in the family so I researched and researched and I, of course, researched the Standard Poodle as it was on my list of favorites. I always remembered this white Spoo who used to run around the neighborhood when I was a little girl so Spoos always intrigued me.
We would have loved another Great Dane as we do adore them but we weren’t up to raising a pup that size again.
I kept crossing the poodle off the list though because of the grooming. I really love those “low maintenance,” muscled dogs, remember? 😉 But, the more I read and listened to my heart, especially regarding temperament, the Spoo won us over!
We just love our Bobby. He really is a fabulous dog. His temperament is fantastic!
And he doesn’t shed!😁 I love grooming day and so does Bobby and the primping and preening we do between grooming appointments is really quite therapeutic!😉 We both love his curls.
And, because we keep him clipped short, I can even admire his ripped
thighs.😂