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Am not a dog owner, but have looked after a cockapoo quite a bit, and my mate has a cavapoo, former colleague a shih-poo and the prevailing vibe seems to be that poodle crosses, and poodles, due to their inherent intelligence, need loads of stimulation or they become absolute nightmares. Obviously behavioural issues can crop up regardless of breed and are probably a result of nurture more than nature. Perhaps theres some correlation between people who want a non-shedding dog and those who want a dog without any of the associated inconvenience, picking up hair, socialising it, paying it the slightest bit of attention... There was a whole thing with the person who came up with the labradoodle breed massively regretting it or something.
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They're great dogs, we used to look after one all the time and we became very fond of him... Teddy loved being cuddled, was a massive attention seeker, loved barking from our stoop at kids and other dogs walking down our street, was pretty good with other dogs and obviously loved his walks, I'd walk him to the beach and he'd go wild in the water... Wouldn't say no to one but don't wanna have to find AU$7k for the privilege... I miss Teddy!
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poodle crosses, and poodles, due to their inherent intelligence, need loads of stimulation or they become absolute nightmares
Poodles are super super popular here - brown teddy ones, specifically. I think they're cute but they're never trained well and they're owned mainly by retired men who hit them and shout at them, so they're always really poorly behaved and are bitey/shouty. It's really put me off small poodles (would love a standard size one) though on the plus side (?) getting one would cost maybe a tenner...
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Yeah, any of those poodle crosses would be great TBH... Only problem is they're all so fucking expensive now!! I started looking at XXX-oodle breeders before covid when they were much cheaper, OH and I procrastinate a lot... 🤑😂