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To crop or not to crop. Tough question to answer. Should we be cropping dogs' ears for "looks". I don't have a good answer. I understand why some people like the look of cropped ears on their Dobies, Great danse, Boxers, Pit bulls. read more

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To dock or not! Tough question. Is it ethical to dock tails for aesthetics? Is it a right to dock tails for performance? I really don't have a good answer. I think it is unnecessary for looks...but a docked poodle tail....there's nothing more beautiful! read more

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Besides the Poodle of course, my other favorite breeds are Wolfhounds, Great Danes, Greyhounds, Poms, chewies, Pappys. My favorite breeds to train are Poodles, Labs, and Goldens. I just find them easy to motivate to 'play' training games with me. Sincerely, Teayl read more

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With all the "designer breeds" out there how does one decide on which dog is best for them? I don't mean to sound disrespectful but when I was growing up "designer breeds" were called "mutts". One of my "pet peeves" is that the poodle is used so much with so many different breeds to get "designer breeds" Some poodle mix breeders claim their puppi… read more