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So you have your dog needing a haircut, your scissors and all your patience ready to go. Now it is time to get to business! Your ‘poo should have clean, dry hair and will preferably be on a table or some other elevated surface so that you don’t strain your back. The first part of […]
Grooming your dog’s face and head is the most important aspect of the entire groom job. After all we spend most of our time looking at that cute little face! It may be the most intimidating part of learning to groom but fortunately it is also fairly easy once you get the hang of things. […]
Sometimes there is a good reason to want to know exactly what kind of coat a cockapoo puppy will grow up to have. Some people want a specific coat for maintenance purposes (and ease of) and sometimes people want to ensure they get a non-shedding dog for allergy or asthma reasons. Other times a family […]
Hybrid vigor is a term you’ll read a lot when searching through Cockapoo breeders. Unfortunately there are too few breeders that actually understand this phenomenon and therefore pass along misinformation to their new puppy parents. So what is this potential benefit to the cockapoo hybrid? Hybrid vigor is all about DNA. Genes are little bits […]
There is no governing authority on the American Cockapoo and are therefore no solid widely-agreed upon set of standards. Various organizations, businesses and breeders will have their own set of standards. The same is true for the widely popular European variety, the English Cockapoo. So as a Cockapoo expert with a discerning eye I have […]
A while back I posted some good questions to ask a breeder during the interview process. Today I thought I’d carve out the time to answer those questions myself, in one location, for easy reference for anyone who is interviewing me. 🙂 Also, this is Buttercup. Queen of the blonde Cockapoos and a very beautiful […]
Would you cut off a body part for beauty? Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and is most certainly dependent on the specific society making the judgment and their current trends and norms, it is an ever-changing, dramatically variable standard. What is beautiful today will be ugly in the blink of a […]
I often read critics of new or developing (and improving) dog breeds state that dogs like the Cockapoo are not hybrids, as they are not the cross between two species of animal. Unfortunately, this particular belief regarding the definition of the word ‘hybrid’ is quite incorrect. To help you (and any critic who may choose […]
It is very difficult to tell what kind of coat a particular puppy will have until that puppy is about 7-12 weeks old (and by then, well, that puppy is already reserved or in his/her forever home). {Pictures: far right is a sweet, smooth and silky infant-puppy Josie. She was a favorite in the litter […]
There are two coat varieties within the Cockapoo breed. Just when you think this amazing breed couldn’t get any better you learn that there is literally a coat type for every taste. Sometimes you might hear a person refer to a Cockapoo as having a “proper” or an “improper” coat. These terms are very often used […]
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