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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best advise - Go to an animal shelter.  They'll have a lot of mixed breed "poos" to choose from.  You don't need a designer dog.  [b]Shelter dogs make the best pets[/b]![/quote]

this sounds nice on paper but isn't necessarily true.  Not the op, but we started out looking for a "designer" poodle mix as well.  We kept hearing - go shelter, go shelter.  So we did.  And we even expanded our search to any smaller (under 30 lbs) non-shedding breed.  we went through 2 dogs - both times the dogs seemed so friendly and then would attack when we did something inconsequential - like raise both our arms to yawn (yes! that happened -to both my dh and my oldest son).  Or pet his head when he was lying down- (happened to me so I know it was delicate and didn't hurt).

We kept the 3rd shelter dog we tried, who still has some major issues, but we bonded and figured we'd work out the issues (and the dog is small enough - only 10 lbs - so any serious attack won't really cause too much damage).

My point is that when everyone keeps saying "shelter dogs make the best pets" that really is setting up both the dogs and the families to fail.  You really need families that have experience with dogs and know what is just a regular dog behavior versus a dog with serious issues that can seriously hurt someone.  And you neeed a family that knows how to handle shelter dogs.  [/quote]

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