I noticed that some breeders advertise their puppies as being "double bred." Basically, I believe this means that they are breeding a mother/son or father/daughter to produce their pups. I would assume that this would have disasterous results genet...

WileyBlaze, SereneShitzu said in his second post that he was a breeder. I almost missed it too:)

Nice pictures, your dogs are beautiful!

I believe that poodles are prone to skin problems. Check out the internet and see if you can find anything on that.

I don't know much about your dog's scratching problem, but if I was you I would report this breeder to the ASPCA. That kind of breeding is unethical.

I agree with you. I wonder why it is so much more interesting to read about a dog attack when it is done by a pit bull. Our old neighbors had a black lab that was crazy since we first moved here. The dog would actually throw itself against our fr...

do you agree with that article slpisalp?

Morons like him that give pit bulls a bad name. I also found this news article about a stupid dog owner. I guess idiots are everywhere.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0534...

Yes you are alpha, but you can't expect an 8 week old puppy to hold his bladder thru the night. That's just not physically possible for them.

It is safe to do. If I remember correctly, my dad had to clean our dog's ears and kind of stretch them a little bit. I loved it when she had to wear the "cup" on her head to hold her ears up. She was too cute. That was about 8 years ago though, t...