How much does your cockapoo coat type and colour matter? UPDATED: February 2020 I well remember my conversation with the breeder when she questioned me about the type of cockapoo I was looking for. A female, that was easy. More poodle than cocker – I’m allergic to animal fur – no problem. Colour? Even easier
Cockapoos are one of the oldest of the hybrid dog breeds. Created in the US in the 50s, they were introduced into the UK around 10 years ago. The fact that pairing any two breeds results in what are effectively ‘mongrels’, means that cockapoo breeding can never be an exact science hence the myriad of
I found leaving Freya home alone was one of the hardest parts of her puppy socialisation training, but I knew needed to ensure I prevented any separation anxiety in the future. I’d read up on how to manage the prevention of separation related behaviours, how important it is and that it must begin from day
I did a great deal of research about when (and if) you should be spaying or neutering your dog. There are so many contradicting viewpoints, the most controversial being the American trend of spaying/castrating a puppy before it reaches six months old. The stats are varied, and while they all cite a medical value in
So Freya’s teenager years have begun. I did hope that all the effort I put in to her puppy training would mean that this would pass me by unnoticed. However, like most cockapoo owners, my puppy has a huge and highly demanding personality, so this was never going to happen. Apparently dogs begin their adolescence
Now a puppy’s season was a subject I definitely knew nothing about and so I’ve been fairly explicit in this blog for any other puppy novices out there who have no idea what to expect from their female charges. However, please don’t continue if you’re squeamish because what follows is the full, illustrated account of
I was walking with Freya in Delamere Forest recently – she was doing her usual nonsense of getting crazily over excited when she saw other dogs coming towards her – when I spotted a beautiful, calm, relaxed golden cockapoo coming towards us. “How old?” I asked. The couple walking the beautiful Freddie smiled knowingly as they
Feeding your puppy or dog a raw food diet has become very popular over the last few years and the jury is still out on whether this can be harmful — both to us and our dogs — because of the bacteria and parasites present in raw-meat products. There are two sides to the raw food argument
Both Hilary and Ruth stressed the importance of early and continued puppy training, especially with a cockapoo. As a complete novice, I had no idea where to begin, but they said puppy training socialisation during the first 20 weeks was crucial. I needed to expose Freya to as many experiences as possible. It’s what’s known
Feeding a fussy cockapoo – Another consideration was what do we eventually feed our cockapoo puppy as they were renowned to be fussy eaters? Not an immediate concern we thought; Freya had come with her own pack of food and the repeated message that whatever happened in her first 20 weeks it would not be