So we have been thinking about adding yet another member to our family for several months now. So after hours online and talking to my "friends in the know" we narrowed our options down to a Standard Poodle. I contacted the AKC and was finally put in touch with local breeder. We did 3 interviews with the breeder (2 phone and 1 at her home) and it was time for a home visit at our home. Now, we had told the breeder about the 2 dogs we already have but that was all we told her about.
The dog we are looking at is a 6 month old extra large brown female named Lucy.
This past Sunday Lucy came over for her first visit with our WHOLE family. So in prepreation for the visit we brought Agnes in the house that morning and let her take a bath in the kids bathtub (she just loves it when we fill up the tub with warm water and let her swim). Usually for the first hour or so she's in the house she does some major pooping and then tapers off and is good for a few hours. She is actually diaper trained but she "puts out so much the diaper can't hold it all". So after her bath we put her in the "pet room" with a portable heater until she drys. Just has she's coming out of the tub Lucy shows up for her visit. It went fantastic with our other 2 dogs and the kids. We were all sitting at the kitchen table with the breeder facing the "pet room" and after about an hour the breeder happens to notice Agnes poking her bill thru the pet gate. Very calmly the breeder says "Now boys! You didn't mention that you have a duck . You do know that Standard Poodles are WATER RETRIEVERS????? Just how attached are you to that duck?" Then she sat there staring at us somewhat gasping. It was SO funny!
I told her that I had done my homework and had talked to 2 different large poodle owners who lived on farms and had had no issues with the Poodles getting along with every one. I felt that since Agnes is in no way afraid of the dogs and would not run from them under any circumstance (the dogs are retrievers not killers) we were up to trying it. So the breeder says " Well let the damn duck out and lets get this over with!"
So we opened the gate to the room and Agnes RAN over to Lucy and bit her on the nose. Lucy let out a small yelp and backed way off. Then Lucy laided down about 5 feet from Agnes and just couldn't stop staring at her. But never got close again. Agnes went over to the back door and pecked to go out. It was VERY funny and was all over with just like that. Before Lucy left we let her go out to the back yard for a potty break and she looked at Agnes (and the 2 chickens) but showed zero interest.
We bring Lucy home for good tonight. Keep us in your prayers!
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My Riley (dog) got pecked by a rooster early on, so now he avoids eye contact. If he pretends they aren't there, his nose is safe!
ReplyDeleteabout 3 different times today I had to protect Lucy from Agnes. Although Lucy quickly figured out that the chickens would run from her where as the duck runs at her.
ReplyDeleteI could have swarn I commented on this. :::scratches head:::
ReplyDeleteMy dad just got a standard poodle. She's black and 4 months old. I can't remember what he named her, but says she's really smart.
I had a duck when I was younger. My uncle helped it hatch and then instantly gave it to me. It followed me around like it would have it's mother. It was a cool experience.