Thanks guys/gals! We're so stoked, already bought the food he's on (it's Purina One, so we'll wean him off that and onto something a bit better, doing research right now to decide what food), bought supplies, toys, etc. Leaving TOMORROW morning to drive to Cali and get him!
sylvia liebrechts: Yes, I think the doodle breeds are definately a fad right now, but it also makes me think of history when dogs were being bred for a certain sport, use, etc. I would think (but don't know) the Doodle craze started by someone genuinely trying to make more varieties of hypoallergenic dogs available and maybe with the hope of less likely genetic problems (though that's not guaranteed of course since the parents have genetic problems). Maybe in a few generations the breed will be more reliable, who knows. I'm not a fan of overbreeding of course, that's why we adopted instead of buying. Grin!
When we get back, I'll post more personal pics of Jean Luc - such a cutie!!!!!
Fran27: It does suck that the shelter with Cooper never got back to us. After three weeks, including two phone calls and two emails from me to them with no response, I sent an email telling them how disappointed we were. The general gist was:
"...yes, I know you are run by volunteers and I understand you're busy, but it's been 3 weeks with no response. How do you expect to find homes for dogs when you never get back to applicants? 7 shelters/rescues - one run by a woman all alone - got back to us last week within 24 hours. Please understand how frustrating it is to be constantly waiting for any word, not knowing if you needed info from us or if he'd been adopted, anything. A one line email updating us would have been so helpful. I hope in the future you can realize how important a human touch can be to applicants. Yadda yadda." It was a little harsh I guess, and I feel a bit bad about it, but guess what! 20 minutes later I got an email. They said they haven't even been able to go through Cooper's applications, he's still being fostered. To me, that says they are taking on too much to even be of help! It's a lofty goal to help dogs, but if they have too many to be able to find homes for, it defeats their purpose.