hmmmm... seems like we are all kinda half half here.

i got all the breeder details from the australian labradoodle association and they are registered breeders so this would suggest to me that they are reputable breeders. how do i further check the breeders out though? similarily how do i check out the pups parentage? i have been contacted by 3 of the 5 breeders and two say their pups are 2grand and the other one lists theirs from 1300 to 2200. so it seems the asking price.

the reason i want a labradoodle is because they are advertised as really intellegent so for the people who said they met a lot of nutters i dont know about that. were those dogs taken to obedience training i wonder?> this is something we plan on doing.. maybe that would affect their temperament.. i dunno though.

we were originally going to go with a rescue shelter type place but then i got thinking and i really want to know what kind of pet it will be. i want to know it wasnt abused or mistreated early on in life, which would affect its behaviours as an adult dog in our home. i want to know what general size it will grow to, what general tmperpent i can expect.. the shelter pups are a bit of guess work.

with the health problems.. that is something that worrys me a little. we wouldnt be able to afford a stack of vet bills.. (obviously just the normal ones and the every now and then things) but not ongoing health problem type ones. plus dont want the poor little bugger to have a cruddy sick life. so how do i make sure that doesnt happen?

thanks for your feedback everyone. oh and no it isnt something we can afford, i would have to save up for it! the price is the maing thing holding DH back plus he sees them as 'girly dogs'.