Please disregard my post about us not getting our puppy. Our breeder was back in touch with us today. I am still not thrilled with their two week disappearance, but they are back and we are getting little Kiwi on February 1st (3 1/2 weeks). I had really started to resign myself to the fact that we weren't getting her. I had no explanation about what had happened to the breeder, but thought something bad had happened that we wouldn't be getting our long awaited schnoodle.
In the last couple of days I had started to research some other non-shedding breeds of dog. I came across a couple that I thought were just precious. One was the Coton de Tulear (I had never heard of before) and the Havanese. I emailed a couple of breeders that I found online just to see what they charge. I didn't think I wanted a pure bred dog, but now I know that I will likely never own one. The Coton's were $1800 for a companion puppy (you sign an agreement saying you will spay or neuter so they can't be show dogs) and the Havanese were $1500 for a companion puppy. Ouch! And even worse was for a show quality puppy they were charging $3500 and up. My goodness! I know that the Coton's are a rare breed, but I was in shock when I read that. What if the dog ran out the door the first day you got it and was hit by a car and died.... I was mentioning this to one of my clients at work and he said you would expect to get more dog for that price (both the Cotons and Havanese are about 8-12lbs full grown). Crazy! Maybe if we ever win the lottery I will get a Coton de Tulear, but until then I will love my little Kiwi :)
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