Oliver

Last year we lost our dog Wilson. It takes a bit of time to get over such a loss but come spring time the family was ready for a new dog. Kerry and Callie did some research on possible dog breeds and settled on something called a Schnoodle. A popular exercise in puppy breeding is to take two cute dogs, cross them and come up with an even cuter dog. If the name of the dog can be something cute too you get double points. In our case this meant a schnauzer and poodle. I'm not a fan of either but the result of the two together is a great looking dog.

The breeder we found was located in Winnipeg but she was used to breeding dogs and shipping them all over the country. We put ourselves on the waiting list and waited. The fun part was that the breeder has a website of all the past dogs including the breeding pairs she uses. The upcoming litter was from BoDeago the dad and Isis the mom. We were fifth on the waiting list and the litters range from 2 to 8 so we weren't sure when we were going to get one. We figured we would miss the first litter and have to wait for the next litter scheduled in August.

When the litter did come there was only three so we assumed we would have to wait. This was a good thing at the time because the next litter was scheduled for just before our Disney trip which would allow us to hopefully get the dog soon after. As it turned out, everyone on the list before us decided they would wait giving us pick of the litter. This was unexpected and we weren't sure we were ready but there was a particular dog we liked so we snatched him up. Oliver has been with us for almost a month now and be is very intelligent. A handful but he will be well loved.