Welcome to our blog! I am a small hobby breeder of Schnoodle puppies. My Schnoodles are a cross of the White Schnauzer with a Red Poodle. These dogs do not shed, are great for allergy sufferers, are friendly and easily trained.
We have 4 breeding females and sell our puppies face to face as required by APHIS rules for hobby breeders.
Our breeding dogs are from purebred Akc lines and the Schnoodle puppies are registered with ICA (the registry for Designer breed dogs.)
They will be vet checked, have their first set of shots, and they have been using a Ugodog Potty tray from 4 to 8 weeks. But this is just the beginning! Read through our posts to see the special care and attention we give our litter. You will enjoy watching our Growing Puppies!
We sell our puppies through our Waiting list. To reserve your spot on the Waiting List requires a $250 deposit. If you have any questions please email me at GrowingPuppies@gmail.com
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One of my recent puppy buyers wrote to tell me that their little boy Schnoodle is lifting his leg when going potty and is peeing off the potty tray as a result. This is the first time I have been asked this question. It sure would be nice if the Ugodog Company made guards to stop a puppy from peeing off the side of the tray. Nonetheless, I have an idea that may work.....
MY SOLUTION: If you take a 56 Qt Sterilite Plastic Box (sold at Home Depot and Walmart for $6.95) and turn it upside down the sides of the box fits the edges of the potty grates quite nicely (without going off the sides of the lower tray). So if you cut off the top of the box, and one of the long sides, then you have a 3 sided plastic barrier. You might need to secure it to the plastic tray below with a couple pieces of packing tape...or duct tape. Otherwise, the puppy might just knock it off the tray. But it seems to me that once secured, the puppy could pee against the side of the plastic box and the pee would just run into the tray below. I have looked for a box whose floor is the right size to fit the whole Ugodog tray, but so far no luck. So turning the box upside down does work since the top of the box is larger than the floor of the box. If anyone tries the above Potty Guard, then let me know if it works well for you. I do not have male puppies that are lifting their legs....so I cannot test drive this idea for you. And if you find a better solution than let me know. I would love to share your ideas and photos at the bottom of this post.
Dear Puppy Owner, I want to bring your attention to a dangerous area on the standard wire crates that are sold for puppies....
The crate has several openings where puppies can get their lower jaws stuck. (see the arrow below)
This half inch tall opening is just big enough for an 8 week old puppy to get his little jaws stuck....and stuck good!
I experienced this problem first hand when one of my puppies got his lower jaw stuck yesterday. He was chewing on the bars like puppies do and his jaw got stuck. His lower canines prevented him from pulling his jaw back out. He couldn't close his mouth and he Started yelping loudly. I heard the yelping from the upper floor and knew immediately that something was very wrong. I ran down to the pen to see the poor little guy stuck helpless.. And what was worse, is that I didn't know how to free him! I tried a few different times, but he seemed to be stuck in there good. After what seemed like an eternity...but was probably not more than a minute or two, I was able to change the direction of his body and head and somehow that gave his little jaw the right angle for escape. When he was free he went about happily playing and chewing on his toys. He didn't seem to be traumatized....but I surely was! All I could think about was how awful it would be if this happened to a puppy and no one was home to help him! So what should you do? Well, don't throw away the crate. It is too important a tool for raising a puppy. When I mentioned this experience to one of my customers today, he had a great solution....Duct Tape! He suggested I wrap up the holes with Duct tape. Genius! . And when the puppy jaws have grown so big that this tiny space is no longer a problem.... you can remove the tape. Problem solved! So YES! Please get yourself a roll of black duct tape and wrap up those little half inch tall rectangular holes near the corners of your wire crate. Do that, and give yourself peace of mind that your little puppy won't get himself stuck like mine did! Thank you Derek for the great advise! How I use Crates with my litters of Puppies: I like to attach wire crates to our Midwest wire pens, during week 6 to 8. The door of the pen is always kept open and attached in an open position with a snap clip to the end of the wire pen. (So in a sense it is just an extension of their pen) The puppies love to sleep in the pen, and get use to it as a place of security. By the time they go home, the wire crate is a familiar place. I will also put a hard shelled Airline approved travel crate in their living space. That way, the puppies are familiar with sleeping in a plastic crate as well before they travel home by car or plane. I feel this is one important way to make our puppies transition to his new home just a little bit easier.
