Titan the mighty hunter.

This is Titan at 3 months when he came home. He's outside playing with Meow. They really get along. Did I mention he loves cats?

Ok, time for something new. We got a dog. An Australian Labradoodle named Titan. I LOVE HIM!!!! He is about as perfect as dogs come. He's beautiful too. He, at 5 months, is potty trained, doesn't chew everything up, will stop midstride while barreling toward a child and turn the other direction when we tell him to, and doesn't shed. The hardest thing about this dog is keeping him from looking too sissy. He just got his first hair cut and I had to take some scissors to it when he got home. Oh, I haven't mentioned the best part yet. HE LOVES HUNTING!

Let me back up. The one stipulation for getting a dog was to get a hunting companion for Brian. I required a non shedding house companion. There aren't that many possibilities for non shedding house companion hunters out there, but among these are poodles. Since Brian would rather wear women's underwear than own a poodle, that didn't seem a likely option. At first I didn't like labradoodles (ugly, new breed, didn't know what you'd end up with etc.) When I finally softened my heart toward them, and found the australian labradoodles, I fell in love. Hence the other tribute post. As I searched for one for our family, Brian made me promise to give him the last say on his looks. I agreed, and we found Titan. He comes from Sunsethills Labradoodles, and I didn't think he would have what it takes for hunting. They don't specialize in hunters. We had another puppy we were looking at that had more hunting back ground, but his quality wasn't quite on the same level, and according to Brian, he didn't look as cool as Titan. Long story short he came and he loves hunting.

We took him to the trainer last week end, and he told us he's never seen a dog from this breed hold his head and his tail so high when retrieving a bird. And, on the first attempt in his life to retrieve a bird, he BROUGHT IT BACK! I'm still riding the high from this success. I staked my whole credibility on anything with poodle as well as my marital happiness (where animals are concerned) on this guy hoping he would hunt. I have to admit, I had some serious doubts myself. He is a shining success so far, and I couldn't be more pleased and grateful. Love him.