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Can we join in? I've been enjoying this forum for such a long time hoping that one day I would own my very own cockapoo/spoodle. My husband wasn't keen on getting another dog after his long time companion passed away after 18 years. The problem was that I desperately wanted my very own 'poo'.
I began volunteering at a local shelter hoping that would fill the void but it didn't. It just made me want my own dog even more. All these lonely homeless dogs
I met many wonderful people through the shelter and found out that there were two King Charles Cavalier females that were resecued from a puppy factory/puppy mill. They girls were both pregnant to a male poodle resulting in the most delightful 'Cavoodles/Cavapoos' puppies . I knew then and there that I had to have one. I went against my husbands wishes and adopted my own little ball of fluff and named him Ruben.
Ruben is now 5 months old and he is the most precious thing ever. I have so much love for him that my heart hurts, it really does. And oh yeah, hubby loves him too, how could you not! My best friend adopted Ruben's half sister, one of the pups from the other litter. Her name is Indy and they are one week apart and the best of friends. The four of us do everything together. We call them the twins.
My passion has turned to educating the public about the horrors that take place in many puppy factories. Ruben's Mum was locked in a small cage for 8 years, she had never felt grass under her feet, never ran, never played. The list of medical ailments these poor Mum's had made me cry. Ruben and Indy are typical designer dogs and the type of dogs that these puppy factories are pumping out, all at the expense of the parent dogs.
Even though Ruben isn't a cockapoo, I can't find any Cavoodle/cavapoo forums to join. Hope you don't mind me slipping in here!
Love Leonie and Ruben xoxox
