So GypsyBoy comes home the other day and the conversation went something like this:
door opens
Me: Hi, Babe.
GB: (smooch) Hi. Do you wanna Schnoodle?
Me: Okay…!! heads for bedroom
GB: No, no, no…do you want A Schnoodle?
Me: What the hell is a Schnoodle?
GB: I don’t know. A dog. Some guy at work is giving his Schnoodle and Chihuahua away cause he is moving.
Me: blinkblink I don’t even know what that is.
GB: Me either. Use your Google-Fu and look it up.
And I did. It’s adorable, apparently a Schnauzer-Poodle mixed breed (or designer dog. And by designer dog I mean mutt. But I digress). :rolleyes:
I’ve had dogs my whole life, but had never heard of or seen a Schnoodle until a few days ago. Anyone have one? Tell me everything about Schnoodles!
By the way - if we do decide to get the Schnoodle, we will probably take the Chihuahua, too. Apparently they sleep together and I’d feel horrible breaking them up. I’m a sucker that way.
A friend has a Schnoodle, and she’s a great little dog. Poodles are pretty smart and trainable. She’s the only one I know, and she’s playful, but not a yapper.
Dammit, I googled it, and even I like the schnoodle despite its ridiculous name. I’d have to give it an equally ridiculously badass name to counter it.
I can see it now:
Killer the Schnoodle just sitting in my lap and playing with me and i would hug him and kiss him and luv him forever!
When you have trouble telling the difference between the real dogs and the plush ones in a Google image search, you know you have a painfully cute breed on your hands…
Yes, it’s true, mostly they do need to go to the groomer. But it somewhat depends on what kind of hair they have. Each of my dogs (from 3 different sets of parents) has very different hair. The big grey guy has very poodle-like hair and gets matted very easily. The other two, however, have varying degrees of schnauzer-like hair and don’t tangle up so much.
They are great little dogs with such interesting personalities. Our female is the protector of the house, a fierce little dog. The apricot one is the class clown and big grey is the best snuggle buddy in the world.
I realize that some people have issues with ‘designer’ dogs, but these were pretty much the only option for us. Both my mom and I are allergic to dogs, but these guys don’t bother us. They’re very intelligent dogs and somewhat picky eaters. They eat the same dog food everyday, but they’re weirdly picky about treats. My foodie schnoodles like to eat seedless cucumbers, but only ones that have been freshly sliced. If they’re leftover from yesterday, forget it, it will lay on the floor.
They’re fairly easy to train, if you’re willing to put in the effort. My guys are crate trained. Overall, I think they’re awesome, but I guess I’m extremely biased.
Since they are technically mutts, there is no telling if they will be more Poodle-like or more Schnauzer-like, but either way, they will need professional grooming, unless you want to learn to do it yourself (which really isn’t that hard!).
I used to groom dogs professionally, and all the Poodle/Schnauzer crosses I worked with were sweet tempered, playful and intelligent. And did I mention… cute?
Go meet the dogs and see if you ‘click’. And of course take the Chi, too! You can’t break up the buddies!
Holy crap, AlwaysBringsPie! Those are cutest li’l things EVER! I want to squeeze them til their little heads pop - in a totally non-violent way, of course!
And Cat Whisperer, schnoodling commenced shortly thereafter when he realized “holy crap. why ARE we talking about dogs?!” Ugh. If we get the schnoodle, I think we are going to have to find a new word for schnoodling - to avoid confusion…and the heebie jeebies!
I have a terri-poo - He’s a Norfolk Terrier/Poodle cross. He is adorable, but a huge chicken. I groom him every week because he doesn’t shed and when I clip his nails he screams like I am cutting his toes off.
His name is Opie but being mostly black he doesn’t photograph well…
My mother-in-law has a schoodle named Hank. He’s a great dog and super cute and we all love him, but…
He does not have an OFF switch. He’s zoom zoom zoom zoom seemingly 24 hours a day.
And he’s allergic to everything under the sun, which is ironic for a hypo-allergenic dog, right?
He has to eat a vegetarian diet because he has gradually developed allergies to all meats, poultry and fish.
Poysyn - Hank is also all-black, or was. He is going grey, which makes it a lot easier to get decent photos of him!
My sister has a schnoodle, he’s quite the old man now at 11. In his youth he was extremely hyper. Jumped on everything and everybody. That might be due to the lack of firmness in his training. He’s very affectionate and attaches himself to anyone nice to him, but has blind devotion to my sister to the point of jealousy. A few years after she got the dog, my sister got married and had kids. The dog did not like the little girls usurping his place in his mistress’ heart, so he would make it a point to poop in the kids’ rooms. Just in their rooms, and no where else in the house.
Sounds like luck of the draw because fortunately none of my gang have any of the above issues. Our apricot, however, seems to be the one with most tendencies towards sickness and calamity. If something bad is going to happen, it’s going to happen to him.
I was going to say that ‘schnoodle’ sounded like a kind of processed pasta product squeezed from a tube, but now I can’t get the image of male/female consensual schnoodling out of my head. You had to turn it into a verb, didn’t you…
Poodles and Schnauzers are both great breeds. Breed is no guarantee of personality of course. Both breeds are VERY high-energy like most smaller dogs (including Chihuahuas) and need a lot of exercise. Schnauzers usually have the typical ‘scrappy’ terrier personality, so barking and dog-dog aggression is sometimes an issue.
They don’t shed or smell much and will either have a longer, curly or wiry coat that will need brushing to prevent mats, and trimming. I groom both my long-coat dogs myself with groomer-quality clippers, and it saves me a lot of money.
I have a PoodlexCocker Spaniel and he’s a delightful dog, but needs to run flat-out for a few hours per day before he comes close to being calm.
Ugh. If we get the schnoodle, I think we are going to have to find a new word for schnoodling - to avoid confusion…and the heebie jeebies!
