My name is Jo and my husband and I have a beautiful 12 week old F2 black Doodle called Sophie.
I have always had toy poodles before but my husband has always been used to bigger dogs and as I didnt want a poodle quite as big as a standard one a Doodle seemed to be the obvious choice.
When we picked Sophie (or should I say, when she picked us)
she had one of the smallest set of paws in the litter (she came from a family of 13), well she has started as she means to go on! She lead us into a false sense of security because now her paws are MASSIVE! When we brought her home (at 6 weeks old), she was the same size as our toy poodle Roxxy (who is 13 years old and has every ailment under the sun), now Sophie towers above her and she knows it. When she wants something she just pushes Roxxy aside bodily. Her nick name is Big Bear. 
Sophie is so cheeky and loving, although she tries our patience when out and about with her. She has decided she doesn't much like going for a walk at the moment because not everyone wants to stop and tell her how gorgeous she is (usually school children), you can see the look on her face as if to say "why don't they stop and admire me like all the others do?"
She has been toilet trained since a couple of days we brought her home and has been trained to sit on command. We are working on the lie down command but she goes from sit to roll over and rub my belly (she loves that).
She loves playing with my father in laws giant German Shephard and has made friends with a tiny Bichon Frise puppy. She just loves everyone and everything she meets.
We live in the Preston, Lancs area and if there are any other Doodles out there that live around us it would be grate to meet up.
I would post a pic of her but don't know how to on this site. Any advice on this would be helpful.
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I suppose Chelsea is off for us this year!