muttmeister
Well-Known Member
Best dog I ever had was a cockapoo. Had her before first difficult child was born and when we brought him home from the hospital she decided he was hers and continued in that light through second difficult child and on for the rest of her life. The only problem we ever had with her was that she didn't like it when we disciplined the boys but she was never aggressive about it even then. She saved difficult child 1 when he fell out of his cradle (saw what was going to happen and ran and let him fall on her). She was an all-round wonderful dog. It is not necessary to get a pure bred to get a good family dog. She was small enough to not hurt them but big enough that they didn't hurt her by accident.