oops soz must have missed that bit

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I HAD A LITTLE POODLE
A POODLE DOG WAS HE
HE LIFTED UP HIS POODLE LEG
AND POODLED OVER ME!


http://malfredopoodles.webs.com/

Friendship is like peeing on yourself.
Everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

My friend has got 2 of them.. hers are brilliant little dogs!

As long as they are socialised with kids from an early age they will be fine.

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http://www.shar-pei-rescue.co.uk/

quite a good link to have a look at

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I have a 16mth old Shar-Pei called Chance and he is my first Shar-Pei. Speaking from a first time owner they are tempremental dogs and CAN have medical issues.

Shar-Pei are a very loyal loving dog but must be socialised with children and other dogs at a very early age. There were orginally bred for guarding temples and homes within China and some bright spark thought they would be fantasic fighting dogs due to the excess skin which can protect the vital organs.
Chance gets along with some dogs but not others, he is a picky pooch and that is probably due to not getting him at 18wks old and unsocialised.

Shar-Peis come in 3 coat types and various colours. The coats are...
Brush - feel like a normal dog
Horse - feel very short and like stubble
Bear - bred fault and look like Chow Chows with more wrinkles if u can find them under the hair. Picture... http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images6/...-pei_Ouoee.jpg

DO NOT PAY over £600 for a Bear coat because its a breed fault, its the same with Flowereds (white dog with coloured markings website: NO GOOD DOG IS A BAD COLOR RESEARCH AND WRITTEN BY JENNIFER JEWELL ). People within the pet trade are out their to make a quick bob or two and advertise them as 'rare' and 'unusual'. I would have a flowered any day, but thats my personal opinion.

MAJOR THING to watch out for is DERMODETIC MANGE or demodex! It makes you dog look like this...

Poor Chance had a serve case and it cost about £300 in vets bills to get it sorted.
The mange mite lives on the mother and is passed to the puppy when they suckle, some dogs have a strong immune system and you will never see it others like my boy show signs etc. Read this... Demodectic Mange

OTHER ISSUES...
Eyes - if the eyes need tacking they will be done by the time they are weaned, usually at 12 - 20 days old but this might not solve the problem of the eye lids turning inwards and rubbing on the actual eye. The could need a couple more serious surguries to sort this out, including a face lift.
Ears - Shar-Peis have very little ear canels due to them being wrinkly also. I bathe Chances every 5 days just to keep them clear. Some vets offer a procedure to widen the canel but with them having the tiny triangle ears this would be left open to infections and I would not recommend it unless its a really serious infection and wont go.
Skin - some people think that they need this and that putting on the skin, Chance goes in the bath once a fortnight and thats all. He does suffer from runny eyes so I do wipe that away once a day. But if you buy a good dog they wont need creams/ointments for dry skin or sore skin. I dont treat him any differently to the next short coated dog.
Have a look here too... The Shar-Pei Page

Dark coated Shar-Peis have a lovely blue coloured tongue and light coloured dogs have a lavender colour tongue. As you can see in the above picture Chances tongue was turning pink due to him being warm!

This is a more recent picture of Chance...


As you can see he is a slimmer version of a Shar-Pei, they are a bit like humans all different body types. I must admit now having Chance and learning more about them I would have a proper 'meat mouth', big thick lips which nearly takes over the face and a big body to go with them!

I would steal my friends dog Daisy (large flowered Blue in background) anyday...

Weston is the pup, but not Daisys.

Emma x
PS If you have any questions fire away!

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