Mr. Scout Sebastian

So I haven't been on virtualpups in forever, but I thought I'd share with you guys our newest addition to the family. To give a little background information my younger sister has autism. It isn't severe and she has come a very long way in the past few years. She can be in a normal class now, she's going to be going into second grade, and she is just the sweetest little girl. Most people can't even really tell anything is wrong with her now except for when she stumbles over certain words like "what" or "where." She can't really grasp the concept of their meanings. I bring this up because we were looking for a dog that could be a therapy dog for her. We also have allergies in the family pretty severely and we’ve never had a large dog so we narrowed it down to a few breeds. Luckily we came across Australian Labradoodles. You might wonder what the heck that is and what makes them different from plain Labradoodles so I’ll explain. An Australian Labradoodle is multigenerational while Labradoodles are usually just a direct cross of a Labrador and a Poodle. These are called F1 Labradoodles and they still shed which made that not work for my family. The next cross is an F1b which is when you cross a F1 Labradoodle with a Poodle so the coat becomes even less shedding. With Australian Labradoodles this has been done numerous times to get a multigenerational low to non-shedding dog. The lines even have infusions of other breeds such as Cocker Spaniels in them once in a while. Not to mention with the combined smarts and loyalty of Poodles and Labradors we couldn’t go wrong with the breed. So we found a reputable breeder, the breeders of Australian Labradoodles really regulate the breed and make it almost impossible for people to get ahold of one intact, and they are all really well socialized. So in the end we found this little guy. My sister named him Scout and it always makes me think of him as our little boyscout. He's a minature and will get about 20 pounds and 14 inches tall. <br><br>He's the one with the red collar.<br>1 Week: <a href="http://i47.tinypic.com/2uojuvk.png"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i47.tinypic.com/2uojuvk.png</a><br>2 Weeks: <a href="http://i47.tinypic.com/2mybwj9.png"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i47.tinypic.com/2mybwj9.png</a><br>4 Weeks: <a href="http://i48.tinypic.com/27yzywh.png"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i48.tinypic.com/27yzywh.png</a><br>5 Weeks: <a href="http://i49.tinypic.com/20gxqgo.png"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i49.tinypic.com/20gxqgo.png</a><br>6 Weeks: <a href="http://i45.tinypic.com/2w7juaq.png"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i45.tinypic.com/2w7juaq.png</a><br>7 Weeks: <a href="http://i47.tinypic.com/2lnkfbb.png"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i47.tinypic.com/2lnkfbb.png</a>; & <a href="http://i45.tinypic.com/2aij3iw.png"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i45.tinypic.com/2aij3iw.png</a><br><br>Around eight weeks the puppies families are already selected and they begin to start going home from then on. We actually didn't get him till around ten weeks so he was able to spend some extra time with his mother and another younger litter. <br><br>10 Weeks:<br><a href="http://i49.tinypic.com/25s8x0w.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i49.tinypic.com/25s8x0w.jpg</a>; This is MY leaf!<br><a href="http://i46.tinypic.com/281eblx.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i46.tinypic.com/281eblx.jpg</a>; He looks like he's flying.<br><a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/344efc5.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i50.tinypic.com/344efc5.jpg</a>; <br><br>11 Weeks: <br><a href="http://i49.tinypic.com/nozcwl.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i49.tinypic.com/nozcwl.jpg</a>; He can't fit under there anymore now.<br><a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/2lw3ofb.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i50.tinypic.com/2lw3ofb.jpg</a>; <br><br>A couple weeks ago:<br><a href="http://i46.tinypic.com/2u3v889.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i46.tinypic.com/2u3v889.jpg</a><br><br>I have a lot more recently updated pictures of him. He's about 14 weeks now I believe, maybe about 15. I just have most of them on my phone. I also have the cutest video of him trying to get the Petsmart birds behind the glass. He's just the sweetest little character with an amazing disposition. He will let anyone pet him and won't try to bite or get in their face whether it is an old person or a young child. He learned to sit days after getting him and he knows to go straight to his crate when you say "crate up." He hasn't had an accident except twice in the house and for the past two weeks he has been swimming in our pool like a fish with us. If anyone is curious to what his dad or mom looks like I can post pictures too. I met his mom on site and she was just adorable. His dad was a donor and lives in California so I wasn't able to meet him in person.<br><br>He's our little angel!<br><br><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2yzkeow.jpg"; alt="http://i49.tinypic.com/2yzkeow.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br>Taken a couple days ago and I think he had just drank some water cause the fur under his mouth is wet.