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KumaAkita and Bjelkier - thanks very much for the vet advice, I'll definitely check them out. LappieHappy - I don't think I could make it to Sydney or Melbourne in the near future so I'll get in touch with the QLD breeders first. Thanks for the suggestion! Good point about the littermates - it's pretty much what I was expecting to hear and I don't think it would be the right option for us. My partner and I definitely want two dogs and we want one to be a boy and the other to be a girl, but we disagree about which one to get first - he wants the boy to be older. I was hoping getting them at the same might solve the problem, but I might have to cave and let him get his boy first. Not that I'll be disappointed, I'm sure he'll be a cutie! What a shame about the wolf sables! Oh well, my partner wants a black one so maybe by the time we're ready for a girl there'll be some wolf sables around. TerraNik - thanks for adding your advice on littermates as well. With our Shelties, our boy definitely kept our girl in line. I think doing the same thing with our new dogs will be the best idea. You've all been so helpful! Thank you!

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site because I'm doing some research. It might be a little early but I like to be prepared! My partner and I are looking to get a dog after we move to Canberra and buy a house in the middle of the year - we're on the Sunshine Coast at the moment and our body corporate won't allow us to have pets :-( I think the Finnish Lapphunds are adorable and I was hoping for some more information, please. My main issue is that I have allergies. Some dogs (like my family's Shelties) are fine but others (like their German Shepherd) I react to instantly. Obviously I'll need to spend some time with them to find out, but in the meantime I was wondering whether any of you had any experience with allergic reactions with Lappies? The only spitz breed I've had contact with is a Japanese Spitz and I had no reaction at all - how similar are their coats? We're planning to end up with two dogs: a boy and a girl. With my family's Shelties, we got our boy about 2 years before our girl which worked out nicely, but I was hoping for some opinions on buying littermates. Any advice? My concern is that it would be difficult to train two pups at once. We'd also consider buying an older boy and a girl pup, or doing the same thing we did with the Shelties. I'd love any suggestions on these options. While doing some online research I fell in love with the wolf-sable colour but I understand it's rare in Australia. Do you know of any breeders producing this colour? I'm more concerned about temperament than colouring, but I thought I'd ask just in case - they're just so cute! Also, since we'll be moving such a long way, we don't know anything about the vets in Canberra. Could anyone please recommend a good one? Thanks very much for any advice you can give!