Spicewood Animal Center

What we know of Lucki Dogs Resort is from our experience purchasing a 9 week old Standard Poodle from them March of 2012.
This review is intended to create a positive response from Lucki Dogs. Should they respond stating their conscious improvements for the betterment of future litters, I will consider improving my star rating.
I have no doubt they have great intentions and when they receive poor responses from some of the pets they take care of, I certainly hope they will go above and beyond to make the needed improvements. After all, it is up to customers to relay our experiences back to them that they become conscious of it so that no report to the Better Business Bureau be required.
The grounds of Lucki Dog do appear idyllic, very professional, woodsy and charmingly rustic. It seems they invested greatly from what appears to be their passion for animals. Somewhere along the line, they must have become too overwhelmed or preoccupied elsewhere to be able to fully take care of the lives of every single animal staying within.
We arrived to view their puppies and I met the owner. I asked if she was the breeder and was confused when she immediately said, «Oh, I’m not a breeder.» Then who’s been taking care of the pups? She didn’t even know the date the pups were born. Was this just a random litter of poodles produced for money?
For the record, a «breeder» is a neutral title, one which holds a great deal of accountability and a good one would not be ashamed to be labeled as such.
I was glad to meet the parents, seemingly happy in an outdoor run with other dogs.
Then I met the three female puppies they had. I had never seen Standard Poodle pups though had always wanted one. I immediately fell in love with one of them. Though they were all a bit dirty and skinny, still I thought they had reasonable and well intentioned care so I purchased her for $ 400 without papers, only vaccination records. They gave her a free bath and we were on our way. She is a sweetheart to this day, we are greatful for her and we love her!
The issues she came with however are inexcusable, I dare say deplorable.
The vet said she was quite underweight. Also she was vigorously eating her own feces as soon as she went and her stool was always messy and liquid, never firm, and this lasted for the first 6 months of her life.
Our vet was confused looking at the breeder’s vaccine records for her. He said she had gotten twice the number of parasite vaccines than usual; The breeder must have confused their loose stool with parasites. It took us a long time to fix this problem, but it turns out what those pups really needed was canine probiotics to repair the health of their GI tracts. Nothing else worked.
He concluded that with the kennel environment she grew up in with so many other dogs and probably not enough personal hand held attention, the pups started neurotically eating their own feces while picking up loads of germs resulting in liquid stool and low weight. A common outcome from puppy mills.
Can I just say, potty training a pup is a challenge for anyone… but one with liquid stool that cannot control its bowels from 9 weeks to 6 months was disturbing. It was a daily mess. A healthy pup has hard stool, Lucki Dogs Resort. Period.
On top of that, we had to work extra hard to keep her from eating it every time. Let’s not even talk about the daily cleanings of what was caked around her mouth and butt hair. We tried every medicine and food. Thank goodness for probiotics.
Beyond this, her neurotic side is still an issue. Poodles are one of the smartest breeds. This makes them extra sensitive to everything. Another point for Lucki Dogs to consider should they continue to produce them. These are dogs which need loads of attention and care in order to feel safe.
We have given everything to our poodle to develop well socially and she is doing much better, but it has not been easy. She has always been food aggressive, still howls endlessly when home alone and can get overly excitable, once drawing blood from my poor neighbor’s hand when leaping with her teeth to greet and play with him. This neighbor has said time and again after seeing all her issues that we should take her back.
The poodle parents looked to have good dispositions so I believe they could produce great pups if raised in a clean home environment. Word of advice to also decrease their chances of being neurotic: Consider NOT CROPPING THEIR TALES. This is a fashion out of date for non show poodles. Chopping off the ends of their spines and nervous systems when they are babies is not a good start for them. Believe me and many other modern poodle owners — we like their tails on. Plus, it saves you money and makes you a more caring breeder.
Please consider these concerns Lucki Dogs, and please care for future litters better. Thanks.

I left my dog in the care of these people over Thanksgiving. My dog was only there for 2 nights. I do not believe they let him out to go to the restroom at all. His bed was soaked in urine. My dog is potty trained and is able to hold him self for quite a few hours. When I arrived at my home he immediately went to the restroom for a long time and then ran straight to his water bowl and drank a ton of water. This was not the fist time for my dog to stay in a kennel. It was his first time here and definitely the last.

I have to retract my last statement in saying it was great. My dogs came home acting all kinds of weird, they wouldn’t eat and when they did they didn’t finish. I later found out that thu hadn’t been finishing their food at Lucki dog either. I wish they had told me that when I was picking them up. The dogs were also stand offish until the following day and my dogs are cuddle bears. So, this was very odd. Still lucki was cheap and this was the only time my dogs fell asleep in the car after their stay. So I’m stuck on a fence with the place.