A Meet Up 8 Years In the Making

Q: What do doodles from Florida, New Hampshire and Ontario, Canada all have in common?

A: Their mommas all met on DK and in real life!

It all started a little over 8 years ago. I was exhilarated and slightly overwhelmed searching for information to help me raise my golden doodle pup. Google spit out Doodlekisses.com and so it began.

Carol (and Banjo) - My first thought was “what a great name for a dog.” As I began to follow Carol I learned that she was warm and supportive and a great photographer. I enjoyed her photo essays detailing Banjo’s adventures in the snow and in the sand. He stole my heart when he developed a friendship with a real live lamb! I was honoured to be able to pass on the HDA award to Carol many years ago.http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/the-hopeless-doodle-award-...

Elizabeth (Bailey and Bruin) - Elizabeth was always a caring contributor to DK however one event took place and I just knew she was my type of gal! Elizabeth had brokered a deal with her husband that if his beloved Boston hockey team won the Stanley Cup, she could add a second doodle to their family. I was rooting like crazy for them. Boston lost in the finals…but Elizabeth still got her pup and named him Bruin!

Lori (Daphne, Lucy and Pippa) - I could tell Lori was a fun-loving girl. Her beautiful pictures of her pack, perfectly lined up and dressed in seasonal garb always brought a smile to my face. It is also no secret that I am obsessed with her sweet open-faced doodle Pippa. However, Lori and Elizabeth rose to Doodle Super Star status when they embarked on a mission to rescue a messy, matted, malnourished street doodle named Ace. For nearly six moths I followed their efforts. They did everything including hiding in bushes and camping out overnight to save this dog. It was a real-life drama that finally ended in success. And from there they rescued sweet Annie from the street. Amazing!

All three women were just as warm and lovely in person as I imagined. And the dogs...well they were sweet and sassy and comical and just how I knew they would be.

Special thanks to my DH who did not bat an eyelash when I said we were going on a road trip to meet a group of strangers and their dogs that I met on line.

(Photo credit: Lori)