Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey's Blog – January 2010 Archive (6)

The house is quiet tonight. It is full of happy, exhausted dogs just snoozing away. We spent a couple hours at the dog park today. It was a clear, crisp, beautiful day so there were lots of dogs at the park. Harlow and the boys had a blast playing ‘fox & hound’ with the other dogs. Harlow participated in an impromptu fetching contest. She did pretty well for a novice, but didn’t hold a candle to the Border collie that looks like she is ready to ‘go professional’. We met a couple of other… Continue

This week I met 2 different doodle parents that did not know about DK. The first one was while I was in Petsmart. She told me about her 2 mini GDs and asked me about Harlow. Later in our conversation I asked if she was a member of Doodle Kisses and she replied “what’s that?”. The second one I met today in the dog park. He had 2 beautiful medium LDs, one black and one caramel trending towards red. He too replied “what’s that?” when I asked him if was a DK member. Silly me, I did not have DK… Continue

Boy I am glad this week is almost over. Monday I got to spend 'quality time' with my dentist getting a crown. Tuesday I found out I was 'downsized' at work. Then Wednesday my PC 'caught' a virus that eventually caused me to just rebuild it. Just got back up and running about 30 minutes ago. Thank goodness I have Harlow to give me plenty of doodle hugs and kisses.

Funny how you never notice how you accumulate things until just before company arrives. Then suddenly you look at your house through your guest’s eyes. My guest probably thought I was running an in-home day care (or jail) because of all the doggie gates we have. There is the 1 blocking the family room to foyer door, then the 1 between the family room and kitchen. And the 1 between the foyer and dining room; not to mention the ex-pen keeping the living room off limits. Oh! We can’t forget the 3… Continue

I knew our fence was getting old; we put it up the first year we moved in the house, 1995. But I didn’t realize how old until last week. I opened the door to call the pack in house just in time to see Harlow between the pickets coming back in the yard! Thank heavens Harlow didn't decide to take a great adventure. The boys were on the 'right' side of the fence with expressions as if to say 'Harlow, you are in trouble now'. The fence company came out this weekend for measure and quote; new fence… Continue

This frigid weather has given Harlow a major case of the zoomies. It doesn’t matter if the boys are out with her or not. She flies around the backyard, bouncing, spinning and leaping over low bushes. She will stay outside for over 30 minutes until I bundle up, get the leash and go get her. The boys on the other hand hate the cold and stay outside just long enough to do their business. Every now and then Harlow gets to play a bit. This is only because she blocks the back steps so the boys can’t… Continue