April 2013 Blog Posts (78)

I was running errands this past weekend and walking through the Renaissance Center in downtown Tallahassee, passed by a wall hanging I had never noticed before.  Looking up I stopped dead in my tracks because on the wall hung a collage of photos depicting Tallahassee's Top Dog for the year 2011 - a labradoodle named Ari.  As a doodle owner and lover, it thrills me to see…

Jeff, Milt, and I are a happy trio who all co-exist in the same bedroom.  Jeff and I take the bed, and up until December, Milton was always in his crate.  Now, he is crateless, and I think loving it...  One of the main reasons for having a crate, though, is to create that den-like atmosphere where a dog feels cozy and secure.  Something tells me that Milt might be missing it for that reason.…

The story I’m about to tell you may seem a bit “concocted” but I assure you this is:

• The truth

• The whole truth, and

• Nothing but the TRUTH!!!!!

Harley is really a very special doodle…



DH was out of town last week, and this past Wednesday he brought the…

I have been leaving bits and pieces of updates through blogs and posts on other people's stuff so since a few of you asked me I figured I would type a quick update.

First the good news.. Jack is doing amazing.. He is finally at a healthy weight after being underweight for so long. He is on just cortisol replacement for now and is doing well except for heat intolerance.  He seems to have adapted very well to my lifestyle of living with me or being with my mom and molly. There…

This is not just a random remark.

http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2010/09/15/12510.shtml

Is it a coincidence?

I am still hosting three pups here--Lucky, now Cooper, has come back while his parents celebrate their anniversary in Paris--and Sweetie, who was Penny,  needs a guardian home so is here--we have had some solid leads on a new home for her and I am very hopeful. The third is Peaches, also known as Pesca--she is going to meet a family tomorrow and I will be very surprised if she is not what they have been looking for--she loves little boys and they have two! I think she will wag her tail right…

Apparently I left a gate open yesterday when I was mowing the lawn.  Trav has been outside  several times since then, but maybe didn't notice that one gate was open, and I didn't either.

This afternoon we played ball in the yard for a while, and I'd been back inside for some time when I heard him 'talking.'  He was using a little in-the-throat sound that usually means 'I want to go outside,' which was strange since the door was already open.

When I looked out, he was patiently…

For the past two weeks I have been sick.  I hate being sick and I especially hated being sick when my children were young.  When you are a mother, you don’t get to call in sick when you are sick.  Most of the time you still have to tend the children and pray naptime comes around soon so you can…

 Wellour little Sasha turned 3 months on the 14th and I can't believe how much she's grown just in the two weeks that we had her. Unbelievable! She is starting to be quite a beautiful puppy. This week we made an appointment to her vet for her shots and were quite pleased with the service we had through the phone. We kept the same vet that our Breeder seen because they already know her quite a…

When Jeff and I were looking for a house, I was very adamant that I wanted a pool.  I grew up on a lake, swimming whenever it was hot, and now living in a state where temperatures peak in the low 100s, I was emphatic that a pool was a necessity.  There were an awful lot of naysayers who said that a swimming pool would be full of maintenance, too costly, and a detriment when we finally want to sell and move on.  I tuned out all the Negative Nellies and kept on…

I know, I havent been on here much for a long time! I do come on to read peoples discussions and blogs, and occasionally post in response, but truth is I have been so busy - working full time, and doing renovations on the house (we bought a house in january) (and I start another school course next month so have been "refreshing" my knowledge…

Do you have one? I can’t think of anyone who hasn’t used the popular phrase “Achilles Heel” at least once in a conversation. Here’s my personal all time favorite: “I’m trying to lose weight but french fries are my achilles heel.”

The actual definition for this phrase means “weakness – in spite of overall strength, that can potentially lead to a downfall.”

Today I wanted to tell you that even Harley – one of the “baddest” doodles alive, has an…

  I knew Oliver's birthday was in April, but i admit to not knowing exactly what day:(.   I looked at his papers and he is 3 today!!!  And he has stayed at this home longer than any other homes!  And it's going  to stay that way forever!  Any other doodle birthday's in April?  If so...  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff just couldn't take it anymore.  The boy we love more than anything was looking a little too much like a mop to him.  Jeff thought all that fur was weighing him down much too much, and to quote him, "Milt was looking like a 'saggy pants' everytime he went to go catch the ball; it was like his britches were about to fall down."  So, that was that - a haircut was decided upon. 



Thankfully, I managed to hold Jeff off…

Tonight, Holmes (14 weeks old) tried to hide out in my bathroom :)

This morning my allergy medicine knocked me out and I took a nap in my bedroom while Holmes took a nap in my bathroom. He's never napped in there w/out me before and I guess he enjoyed it. So tonight, after going potty, he runs straight into my dark room instead of going into his…