Jane, Guinness and Murphy's Blog – April 2010 Archive (7)

MURPH THE CONEHEAD

Yesterday was quite a day. Now I know why I'm such an advocate of early spay/neuter (like before you even pick them up). It was Murphy's day to lose his manhood, and let me say he is NOT A HAPPY CAMPER! I brought him to the Vet yesterday morning at 8:00. It was awful. He was scared from the time we walked in the door. He just "hugged my legs", and then when the Vet Tech came to get him he got really upset. I felt so bad leaving him. I worried all day,… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on April 27, 2010 at 4:00am — 32 Comments

GUINNESS HAS A NEW NAME AND A NEW BREED!

I'm sure you are all getting really sick of my blogs by now. Who could blame you...I'm a little sick of them too. Things just keep happening....LOL. Today was our second Therapy Dog "practice session" at the Alzheimers Facility, and today Guinness and I were on our own (no trainer). When we got there we saw many of the same patients we had originally met last week. Guinness seemed to be very calm and happy today...tail wagging from the time we went through the door. I was also feeling WAY more… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on April 24, 2010 at 4:38pm — 23 Comments

MISSING THE DOODS

I'm sitting here waiting for the carpet steam cleaning guys to show up...you know, that 4 hour "window". I sent the boys to Daycare because I thought that it would be too crazy around here, and now I'm missing them. I don't know what to do with myself...so here I am on DK living vicariously thorough all of you. The Doods are usually my "entertainment". Yesterday's "show" still has me laughing. There was a big black ant that got in through the front door, and he was crawling across the floor in… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on April 22, 2010 at 9:36am — 20 Comments

The Irish Brothers...An Update

A few DK'rs have asked me whether Murphy is bigger than Guinness yet, and how that's going over. Well, he is WAY bigger than Guinness. Guinness weighs 17 pounds, and Murphy is now up to 27. Murph is also a few inches taller than his "big brother". It's really cracking me up. My puppy is going to be on very large, beautiful Doodle boy. Guinness is taking it all in stride. Murphy "body blocks" Guinness, and sends him flying across the room. Guinness… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on April 16, 2010 at 4:37pm — 15 Comments

How Can Doodles Be So Different?

The Doodle "breed" has always fascinated me for many reasons. I think what has intrigued me most is how different they all look and how varied their personalities are. With my past dogs there were some basic "breed specific" traits, although they each had their distinctive personalities. Now that I have two Doodles...both ALD's, I'm completely amazed by how different they are in just about every way. I really see nothing that I would consider "breed specific" traits. Most of you already know… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on April 12, 2010 at 4:36pm — 14 Comments

Murphy Hates The Hot Weather

Today it was 90 degrees in CT. Murphy was not a "happy camper". We went for our morning walk, and all he wanted to do was turn around and come home. He decided he needed a nap half way through the walk around the block. Guinness was not too thrilled that we had to stop and give "the baby brother" a break. All day he was panting and/or sleeping. He drank "gallons" of water, and peed every 30 minutes. He clearly wanted the air conditioning on, but it's APRIL. I couldn't bring myself to do it.… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on April 7, 2010 at 4:30pm — 14 Comments