May 2013 Blog Posts (76)

If you’ve only read a couple of blog posts or looked at only a hand full of photos you’ve seen “Wilson.” I cannot quote an exact date as to when “Wilson” joined our family, but I am pretty sure it was shortly after Leo arrived which was the fall of 2010. It is probably safe to say “Wilson’s” date of birth is somewhere around the Spring of 2011.

I remember the first walk the four of us (Harley, Leo, Wilson and I) took together……

For the past week, Milton has been waking up Jeff and me around three or four in the morning to use the potty.  We don't know if his tummy has just been upset recently or if we are giving him food and water too late in the evening.  Milt tends to greatly fluctuate with the consistency of his number twos.  Regardless, these bathroom runs are becoming an unpleasant routine for all three of us.  It is actually not too terrible though because we no longer have to walk…

We went to an adoption event today with our Scottish Terrier + Maltese cross: Terra (for terrier) and her three male puppies: Huey, Dewey and Louie.  Terra, Dewey and Louie got adopted.  I brought one puppy home.  We now have no adult fosters in our home and just three puppies. That is being empty nesters for the Crowe house...

We will probably keep our numbers down since we are traveling to Venice, Greece and Istanbul soon and also we have additional fosters to help us.

I love the weekends because the pace is different.  No one is getting up early to head off to work and I am not getting up early because I forgot to pack the someone’s lunch who heads off to work.  My dogs love when everyone is home and Vern seems to up his walk bys just to see if Dad is still in bed.…

I have been working a lot of overtime and so for the first time 2 months or so ago I took Murphy to a groomer that was recommended to me.  They did a nice job at a reasonable price. Well a week ago I took him there again and I am not happy.....when my wife picked him up they had trimmed his eyebrows short and left his top hi and puffy not natural at all.  Soooo....It will grow back and I am going to be grooming him the next time.  For now I am going to use the thinning shears and get his top…

Another successful MS Walk is in the books! Duncan walked with me for the second year in a row, and once again I was amazed at how well behaved he was despite the crowds, sights, sounds, and smells. We actually had to stop about half a dozen times so people could take pictures of my handsome boy in his Team Chetta Rita's t-shirt!

Thank you again for the DK members who supported this cause. I was amazed at the generosity of people we have never "officially" met :). Here are a…

Hey guys,

Just wanted to invite any doodle that was close enough to our monthly scheduled Doodle Romp.  It is scheduled for next Saturday, May 11th @ 11:00 until.....

We have had great turnouts in the past and would love to see some new faces.  Check our http://www.meetup.com/Doodles-of-Jacksonville/ and come join in the fun!!!

It is with great sadness I am posting about the loss of our sweet doodle girl, Bella. She had developed and abscess and colitis in the last week and was battling those infections, all the while the cancer became very aggressive and spread into her spleen. We had to make the decision to help her cross the rainbow bridge this evening. It was the most difficult decision I have ever had to make. It was even more difficult to walk through the door and see all of her "things". My little ones (ages…

Finnegan turns 3 on Saturday.  I guess that makes him a “20-something” in human years.  Impossible.  It just doesn’t seem that long ago that this fuzzy blond puppy took over my life and heart.

When this picture showed up in my e-mail, I knew this was my guy!  Turns out the people that bought him changed their mind, so while all his brothers and sister went to their new…

I can't believe my sweet girl is 2 today.  She has brought more joy to my life than I could have ever imagined.  By having a doodle and being a member of DK, I have met some of the nicest, most wonderful doodles and humans... I am so blessed to have you all in my life because of Bailey.  She is my heart and I love her dearly!

And...on a party note (LOL) we are having a sleepover for her birthday.  Daphne & Lucy (Lori) are staying with us while Lori and her family are out of town…

Lately, every day I wake up, I rush to see if Rudy, who has been scrolling down the front page for some time now, has been adopted.  Every now and then, one of these stories really tugs at my heartstrings and Rudy’s story makes me very sad.  He is being rehomed at age six through no fault of his own.…

The Boys “happy meter” has not been as high lately. To be quite honest with you, I’m a little frustrated also – and it’s all because of dog food!

I’ve always wanted to make mealtime in our home a joyous occasion. Eating should be pleasurable, not looked upon as a chore – that’s how I was raised.

I grew up an avid fan of “Leave it to Beaver.”  Bits and pieces of that show stayed with me and later, as a young adult somewhat new to the whole “wife and…

Many of you know that when we added Auggie to our family last summer, I naively hoped I was getting a clone of Monty. I mean, same dad, just a different mom, how much variety can there be? First time dog owner with Monty. Boy, was I mistaken! The difference is apparent in the looks, everyone sees that. It's deeper than the looks, though. I was thinking what makes these two half-brothers so different. And here is what I came up with:

Monty does everything with a verve. And I mean VERVE…

Just wanted to wish a happy 9th birthday to my beautiful girl!

Here are some pics of Cisco who is now 3 months old!! He is getting SO big. You may remember him from Ginny's litter as Copper. His face is really lightening up. He has been SUCH a sweet dog and so much fun.…

I woke up very early this morning to some loud thudding noises. I got up to see what was going on and immediately recognized that Pierson was having another seizure. I say 'another' one, and unintentionally make it sound like he has been having a lot of seizures. But this is actually only the second seizure that I am aware of in his lifetime.

The first one happened on January 10th of this year, which also happened to be a day called his Gotcha Day (the anniversary of the day I rescued…