May 2011 Blog Posts (97)

There are two wonderful parts to this!  Mother's Day and article in a magazine.

 

First...Mother's Day.  I was in 7th heaven when I got the mail yesterday (I normally don't...as soon as I come home I take Rua out) and there were two cards in the mail to me.  One from Puffy (aka PuffDog) and one from Rua.  Haven't opened them yet, since Mother's Day isn't until Sunday.  But, I was thrilled.  My DH has always help the cat, PuffDog, get a card...but this time, both were mailed. …

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One year ago today - I wrote out a check, putting me on the wait list for an Australian Labradoodle Puppy.  Little did I know where the journey to that puppy would lead.  We had moved to FL the year prior, our beloved Lab - Bougart had died and with DH working out of state - I was lonely.  I finally told dh that I was either getting a boyfriend or a dog and that I would let him pick, he picked puppy.  I had only ever seen 1 labradoodle before but I had fallen in love with that teddy bear look. … Continue

DS says today is Murphy's "Golden Birthday". He is five years old on May 5th.

Murphy's asked for a swimming party. Yay!!   I hope he has a great day.

 

Big hugs to my wonderful Dood....all 99 pounds of him!…

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Just got a call from the vet.  Penny came through surgery (to remove the mast cell tumor) with flying colors.  I go to pick her up in about an hour.  Final biopsy results will be in sometime next week.  Then, we'll know whether or not she has to go through chemo.

 

Time to go out and buy some new T-shirts for my baby, to protect those stitches.  I don't know HOW I'm going to keep her and Biscuit from conducting their regularly-schedule wrestling smackdowns!

 

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I am currently babysitting my younger siblings this week while my parents are away on a 25th anniversary trip. Because my parents are gone, I have been keeping Darwin in the house with us, (bad me!) and of course, he is doing great. My siblings are really getting a kick out of the "indoor dog" novelty. Anyways, my sister thought she was SO hilarious when she printed this sign for our front door. :-) I think it will scare off any potential intruders for sure... LOL

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We vowed we would not get another dog for at least a year after the distress of losing Rusty in January 2010. We stayed in touch with our dog friends and when we were with them one afternoon one handed the local paper to my DH, he read it and said to me have a look at this. I looked where he was pointing and it was an add for a reluctant sale of a nearly 8 month old Cavoodle. He couldn't help himself he had to ring and get the details. A young lady had bought a Cavoodle from a breeder in… Continue

I've been reminded that I forgot to post after last week's session! Let me be honest, it may have been select amnesia.

We were warned that at some point during the 10 weeks the dogs will likely have a spell of forgetfulness, where they act like they've learned nothing. Well Bernie, the ever-consistent over-achiever, started last week.

In class his sit-stays and down-stays were wretched! He'd stay for about 5 seconds before attempting to come to me. Our instructor agreed, based…

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So, yesterday on his walk, Ollie decided that a dead animal on the road would be fun to roll into. Had to take him in for a bath at the local self service dog wash. Everything changes at bath time. My spunky, happy little doodle boy disappears and is replaced by a whimpering, simpering, long-suffering dog who acts like he is on his way to a torture chamber. He also looks completely different. he looks black instead of brown and skinny :-) Here is the proof...

Luckily his attitude…

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Hope nobody is offended by this joke, at least I hope it's just a joke, which I got in tonight's email. The dog's plight would be tragic if true and the preferable word would be peeing I guess.

PHONE REPAIR



A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.



The telephone repairman proceeded to…

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We just returned home from a short visit to Southern California visiting family and friends. I am so proud of my puppy, she was just the best little traveler. It was a 10 hour car ride and she was just chillin' the whole way (much more tolerent than her mom who got a little cranky towards the end of the long haul) She was a perfect little house guest and did so well at the dog friendly restaurant we went to. My DH was pleasantly surprised as he was a little apprehensive of the idea of taking…

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It is so nice to have puppies in the Spring--but this Spring has been rainy, cold and windy. Yesterday, though, the sun came out and the temps were in the 70's--YEAH! I finally got the puppies outside and got some really cute pictures--especially of Dylan the apricot pup. The black pup Lightfoot was moving so much that his pictures came out blurry--but I held him for one good picture! Here are a few to enjoy.

The puppies are now in a pen in the family room where everyone (my three…

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On Sunday, Yankee Doodle was adopted by a lovely couple in Villa Rica, GA. Wanda and Don lost their beloved pug, Dixie, a little over a year ago and decided they were ready to take the "plunge" and get another dog. They were drawn to Yankee for several reasons...their son has a labradoodle and they liked the breed, Wanda is a "Yankee" herself, Yankee doodle is on the small side, and they wanted a scruffy (more wiry) coated dog. On my part, I liked that they were experienced dog owners (and…

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Be proud of your country and our Military!  My family has served in Vietnam, Desert Storm and our current conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Only their service has granted us our freedoms and I am so proud of the USA! 

Hooray for the USA  Hip Hip Hooray!!!!…

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We've spent the past few weeks on the road with Banjo.  Beginning with a stop on Long Island to visit DH's family.   DMIL reluctantly agreed to have Banjo stay at her home while we visited.   I know it was a HUGE deal for her to agree to have a dog in her house.....she is NOT a "dog lover" and has, for years, openly stated "NO dogs allowed".    We brought Banjo's crate (as much for him as for her) and he slept in our room at night.   During the day I kept him on leash and while we…

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As I continue what seems like the long wait until I get my Labradoodle puppy home I got to thinking about why I wanted one so much right now at this time in my life.  I posed a question the other day wondering if my age has anything to do with this need and lots of you have responded with some interesting thoughts on the subject.

It's no surprise to me that this wonderful community that I have joined is full of amazing women and a few good men.  It's no surprise to me at all that you…

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Just wanted to wish a Happy 7th Birthday to my beautiful, sweet doodle girl, Robyn!

We love you!!