June 2011 Blog Posts (97)

Clark told me a cute Natalie story today (there are a dozen of these daily...I'd be a blog hog if I shared them all!).

Natalie was playing outside, hanging out in one half of Boca's crate (which she refers to as a 'boat') that was drying in the sun (I had washed it out before work).  All of a sudden Natalie rushes inside repeating "Boca crazy!  Boca crazy!"

Clark goes to see what this 'crazy' is all about and sure enough Boca's all hyped up, rolling her…

On Saturday I baked a batch of my grandma's famous homemade chocolate chip cookies for my dad.

As you can see from the below photo, Peri knew exactly where to position herself - directly below my feet!  She was anxiously awaiting drops of cookie dough, but lucky for us both, I kept the chocolate away from her :)

Do your doodles do this while you cook?

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I took Trav to my daughter’s new house this afternoon, and it’s a good thing there wasn’t a video of this train wreck. First, this daughter is on Trav’s list of Most Beloved People, which means the best way for them to meet would include her wearing a suit of armour and holding a chair and whip to keep him at bay while he does the doggie equivalent of joyful back flips, somersaults and flying-Wallenda-like stunts involving available furniture. There are sound effects too–tiny whining…

Isabella is a 3-year old, 10-pound Maltese mix rescue who has bonded with Zoe, a 12-week old, 10 pound Doodle rescue puppy.  They have bonded and spend the day wrestling and playing.  here is a video of them playing on top of Holly, our three and a half year old, 65-pound Goldendoodle with Skye, an 11-month old, 32-pound, Mini Doodle rescue tries to join in...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3VOxRf7nAg

Holly, Sophie and Skye playing fetch in our yard...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY8-TwFjWe4

Skye is an 11-month old, 32-pound, mini-doodle.  Zoe is a 12-week old, 10-pound doodle puppy. We are fostering both of these dogs.

Here is a video of the two doodles playing.  Skye was relinquished by his owner of one month because she felt that he played "too rough" with her small dog.

Zach at 5 month Zach at 7 months

My family just returned from our 1st Annual Outer Banks vacation last night. We had such a great time. We stayed in a pet friendly house/area on Corova Beach. We saw a couple of doodles and of course I had to stop and say hello. Each person that I spoke with said "this is the best dog I have ever had"! I spoke with one doodle mom about her doodle and her small children (one being autistic) and she is just so happy with her doodle (6 mos).…

My sister threatened to take away my first born if he were a girl, simply saying that I can't fix hair, can't tie a proper bow, know nothing about manicures or pedicures, fashion or ballet. I had to admit that all of that was true. I prefer to do my shopping from catalogues like LLBean, Orvis or Lands End, think short hair is much more time efficient, love football, think that it is more important to know how to throw a proper curve ball and bait a hook than do ballet. It is very difficult…

Lately, I have been looking at the pictures of the Doodles in Need of Homes from the DRC and IDOG on the front page of DK.  From time to time, I see a dog I fall in love with, but I know in my heart that two is my limit. Yet, I can’t help thinking about the luck of the draw. I think it when I drive by my neighbor’s house and see four beautiful dogs chained up outside 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  I think it when I read the sad rescue stories; see the…

This leash is great when walking two dogs, especially two doodle size dogs.  I can adjust the leash ends so obe side is longer than the other.  This is handy since Holly is considerably talller than Sophie.  I can also adjust the leash so the dogs can walk a couple of feet apart or closer together which might be handy for navigating in crowds with a pair of dogs.

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I think it was my very first blog post when I mentioned I wanted to add a "dog tub" to the house 'cause I really don't fancy bending over my own tub for half an hour each time I wanna wash His Majesty the Fluff. My old back can't take that. Anyway, it's finally done ... and we're both (yes, both, he looooves baths and had to show it off to his Auntie Cindi by trying to jump up into it) delighted with it! Thought I'd share in case anyone is curious or looking for ideas.

This…

So some of you might remember I mentioned last year that i met a guy at the dog park (he has 2 german shorthaired pointers) and I thought that he might be THE ONE! Well not only did it not work out the way I wanted but I recently discovered a lot about what's happened in the last year that I didn't know before. Let's just say he met someone else within days of me and the "other girl" seems to have won. (although i guess he thought he could try us out at the same time. She can have him since…

It started off as a quiet Saturday morning. A beautiful sunny day, gentle wind blowing to keep us cool. We took a leisurly stroll along the tree lined canal, and then off we went to the local coffee shop off the main street near our place. I put down my coffee next to my book and purse on the patio table, and then bent down to tether a very happy Sophie Bear to to the table leg. I unclipped her, holding her collar loosely with one finger figuring she would NEVER run away on me, and turned my…

Penny continues to do well and, depending on which day she is in her “chemo cycle,” she can feel great or wiped out.  She’s on the combination of chemo (vinblastine), Palladia, and steroids.

On her fourth weekly visit, her blood cell count was dramatically decreased…