August 2012 Blog Posts (77)

More training today, Darwin was very focused. He doesn't kid around when it comes to Mozzarella. 

Practicing his recall:

Look at his eye! LOL…

A couple of things lately have had me contemplating my own mortality.  It isn’t something I think about a lot, but I do want to make sure that Fudge and Vern are taken care of if something should happen to me. The good news for Fudge and Vern is that my husband and both of our daughters love our dogs as much as I do and would never willingly give them up.  Now, if I could just convince myself the dogs will continue to enjoy the same level of care that I provide for them, I could rest…

Judy and I are driving up to the San Bernadino County Animal Shelter in Devore, CA tomorrow to pick up a one-year old Maltese mom with FIVE puppies!  Our Auntie Holly will have the opportunity to practice her Auntie skills again.  Pictures of Auntie Holly and her five new nieces and nephews will be coming soom!

The answer is yes according to one of my good DK friends.  As some of you know I went through quite a traumatic couple of weeks when I attempted to adopt a Goldendoodle who was up for re-homing.  It didn't work out because the family were quite frankly nuts.   During a two week period I became close to the original breeder of that dog who was and still is very upset about the whole thing.  The breeder tried to get the family to return the dog to her and she even offered to pay me back if I…

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THE CONCLUSION…

For everybody else waiting for the “the rest of the story….” here is what…

Every day I go to school, and I have to leave my Milt.  I cannot possibly describe how difficult this has been for me.  The guilt is overwhelming, and all throughout my day I find myself thinking, "What is poor Milt doing right now?  He must be so bored."



Thankfully, Jeff and I have worked out a little schedule to make things more pleasant for our first born AKA our goldendoodle.  Three days a week, Milton goes to doggie daycare; he loves it!  (More details on daycare in another…

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Sunday morning, Jeff went to church, I went to yoga, and the Milt stayed home.  Whenever we leave, our teething goldendoodle stays safely gated in the kitchen and bathroom area.  When Jeff arrived home, Milton greeted him at the door.  So, what happened?

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I was thinking the other day about the many dogs that need new homes and wondering what it would be like if Fudge and Vern or someone I loved rehomed me.  I am so set in my ways and I prefer my own home to all others.  Sure, we take vacations from time to time, but usually I long for home after just a few days.  I love being surrounded by my things, eating off of my favorite Polish Pottery dishes, and ending every night in my own bed with my favorite pillow.  Even though I write a lot about…

Recently we have had really bad luck with leashes.  We forgot Milton's John Deere leash in Louisiana, and he completely chewed up his retractable leash.  So, I went out to Wal-Mart and bought the Milt an adorable royal blue leash with paw prints on it to match his adorable royal blue collar with paw prints on it -  matchy matchy.  Jeff, on the other hand, ordered Milton a heavy duty chain leash which makes him appearto be the epitome of a Junkyard Dog.…

Not since SPLAT (SEPTEMBER 8, 2011) have I “intentionally” wrote about my own comical behavior. I’ve been told I have a few “memorable moments” from time to time, but the ones that amuse even me – I must share…

June 1st of this year, I took a huge step and got “serious” about my health and weight! I evaluated my lifestyle and decided (like most of America living on the darker side of 50) that I’d better…

For my 12 week old doodle puppy Copernicus, every morning starts exactly the same. He wakes up by 6:30 and rustles around until I finally drag myself out of bed. When I open the door to his crate, he stretches, shakes, and begins to trot behind me down the stairs. And then comes my favorite part. When he gets to the second to last stair, he…

No pictures tonight, but George came over for his first visit.  Ozzie really wanted to play with him, but Oz is huge and George is only 9 weeks (but huge for 9 weeks!).  Harriet wanted nothing to do with him - clearly she wants to remain the baby of the family!  Mater was his usual chill self, welcoming George and then just hanging out. George kept trying to see if maybe Mater was his mom, but the biology was totally wrong! It was funny, but he kept nuzzling up under Mater whenever he…

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lying by the fire.   Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. I'll be at the   front door when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave   me.... Call (404) 875-6420 and ask for Annie, I'll be   waiting.....

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Our new puppy arrives next Saturday.  We are very excited & I wanted to share this picture of the litter since the beautiful mom is the picture of patience :)  We've named him Oskar & he is a mini/medium double-doodle. We recently lost our 13.5 year old lab that we loved dearly & decided it was time for a new love in our lives.…

Today is the day our son and his family pick up their new puppy!  Tom and I are so excited for them and we can't wait to meet the little one!  We haven't been interferring grandparents, but I bet we are interferring grandpup parents!  There are eight or nine puppies and they actually get first pick this morning, although the foster mom has one picked out that she thinks will be the best for their young family.  Their daughter is a pecocious 28 month old who isn't at all intimidated by our…

My heart breaks when I see posts from owners looking to rehome their dogs. I don't get a chance to log-on to Doodle Kisses often. And almost every single time I log-on, I see a post from someone looking to rehome their dog.

I really don't understand, so I usually refrain from commenting. We live busy lives--I'm a lawyer and my husband is a software developer. We have kids--young ones. Our puppy is wild--just stopped nipping the kids, but still jumps all over them! We live in a…

I get accused all the time of worrying more about my dogs than I do the human beings in our household.  I am not saying the accusations are wrong in some cases, but since I speak for my dogs and I love to speak, sometimes I feel I have no choice.  The impatient gene runs in my family and I have passed this gene down to one of my daughters.  In fact, my husband has mentioned on more than one occasion that there should be a support group for men who marry into this family.  I even mentioned it…