August 2009 Blog Posts (116)

HIGH JUMPER!

A week ago, I took the Fozzmonster to the park to get some exercise. I take him to a local park with a hockey rink. They do not take the boards down over the summer, so it has been a perfect place for him to blow off some steam! Well, this cute little dog came by with its' owner, and Fozzy started running along the fence line after her. When he ran out of room, he simply did the logical thing, jumped the 4'+ fence. I guess this shouldn't surprise me due to the fact that at 8 weeks, he was… Continue

Added by Chris & Boys on August 4, 2009 at 6:17am — 9 Comments

Almost 16 weeks!!!

So Twinkie is almost 16 weeks old! (On Wednesday to be exact). She has been such a ball of fun in our household! Saturday we finished up all of her immunizations, and found out she has lost three teeth! I rewarded her for being such a good puppy while at the vet w/ a Kong toy, another rubber toy, some new treats, and a new collar! The one she came w/ was just about choking her! She now weighs 27 lbs. It was really funny because when you look at Twinkie you think 35 lbs. easy, but she is just a… Continue

Added by Katie and Twinkie! on August 3, 2009 at 10:12pm — 2 Comments

Hypocritical? I think so....

Between July 2nd and July 20th, Lizzie lived with my grandparents. I had two trips to take where I couldn't take her with me; a family vacation to FL with my family and then a camping trip with the DBF's family. I worked 5 straight nights in between and figured it wouldn't be fair to jostle Lizzie between places. Lizzie stayed in Council Grove being loved and spoiled by my grandfather (Don't worry I called daily and visited twice). He took her out to the farm to play fetch, to the river/streams… Continue

Added by Missi on August 3, 2009 at 8:47pm — 11 Comments

Thank You, Spud!!

Dear Spud,

As the oldest in the group I just wanted to thank you, your Mom, Joanne, & and your Dad, Roger, for driving so far (almost 3 hours) to have lunch out in a restaurant, bringing all 3 of us those special balls to play with, playing ball & frisbee in such a magnificent park, and to Welcome Mickey to Western PA!

All 3 of us are so tired. Charli is laying behind the front door, Mickey on the floor below me laying on M&Ss sofa!

We ate an dinner early. Mom made us… Continue

Added by Adrianne Matzkin on August 3, 2009 at 7:21pm — 4 Comments

Please vote for Honey...and help Gabby Jack Ranch and IDOG!

Hi everyone,

Hannah and Honey's mom, Denise, has posted a cute picture of Honey on a contest and if they win, Denise will split the money between our program, the Gabby Jack Ranch, and IDOG rescue... and you can help. All we need is your vote for Honey...PLEASE VOTE EVERY DAY...the competition is tough...we are only at 96 votes and some are in the thousands! Please vote… Continue

Added by Jacque Reynolds on August 3, 2009 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

Remington and Phoebe's Swim Date!

Well, I had a great weekend. Not only did I not have to work for the first time in ages I also got to spend good quality time with my doodle!

Brenda from DoodleKisses and I had been talking for some time now about getting together to have our doodles meet. So on Saturday I got Remington settled in the car and drove over to Brenda's house for a swim date! Before I even left the driveway my little Remington Bear was excited. He knows we are doing something fun when he is going on a car… Continue

Added by Kendra K. Rhoton on August 3, 2009 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments

Pillow Hog

At some point last night I vaguely recall my knee pillow (required now that my belly is expanding ever more and I'm forced to sleep on my side) ended up over the side of the bed. I was sure it probably clonked Rosco on the head, since he sleeps next to my side of the bed, but wasn't awake enough to want to check. So I just made do without it. Well at one point later (but still hours before wake up time) I woke up and flashed my phone light onto him to see where my pillow was.

Rosco… Continue

Added by Adina P on August 3, 2009 at 8:20am — 14 Comments

How she did.

Last night Daffney made a friend in obedience class, his name is cooper and he is a German shepherd. It was quite cute until they started barking and disrupting the class..well ok, it was still cute after that.

My homework is too write down answers to the questions about her breed, I do know a lot since I have done tons of research, but my mom offered to help with the ones I don't know. I also have to teach her "watch me", "Come", and "Sit". She does know sit pretty well so that's… Continue

Added by Tori & Daffney on August 3, 2009 at 4:46am — 2 Comments

Matzkin Doodle Update

August 3, 3009-Charli has been with us 8 days.

-Mickey is at his forever home with me, Samantha & Charli. We got here (Pittsburgh) yesterday afternoon. He seems to be very comfortable. He bonded very well with Marissa and Seamus, anyone that Samantha loves seems to rub off on him - TG!. He slept with them behind closed doors. The first night with Samantha and the 2nd night without her.

Saturday Samantha, Charli & I went to Westchester, NY to pick up my Mom and 2 nephews… Continue

Added by Adrianne Matzkin on August 3, 2009 at 4:30am — 11 Comments

Finny Songs

Doodle Retriever:

He comes from the kingdom, (boom!)

He comes from the animal kingdom.

Doodle Retriever!

Doodle Retriever!

He comes from the kingdom, (boom boom!)

He comes from the animal kingdom.

Finn, Finn, Finn is Filled with Love:

Finn, Finn, Finn is a lovely boy,

Finn, Finn, Finn brings us so much joy,

Finn, Finn, Finn is a gift from above,

Finn, Finn, Finn is filled with love.

Nothing… Continue

Added by Jessica on August 2, 2009 at 4:54pm — 5 Comments

Riley Doodle's puppy update and Cajun's surgery

Well, its been an exciting week.( And did I mention expensive? ) You may recall I adopted a dachsund recently from the pound with a partially amputated foot. Well, he decided to chew on one of his remaining toes and cause some more vascular damage to the tune of $550. (Someone once told me no good deed goes unpunished. See what I get for trying to save the poor creature?) I had another surgery done, mostly to try to save the leg. Now he hobbles around… Continue

Added by Sherill Lockwood on August 2, 2009 at 3:41pm — 7 Comments

I hate bubble gum!!!

Thank God we now have a finished ensuite accessible shower!!! Today we went up to the dog park with Neely and Jazzie. We went through the bush area, jazzy stayed on the trails with me Neely ran criss cross all over the place. It was a nice day and a nice walk jaz was really enjoying. Neely was loving it and spent the time from the bush into the creek. Mud up to his butt then back into the bush. The bush has these weeds that have little green seed pods with two little prongs that cling into the… Continue

Added by Lorraine Bromley on August 2, 2009 at 2:56pm — 7 Comments

Obedience class.

Well, tonight is Daffney's first obedience class...I'm sorta nervous. She is a little shy around dogs, so hopefully that will change. And hopefully in 6 weeks she won't bite me anymore.
I might post how she did later.

Added by Tori & Daffney on August 2, 2009 at 12:25pm — 2 Comments

Bailey just wants to have fun!!!!

Bailey had the time of his life playing in the field at the campground where the whole family goes camping for family fun. We brought him out into the field to play fetch with his favorite tennis ball. It was so much more fun than playing in our tiny backyard. We played and played until my little Bailey boy got tired so we brought him back to the trailer for a doodle nap.
To understand more about the campground we go to for family fun look up my previous blog " Bailey goes camping."

Added by Rebecca Haas on August 1, 2009 at 6:12pm — No Comments

Harlow keeps growing

When Harlow joined the family in May, at 14 weeks, she was 21# and 17" at the shoulder. She is now a little over 6 months old. I weighed and measured her this morning; she just topped 40# and stands 21" at the shoulder. Her breeder estimated she would grow to somewhere between 50 - 55# and 22 - 25" at the shoulder. Harlow still has 'lots of paw' to grow into so I think she may go to the high side of the breeders estimate.

Added by Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey on August 1, 2009 at 8:37am — 3 Comments

Harley goes swimming

It started out just like any other night. Harley and I meet up with my friend and her puppy to go for our mile walk. We talk, the dogs play and walk and play some more. The dogs have become best friends now and they look forward to their walk everyday. After we finish walking, we go into my friends backyard so that I can throw away Harley's poop. The dogs start playing some more, but of course I keep Harley on a leash because my girlfriend has this built in pool and I don't know what to expect.… Continue

Added by elyse on August 1, 2009 at 6:47am — 5 Comments