August 2013 Blog Posts (57)

A year ago today Libby and I clicked on a site called Doodle Kisses and little did we know how exciting, fun and informative this place called DK would be to us.  There is no site we would rather be on and on and on!  Yes, I have the DK addiction and I love it.  We have met so many wonderful friends and their adorable Doodles and feel like each one is our neighbor.  My family at first thought I was nuts when I talked only about DK and they questioned an Internet site about “Doodles”.  Now…

We have five of our Crowe Maltese plus our Goldendoodle, Holly = 6-dogs

We are presently fostering six Maltese plus our Labradoodle rescue, Cocoa = 7-dogs

We offer dog sitting services to persons who give our fosters a furever home.  We don't want our fosters ever put back in a kennel, even a nice kennel. We also love to see the dogs come back to us looking lovely from the TLC they receive in their furever homes.

Three families have taken us up on this over the Labor Day…

I am writing so there is always good record of how amazing you are.. In a few days you will be four years and six months.. You half birthday...... I have decided to start celebrating your half birthdays because there is never going to be enough birthdays for us to share ever, no matter how long we both live.

It feels like yesterday I heard your tail thump in that crate for the first time and I will never get that sound out of my head.... You have been on a diet since…

Albee had his first puppy checkup visit at the vet yesterday. The vet tech stepped out with him to weigh him and when she came back in, she told me they snapped a photo of him and asked if they could post it on FaceBook! Sure, why not! The little guy has 8 likes and 4 comments about him and his cuteness :) 

I've made a couple of drive thru stops at…

Milt likes to help out here and there, basically wherever he can.  I was a little surprised that he snuggled up with all the clean laundry.  He generally prefers smellier, messier things.  …

“Springfield families and local businesses were invited to walk across Veterans Bridge on a late summer night and participate in the 12th Annual Springfield Community BridgeWalk.” 

When our good furrends at Olde Towne Pet Resort asked us to join them for an early evening stroll honoring our local veterans and their families, we just couldn’t say no!

“Participants march across the Veteran’s…

Roo here, reporting from my new location.  Mom and Tigger and I have been busy.  Dad too.  We moved to a new place.  At first I thought we were just visiting for a long time.  Dad is always teasing Mom about how much she packs for trips.  Also she kept Tigger and I on a leash a lot which means visiting.

But Tigger and I have decided that this is home.  There are stairs to go to bed in this house, Tigger already fell down them once!  DID NOT - I was just going very very…

Let me just say, before I begin my story, that I love French Bulldogs, and in particular, my grand dogs, Bonzai and Jazz.  I haven’t seen Bonzai since my daughter’s wedding three years ago and I had never met Jazz.  I swear when we walked into Megan’s apartment Bonzai remembered me. He went ballistic and my daughter said she thought he…

Here’s a “jog your memory” test for you…

If you can remember:

BOSCO: the “chocolatey rich thick syrup” you used to flavor your milk and spoon over your ice cream.

OR if you can sing the SLINKY song:

“What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs

and makes a slinkity sound?

A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing!

Everyone knows it’s…

Despite Milton's young age, his notoriety has already far surpassed both mine and Jeff's.  I mean our goldendoodle has his very own blog, AND he was just recently featured on The Dallas Morning News website.  What more could a dog ask for?…

Six weeks after choosing him, I finally brought Indy home this past weekend.  A friend and I made the 11 hour drive to Kentucky on Friday.  Saturday morning we reached the breeder and I got to meet Indy at last!

Indy is even more adorable and loving than I'd dreamed.  He made the twelve hour (with traffic) return drive without any accidents.  He started…

Ok, well,  I loved the Mesquite Doggie Splash Day so much (Milt did too!) that I persuaded Jeff to join us at another one in Rowlett that Sunday.  This time I nabbed my SLR camera, and I got busy taking shots of our goldendoodle in mid-leap springing into the pool.  I now have a smorgasbord of fantastic photos, and I think I might just have to add another framed picture to my Wall of Milton.  …

Do you ever wonder what goes on in a dogs head? I have on many occasions.

Sometimes it seems as if they want to tell me stuff, but because “speech” communication hasn’t quite evolved between us, other means will just have to do.

Not too long ago, Leo taught us the word “stop.” Today he’s decided to share his teaching technique with all of you…

But…

Such a love bug!!  We have had him home since late Friday afternoon and already he doesn't stray far from my side! Definitely a Momma' s boy which is just what I wanted!  

Jack came home on Friday.  He is a F2b Goldendoodle.  Both of us parents were goldendoodles with his mother having been back bred  from a  standard poodle and goldendoodle.  His mommy was a beautiful standard F1b with Jack's father a stunning standard F1 chocolate goldendoodle   ( I just LOVE Jack's chocolate nose!!)  Choosing his name was just as difficult as choosing him!  I got so confused with the whole f1, f1b generation business and then deciding  on a name.  So happy that now all of…

We had Cocoa groomed today and we think that Maureen, of Ye Olde Poodle Parlor in San Marcos, CA, did a great job; especially considering the terrible coat condition in which Cocoa arrived.  Cocoa was necessarily clipped short, including her ears because she was so full of mats and tangles.

Maureen told us that Cocoa was one of the nicest and most cooperative…

Our little family has gotten larger!

Sophie was born 11 days late weighing in at 7 pounds 14 ounces.  Thankfully she wasn't the 8.5 pounds predicted by ultrasound... my epidural didn't have time to work fully so I had an accidental semi-natural birth.  I guess she was too eager to come meet her family. :)

Luna is cautiously checking her out and is starting to show more interest in her (Sophie got her toes licked today during a diaper change... she didn't mind!).…

Haven't visited except through facebook in almost a year.  Sparrow is pretty much full grown, he is about 55 pounds now. Quite a bit over the 35 pounds we were told.  Guess the place we got him from didn't know much about doodles.  He is a wonderful, loving, playful, friendly soul and a great addition to our family.  He still needs a lot of exercise but is very good with the routine we have worked out, but he knows when his playtime is and won't settle down at night until he gets it. Very,…

As most of you know by now, I went to Portland, OR, to see my daughter and son-in-law.  A few weeks back I told Megan I would like to let a couple of people from DK know I was coming and all hell broke loose.  Most of my family and friends just don’t get it when I talk about my “friends” on DoodleKisses and all Megan could see was that…

Milt and I are regulars at Michaels primarily because I always have 40% off coupons, and, more importantly, dogs are allowed inside.  Well, one cashier, Kim, is just wild about my Milton, and she always coos over him and ushers us through to her line.  During one of our many conversations, Kim told me about Doggie Splash Days in the Dallas-area.  What exactly is a Doggie Splash Day?  Many towns will close their pools at the end of the summer season, and when they…