September 2011 Blog Posts (121)

Lily & I attended a fund raiser for a local adoption center today.  "Doggie Paddle Pool Party" was a great success!  Lots of dogs, all shapes & sizes.  Availabe for use was an olympic size pool, 3ft kiddie pool, 1ft kiddie pool and a sprinkle park.

This was Lily's first experience in acutally having an opportunity to swim  where she couldn't touch bottom.  She didn't like it much.  We spent most of our time in the 1ft pool and the sprinkle park.  She loved the water slide in…

So here is the updated story on our attempt at life with two doodles...

Our first doodle was brought home at 4 months of age...

sort of a second-hand / wouldn't sell right away pup from a breeder.  He is a medium ALD.  We got him Feb 2010.  One year later I was so enjoying this whole dog owning adventure that I really liked the idea of a second…

Perry is now 4 1/2 months and this morning was attacked by burrs.  He's had the random burr every once in a while that we were able to get out, but now he has hundreds.  They are around his face, around his eyes, in between his pads, the poor guy.

Brian and I worked on it for an hour and have finally relented.  He's going to a groomer in a half hour.  To get shaved.  We've been careful with brushing and getting him used to it and now his first experience at the groomer is…

 

On a sunny September day 10 years ago, I was at work going about the day just like any other when I passed by a patient,s room to see everyone gathered around the television with looks of horror on their face. I joined them and watched a plane fly in to the first of the Twin Towers. I could not believe what I was seeing and thought what a terrible, terrible accident, but within minutes my sense of horror was multiplied beyond belief as another plane flew into the second tower. It…

I saw a 2” scab on Hercules’ chest and small ones on his back. Diagnosis: staph infection. So, now he has raw boo-boos and is taking 10 pills/day (instead of 6). After returning home from the vet, I put puppy Zeus in the bathroom, went to school, came back home and Zeus had chewed up my brand new bathroom window blinds. How he got his teeth clamped onto anything that's 51" from the floor is beyond me. The joys of Doodle puppyhood, lol!

Bocker the Labradoodle has added author to his credits with the release of his first book, Chasing Bocker's Tale...available as a hardcover, numbered and pawtographed special edition through his website: http://www.bocker.tv/bockerstale.htm

Book is also available as eBook on iTunes, Amazon and everywhere worldwide. 

With his over 7000 Facebook friends and his motto of always Lending a Helping Paw, Bocker is one busy…

Ok folks, are you ready? Now, let me just say first - Huskins is not a doodle of any kind! I know, I know, this is shocking! Yes, that's right, ABSOLUTELY NO POODLE! I am still in disbelief! I never questioned that there was something other than poodle. He just looks like he has it in him somewhere.

 Anyway, I think one of the breeds detected in Huskins is pretty obvious. Many of you had already guessed correctly. The second, I actually suspicioned here  just lately. I am totally…

After three weeks of a poor appetite and the blahs, Lyric is gearing up for the whelping on October 1--she is ALWAYS hungry now and is feeling much better, although still sleeping a lot. She seems so big to me already that I did a few comparisons to her photos from Litter one. She is much bigger this time--but I don't know if that means she has more puppies (she had 6 last time) or is just "stretched out" from the first litter. Here are some comparisons:

Lyric at 7 weeks with first…

Here in Pennsylvania it has been raining non-stop since Friday.  I don’t mean look at the lovely sprinkles kind of rain either, but torrential downpours.

Yesterday, I woke up to water in the basement and spent the next couple of hours mopping up the water, moving stuff around, and cleaning downspouts. I might have also called my husband at…

Today was a strange day. First day of school for kids and my doodles really gave me something to blog about. Allthough it wasn't funny at the time, later I found myself smiling and chuckling the rest of the afternoon Check out their blog at www.groovygoldendoodles.com Please let me know if you could relate.

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Good grief, more miserable weather headed our way.  We braced for the earthquake and the hurricane the past week.  And lo and behold here we go again.  It has been raining steadily since ......I dunno, sometime Monday.  By early morning at my home we have had at least 9 inches of…

Well we have made it three weeks and Lucie Ann is doing wonderfully.  I have never seen such a smart puppy.  She was kennel trained and potty trained within the first week we had her.  No complaints there.  We have been working with her to familiarize her with my son.   Beaumont just loves her and his smiles are priceless when she is chilling in his bed with him.  Lucie Ann was at the Dog Park for the first time this past weekend.  She is still a little afraid of other people and dogs, not…

I still do not have the results of what is wrong with Jack and I am hoping and believing it is all going to be able to be worked out. I have confidence in that, (most of the time)..

This process however has taught me some really valuable life experiences, one I don't think I could have fully understand had Jack not become ill. ( though I know he is going to be okay and get better)

I am going to be 39 years old next month. My entire adult life, my dad has…

Okay, Tucker's fur problem has been getting WAY out of control. It is crazy. The breeder said; "Oh, this little puppy won't shed a hairball!"  She was right, he probably shed itleast 500 hairballs a day! I mean, we could probably make another doodle out of all the hairballs he sheds! So, sometime within the rest of the year, Tucker is going to probably get...(pause for dramatic effect) A HAIRCUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good news for us but not for him. Now let's hear what Tucker has to…