Wanda Klomp's Blog – September 2015 Archive (3)

My first blog under this title immediately covers what I find to be the very essence: the purity and authenticity of Doodles.

Why do we have Doodles in our lives? And how come that we humans get along so well with them? We don't share

that much in common, in fact, evolution has removed many of the capacities that we once shared.

Could it be to remind us of who we really are? Of how we're supposed to be? To inspire us to BE more, like them?

I had a remarkable…

Just like clothes make the man, the coat makes the dog.

And in the case of Doodles that is saying a lot, as every owner who’s ever seen his dog after it decided to go for a swim is well aware.

The natural purpose of a dog’s coat is to protect its skin and organs, and thick long coats are generally intended to prevent hypothermia and therefore serve a practical purpose, even though there is nothing wrong with it from an aesthetic point of view either. In…

I often get dog owners commenting that their Doodle puts up a fight when he gets brushed.



That 'fight' can vary from not wanting to sit still, to downright growling or even biting the brush, especially when still a puppy.



If a dog doesn't want to be brushed, it's not the dog that's to blame, but the owner!

His negative energy, the wrong habituation, the wrong method of brushing, the wrong bush, or all of it combined.



Brushing should be a pleasant experience.…