Jane, Guinness and Murphy's Blog – October 2009 Archive (2)

Breeding Cockapoos with ALD's

After reading the cockapoo discussion I looked back at Guinness's " registration family tree, and he actually does have cockapoos in his breeding background. Going back five generations Rutland Manor ALDs were bred with Rutland Cockapoos. This actually occurred in the fourth and fifth generation back. I'm really curious about why this would have been done. I'm assuming there would have to be some characteristics that the breeder was looking for. Does anyone have any thoughts on why a breeder… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on October 26, 2009 at 7:34am — 9 Comments

My Doodle at 7 Months...how things have changed!

I was thinking this morning about how different life is with Guinness now that he's through the young puppy stage. I thought it might give hope to all the new puppy moms and dads who are wondering when they'll get their lives back. I remember times a few months ago when I felt like taking care of our doodle pup was a full time job...and it seemed like I was always worried about something. Things are different now, and in many ways I'm different too. At seven months, we have him on a great potty… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on October 15, 2009 at 5:59am — 5 Comments