November 2010 Blog Posts (103)

Happy Thinksgiving Everybody...

I have so much to be thankful for that I cannot even begin to make a list of those things of which I am thankful. Good health, a terrific wife, a great family, fine friends and a wonderful relationship with our Goldendoodle Holly and the Maltese we own and those that we have been fortunate to have the ability to rescue.

I don't just think of what I am thankful for on Thanksgiving Day; I am always, during the other 364 days of the…

Hey Doodles, Allie here. I don't know if you have ever heard this but my mommy says to always go to the slot machine that is close to a door. That is where you can hit a "jackpot" whatever that is but I think I have an idea. Today there are going to be many wonderful smells. I mean almost too much for a doodle to handle. Pumpkin, turkey, stuffing......what is a dood to do?!?!?!?!

The plan......as everyone comes in today be sure to sniff them out. The really smelly ones are…

I've had a very busy few days. Christopher has been home and we've been to all sorts of places, I think I'm a little bit tired. Well, maybe just 1/2 hour dog nap!

Dad was home today and he had to put a new pump in the pond in the garden, it was great fun helping him clear the pond weed out, the exercise does him good, so I make sure that he chases me round the garden trying to get the pond weed from me ...... For some reason he thinks I might eat it, no, I just like him to chase…

and look at the First Snow. I’m not too thrilled about this. It’s cold out there, and with the door open, it gets cold in here. Trav is acting like the snow is some dangerous white beast that appeared overnight and laid down all over his territory. He wants to look at it without having to walk on its back. He did venture out for a quick pee, but hurried back inside, whirling around at the door to make sure it wasn’t following him. It’s going to be a long day.

Hi Doods.... Shelby here! It has been a crazy couple of weeks at my house and thus - I haven't been able to blog in a LONG time. On Tuesday the 9th.... my mom got up super early - I think the clock said 4:45am - she got in the shower, gave me some loving - lots of loving - and told me that she was having surgery and that I would have to be gentle and careful around her for a while. I didn't quite know what she meant she had been saying this for days now, but I listened - gave her love back…

Cash came to us after a long weekend of…

Rooney and I have a 6:00 a.m. flight tomorrow, ouch. I will get up at 3:00 as will dh whose job it will be to wear him out so that he will want to sleep while cramed under the seat in front of me. Luckily for us we got an upgrade to first class so Mommy will have free Bloody Marys and Roony's dog carrier will have a bit more room. Sadly, first class only lasts till Atlanta where we have an hour and 40 minute lay over and then onto a small plane to South Bend. I plan to limit his water before…

Hi! Haley here.

This morning started out as usual. Mom got up, left the room, came back but instead of saying “Good Morning Haley” she said “Happy Birthday Haley!” She made the bed, got dressed and we went downstairs. We went through the usual routine – out for a pee and then my breakfast. After I had eaten breakfast I told her I needed to go out to poop, heehee, I fibbed again. We came in and Mom went to the garage and came back with a bag…

Today I helped mum with the hoovering. Its great fun chasing the hose around whilst mum is sucking up the dust. Mum says it gives her arms a great workout as she has to keep moving it out of my way, don't know why as I just love jumping at it and trying to get it to go faster ! We also changed the sheets on mums bed, hide and seek is a great game, mum tries to put the clean sheets on the bed whilst I jump from one side to the other and then from the bottom I can get up and under! What does…

In just a couple of quick sessions, I managed to turn my usually quiet dog into a manically barking, whirling dervish that bounces off me and the walls and the furniture. And how was I able to accomplish such an interesting feat? It was simple, really. I decided to try to scare the squirrels out of the attic by making lots of noise, like shouting, banging pan lids, using a whistle and thumping a newspaper against the walls. This horrendous din hasn’t bothered the intruders one little bit,…

These decorated jeeps will begin a cross country tour aboard the USS Midway Museum and Memorial in San Diego, California on Memorial Day 2011 and will end up onboard the USS Antietam Museum and Memorial on September 10, 2011 (the day before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy)…

Nov 18th--I did my homework! I went to see Bel deliver her litter of four pups last night. But, the assignment was too easy! My breeder…

I have failed Phoebe. My doodle is fetch-impaired. I naively thought that my doodle would be innately able to fetch. I soon Iearned the error of my thinking and started about to teach my Phoebe to fetch with yummy treats as the reward. Did anyone ever mention how smart our doodles are (ha!). Phoebe learned from the get-go that I had those treats and it would be really silly of her to pursue that ball/Frisbee/other airborne object when I had the treats in my pocket. I mean, seriously, what if…