November 2013 Blog Posts (59)

I received these pictures from Cocoa's furever parents.  They love her and she has a wonderful home and loves them both...

These pictures were taken during a recent trip to the Dog Beach at Del Mar, just north of San Diego,…

It's not me.

My nearly 4 year old came into our room this morning and whispered that Rosco told her he wants a kitty.  We went along with it for a bit then she admitted she actually gave him this idea and "Mommy can we go to the pet store to look at kitties?"  My answer disappointed.  She then offered plan C: Let's go to the breeder and buy a puppy! Final negotiation was that when she turns 10 we can buy a puppy.  5 minutes later she…

This blog post is not so much about Leo & Harley as much as it’s about me! I have a fear of large dogs…

I know exactly how she feels

But here’s the twist – my fear isn’t for myself it’s out of concern for The Boys……

Thursday was a special day for one of our Little Rascals (that’s “doodle talk” for the children on the block that play with The Boys).

Thursday was Taylor’s Birthday…

Taylor and Leo

On the way home, DH stopped by …

I am so proud of my boy Paz, who is a registered Pet Partner's therapy dog.  Last night Paz provided his special support to a traumatized 7 year old child who was the victim of a violent assault by an adult;  prosecutors at the NYC Family Justice Center in Brooklyn (where I work) needed the child's(victim) testimony in order to indict the person who had committed the assault, and the child was too afraid to speak.  Then Paz appeared, nuzzled right up to the child and worked his amazing magic…

Thanks everyone.  I appreciate your words of support.  I am totally in love with my doodle dude.  My heart would be broken if he had any issues.  Hope you all have a great day.

I dont even know what to say about this day....maybe that I'm just overwhelmed and feel like curling up in bed and crying. It all started last night, I had treated Maggie for worms on sunday-tuesday just as a precaution, and last night roundworms showed up in her stool, well, they were dead so I've cleaned the yard and the house like a maniac, she doesn't have diarrhea and she's acting like she doesnt have a care in the world, I'm happy for her. Then this morning I take Jace out for his…

Last Thursday we made an appointment to establish the dogs at a vet and to have Kona's ears examined. He had a double ear infection because while I was on the mainland for two weeks, no one remembered to take care of doodle ears. It's only his second ear infection in six years. Vet visit #1.

Then the crazies happened. On Friday at the beach Kona's eye became bright red and then it was white and swollen! We rushed him to the vet. He had a laceration on his inner eyelid. So very…

SO ... I had sent some photos of where I live to a few people on DK, which in turn led to my making a little video to try to explain where I was photographing.  And I just remembered, right after we moved her I had posted a blog about our great new dog-friendly living situation.  You may recall we were joking around about moving the DK vacation community here.  At the time I had said I would try to get some photos to give people a better sense of what I was talking about.  Well, here are a…

I don't have two-legged kids so Monty and Auggie are not used to being around fast-moving and loud little people, other than sporadic visits from my DH's grandkids here and there.

My best friend Denisa and her DH Sam came to visit from Slovakia and we got to spend a wonderful week together. They have a 6 year-old first-grader, Scarlett, and she of course came along with them. For weeks before their arrival, little Scarlett was telling her classmates that she is going to stay with two…

We rescued Mitzi, a year old Maltese-Poodle, from a Los Angeles area shelter and noticed that she was having respiratory problems...

We assumed that it was kennel cough, so we isolated her and used a humidifier and began a regimen of antibiotics. Although kennel cough is viral in origin, antibiotics are…

A while ago, I posted my first ever poop blog, and I will be happy to link it here, but basically I am against it or at least against thinking about it.

http://www.doodlekisses.com/profiles/blogs/why-is-it-my-first-ever-poop-blog…

Tuesday to me is “the” most insignificant day of the week. It seems to get lost between Monday’s madness and “hump-day” Wednesday.

It just sort of slides by, and rarely carries any lingering fond memories with it. Except for this week. This Tuesday was “an extraordinary day!”

The weather – typical November – overcast, little chill in the air but no “biting” breeze. I loved it. It was not hot nor humid, yet you didn’t need a heavy…

Owen had his annual check-up and shots today.  He weighs 57 lbs and is 15 mos. old now.  Vet said he has pretty teeth (big and bright) and all went well.  No issues.  We are all happy.

Saturday Haley, my DH and I went on our annual "Fall Leaf Ride". This was the first long ride for Haley and he did ok with it.

Hurry up! I'm ready to go!

It was a beautiful Fall day. It had rained the night before and everything was fresh and clean. The Fall colors were beautiful.…

I won’t bore you with the details of my camera woes (the best laid plans).

Suffice to say, there was a happy ending:

• the one I had – Nikon no longer carries
• I did however get a full refund
• the one I found I really like
• and it was only a few dollars more.

Now comes the hard part. I need camera lessons – self taught of course!

Lately we’ve been having simply pawgeous…

I'm sure you have missed me very much since my last communiqué, wondering whether I'm still with the crazy human family.  Well, here I am, healthy and happy and just over 12 weeks old.  In fact, I will heretofore be known as Super Truffle. I am a canine superhero in my own mind.  Kind of like Underdog (remember him?), but even better.

While I haven't yet had an opportunity to prove my true superhero bona fides by rescuing another animal or anyone in…

My six year old Goldendoodle has just been diagnosed with Lymphoma. We are going to administer a series of Chemotherapy injections which hopefully will extend hwe life. Like most of you with a Doodle thay become a huge part of your life and this news is very upsetting. I am wondering if anybody has had a Doodle with this disease and how he/she has responded to this form of treatment.

Thank you for any insight that you might…