Ann's Blog – November 2009 Archive (7)

I think my doodle just totally forgot I was at the other end of the leash and I almost killed myself!! I took Samson out to go pee. He thinks he saw a bird and shot out, I slipped in the mud (it's raining, otherwise, I would not have fallen) and he dragged me a few feet before he stopped.



I must have looked like an idiot!!! I was full of mud.



I was NOT happy. But, everything went into the wash.



What do I do to stop this behavior? He has done this the past week,… Continue

Thanks you guys, who responded to my last blog!!! I feel soooooooooooo much better knowing I'm not the only one who has a doodle that is sometimes CRAZY!! And drives ME crazy! It has been better these past days. My husband really helped too! I also, the past two days, have let Samson out on my enclosed deck with some toys for an hour out of the house, where I check on him every few minutes and I can do some housework or vacuum or something without him right next to me!!



I don't have… Continue

Has anyone else gotten this??? I am in a funk right now and can't get out! I've fallen and I can't get up! I don't know if anyone else feels this way sometimes, but I get sad over the independence I've lost. I sometimes think I was too fast in getting another puppy so soon after Odie died.

Maybe I should have waited a year or two.

I'm tired and I know puppy hood comes only once and this will pass.

Today, it was 18 degrees above normal. It was 71 degrees out! Great! Lots of "house" work to be done in weather like this! So, Jerome and I proceeded to each do some work. He likes the outdoor work, I like the indoor work. He cleaned the gutters and blew leaves and mowed the lawn. I cleaned windows and the marble bay window and marble under my indoor stove. Vacuumed the walls and ceilings in the house and dusted.



After cleaning the gutters, Samson was allowed out on the deck. Okay!… Continue

Yes, it's Friday...and the 13th. This morning, we had a doodle that was standing there, looking at you, chewing away! What do you have Samson?? And then, zoom off. What do you have??? ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM...help!! Jerome, get in here so we can corner him....



Ah, thank goodness, just a piece of paper!!! Sigh...



Just the other day, I had a stained glass ornament stuck on the glass of my sliding doors. The ornament fell and broke. I could not repair it so, I put it away in the… Continue

So...today, it was 70 degrees!! Wow, it was beautiful! Unfortunately, I had to work today from 10 am to 4 pm. I call it "Boring Town" because right now, the camp is closed and I have to FIND work to do. Or, I search around on the internet a little. I do a lot of paper work during this time....catching up on all the files.



At 12:30 pm, Jerome came in to the office so I could go and feed Samson lunch and have him do his business. Uh oh, yes, I work with my husband. It works out well,… Continue

I'm new to this site and I'm new to this breed, the Labradoodle. My journey into this world began a few months ago, after my Chocolate Lab, Odie passed away from diabetes. We had him from a puppy and he was 12 years old. It was my first dog that I had to put to sleep. I went, thinking nothing. The experience hit me like a ton of bricks. I cried my eyes out and to this day, when I think about it, I get upset. I never knew it could be so traumatic. Needless to say, I was NOT going to get another… Continue