Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()'s Blog – December 2010 Archive (6)

I bought a new full length mirror today and Miss Nosey aka Bella, has sniffed, pawed, licked and nosed this for the past hour. She is fixated on the "puppy" that I just added to her pack and is trying so hard to get her to play with her,…

So hard to believe he is 2 already. He is such a joy. He's had a day filled with hugs and belly rubs and bully sticks and a HUGE bone. He spent hours chewing away. Dad found a really cool gift at the sporting good store. It's a bird used to train hunting dogs.  He loves it!!!  Just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my #1 doodle.   (oops, sideways :) …

Murphy is just lounging near the hall, waiting for his dad to come back in from the garage. He lifts his head as Bella walks by, then lays back down. "Oh, it's you". "I'm waiting for MY dad, go find some tissue or socks or whatever it is you DO"

 Bella pounces on his back and the "play" wrestling begins. Murphy looks at me with a look of "REALLY Mom!" "WHY did you do this to me?"…

We had our daughters doodle Marley for 4 days and that makes 3 doodles running around. Marley is almost 3 yrs old and about 80 pds, Murphy is 2 next week and 66 pds and Bella the baby is 5 months old and about 40 pds. They all play very well together, but there is a lot of wrestling and play biting going on all day. They all love to be around me when I'm home so I was having to watch where I walked constantly. It surprised me how much more commotion one more doodle in the house…

I am embarassed to say I have the Wellness Plan at Banfield, long story having to do with ear infections and it has probably really saved me about $1500.00 in the last year with all the visits for chronic problems, but it is a chain and some people have had good and some bad experiences with them. Mine were ok, nothing terribly wrong or wonderfully exemplary either. They believe in Science Diet, see no way I could possibly be giving my dogs sufficient nutrients with homecooking or people…

Bella's shots are finished and her incision from her spaying is healed, so we all went to the dog park today for the first time. DH, Murphy, Bella and I walked over, about 1/2 mile or so, and as we got closer she started to notice all the dogs and got so excited. She decided to show everyone how big she was by barking at a huge mastif. He wasn't the least bit phased by her little white fluffy self.

We took her in on her leash, let her get a feel for all the new sights and smells and…