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Our little Chloe has been a very independant doodle ever since we brought her home..way more than our other dogs (Goldens & Labs) have ever been. She absolutely loves to be outside, and chooses to play & sleep outside a good part of the time, except at bedtime, when she stays behind a "doggy gate" in her bed in our master bath. I have to make her come in to get her in bed.

Now let me explain.. We live in Las Vegas, and have a fenced back yard which has nothing but landscape…

I could not be more embarrassed.  Today an old colleague and friend of mine who I have not seen in several years, made the trek to our fine city to visit.  I was not sure if she was a dog person or not, but now she most likely is not!  Gavin was his usual good-natured self upon greeting, but once we sat down to visit he decided to put on a little show.  You see she was clearly not showing him the attention he deserved.  So first he came out with a chew stick and placed it at her feet.  Next…

Baby Wilson was neutered today...hard to believe he will be six months old next week.

I waited until this morning to tell him where he was going today as I didn't want him to worry his little doodle head about it.  So I woke up early and told him all about what would happen today and all he wanted to know was why he didn't get to eat breakfast.

On the way to the vet I realized this would be the first time I had ever taken Wilson anywhere and left him...so I worried about it all…

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Okay, if you look in the forum, you will see I have posted a doodle joke contest. The rules were: Attatch a pic of your doodle, and then tell a funny joke. You could have one in one of two categories: Cuteness of doodle, or funniness of joke.  I promised the winners that I would attatch a blog post entirely on their behalf. They deserve the fame and glory! The winner of the photo contest was Donna K. and Quincy! Their picture was of her labra/golden doodle with snow on his/her cute, furry…

A little over a year ago I had abandoned my hopes for a high flying jet-setting career, having discovered that I am much more comfortable at home, and so decided to nest a little, by taking in some furry babies. Well, wouldn't you know that this is when my career starts to pick up?

I am being sent off to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a week of training and there are a few more trips in the new year being planned to much more exotic and far away places. After my last ordeal of being sent…

Years ago, when our girls were very young, my husband started the tradition of buying them one special book for Christmas.  He has always been an avid reader and cannot go more than one day without a book. I love to read too, but our book choices are very different. When our girls were in elementary school, part of their curriculum was to read or be read to every night. The parents were supposed to sign a worksheet that the reading was done. I am not trying to start a big debate,…

Tonight I have a heavy heart, my family dog Yoshi crossed the rainbow bridge after a wonderful full 18.5 years of life.

I think the best place to honour her memory is here - where I am among people who understand how much I loved her.

She was our first and only family dog.  To me she was my friend, my constant companion, my shadow.  We used to call her "velcro dog", because wherever we were... she was there.  She helped me through many hard times with her calming…

How fun...so glad I did this.  The doodle cards are starting to arrive.  mine will go out this weekend!!!

Roo and Tigger asked me to write this on DK for them in case Santa checks here for their Christmas gift list

They are both zonked out in bed from helping with all the Christmas decorating and tree trimming - or untrimming as I apparently placed some of the ornaments incorrectly, so they removed them to let me try again and do a better job.

So here is their Christmas list:

Twelve Zogoflex bones

Eleven juicy burgers

Ten tissue boxes (full…

My holiday thing: Every time I walk past a Salvation Army via the bell and bucket, Pull the money out of my wallet!! If I am so lucky to shop and be out and about, I am compelled to pull out at least $5 and put it in the pot! Every single time, if I pass a bell ringer 5 times in one day, I have to pull out my wallet. I hope that you can join me in this quest, 50 cents, one dollar, 5 dollars or more, EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU WALK BY A SALVATION ARMY REQUEST, THEY ARE THE BEST!! Well, of course…

Me to Boca whining in her crate: BE QUIET BOCA!

2 y.o. Natalie: You telling Boca to be quiet?

Me: Yes, she's whining too loud.

Natalie: Tell me to be quiet, Mommy.

Me, softly: Be quiet, Natalie.

Natalie: I'm not a dog, Mommy. I'm a goil [girl]!

DH finally got home last night and it had been almost 2 weeks since we had seen him.  The doods went crazy - all tail wagging and bringing him their toys as a welcome.  I had warned dh that Stuart had totally matured from a puppy look and that he no longer even slept on our bed.  So this morning on our 3 mile jaunt through the neighborhood and marsh - dh says "Stuart looks like a real rag a muffin". …

Winston has been my #1 guy for two months now. It did not take Winston long to settle in and start showing me his real personality. You all know that I love every little bit of him, and it seems, each day I love him a little more ...

BUT, you can't look at that mischievous face and not admit that Winston has some serious character flaws ...

Mainly, he is…

A couple of months ago I planted Brussels Sprouts in the garden. A few days later I noticed that 1 plant was missing. A few days after that two more plants weren't in the row. I did find one plant and replanted it.

It occurred to me that the crows who were messing around under the large pecan tree next to the garden must be the culprits. I was on my way to town when this thought…

Rusty had his November monthly follow-up visit with Dr. Macy on Wednesday; Dr. Macy had decided last month to do more extensive tests on his liver this visit, as the test results have continued to decline over the past several months. Rusty has also continued to lose weight, even with the increase in his meals, which was a concern to Dr. Macy. Rusty had to fast before we took him in for the first round of tests; after his blood was drawn we took Rusty home and fed him double rations to get…

What an amazing week it has been.  It started last Saturday after Lacey and I came back from our morning run.  DH was sitting on the couch enjoying his Saturday morning coffee when Lace trots into the room and hops on the couch with him.  Granted she made sure that she did not face him or look at him, but she quietly inched her way over to him so her back end was snuggled up against DH and he could give her scratches.  I was absolutely amazed as she has never done this before.  Even though…

This morning we almost had the scare of a lifetime when we heard barking coming from outside our front door!  Apparently Sgt. Pepper got out of the backyard and wanted to get back into the house!

Somehow the gate had not shut properly.  Just wanted to share, at this time of the year, especially when we are so busy, we should not overlook simple things, especially when it comes to the safety of our fur kids.

We made it to six months. It seems like forever till we got her and now she has big girl teeth, goes potty outside all.the.time. and knows the word NO and un un un. She can sit, down and stay..thanks to her other mother Dori of Dori and Rua.

I dont think much has changed from last month to this month other than the biting has really slowed down. Thank you baby Jesus. She know what she shouldn't have and when she is lucky enough to score a no-no she runs like the devil is chaising her-…

Wow, what a fun day we had here.  We are getting our first snow of the year and we already have about 5 inches (even for Michigan that is not normal this time of year). 

This is the first snow since we have adopted our 2 doodles (Fozzie in April and Ember in October).  I think Fozzie has been around Michigan winters before and I think Ember has seen snow but not as much…