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Wow, she sure settled in quickly. Ember is an absolute delight to me and everyone who meets her (and she knows it!). 

After our first week with some weird digestion issues, all has cleared up and she is happy as can be. All looks good at the vet and she also got her 2nd set of shots. She was such a trooper while I managed to contain my anxiety at the sight of the needles. 

Highlights:

- We started a puppy class at a local doggie daycare/boarding…

It's been an interesting week, to say the least. Murphy's biopsy came back positive for melanoma, confirmed by the vet school, and he will have radiation in the near future. He had surgery to remove what I hope is a hemangioma on his ankle Wednesday. We are waiting on those results.I am having trouble with him chewing the sutures out. Any suggestions appreciated.

The DSs and girlfriends flew in on Friday. By Saturday morning, we were flooded in with the water rising. (Quite a…

Just hanging out today enjoying a chance to read my US Weekly and a cup of coffee while Zoey took a snooze and the phone rings.  My BFF is on the line saying that she is out this way running errands and wanted to know if she could come by for a little bit. Sure...of course.  What she did not tell me was that she had her two little ones with her (5 and 2 1/2 yrs. old).  Zoey has had no experience yet around little kids.  My niece and nephew were around when she first came home, but they are…

We have a fabulous dog park here in Jax.  It is 42 acres of fenced in areas that are seperated into play areas for small dogs, senior dogs, kids and dogs, agility nature trails and then the mack daddy area with walking trails and open play areas with a pond.

I was really apprehensive about taking Bailey to the park because of some of the horror stories I have heard about dog parks.  But I thought I would at least give it a good try.  We started off meeting the nicest couple…

Lily & I attended a fund raiser for a local adoption center today.  "Doggie Paddle Pool Party" was a great success!  Lots of dogs, all shapes & sizes.  Availabe for use was an olympic size pool, 3ft kiddie pool, 1ft kiddie pool and a sprinkle park.

This was Lily's first experience in acutally having an opportunity to swim  where she couldn't touch bottom.  She didn't like it much.  We spent most of our time in the 1ft pool and the sprinkle park.  She loved the water slide in…

So here is the updated story on our attempt at life with two doodles...

Our first doodle was brought home at 4 months of age...

sort of a second-hand / wouldn't sell right away pup from a breeder.  He is a medium ALD.  We got him Feb 2010.  One year later I was so enjoying this whole dog owning adventure that I really liked the idea of a second…

Perry is now 4 1/2 months and this morning was attacked by burrs.  He's had the random burr every once in a while that we were able to get out, but now he has hundreds.  They are around his face, around his eyes, in between his pads, the poor guy.

Brian and I worked on it for an hour and have finally relented.  He's going to a groomer in a half hour.  To get shaved.  We've been careful with brushing and getting him used to it and now his first experience at the groomer is…

 

On a sunny September day 10 years ago, I was at work going about the day just like any other when I passed by a patient,s room to see everyone gathered around the television with looks of horror on their face. I joined them and watched a plane fly in to the first of the Twin Towers. I could not believe what I was seeing and thought what a terrible, terrible accident, but within minutes my sense of horror was multiplied beyond belief as another plane flew into the second tower. It…

I saw a 2” scab on Hercules’ chest and small ones on his back. Diagnosis: staph infection. So, now he has raw boo-boos and is taking 10 pills/day (instead of 6). After returning home from the vet, I put puppy Zeus in the bathroom, went to school, came back home and Zeus had chewed up my brand new bathroom window blinds. How he got his teeth clamped onto anything that's 51" from the floor is beyond me. The joys of Doodle puppyhood, lol!

Bocker the Labradoodle has added author to his credits with the release of his first book, Chasing Bocker's Tale...available as a hardcover, numbered and pawtographed special edition through his website: http://www.bocker.tv/bockerstale.htm

Book is also available as eBook on iTunes, Amazon and everywhere worldwide. 

With his over 7000 Facebook friends and his motto of always Lending a Helping Paw, Bocker is one busy…

Ok folks, are you ready? Now, let me just say first - Huskins is not a doodle of any kind! I know, I know, this is shocking! Yes, that's right, ABSOLUTELY NO POODLE! I am still in disbelief! I never questioned that there was something other than poodle. He just looks like he has it in him somewhere.

 Anyway, I think one of the breeds detected in Huskins is pretty obvious. Many of you had already guessed correctly. The second, I actually suspicioned here  just lately. I am totally…

After three weeks of a poor appetite and the blahs, Lyric is gearing up for the whelping on October 1--she is ALWAYS hungry now and is feeling much better, although still sleeping a lot. She seems so big to me already that I did a few comparisons to her photos from Litter one. She is much bigger this time--but I don't know if that means she has more puppies (she had 6 last time) or is just "stretched out" from the first litter. Here are some comparisons:

Lyric at 7 weeks with first…

Here in Pennsylvania it has been raining non-stop since Friday.  I don’t mean look at the lovely sprinkles kind of rain either, but torrential downpours.

Yesterday, I woke up to water in the basement and spent the next couple of hours mopping up the water, moving stuff around, and cleaning downspouts. I might have also called my husband at…

Today was a strange day. First day of school for kids and my doodles really gave me something to blog about. Allthough it wasn't funny at the time, later I found myself smiling and chuckling the rest of the afternoon Check out their blog at www.groovygoldendoodles.com Please let me know if you could relate.

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Good grief, more miserable weather headed our way.  We braced for the earthquake and the hurricane the past week.  And lo and behold here we go again.  It has been raining steadily since ......I dunno, sometime Monday.  By early morning at my home we have had at least 9 inches of…