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How can 5 years go by soooooo fast?????? I have never had a dog more intelligent, alert and watchful as Buddy. If he is bored, he steals something to wag in front of your face. If he sees Kona on my lap in the Lazy Boy, he has now come to take his turn, and he won't be satisfied with just a half a lap. The foot rest goes out and he is full on LOL (I need to get hubby to get a picture of that…

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It is Kona Babona's 3rd Birthday! We are so lucky to have her come into our lives. She is sweet, sassy, loving, and kooky all rolled up into one sweet Doodle. She adores her Daddy, she is a love bug and wonderful companion to her Mommy, and a best friend and pest to her brother Buddy. We could not have hoped for a more wonderful puppy to join our family. Thanks to Kona, I have made the most…

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My Vegas desert dogs finally got a chance to play in real snow! We drove up to Mt Charleston and had a ball. We were supposed to go as a little group, but somehow got seperated. We had a great time anyways, we will have to try the group thing again :) I need to play a little with the camera, as some pics of the dogs themselves were a little dark, maybe due to the reflection of the snow. Buddy also had a habit of plopping down in the shade......… Continue

I adore my new DSLR camera !!! I haven't gotten into the do it yourself mode yet. Trying out all the bells and whistles using the dials and scene mode has been lot's of fun. What a huge difference I am noticing in my close ups of the doods, plus the indoor shots don't have red or white eye anymore..... I usually don't do too many pics indoors, but now I won't be afraid if trying to capture some of those cute and not so cute things they do inside… Continue

We had such a great time meeting our California friends and making new ones on Saturday at the Arbor Park monthly romp :) We look forward to driving down for many more, and hopefully caravaning with a few more of our friends here in Vegas! What a surprise to see our Vegas friend and her doodle Rosie and Sophie show up as they were on vacation in the area..... That is the great networking and info power of DK!



Hope to see everyone again soon,

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I hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas vacation as we have! Thank you all you SoCal doodlers that met up at the Laguna Canyon Dog Park while we were in town. It was a great time and a great turn out, we met so many new friends that we can't wait to come back and do it all again. Thanks Nancy for putting the event together and all the great pics you captured, since my camera's battery went, you really were a life saver.



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Our family would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Wonderful New Year.



It is hard to believe that another year is almost over. They seem to go by faster and faster, I guess it's because I am not twenty something and getting older and older :) It seems only yesterday Buddy was an only dog and a bratty puppy at that, but we celebrated his 4th birthday and my little Kona's second birthday already this… Continue

This weekend, Eva, Willow, Kona and I joined a class at the University, it was for dog yoga. I didn't know it was going to be yoga :o I thought it was going to be like the class I took a couple of years ago with Buddy that taught us how to relieve stress, arthritic joint pain, and develop bonding with our dogs. We had a couple of play breaks as you can see in the pics, and then Kona and Willow decided halfway through the 3 1/2 hour class that… Continue

We had an awesome time at the end of season pool closing this year. It was a little hot, but that saved us from having dripping dogs in the car :) My boy Bud took two years to warm up to the idea of stepping into water on his own. Now I can't keep him out of puddles......



Little miss Kona has not yet warmed up to the idea of swimming. She still keeps more to the edges, but started to move more and more into the water as her friends… Continue

Happy Birthday to my Buddy Boy!!!! He was born August 10th four years ago, and what a lucky family we are to have such a great pup added to it.



He was a very big challenge for me, I had never raised a puppy before, and what a head strong, nippy, unsociable boy he started out as! 8 weeks old and didn't want to be petted, picked up, kissed on, or brushed. He ate stucco, carpet, drywall, and baseboards, he also bit hands, pant legs,… Continue

Mommy is Baaaad, and this is a belated Birthday announcement for my Kona girl! It is so hard for me to believe that she turned two years old on July 3rd. I couldn' think of life without her, but it seems like she just got here not that long ago....... She is my hubby's little girl, Buddy's special friend and sister, and my little lovey cuddler. Such a sweet, but tough girl, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE CHUNKY MONKEY, BROWN BEAR, TOOTSIE ROLL, HOT… Continue

We are home, unfortunately...... Santa Barbara was fantasticly cool and refreshing. We walked to the park everyday, and had fun on the beach too. Buddy loves to run in the Ocean, and Kona had fun rolling on and dragging every dead bird and animal she could find on the beach (YUCK). I knew we were in trouble when the Turkey Vultures were swirling around, Kona just followed the birds for a nice smelly treat :)



We were visiting my Aunt and she has two Australian Sheppards and they all… Continue

We all had a wonderful Easter weekend. Kona and I competed for her first Rally Novice title on Saturday and we earned it :) She got a score of 89 and we placed 4th out of 13 entrants. I moved her up to Advanced on Sunday and we got our first leg there with a 79 score. The judges were tough but fair, and the grass was sooo tempting to ALL the dogs. On her Advanced run, she had her first jump, and it was her first time off leash, what a good girl. There were more Non Qualifying dog runs at this… Continue

California was fun last weekend :) Nancy and her family came out on Sunday to watch all the dogs and stayed long enough to see Buddy and I compete. Wish you would have been there Saturday, we did so much better :o

Nancy sent me the pictures that are attached!



Saturday was so great, we ended up with a 96 score and first place with a big blue rosette to add to our collection of mounting ribbons. There was a lady with a beautiful gray standard poodle that came in second and she… Continue

My little girl did absolutely Fantastic this last weekend at her first Rally competition :) It was wet and rainy, but she scored a 97 out of 100 on Saturday and ended up in Second place! On Sunday the sky's cleared but the ground was really soggy, she ended up with a score of 99 out of 100 for Fourth place and I was so proud!



Buddy, on the other had, got so excited on Saturday with all the rain that he had no focus what so ever! We did make it through the course, but I thought for… Continue

So, Buddy and Mom had their first Rally competion this last Friday. It was only a fun match so didn't count towards a title or anything, but they score you and give ribbons as if it were. I am so happy to announce that they took first place in Novice class with a score of 96 out of 100! Whoopeeee!!



I am proud of them both even though I didn't get to go, or compete :( Mommy has registration in for me, so we will hopefully be able to compete soon. Their first real competion will be in… Continue