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rescue shelters

I am sorry for all the questions. I am trying to get as much info as possible.

How do you feel about doodle rescues? Good/bad....

I am not sure how I feel about it because I have young children. If I didn't have young children this is something I would totally do.

Thanks in advance for your advice! :)

Added by Samantha Yagnisis on May 29, 2010 at 8:37pm — 15 Comments

Justice For Dublin!!!!!!!

Crafton police make an arrest in Labradoodle's hit-and-run

Saturday, May 29, 2010

By Linda Wilson Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

There is…

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Added by Adrianne Matzkin on May 29, 2010 at 10:30am — 14 Comments

Sad to report another doodle with cancer - message from THE DOODLE MESSENGER

From the board of Doodle Messenger:

This family and their Bailey need Doodle owners to step up with donations, no matter how small, to the Primary Oncologist. Bailey's chemotherapy treatments for Lymphoma began the evening of the day the owners were told by their Veterinarian the diagnosis.

Below Bailey's story, submitted by a friend of the family and added to when we contacted the owner, is general information on Lymphoma, and links to other sources of information on the… Continue

Added by Karan Johnson on May 29, 2010 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

Finally.

So I finally have the guts to come on here and share w/ everyone that I had to find Twinkie (Kava) a new home. At the time the schedules that my husband and I had to work just weren't giving her the time and attention she needed. Twinkie is now w/ her new people Jammie and Emerson in Portland OR. I couldn't have found better parents for her. They did change her name to Kava, and it suits her well. We keep in touch and Jammie forwarded me pictures of Kava. She is in Montana for the summer w/…

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Added by Katie and Twinkie! on May 28, 2010 at 9:15pm — 9 Comments

Ugh.... what a morning...

Hi Doods... it's Shelby!

I haven't posted in a few days, but thought I would today because it might make me feel better hearing from you all. Feel better?!? you say... yes, it's true - I am feeling icky this morning! I am not sure what happened and neither is my human mom, but I woke up early 4:30am and have thrown up several times today. My mom is taking good care of me... she even called work and is working from home so she can watch me... I guess that is one of the nice…

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Added by Christine & Shelby on May 28, 2010 at 9:25am — 14 Comments

Dog Pack Attacks Gator In Florida

Dog Pack Attacks Gator In Florida

See the remarkable photograph below courtesy of Nature…

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Added by Denise & Hunter!!! on May 28, 2010 at 5:50am — 10 Comments

The Disaster

I take pride in staying on top of Darwin's grooming. Every single night, without fail, I do a complete line brushing. This has allowed him to be mostly matt free as he is going through his coat change. Whether or not we had hit the "bad stage" I don't know. I just know that I made a goal to not have to shave him because of grooming negligence.

Well, I kept that promise to myself. He WAS matt free...But I shaved him anyways. Two reasons.

1: He was…

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Added by Camilla and Darwin on May 27, 2010 at 7:09pm — 44 Comments

I Guess I Must Be Crazy!

They say when you keep doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result, you're probably "crazy". Well, I think I fall into that category. We're celebrating another holiday, and what do I do whenever there's a holiday....yup, "dress up" the Doods. And how has that been working for me? You're right....NOT. So, here we are at Memorial Day Weekend. I kept the "pinking scissors" in the bag this time....no bandannas. I decided on a different approach. Old Navy had some… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on May 27, 2010 at 6:24am — 20 Comments

Pumpkin Shortage....fyi

Due to poor weather conditions last fall, our pumpkin harvest was smaller than we expected. This is why you may be having difficulty finding Libby’s Pumpkin (pure pumpkin NOT pie filling). Unfortunately, we will continue to be in short supply until our next harvest in the fall.

Early in the harvest last year, it looked like we would have plenty of pumpkin, but Mother Nature had other plans for us. The heavy rains throughout the harvest have made it nearly impossible to pick…

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Added by Yvonne N on May 26, 2010 at 7:15am — 10 Comments

Another Rusty Update!

I did not realize that it has been a couple of months since I have updated Rusty's cancer. Here are my chronicle posts for the past couple of months.

Thursday, March 25th

Our lives have returned to some normalcy over the past few weeks; we are adjusting to Rusty’s treatment schedule and needs while catching up on all of the things that we pushed off the first four weeks of Rusty’s ordeal. Rusty continues to improve daily and amazes everyone how well he gets along on three legs.… Continue

Added by Chuck Holliman on May 25, 2010 at 9:00pm — 17 Comments

A sad track

A friend of mine called and said her kitten had gone missing. I offered to bring Lilo over to see if she could track down the cat - after all her training, here was finally a worthy and real life mission (her 2nd only - the first one involved tracking a missing person on our mountain, which led to nothing). We arrived at my friend's house and I put Lilo's tracking harness on. She sniffed some cat toys and went straight to work. Out the door, down the street, across a neighbor's yard, back and… Continue

Added by Eva (Lilo and Rocky) on May 25, 2010 at 8:56pm — 17 Comments

Long Weekend - Cottage Puppy Madness

Gavin weathered his first long weekend at the cottage. He shall sleep for the next three days I am sure! A continuous parade of new people, dogs, woodland animals, birds, new rules and of course the water! We had a couple of mishaps: he was tethered on the back deck and broke his collar in order to visit a Shepard mix puppy that was next door; he also broke through his electronic…

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Added by BG and Gavin on May 25, 2010 at 4:30pm — 8 Comments

Guilt!

Last night, Callie had a play date with her yellow lab bestie, Maisy. They had a wonderful time but went through a bunch of underbrush in search of the perfect stick (turns out that there is more than one perfect stick). Once we got home, I got out the brush to try to restore some order to Callie's coat and to remove the grass and debris and approximately nine billion burrs (ok, maybe not nine billion...I stopped counting after I got to 200). While I was brushing, petting, and just loving on… Continue

Added by Frannie & Callie on May 25, 2010 at 7:40am — 11 Comments

Waterers

I found the attachments that allow you to convert a soda bottle for dogs to "lick" from the bottle at bed and bath today for just under $7. I haven't tried it yet but it should work I think and then you wouldn't need to carry a bowl.

http://www.vkrpets.com/pet%20top.html

Added by F, Calla & Luca on May 24, 2010 at 9:30pm — 10 Comments

It's official - Cooper is a Canine Good Citizen and we have the certificate to prove it!

Cooper's Canine Good Citizen Certificate came today! We were so excited we had to share! He is one proud pooch!

Added by Christina and Cooper plus Benny on May 24, 2010 at 8:55pm — 16 Comments

I've heard of a paw bath.... but not this!

Thank you all for the positive feedback on my first blog post. I got such positive feedback that I thought I would try another. I think I mentioned last time that my human mom (Christine) has enrolled me (us) in the AKC Star Puppy class. We had class tonight and it was a lot of fun. When I first started "school" - that is what she calls it - I was a spaz and just wanted to play with everyone. Well, now I wow my mom with my focus while I am in class. I do have a weak spot for my BFF in class…

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Added by Christine & Shelby on May 24, 2010 at 8:38pm — 17 Comments

Looks Like It's Our Turn...

Well, took Tori for her yearly check-up and vaccinations...and it seems that she had a fever - a pretty high one the doctor said.. 103.9. She has been sort of mopey the last few 4 days or so... but then would play, romp, etc. Her eating habits are not as good, but I just contributed that to possible habit change now that she's 2. But.. I should have trusted my 'gut' feeling that said something was just not right. I do notice that the last couple of weeks she has been - shall we say- more… Continue

Added by shelly on May 24, 2010 at 5:11pm — 19 Comments

Haircut and coat change but still A-Doodle-ble:)

So here's a couple of pictures of Duncan yesterday (at an outdoor pet-friendly bar mind you.) before his grooming and one from today after he was "coiffed"....Both his groomer and I have noticed that it seems his adult coat is coming in much woolier/curlier in some areas. Especially the back of his head and neck.

It's amazing how cute he looks both with the shaggy dreads and the puff ball coiff.

He's just about a year and a half so i realize that the puppy coat…

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Added by Sally on May 24, 2010 at 12:44pm — 13 Comments

DOODLE MESSENGER

The Doodle Messenger (http://doodlemessenger.webs.com)has added updates on our sick Doodles from their owners. Updates are also available on two lost Doodles: Coal and Charlie; and two new Doodles

have been added to those lost. Please look closely at the lost Doods in

case one is near you. A second column by Dr. Alice Villalobos and an

update on Rusty by his Dad, Chuck…

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Added by Karan Johnson on May 23, 2010 at 8:56am — 1 Comment