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Unplanned Doodle Romp

It is a beautiful sunny day today so we decided to take advantage of the weather and go to our local park. Seems it was family fun day at the park there were dogs and people everywhere. Quincy was wearing his boots to keep those feet from getting too dirty and for some reason everyone thought this was really amusing. We decided to sneak off to the tennis court for a little off leash time and a game of fetch. We were soon joined by two other dogs, a… Continue

Added by Donna K & Quincy on March 14, 2010 at 1:46pm — 3 Comments

Puppy School Is Very Boring Mommy!

Well we're back from Puppy Obedience. It was actually pretty funny. Murphy slept at my feet through most of it. In his class there are two boxers (litter mates), a Golden, a Shitzu, a German Shepherd, and some sort of Lab mix. These puppies were wild and crazy (barking, jumping, nipping and peeing - just the way puppies should act). Murphy was having nothing to do with all of this. At one point the instructor called him into the group, he went and played for a couple of minutes, and then back… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on March 14, 2010 at 12:02pm — 8 Comments

Abel's First Day of School

Today we took Abel to his first day of beginner training at Petsmart. I wasn't planning on taking him to Petsmart cause I really don't know how good they are but I talked to the trainer and the hours worked the best for us. Plus, Abel is a pretty good puppy (well he is nine months old now), and we just need to work on him controlling himself in excited situations. He will listen to us when the mood is right but add anything into the mix and he lets his curiosity and excitement take…

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Added by Colleen & Abel on March 13, 2010 at 6:45pm — 5 Comments

lookalike

Camilla & Darwin: My new puppy, Golda, looks exactly like yours. She is a shelter dog, supposedly half golden retriever, half terrier but everyone who sees her says she's a goldendoodle. Now I'm becoming convinced.

Added by Alice Karen on March 13, 2010 at 5:36pm — 2 Comments

No More "Company Manners"...I'm part of the family now!

Well tomorrow it will be one week since we brought our Murphy home. I'm not sure how to even describe this week. The first several days our Murph was "Mr. Perfect". I know Guinness thought he was a real "goody goody". Guinness loved to lead him astray, and then when the puppy did do something wrong, Guinness would bark to tell me. He showed him where all the wastebaskets were, and when Murph took something out Guinness would bark like crazy (and he doesn't bark). Tonight while I was on DK, they… Continue

Added by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on March 13, 2010 at 5:13pm — 14 Comments

Three Doods Tree Service

Poe, Talullah and Clyde inspect the tree that fell and missed our house by a few feet. If only I could send them out there with a chainsaw to clean up the mess!

Added by Patty on March 13, 2010 at 1:34pm — 12 Comments

major attidood

The other night at his obedience class Moose refused to do a down. He has known down since he was fairly young and did probably 20 downs right before class. After a few minutes of fighting with my strong willed pup, I took him outside to walk so that we could both cool down. He did 3 downs in the grass for me with no problem. We went back inside and tried again... to no avail. Then I started to wonder. Does my pampered pooch simply prefer softer surfaces on which to do a down? Could the hard… Continue

Added by Julie and Moose on March 13, 2010 at 12:44pm — 12 Comments

petsmart

7 years ago, I got my poodle puupy at a rescue clinic at petsmart. he came out of a carton of puppies covered in their own ___. petsmart gave him a free grooming, putting him ahead of all the other dogs, so I would not have to take him home dirty. I was so impressed. I also thought I would share that info when it was relevant.

Alice

Added by Alice Karen on March 13, 2010 at 7:25am — 6 Comments

A New Day

Sort of a rough night last night. Sophie was restless. She only drank if I held ice cubes for her. But today with the sunshine she is much better. Up and about, ate a little breakfast and just a tiny drink. I would like for her to drink more but she isn't very interested.

Her incision looks good but I was surprised by how large an area they had to shave on her tummy. They also shaved a spot on her leg for the IV catheter. That little spot seems to be aggravating her the most.…

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Added by Valarie on March 13, 2010 at 7:19am — 7 Comments

Happy Anniversary, Fudge!

One year ago today, on Friday the 13th, my daughter and I picked up Fudge, our new puppy. We drove 600 miles back to PA with her and she was perfect. She still loves the car! This was one of the best decisions I ever made and came after losing two older dogs. I stated loudly many times, "NO MORE DOGS", but I couldn't stop myself from looking online for what was out there. The looking became more intense and my family was placing bets on how long it would be until we had another dog. What a… Continue

Added by Laurie, Fudge, and Vern on March 13, 2010 at 7:06am — 15 Comments

Photos of Wilbur Foster Doodle

These are all post grooming... (they may be a little blurry - I took them all with my phone)

Wilbur saying "if Callie can sit on the sofa, I can too!"…

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Added by Frannie & Callie on March 13, 2010 at 6:31am — 18 Comments

Groomer advice!

So, I have a friend (a camper in our campground) who does grooming and does it out of her home. She does a fantastic job on Samson. He had his 3rd visit on Thursday and when I went to pick him up, she told me, "as a friend, I want to let you know that you must take this dog to obedience classes". Well.....I feel bad, I have not done this yet. Samson is 9 months old and I have been doing it "myself". I took my chocolate lab to obedience classes (that was 11 years ago) and I was… Continue

Added by Ann on March 13, 2010 at 6:24am — 10 Comments

Beautiful photos and common Dood traits

There are some really great pictures in this week's athletic Doods. Great photographers on DK.

I am amazed at all the common Dood traits when I look at these photos. I live just outside of New Orleans and we don't have a lot of Doods down here. Traits that I thought were "just goofball Murph" I see over and over in your photos. The huge mouth with the gigantic teeth. Flying through the air to catch a ball or frisbee...but mostly just loving to fly. Leaping into the…

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Added by Linda and Murphy on March 12, 2010 at 11:31pm — 1 Comment

I found an affordable, cute, AND masculine dog collar!

I have been wanting to upgrade Darwin's old nylon collar to a nice leather one for quite some time. I did a lot of searching but all I could find was boring brown and black ones. This would be fine... but I really wanted something more exciting. So I looked harder. In my search, I found this collar which I absolutely loved.

It's perfect! Bright, fun, leather... and 200 dollars. 200 DOLLARS! Yeah, that is outrageous.

So I searched… Continue

Added by Camilla and Darwin on March 12, 2010 at 10:30pm — 14 Comments

Poor Sophie

Poor Sophie had surgery today. She went in at 8:30 this morning and was ready to come home at 1:00. She had pre-anesthetic bloodwork, her nails trimmed, microchipped and the spaying. Everything went smoothly. Her incision had a tiny bit of bleeding but looks really good. She is still really groggy right now! Not interested in eating but drinking a little with encouragement. Poor baby. She is still so good natured and sweet. She always hangs with us in the family room or follows me from room…

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Added by Valarie on March 12, 2010 at 6:14pm — 11 Comments

Update #3 on Wilbur Foster Doodle (it's long, I'm sorry)

(mostly) Good news abounds with the Wilbert. First - he responded to neither "Wilbur" or "Orville", so I have offically decided to go with Wilbur. He has no secondary skin infections that require treating. The groomer (the Pet Gallery in Atlanta - oh how I love them!) did a WONDERFUL job grooming him. They said he was a super sweet boy (which he is). They were able to work through some of the hair on his head, so he looks very poodle-ish right now, but his body is cut to the skin (the hair…

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Added by Frannie & Callie on March 12, 2010 at 3:53pm — 11 Comments

Not OnlyDaylight Savings Time But

Luca will be 2 on Sunday. It seems like yesterday that I picked him up at the airport and yet it is also forever. He is my wise listener, faithful companion and an occasional PITA. I don't know what life would be like without him and Calla anymore. It's wonderful to have them and a place like DK where people understand how I feel. I hope the sun shines for him on his birthday since it looks like we'll have rain til then.

Arrival 10 weeks…

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Added by F, Calla & Luca on March 12, 2010 at 3:50pm — 26 Comments

Have You Ever Wondered About My Foster Lacey?

Many of you have asked recently if I have ever heard from Lacey? Is she doing okay? Do I ever hear from her?

Last October she was seen tied to a tree for several days at an abandon house in a bad part of town.

The little girl I named Lacey in the parking lot of the dog pound back in October because her hair was so pretty and her eyes were so brittle and sad. The crouched down dog who I thought was a medium because she could not… Continue

Added by Joanne ~ Spud* on March 12, 2010 at 1:00pm — 23 Comments

Some Things are just Meant To Be!

This morning as I was worrying about my Therapy Dog Appointments for the month of March because it is already mid month and I have not even started them because of my little foster puppy here I got to thinking about Therapy Pet Testing. Although Sophie and Lucy are both registered with 2 local organizations who do their own testing, I have yet to test either of them with Delta Society because there are a couple areas I'm not sure they will pass yet. Sophie does great on her visits, Lucy I take… Continue

Added by Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom on March 12, 2010 at 9:29am — 8 Comments

Monkey C, Monkey Do!

Topper has now been with us for about 10 days. When he first came it was very obvious that he had not been allowed on the furniture in his previous home. We never really encouraged him to get on the furniture, mostly because that left something for Lucy and Sophie that was still theirs. They could come up and sit with us and get away from him for a little bit. But in the last few days you could see that he was sort of wondering why Lucy and Sophie were sitting with…

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Added by Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom on March 12, 2010 at 9:14am — 7 Comments