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March 15th finally arrived and it was time to go meet our beautiful litter. We got up quite early, hustled to the car, and began our three hour car ride. With no traffic we were approaching our destination earlier than expected so we went and tanked up on gas to kill some time.

Finally we pulled into the breeder's driveway and were immediately overwhelmed with the amount of cuteness running around outside. We were greeted by the most adorable doodles I have ever seen. After meeting…

Well our precious pups are growing like weeds.  At almost 16 weeks, Coal is just under 20 pounds and Sadie is 18 pounds.  They continue to be healthy and happy, and we continue to love them like crazy.  Keeping them separate has provided us with bonding time and is allowing their personalities to really shine.  Sadie is a momma's girl and Coal is a snuggle bug.  So, that all sounds great, right?  It is, and it isn't...  

With one puppy, being a puppy parent is tough enough, but there…

We all know “The Fifth Amendment” protects one from being forced to incriminate themselves. Incriminating oneself is defined as exposing oneself (or another) to “an accusation or charge of a crime.”

That seemed to be Harley’s story…

This is his famous “it wasn’t me”…

Take a look at my Goldendoodle Dusty's first birthday party on my blog A Doodle Dose. 

I’ve decided rather than continue to whine, cuss, and fuss about this roller coaster weather ride we’re on, I’m just going to accept it – embrace it – and “go with it.” 

Why fret about those things I cannot change.

When you think about it, Mother Nature is a powerful force. I now have renewed respect for her. I no longer try to “will” her to listen to me.  I no longer have a “religious-like” attachment to media weather coverage.

I now have a…

Fortunately March is a long month. Perhaps thats the reason for so many Doodle birthdays?? At any rate, we have cause for celebration in March along with several of our Doodle friends. And as Jarka already mentioned, there are a few on the same date. Daphne is now a big 2 year old and Lucy just turned 5.

Daphne & Lucy are Mother & daughter and their birthdays fall so close to each other (March 1 & 6) we decided to celebrate them together on one day.  Now I know there are…

DK people really are the nicest.  And so are their dogs.  Today Gavin and I had a fun meet-up with Julie and Max.  We went for a long walk and the boys got plenty of time off-leash to play and romp.  The humans never ran out of things to talk about either. Thank you Julie for the fun day and for your hospitality.

The adorable Max and Gavin are introduced:…

So last night was our first night of what essentially is puppy kindergarten (needs to take this to graduate to grade one. So cute)

I honestly don't know who was more tired the humans or the doodle! Spike was out cold on the car ride home and he was still sleepy this morning before I left for work!

I have to say I'm super impressed. Some of the things that were worked on last night I have already been doing with Spike. Handling paws, ears, his tail and such. So that was a bonus.…

We just received a call from an owner wanting to surrender a Maltipoo puppy that had been diagnosed with parvo yesterday. They purchased the puppy from a craigslist seller and these puppies are often brought up here from below the border and are notorious for ill health.

Then the person said that they have a several year old dog WHO HAS NEVER BEEN VACCINATED and is beginning to show signs of diarrhea and vomiting. They asked if they should get the dog vaccinated now!  When…

So tomorrow is a big day. My parents, Spike and I are off to puppy school. It's strange. I'm just as nervous and excited as I was when I was going to school.

  I just packed his bag with the items from his school list. Non squeaky toys, soft treats, proof of vaccination forms, camera (of course!) and his leash.

  I'm a dork. I've accepted that fact. Haha

  I'm very excited to really get the training process stated. We've come so far already in the three and a half weeks we've had…

It seems that March is a lucky month for several of us who get to celebrate our doodles' birthdays. Better yet, I know of a couple of doodles who were born on the same date Monty was, just a year ahead: Jack (of Jennifer and Jack, and Daphne (of Lori, Daphne & Lucy). How cool is that? I don't know anyone who would have the same birth date as me!

So, Monty is turning 4. Time is flying way too fast. He will forever be my first dog, my love. He helped me learn about dogs and with the…

OH. MY. DOODLE.  Did I say triple the work?  I might have understated that just a wee bit!  Exponential might be a better description.  We LOVE our puppies.  We do. We really, really do.  I have convinced myself that Sadie and Coal are "the best pups in the world," because there is no other option for my mental health.  

Here is what people need to know about having litter mate puppies:  Most people, our family included, get two puppies with the well-intentioned, but completely…

My dogs are not the best-trained dogs in the world.  In fact, on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most obedient, on his best day Vern would get a 6 and Fudge, on any day, would get a 3.  The command that gives us the most trouble is recall, because they can never recall what it means when I yell, “COME!” Sometimes they do surprise me and come running when I call them, but on other days Vern looks…

Sweet Precious Jack… I am writing this a little early as it looks like your actual birthday day is not going to be a good one for me, So I will write now and tomorrow I will rub your belly all day long and on the 6th.. I am sure your Grammie will spoil you rotten.   You won't have any idea as we treat you every day as if it is your birthday.

There isn't a toy or a thing I can think of that you need, would want or could even fathom.  So for your birthday I bought special…

March is a big month here at our house.  It is sadly when we will have the 1st anniversary of loosing our Sophie but it is also the birthday month for both girls and we are going to choose to celebrate those rather than be sad at missing our Sophie ... as she would want us to celebrate!  Miss Lucy gets to go first.  Today is Lucy's 6th birthday.  It is hard to believe that it has been six years since they came home.  …

Hello everybody – allow me to introduce you to a very special lady…

I’ve talked about her here, here, and here! She’s my “mommy!” and the “other” furrvorite lady in Harley’s life……

I can't believe my boy is 2 years old!!  Shaggy has become my new shadow ever since my lab Gus passed away last spring.  Even though Shaggy has been a bit of a challenge to train, (he's not at all food motivated and he still thinks a leash is just a suggestion to heal), and the hair he sheds gets stuck on everything, I wouldn't want him any other way.  He is such a hoot, and makes me smile and laugh all the time!  I sure do love this…

Holly doesn't do a lot of tricks.  She sits on command and shakes hands but not much more; except to be a therapy dog to scared little Maltese rescues.  However, that's the most important thing she could ever do...

Our rescue  had a event today at a Petco store in Irvine, CA.  One of our fosters brought an 11-month old Maltese-Poodle, Luke to the event.  Every time Luke saw a big dog he went crazy, barking and screaming and wanting to kill it.  He even wanted to attack a big…

So today was the day I was going to meet Dexter for the first time.  After about four hours of sleep I got in my car to make the three hour drive to see my boy.  My three hour drive turned into six after the main road was shut down from an accident plus traffic galore.  My eyes were blurry, my legs stiff and my brain fogged but I finally made it!  Time to meet my little man!

I will start off by saying he is the sweetest little boy.  He came right to me and said hello.  He was…