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Licking Hind End

HELP! Sam has been licking his hind end(butt). My husband put some Pederson ointment on and he stopped. There does not seem to be anything visually wrong, no odor. Poor puppy--he is so frustrated. I am going to call the vet today. Any advise is appreciated.

Added by Jeri on March 9, 2009 at 6:07am — 5 Comments

Puppy Kindergarten

Charlie went to Puppy Kindergarten class on Saturday!

It was a lot of socializing, and a little bit of instruction which was fine. I think that instructions were more for us human than for the puppies, for us to gain understanding of how they are, and how we need to be understanding of them and work with them more effectively.

During the play time, 2 Rotties, Shaperd, and Choc. Lab puppies played together, but Charlie were intimidated by their size, and ran away from… Continue

Added by Kyoko on March 8, 2009 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Tonight

Mayo just called and Jess has to be taken back into the OR -- one of the pumps is not giving Jess the proper blood flow. Why is this is hard? Why is this perfect man being challenged so? I pray this is a routine thing that they can fix.

Added by The Kleins, Tempe, AZ on March 8, 2009 at 7:19pm — 5 Comments

Doodle Daddy Shed a Tear

Today was rather unexpected. Jess was not quite as sedated. He knew I was there, he tried very hard to lift his hands and blink. He had a stream of tears when I told him to remember how much I loved him and how my heart is strong enough for the both of us right now. He tried to move his mouth and was obviously very uncomfortable with tape and tubes. I asked him to blink if he realized it was his wife holding his hand – and he did.

Doctors feel he is still way too swollen to try to close… Continue

Added by The Kleins, Tempe, AZ on March 8, 2009 at 5:04pm — 7 Comments

Goldendoodle part of therapy team of the year in Cincinnati.

Article and picture

Added by Lori on March 8, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Sam's trip to the groomer

Sam went to his groomer yesterday. She did a GREAT job. I am waiting for the pics she took and will post them when I get them. He looked so fluffy and a handsome doodle dog. He is so good for her. I think he enjoys it. Now after awhile his leg hair went back to the curly/wavey look. As well as other places. He has really soft wavy section on top of his head and a coarser wavey section down the middle of his back.We will get a little respite from the shedding for a few days. (Yes he is one of… Continue

Added by Jeri on March 8, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Hartley and the New Puppy

I started a discussion tpoic about introducing our new puppy to our older (14 months old) dog, and thought this would be a more appropriate place to post updates on our progress!! There are small victories every day. We followed advice and removed all toys, now they only get them when we go out and they are separated, or when we are supervising. The most succesful so far has been a Wubba that our older dog never really took to when he was a puppy.… Continue

Added by Stella on March 8, 2009 at 2:37pm — 6 Comments

Sunny Sunday in South Carolina

This afternoon I spent time in the backyard warming my skin with those great spring rays! It was 80 degrees today and very breezy. We have had an unusually cold winter in South Carolina this year, and I have spring fever as do my doods!

I gave the boys two raw-meaty bones this afternoon and sat in the deck chairs as they chewed the bones and enjoyed the breeze. Joe, who loves to swim, got into the pool with his raw-meaty bone in his mouth. He couldn't leave it on the deck or in the… Continue

Added by 2SCdoodles on March 8, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Doodle romps in Cleveland, Ohio?

Maggie (Doodle), Denny and I would love to connect with other Doodles around Cleveland for doodle romps. Anyone?

Added by Margie on March 8, 2009 at 9:12am — 4 Comments

House training advice needed.

I am expecting my doodle puppy on April 13. I live in a condominium with a very large terrace. In order to help with house training in those "emergency" situations where, going down 9 floors is impractical I am looking for a supplier who sells the puppy "litter box" system that I can set up on the terrace. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

Added by Mike B on March 7, 2009 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Riley's First Puppy Play Date

I took Riley to his first puppy play date today. I have been looking around the neighborhood for other puppies or dogs for him to play with but my neighbors all seem to have anti-social dogs that "don't like other dogs". Huh, I wonder how that happened?

Anyway.... I found that Petco has puppy play dates on Saturday mornings for an hour, so I took him today. He had a BLAST! He played with about 13 other puppies, all kinds and sizes but for some reason he was drawn to two… Continue

Added by Yvonne, Riley, Murphy and Luca on March 7, 2009 at 12:14pm — 2 Comments

Raya's Haircut photo...we tried a new groomer today.

Added by Abby and Raya on March 7, 2009 at 12:07pm — 9 Comments

Daddy's Doodle is the best medicine...

Hi all --

Many of you have been so wonderful to send well wishes for the recovery of my husband Jess. He chuckled weeks ago when I stumbled upon this site gazing at all your doodles when I had my own adorable little love always there to make me smile. Jess was hooked too...as we viewed your exquisite pets, many of them seeming to be long lost sisters and brothers to our little nutball, Phoebe. No matter how busy he was, he would always come over to me and my PC to look at other doodles… Continue

Added by The Kleins, Tempe, AZ on March 7, 2009 at 7:30am — 5 Comments

Please vote for Piper in a photo contest!

Katie's little sister has been entered in a photo contest.

http://timesnews.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?contestid=5589&pagetype=VOTING&SubmissionID=560153

Thank you!

Added by Jan Porterfield on March 7, 2009 at 7:16am — 2 Comments

Our new little stray Bunny. Rescued from a drainage ditch.

On my way home Wed morning with my Aunt, I saw this guy standing on the side of our rural road in the ditch. He was trying to pick up an animal. So I slowed up to see if he may need help. It was a bunny. He didn't see me when he kicked at it! ARRGGG!! That bunny ran right into the culvert drainage tube under the driveway which led to an old farm without a house. Duck and chickens where out though.

I told my Aunt I would drop her off and return to see if he needed my help on the other… Continue

Added by Debbie, Brianna and Duncan on March 7, 2009 at 6:30am — 4 Comments

Phoebe is sick!!!

I had to take Phoebe to the vet this morning as she threw up once and then was piddling all around. I thought it might be a UTI but the vet said she is too young for that. Her urine was tested and she has a very high white cell count and some bacteria. She is now on a 14 day course of antibiotics. Thankfully, she has a lot of energy and she seems fine otherwise. I am praying she pulls through this soon and we will be well on our way to being housebroken--I am assuming this had something to do… Continue

Added by Phoebe's Mom on March 6, 2009 at 11:32am — 9 Comments

Poor Dexter had a reaction to his shots yesterday.

Last night was a RUFF night for all of us. I felt so bad for Dexter. We had to get his shots at the Vet yesterday. He seemed pretty mellow after we got home. I guess I wasn't too upset about it. I asked the vet if there was any side effects to the shots and she told me that he may be a little lethargic. I was NOT prepared for the vomiting that followed. About 3-4 hrs after his shots, we were eating supper. Dex was laying on the rug and he gave me a glazed over look. I commented to my husband… Continue

Added by Jodie on March 6, 2009 at 8:19am — 3 Comments

Happy 1st Birthday Trevor!!!

Yesterday was Trevor's first birthday! I took off work early so I could play with him outside before it got dark.

I brought him home balloons and he was so scared of them! I have never seen him afraid of anything but he barked and barked at those balloons. Then, I took the balloons outside and he started playing with them. He was so cute running around the yard with them in his mouth.

His Grandma sent him some homemade doggie treats that he… Continue

Added by TrevorDoodle on March 6, 2009 at 7:00am — 4 Comments

You'll never guess what I saw at Target today!

I did a little shopping at Target today and while walking along saw a big display at the end of an aisle for Bissel "Lift-Off/ Pet" vacuum cleaners. Fine - but wait! Each box had a huge picture of the most adorable doodle - I think maybe on three sides. Now why would they put a representation of our wonderful, mostly NON- SHEDDING, doodles on there? Silly, silly people!!

Added by Louise and Toby on March 5, 2009 at 2:30pm — 8 Comments

Just a Dog

I just wanted to share something I received recently in an email.

Patty

From time to time people tell me, “Lighten up, it’s just a dog,” or, “That’s a lot of money for just a dog.” They don’t understand the distance traveled, time spent, or cost involved for “Just a dog.” Some of my proudest moments have come about with “Just a dog.” Many hours have passed with my only company being “Just a dog,” and not once have… Continue

Added by Patty on March 5, 2009 at 2:25pm — 6 Comments