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Our son-in-law and daughter have just bought this boat (not at the price listed though).  It is going to be a wonderful offshore fishing platform and pleasure cruise boat.  There is a netting that surrounds the deck which will prevent the small dogs from falling overboard and which will deter Holly and Shadow, their Labrador, from gong for a swim.  However, all our poochies will wear life jackets when they are out in the boat.…

LuLu (I'll post a picture of her later) came to us with a litter of puppies.  She and her puppies had been on Craigslist and then was passed from hand to hand until one of our volunteers rescued them and since the Crowe home is the designated Maltese Rescue California rehab center for hurt Maltese and also the delivery room and nursery for litters of puppies we got mom and her four puppies.

Mom has giardia and we are treating her for that.  BTW: a vet has recommended "Odoban"…

Micca is a rescue Shih Tsu 

Who has two puppies that are Shih Tsu and Maltese mixes...

Micca and her puppies stay in a puppy pen in the family room.  However…

We had such an awesome time this weekend at our first K9 nosework trial!!!  Kona trialed the first day and Buddy trialed the second day.  Neither one got their title this weekend but boy, they did such a great job :)  I was so proud of them!  They both missed the same element, the interior search.  They both found the scent, but didn't tell me…

I haven’t been on DK much lately, because I am up to my ears in Christmas decorations. Everywhere I look in my house, I see boxes, Santas, angels, gingerbread, or snowmen. It appears as if I have never walked into a Christmas shop without saying to myself, “I need one of everything!”  For some odd reason, all this chaos and clutter only makes me want to go out and see what…

Lyric's SIX pups came a bit earlier than expected and boy, she had them fast! In the past, she has had at least 12 hours of labor, so when she started showing signs of pre-labor late Monday night, I settled in with her for a good night's sleep before the big day--and was excited that it would be 11-12-13! Well, the first pup arrived at 2 am--and I had to slap myself awake and get to work!

All went very well--Lyric had a big smile and a twinkle in her eye for the entire four hours it…

Look at you!

Saw that title “True Confessions” and thought “hummmm” what on earth happened in“Doodleville?”

Curiousity got the best of you so you stopped what you were doing, clicked “read more”, and here you are.

Can’t say I blame you! I would have done the same thing.

Even though I didn’t cancel the NFL package, wreck the car or accidentally throw away a telephone…

On the day after Veteran's Day, I thought that I would write down my personal manifesto...

My European ancestors immigrated from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany over a two and a half century period, beginning in 1634 and culminating in the late…

DH volunteered to pick up Quincy from Day Camp today, that was nice.  He is nice and on the way home he stopped and bought the ingredients for a special dinner from our fish monger- bronzini!  

nice fish, mild, mellow, but very boney.  Well, he hates bones in his fish so the selling point is our fish mongers are very adept at de-boning.  Of course this time consuming talent raises the cost of an already pricey fish, but well worth the price.  He was going to surprise me,…

I had this posted on the discussion, but it appears to be expiring, so I thought I will post it here as well..

This is a photo contest for Sealy dog bed. I never entered anything like this, but this contest's winner will recieve Sealy dog bed and Dog pacer tredmill. Since Charlie girl is trying to recover from her hip injury, I thought they will be perfect for her so that she can rest and do physical therapy!!…

I received these pictures from Cocoa's furever parents.  They love her and she has a wonderful home and loves them both...

These pictures were taken during a recent trip to the Dog Beach at Del Mar, just north of San Diego,…

It's not me.

My nearly 4 year old came into our room this morning and whispered that Rosco told her he wants a kitty.  We went along with it for a bit then she admitted she actually gave him this idea and "Mommy can we go to the pet store to look at kitties?"  My answer disappointed.  She then offered plan C: Let's go to the breeder and buy a puppy! Final negotiation was that when she turns 10 we can buy a puppy.  5 minutes later she…

This blog post is not so much about Leo & Harley as much as it’s about me! I have a fear of large dogs…

I know exactly how she feels

But here’s the twist – my fear isn’t for myself it’s out of concern for The Boys……

Thursday was a special day for one of our Little Rascals (that’s “doodle talk” for the children on the block that play with The Boys).

Thursday was Taylor’s Birthday…

Taylor and Leo

On the way home, DH stopped by …

I am so proud of my boy Paz, who is a registered Pet Partner's therapy dog.  Last night Paz provided his special support to a traumatized 7 year old child who was the victim of a violent assault by an adult;  prosecutors at the NYC Family Justice Center in Brooklyn (where I work) needed the child's(victim) testimony in order to indict the person who had committed the assault, and the child was too afraid to speak.  Then Paz appeared, nuzzled right up to the child and worked his amazing magic…

Thanks everyone.  I appreciate your words of support.  I am totally in love with my doodle dude.  My heart would be broken if he had any issues.  Hope you all have a great day.

I dont even know what to say about this day....maybe that I'm just overwhelmed and feel like curling up in bed and crying. It all started last night, I had treated Maggie for worms on sunday-tuesday just as a precaution, and last night roundworms showed up in her stool, well, they were dead so I've cleaned the yard and the house like a maniac, she doesn't have diarrhea and she's acting like she doesnt have a care in the world, I'm happy for her. Then this morning I take Jace out for his…

Last Thursday we made an appointment to establish the dogs at a vet and to have Kona's ears examined. He had a double ear infection because while I was on the mainland for two weeks, no one remembered to take care of doodle ears. It's only his second ear infection in six years. Vet visit #1.

Then the crazies happened. On Friday at the beach Kona's eye became bright red and then it was white and swollen! We rushed him to the vet. He had a laceration on his inner eyelid. So very…