Christina and Cooper plus Benny's Blog (10)

I have been absent from DoodleKisses lately with a crazy work schedule and spending the free time that I do have camping and hiking and walking and whatever else makes my boy, Cooper, happy....however....I had to pause this morning, as I received a wonderful email to share with the DoodleKisses world on the wonders of fostering!

I fostered a very cool, very big, very red dog for the DRC back in late January, early February.  I only had him a bit more than a week before he went to his…

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So tomorrow is Cooper's second birthday! I have a doggy cake being delivered tomorrow (I decided to try out a new super yummy dog bakery in town instead of making my own) and we are having a few doggy friends over to celebrate. The party is a squirrel theme and they are bring some snack packs of squirrel cookies for each dog to take home too!



Of course, the doggy parents will enjoy a drink or two and some snacks too! :)



I am happy my boy is all grown-up, but sad because I can… Continue

Cooper's groomer decided to make him a Clydesdale for his summer cut! She sent me this photo, cracked me up. She fixed his feet before I picked him up, but it was so cute, I just had to share!!!! :)
I love how she even cut the little hoof lines in. :)

You like my new look, mom????

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

I wonder....what do doodles dream about? Is Cooper chasing a squirrel? Is some big dog chasing him? Does he dream about me? Does he dream about flying? Is he dreaming of a steak? Does he dream that he goes to doggy daycare naked? Hmmmm.....



Whatever it is, it must be good, because he wags his tail SO hard and it flaps against the floor and I can hear it in the office and have to come out to check it out! He wags it at night and it flaps against my leg and wakes me up! And wouldn't you… Continue

I woke up in the middle of the night to hear Cooper licking his paw. I told him to stop and he did, and I didn't think much more of it. Then this morning, he was at it again, so I had a good look at his paw. He somehow tore his upper pad (not one of the ones that he walks on, but the one way up high by his elbow.) There is a piece of "skin" hanging on about the size of a dime! Pretty much the size of his whole pad! I felt horrible for him! It must have happened yesterday evening when we were… Continue

Attention all Portland dog owners!

There is an outbreak of kennel cough in our area. I don't know how severe this strain is, but it is spreading very quickly! Last night for our CGC test, we had to wipe all doggy and people feet in disinfectant and the dogs were not allowed to go near each other! I have also heard that some doggy daycares are shutdown in our area to help stop the spread.

I will not be taking Coop to the dog park for a while, and doggy daycare is out!

I will also… Continue

Cooper is taking his Canine Good Citizen test this coming Wednesday! I am excited, and have spent a lot of the weekend practicing. I believe he will pass...but I guess you just never know! He does well when greeting most people, but every once in a while he jumps right up on them? Don't know why? At any rate the test is at the training facility we go to, and he does great there....so I think we will be fine!

Anybody have any last minute tips or tricks? I am going to take him out and run run… Continue

So, with Easter right around the corner, I dug out my pupcake recipe and will be making Coop and all of the extended family dogs pupcakes for them to enjoy on the big day! The recipe follows. I decorate them with a few turkey bacon crumbles. They LOVE them! And I love the frosting faces when they are finished. :)

Apple Pupcakes

1 large…

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So I took Coop to the DP for a quick outing during lunch. A guy pulls up and lets out his gigantic English Sheepdog. I think, cute dog, and don't put much more thought in to it...until....the dog starts coughing, and I mean COUGHING - like to the point where he hacked stuff up! By this time, he had already played with Cooper and had Cooper's ball in his mouth - and of course Coop had already had it back in his mouth. The dog stops playing and coughs until a bunch of white foamy gunk comes out.… Continue