Kaytlin and Cooper's Blog (31)

I know, I havent been on here much for a long time! I do come on to read peoples discussions and blogs, and occasionally post in response, but truth is I have been so busy - working full time, and doing renovations on the house (we bought a house in january) (and I start another school course next month so have been "refreshing" my knowledge…

DH found a little dog outside last night as he was leaving to go to a friends house. of course, he calls me to catch it. The dog had a collar but no tags, but I recognized him

His name is Buttons, perhaps a yorkie mix. Hes almost a year old, and belongs to a somewhat crazy woman on the 3rd floor. She always acts as if Cooper will eat her Buttons, although Buttons loves Cooper and Cooper is totally overwhelmed by him jumping up at her and is…

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my MIL and i check out the local humane society webpage every so often. ive always said I hope i never see a doodle there because id find it hard to walk away.... now there is one!

theres no way DH will let me get another…

So, after giving Cooper a substantial hair cut a month ago, I decided to give her another one. I had not realized just how hot the summer here in Ontario will be (im used to cool Vancouver and British summers). its not even June and we are having plus 30 degrees C weather...

I have got used to Cooper being shorter (I do love her long fur) and have seem so many cute photos of very short doodles, so thought id go for it! I still cant bring myself to shave her, but she is 1 inch…

Cooper got brushed one day, bathed the next day, then groomed today. I did the groom myself (its the second time Ive tried it) and I used scissors for it all. I used the videos from Royal Diamond Labradoodles as a guide for a puppy cut. Her front legs look a bit choppy, and I dont like her ears so short, but overall im quite pleased. She is about 1 1/2 inches long on the body and 2 inches long on the legs. It took me about an hour

BEFORE…

Today (or maybe tomorrow) is Coopers 3rd birthday. Her Mom Amber went into labour on the evening of the 25th. Some puppies were born naturally, some were delivered by C-section in the early hours of the 26th. It was a weekend so the paperwork was done on the 27th... different documents have different dates, so Cooper kind of has 3 birthdays! But we celebrate the 25th

Every birthday, each of our pets get a can of yummy food all to themselves. Cooper usually gets some Merrick…

For the past 7 months we have been living with my inlaws, after we moved half way round the country. Time has come to get our own place. We have paid off our credit cards, and saved $3000 for rent, deposit, bits of furniture, and emergencies.

For the past 2 months we have been hoping to move into the ground floor of a house DH's best friends Grandparents own and are renovating. Unfortunately it still is not ready. They say they are now hoping for mid may. But DHs brother is…

I cant believe it has been 6 months since I lost my job and DH and I sold our stuff, packed up the car with pets and THEIR stuff, and drove half way across the country to the inlaws.

It has been a busy time, and we finally acclimatized to the cold …

Our neighbour who lives about 1 km away just stopped by to see my FIL. He told us his dog just had puppies. He has a female husky cross who is very territorial, and a male lab newfie cross who is friendly but crazy. Neither are fixed and both are left outside. The husky is tied up outside pretty much all the time, the lab/newfie is sometimes loose outside, sometimes inside. This is quite common in this area unfortunately.

WHAT DID THEY EXPECT WOULD HAPPEN!

She…

I was ill at the weekend and I think I still have a fever. Ive been having strange dreams!

Now, this isnt the first time Ive dreamed about DK - and Im sure hope some of you have too

http://www.doodlekisses.com/profiles/blogs/i-had-a-dream-about-adina

last nights honour was to Donna…

When we got Cooper she was a very dark chocolate

Though she always had a blonde nose

Now shes fully…

I have 3 cats and a dog. My inlaws (with who we are living with for a while) have 1 dog.

Legolas the kitten likes to chase Pippin the cat who likes to chase Merry the cat.

Legolas likes to chase Abbey the dog who likes to chase all 3 cats and Cooper the dog

Cooper and Legolas play together, Abbey and Legolas play together, Abbey and Cooper play together

Pippin loves to sit on my lap, and Merry is a grumpy pants most of the time (but sleeps in my arms at…

Hi Doods and doodettes, Cooper here!

Me and Mum havent been around on DK much the last few weeks cos we had a special visitor! Im a very lucky doodle cos not only do I have a Mummy AND a Daddy, 2 kitty sisters and a kitty brother, but Im also living with my Gram-Gram and Grampy and their dog Abbey for a while. And to top that.... my Grandma came aaaaaall the way from a place called England to visit me! Yes ME! I got all the special love, long walks every day, and I was the…

last week I went into town with DH and the inlaws. We dropped DH off at work, I went to my chiropractor appointment, then the inlaws and I went shopping for materials for the basement reno they (and DH) are doing. I took Cooper and the inlaws dog Abbey out for a run in the snow before we went, to get their sillies out, and in doing so forgot to eat breakfast so was starving by the time we got home mid-afternoon for a late lunch. A good doodle Mom puts her fur-kid first!

Last…

Ive always wanted to get insurance for Cooper, but have never been in a financial position to buy it. We still arent really, but recently we went down to 1 cell phone between us as im studying at home and dont need one. With the saved money I convinced DH to get insurance for Cooper. Shes so clumsy I can so see her breaking a leg after one too many skids on ice

I decided to go with the most expensive plan, as it was still very reasonable (she is down as a lab mix rather than…

I found a silly hat in the in laws linen closet, and made the dogs pose for photos.... they hated it so the photos are not good, but I thought maybe Id practice ready for next years Christmas card!…

DH and I moved from the west coast of Canada (Vancouver) to Northern Ontario (Sault Ste Marie) 3 months ago... the weather is very different! We are used to pretty mild winters, so its a shock to the system having temperatures regularly in the minuses (Celsius). It has been pretty mild so far, but today is cold - minus 20 C. (-4 F)

Well I took Cooper out for her morning potty and play (fetch). The clasp on her long line (we do not have a fenced yard) was frozen solid so we had…

My inlaws always had dogs. Often 2 dogs at the same time. They have had a collie, a black lab and an eskimo. All rescue. Their last dog passed a few years ago, and it wasnt until earlier this year they started thinking about getting another dog. Of course, I tried to persuade them to get a doodle - they love Cooper to pieces, and even my FIL said Cooper was the best dog he ever met!. But they arent prepared to spend the money to get one from a good breeder, and they dont come into rescues…

A month ago, DH and I packed up our bags and took a long trip east!

Some background info for those of you unaware

Im an ecologist, and moved from England to Canada a few years ago. Ive been unable to get ecology work and so ended up working in a pet food store. DH was unable to get a marketing job once her graduated, so also worked in the pet food store (good for Cooper and the cats, not so great for us!).

I was planning on going to school part…

I havent been on DK much lately, so I think I must be going through withdrawal symptoms, as I dreamt about Adina last night!

I dreamt that Adina was going from Ann Arbour, Michigan (where I know she does NOT live) to Wawa, Ontario, to pick up a doodle. Because she would need to go via Sault Ste Marie, I suggested that she drive the extra 30 minutes and sleep over at my house (which incidentally is my in-laws house lol) and take a break between legs.

I was…