OCDM

[Dori & Rua]

After reading several blog posts and discussions about Doodle Moms with OCD...I think there should be a new acronym.  OCDM.  We have one Doodle Mom who MUST have all of the toys neatly kept in the toy box (I happen to agree with Murphy...you can't PLAY with toys when they are in the box).  We have another Doodle Mom who worries too much about, well, just about everything (I am just like that too, Jennifer).

 

Are you ready for what OCDM stands for?  Obsessive-Compulsive-Doodle-Mom!!!!  And I would proudly wear it on my t-shirt (for all those of you who are GLEE fans, you know what I am talking about).

 

We gladly give up buying nice bottles of wine and getting the box variety so we can buy Orijen & Fromm.  Go without salon visits so we can take our Doodles to the best groomers in town.  Eliminate dinners out so we can afford daycare.  Turn our living rooms into agility courses since we don't have fenced in back yards.  Buy and move (gotta love anyone who is willing to go through that) into a house that has a fenced in yard to provide safe places for our Doodles to play.

 

I did not know what I didn't know about being a Doodle Mom until I got Rua.  I was not blessd with children and have lived with an empty space in my heart and life that even my wonderful DH can't fill.  While I didn't use the same technique as Jane (either a boyfriend or a puppy), I was pretty insistent on getting a puppy.

 

I can not believe how much I love Rua.  I want to take pictures or videos of her and share them with my family and all my wonderful DK friends (or anyone else I can get to stand still for a second).  I love taking her out so she can experience the world and people get to experience her.  I love going to training classes and learning how to work with her to be the best she can be.  And I worry about every little thing - hoochie dancing, red marks, crying over her toys, etc. 

 

So, who else is an OCDM??????

 

 

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Well there's not much doubt that I fall into this category.

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

O.K. - I'll admit to it and when you get that tee-shirt printed - get one for me.  I look good in pink or red - lol!

[Carol and Banjo]

OCDM???  Perfect Dori!!    I suspect all of us here on DK are afflicted with this condition!   Isn't wonderful we can come together here and obsess about our doodles!  No one here rolls their eyes when you proclaim your devotion to your doodle!    You guys are the BEST!