Puppy Photo Album!

[Heidi & Milton]

Milton is still on a steady schedule of three days daycare, two days off and loving it!  In the early morning, the Milt drags Jeff inside daycare and leaves him without a backward glance.  Likewise, when I pick him up, he runs out, hardly looks at me, and hops in the car promptly shutting his eyes and falling asleep for the short ride home.  Why is the Milt dog so tired?  What goes on at daycare?  Well, here's a little explanation gained through a conversation I had with a daycare employee taking home his dog, a medium-sized Rottweiler, at the end of the day:

Me:  "Oh, what a cute dog!  I noticed you training her yesterday when I picked up Milton.  You are really working hard with her.  Does she ever play with Milt in the yard?"

Man with Rottweiler:  "No, my dog doesn't like to 'wrassle.' "

Uh huh, and that is why Milton is always filthy towards day end and needs the daycare people to hose him off, brush him out, and cage dry him.

Getting down and dirty

Exploring the playground

Sweet boy

When I pick up Milton, I inevitably ask:

Me:  "Did Milton need a bath today?"

Most of the time, I get this response:

Heather, Daycare Lady:  "Yes, he got really dirty today.  Your dog sure likes the mud."

To this response, I always assume Heather thinks I am upset that my dog was filthy when, in actuality, I do not like when the conversation goes something like this:

Me:  "Did Milton need a bath today?"

Heather, Daycare Lady:  "No, he actually stayed pretty dry."

Me:  "Oh." [In my head, silently to myself - "Then he must not have had much fun..."]

We gotta love our dirty, little doodle!

To read more about Milton the Goldendoodle, visit www.goldilocksandherdoodle.com

[Doris, Knox & Flash]

Milton is so cute -- mud and all!

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Three days of day care and my two wouldn't be able to move the other two days. They sleep now most of the day just from our 2-3 mile walks and a doggie friend coming to visit and run around the yard. How nice for Milt to be able to have that much fun. And what dog doesn't like a good hose down at the end of the day?

[Barbara B., Sasha & Oliver]

LOL... a dirty dog is a happy dog :)   My two doodles have such big smiles on their faces when they are dirty !!!

[Bonnie and Kona]

Darling dirty doodle! Love that guy! He knows how to enjoy life. 

[Ginny Nightingale]

What fun--this is the life!!