substitute doodle

[Sally]

AHHHH I'm going away next week for 6 whole days and don't know how i'm going to handle being without my Duncan Doodle!!!
I might need to buy a stuffed one to take with me. =) I know he will be in good hands but I will be a mess.

[Sally]

oh i feel better! I'm not alone! Wow! Enjoy Kuai. How great. I have a friend who still works with her ex. That's great that Bogart will have a similar daily routine. Duncan gets to spend 3 nights at my brother's house where his "1/2 sister Casey Doodle" lives. They will tire each other out for sure. They play wrestle for hours. Then he gets a day at my friend Susan's where his "girlfriend" Lucy lives (she's a jack russell) and then gets a sleepover at my exboyfriends (and he loves the "sleepnumber" bed there) and then a whole day with another friend who is actually his doggie day care for the days when i have to work. And the last day he'll get multiple walks every few hours and then i'll get home. So he's in great hands. Lots of attention and doggie play. I am dreading trying to pack. Last time i went anywhere he was still crated so i would put him in his crate when i packed my suitcase so he didn't "see it" and then I would put it in the car before letting him out of the crate. This time he'll be watching me pack and I wonder if he'll pick up on it. Sigh!

[Lona and Bogart]

I feel your pain. I am going to Kuai next Tuesday and won't be able to pick up my Doodle until the next week on Wednesday night late or Thursday morning. That's 9 days! I just don't think I can stand it. He's with me all the time. I take him to work with me every day. The only good thing is that my x-husband still works with me at my office and he and his girlfriend are crazy about him. So (this is wierd) Bogart will be going to the office every day as usual, (I know he will be looking for me), and then going home with them at night. My x's girlfriend calls herself "nutha mama". So I feel really blessed that he has this alternate family to leave him with that he's comfortable with. People in this town think that Gary (x) and I are really strange. Still working together (real estate business) everyday, and semi-sharing the dog! Can't believe that I dread going to Kuai. I've never been and it's been planned for a year!

[Sally]

I was running a half marathon in Wisconsin this past September and it was the first time I had been away from Duncan....I saw some spectator/cheering onlookers and noticed their dog....I shouted out "is that a doodle"....Sure enough it was. It made me smile.
I can go to the mailbox and he greets me like I've been gone for months. This should be interesting. But yes. I do suppose the day I return and see his furry face will make it all worth it.

[Denise U]

I had been traveling for work quite a bit last fall and was missing my doodle girls badly. I would call home every night and my husband would put the phone by their ears one at a time and I would talk to them. He would just laugh because they would then take off and search high and low all over the house for me. I have to admit, I loved coming home to see them, but also just to see the reaction of them when they first laid eyes on me again and finally got over to where I was. It was priceless and ALMOST worth being gone for a few days.

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

My guess is that at least once while you are gone you will see someone with a shaggy dog walking down the street and you will have to stop whatever you are doing and run up to them shouting "Is that a Doodle" ...... "Oh please let it be a Doodle, I need a Doodle Fix" !

[Pat & "Tucker"]

Just think - you can go shopping.............and by Duncan some things to take home to him. Shopping always makes us ( and doods) feel better. Have a good trip........leave some time for shopping.

[Frannie & Callie]

I SO understand! I have to go to a tradeshow next week and I'm already pouting because I'll miss Callie!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

I totally get it. This is the first year in awhile that we haven't gone to FL for vacation during this freezing cold weather. I just can't stand the thought of boarding Guinness. My kids are telling me that I'm crazy and my priorities are confused. I'm thinking my priorities are just fine. Probably next year when he's a little older.....or not. But the objective side of me says Duncan is going to be just fine, and you need to go and relax.

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

I left Peri with DH last week for 5 days. I missed her and apparently she missed me - she chewed a hole in the rug AND tore tassles off another one in the same day. While DH was home :)
You will be okay without him but it is sooo gooood to see them when you return!!!

[Dan, Judi, & Timbow]

We left Timbow with some very good friends for a week last October while we went to San Francisco. I called every other day (only because DH wouldn't let me call every day) and actually got a little homesick towards the end. Good Luck! Take lots of pictures with you!!!