Truisms-Highly Suggested Reading for new members and those with new puppies

[F, Calla & Luca]

Doodle Kisses is a wonderful site.

It contains a wealth of information.

We have excellent search functions in general and in discussions.

There are groups on most anything ranging from Puppy Madness, through the Food, Doodle Grooming Groups all the way to Warped Humor and the Science Group.

Puppies Bite.

Puppies pee and poop and need to be trained to do so outside.

Yet puppies will have accidents.

Puppies will have poop problems.

All common topics have been covered many times somewhere on DK.

We also have DK navigational information on the Help Tab above.

Please enjoy all this and Welcome to DK.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

YAY!!! Good post, F! I wish I could "Like" this a billion times :)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I agree!

[Carol and Banjo]

The Power of Search!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Thanks, I'm glad the old timers liked this : )

[BG and Gavin]

Learning how to do searches on this site is a very valuable tool.  Thanks for the reminder F.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

This is perfect F.  Lately I've been using my Browser to do quick searches.  For example, I'd type in "puppy biting and Doodle Kisses"....it brings up the prior DK discussions on this subject. 

[Carol and Banjo]

I would never have thought to search this way Jane.  Good tip!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I've done this in the past to bring up deleted comments : ) They are cached. Good idea Jane.

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

That's awesome Jane!

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

:0)

[Mike Gruenke]

I have to say, since I joined DK I have searched quite a few topics that I had questions on. Most were things I was curious if they were common to Doodles.

The normal puppy stuff as in training is: biting, nipping, jumping up on people, house breaking, is common to all dogs, just like walking correctly on leash, sitting, etc. A wealth of info I have found on DK.

With all this said, I almost found I don't need to join in on any forum or discussion. The problem is, that's not why I joined DK. I joined to interact with other Doodle owners.

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[F, Calla & Luca]

We love to interact and do so daily but there's all sorts of new and fun stuff instead of always the same topics. There are groups arranging meet ups and romps so you can even interact in person. We have groups that have ongoing new things like the Photography Group. And Puppy Madness is a good place for new discussions on some of the classic problems. It's just when the same discussions appear twice on the main page on the same day and we've already addressed them a zillion times that I get a tad grumpy. Besides it's good to remind people who may not know about searching. Sorry : (