Just want to brag a little!

[Karen & Dugan]

I got my Doodle, Dugan, from a rescue in December and he is 3 years old and I have no information on his background. The other day I took Dugan to a lake to play ball and let him swim. We had been to this lake before and there had been geese with older babies present and Dugan never paid any attention to them, but this visit my sister was with me and her Maltese was bound and determined to catch a goose that was twice his size. They dogs swam after the geese and they got away from them except for one baby that got seperated from the others. Dugan caught the baby and had it in his mouth! I was in a panic, I know this is his natural instinct but, I didn't want him to kill the baby goose! Much to my amazment all I had to do was yell, "Dugan, LEAVE IT!" one time and Dugan released the goose and swam back to me and the baby returned to it's parents!!!  I was so proud of him!

   I wish I knew all the commands that he has been taught by his previous owner. I have discovered that he knows sit, shake, down, drop it and now leave it! I can't imagine why anyone would have gotten rid of such a great dog! I believe that he has been abused by a man in the past because he is very leary of men, but he is slowly learning to trust men. My Dugan Doodle is the BEST!!!

[Valarie]

It is amazing that families give up such great dogs.  Dugan is such a prize, just like my Sophie.  As Karen said about JD, Sophie to was safe in the house in a few days, no counter surfing, housetrained, no chewing or garbage ransacking.  Awesome, awesome dog.  I can't imagine life without her and just can't believe that anyone would choose to let her go.  We are so lucky!

[F, Calla & Luca]

That is really impressive. I am amazed at how doodles can have a bird in their mouths and not harm it. Mine have done this. Yet today the body count went up by one chipmunk : (

[Charlotte and Bo]

I've had dogs my whole life so I have many animal stories.  Unfortunately I don't remember any that ended that well.

The best I can say is that one of them never caught anything :-)

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Karen, You have every right to be so proud of your Dugan. I am so glad he got a second chance with someone who loves him. Way to go, Dugan, with the Leave It command.

[Karen & Dugan]

Thanks everyone, for your wonderful compliments! Dugan is a great dog but he is not without fault, there is not a loaf of bread that is safe on my kitchen counter and of course he has to have a stick of butter to go with it! Dugan loves him some bread and butter! LOL  I have had to replace all my trash cans with ones with lids because he loves to scatter trash all over the house, but I still love getting a great big Doodle hug from him every evening when I get home from work!!!