Calling all Naughty Doodles!

[Sandy]

Okay - I seriously need to see that Toby is not the only non-perfect doodle out there! So many times people write about how wonderful their dogs are, how well behaved, etc. I need to know that there are other dogs Toby's age (14 months) that a) jump up on people, even though they know full well they are not supposed to, b) pull on their leash when they really, really want to go see something, even though they have passed obedience school demonstrating that they DON'T do this, and c) completely ignore my commands when in public if their is something more interesting going on.

Toby is truly a work in progress, and I love him dearly. We work hard at being consistent in our commands and expectations. But....today has not been a good day. We're bringing him to my Mom's for Thanksgiving dinner tonight, but we're only 7 minutes from home, so if we have a repeat performance, he'll be coming home to spend Thanksgiving evening in his crate....

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

I haven't laughed so much in ages. I think they should be named Doodle- Clowns instead of Doodle-dogs! These pictures and stories make me realize our Ditzy Mitzi is a "normal" doodle. She has done almost all the silly tricks the other doods have done and then some; however, we have been lucky to not get locked out of our car. That one is Priceless!

[Sarah]

Trust me.. you dont want Ditzy Mitzi to lock you out of the car, it aint fun! lol he just outsmarted me is all.

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

You are so right, but she outsmarts me all the time. Her latest trick is to lick the bottom of my feet to wake me. I usually get up early, but not in the middle of the night, she just seems to want company and doesn't need to go out. Someone told us that Golden Retreivers behave like puppies until they are five, Mitzi definitely is taking after that side of her family tree. : )

[shelly]

My golden behaved like a puppy until he was too sick to at 11 years old. Gotta' love those goldens!

[HrseMom]

Are you kidding? ;-) Mine is still too small to do this. Or is she? :-)

[Adina P]

She's just hoping to get her photo taken more often cuz she deserves it =)

[Debbie Penny]

LMAO.. What a great post. My Charlie, 9 month's is also destroying anything he finds left for him. Just this week, dh put a 12 pack of beer outside his garage to cool and when he went to retrieve one, oh dear, the cardboard container was ripped open, 2 beers were missing, one on the ground not far away, and then Charlie gave himself away, checking his hangout area in the shed. A search there found one punctured can hidden in his bedding. From now on, the beer cools in the fridge. Of course he is the perfect doodle : )

[Erin]

No perfect doodle here... Hershey can be so frusterating sometimes. But the worst part is that 90% of the time, she looks at me like she gets it. We've worked hard with her on stuff, but she already came to us from the shelter as a pretty well trained dog. "Come" means no running the other direction. "Drop it" means, what ever you have, put it down. "Leave it" means whatever you have your eye on you're not going to get to because you are on a leash so stop pulling like a crazy dog. She responds to these commands, and she generally does what I want her to do. She is generally polite when we have guests and listens when I ask her to go lay down.

Except when she doesn't.
Except when I say "Come!" and she looks at me like, "But, I'd rather not... I'm going into the neighbors yard instead."
Except when I say "Drop it" and she looks at me and swallows it.
Except when I say "Leave it" and she pulls a muscles in MY shoulder trying to drag me down the street after the desired object.

She never chews things that don't belong to her. Except when I leave a pen on the coffee table and she gets ink all over the place. Except when a pair of flip flops is left out by the door and she can't find anything else to chew on.

She's over 2 years old. She's a great dog, and a wonderful companion. But I am thoroughly convinced that she is too smart for her own good. :oP

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

LOL! This is all of our doodles! They are WAY too smart for their own good. Our trainer has said that :)

[HANNAH 8/2/07 & HONEY 7/2/08]

Awwww poor Toby...attach a leash to him and step on it..lol...enjoy dinner. Sad to say...Hannah is not perfect...but very good, she normally will not jump on people, and yes I can dress her up and take her out...Honey is just the opposite of her and into everything...and NO I don't have the perfect child at all either :) But none the less I love them all with all their differences....

[Sandy]

Toby is always, at the risk of jinxing things, excellent while we eat. Always has been. He lays behind my son's chair and stays there. But the indoor lead is my best friend. When I put Toby on it, he gets this "Oh, rats, now I've pushed her too far" look on his face, and settles down almost immediately.

[Libby & Bentley]

Today, I came upstairs to find Bentley in our living room..which is gated off (with cardboard)...but the gate was still up..

So I watched for awhile...as he played with my boyfriend's shoes..

Then as he noticed me..he snuck back out...