July 2012 Blog Posts (54)

I was trimming the hair around Bogey's eyes and I couldn't help but notice some hair around his eyes that looked like eye lashes.  Are these actually eyelashes?  and should I leave them alone?

Does anyone have any experience with breeder Daisey's Goldendoodles in Seattle, WA?  I am considering adopting two mini goldendoodles from this breeder. Thanks.

We just got to take our 8 week old Goldendoodle home this weekend!  Does anyone have any tips for crate training?  Our little guy barks all night long as soon as we put him in his crate as he is very lonely.  Also, we took him for a 20 minute walk today on his leash - does anyone know if 8 weeks is too young to be walking a puppy?  He's had his 2 set of shots so far.  Maybe we should be waiting until he gets all of his shots during his first year.  Also, can walking a puppy hurt the pads on…

Yesterday we went to the vet to re-check Gizmo's leg.  The vet was very pleased and told us he could be off ALL restrictions!  YEA!  Doggie Daycare here we come!  He hasn't been to Daycare in a long time and misses his friends.  Since I volunteer there once in a while, I can take him with me for free.  So, next Wednesday he will get to go again.

We still need to walk and always exercise the leg before & after - stretching exercises.  Gizmo knows that he has to stretch…

Well I was going to tell you about my busy day today because we had a "garage sale" which I didn't understand because I don't think Daddy and Mommy would have somewhere to put my car and our truck if they sold the garage... and I also went to the park with Mommy and I was so tired at the end of it all...

However in the middle of the day, Mommy told me that my cousin and friend Charlie's kitty puppy had to go to Rainbow Bridge and ...

Remember I told you about my cousin Charlie…

I've been trying to explore some other ideas to satisfy Remy's need to chew and also keep him stimulated.  We've been giving him the spiral bully sticks and he likes those alot.  I know they are fully digestible and they get really soft when he chews them down so I feel like they are pretty safe.  I broke down and bought a rawhide/beef chew the other day and he ended up swallowing a larger chunk than I would of liked and it really scared me.  He's fine but after reading and talking with…

Tonite we went to our first Beginning Obedience Class.  This class is an introduction to Obedience ... learning the simple things that will be needed in the actual Obed. Class.

Gizmo has been practicing "Watch Me" as was suggested by my friends here on the site.  He's gotten very good at it actually!  HOWEVER, in class he was not even interested in the treats.  There was another much smaller class going on in the other side of the room.  I think it was the Obedience Class. …

Gizmo is about a week short of being one year old.  He still squats to pee.  Do all male dogs lift their legs or is it something they have to learn?  Silly question, I know, but I figured he would be lifting by now.

IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF OUR SWEET DOODLES HAVE BEEN SENTENCED LATELY TO THE DREADED CONE, SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE!

 After six weeks of Puppy training and dealing with a mean bully I have finally graduated from Puppy training. My mommy and I worked hard!!! I wasn't the Valedvictorian ( there wasn't one), but I finally made friends with Beya the bully. I am now going to continue training, but my mommy says i am going to try a new trainer. Our trainer was very nice, but she kept saying I am goofy, but that's part of my" Doodly," charm.…

Well today is Opies very first grooming appointment!  I am SO nervous that he isnt going to behave... he gets SO excited and SO happy that its takes Marcus or me to calm him down and get him behaving.  He was so happy to go this morning and didnt even look back at me when she took him to the back! Well gesh Opie, mommy will miss YOU atleast! Haha.  Its like the first day at kindergarten and you drop off your baby that has only been with you for 5years and they dont even look back and your…

As you all know we have been training Mercy since she was young to be a service dog . She is doing awsemoe but I have ran into the fact that I am needing to find someone cheaper  to train as I have alot of money tied up in life in general with all the bills and such of everyday living . I contacted a friend in Colorado and we are making a trip out there soon. She trains service dogs for another organization and they have a litter of doodles to be born in the next couple weeks. She suggests…

Hi guys, today on our walk Milo found a puppy Pigeon & picked it up because it didn't look very happy. Mummy got cross & told him to leave it alone, which he did but I felt sorry for the puppy Pigeon so I went & got it, and then ran off with it. Mummy told me to stop but I really wanted to try & make it better (like Dr Nug or Dr Puk do with their stuffies). Mummy eventually started running the other way saying she was leaving me, oh what a dilema, I started chasing her with…