The UK Doodle Club Chat Forum

Rolo's first hair cut

Jo C — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:17:59 GMT

Well, we went for the chop yesterday- well half way anyway. Couldnt bring myself to go really short but she took a lot off and his fur looks more poodly now on his back. Does that mean he has a wool coat??? The dog sitter said she would only take him in the summer if had him cut short because she wouldnt have the time to groom him-fair enough I suppose. I have noticed he is very hot in this milder weather. Here he is.... oops wrong way round

two week sold now

sam — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:29 GMT

Collars and name tags

Elizabeth Axe — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:42:05 GMT

What collars do you on your dogs? I still use the nylon thinnish type on Toby and Bertie as when I bought a padded one, Toby didn't like it on at all. In fact both of mine have puppy collars still! I also wondered whether you take them off at night or in the house? Lately I haven't been but I've read that you should as they might catch and hurt themselves. I haven't because my two love been outside and are always playing in the garden. My fence that I'm responsible for was replaced last year ...

Retriever Behaviour

Sarah Rogers (Doodledoos) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:46 GMT

I have heard in the past where the Retriever can have a very sudden 'turn' and act totally out of character with damaging consequences, but I always dismissed it as they always seem to be so soft and gentle. However a fellow Parish Councillor of mine has experienced an horrific attack in the past few days which opened my eyes. She was stroking her much loved pet of 6 years (Golden Retriever) when he suddenly turned and bit her wrist. The attack was over within seconds, but left her wrist ...

does he need a haircut, dudley the cuddly

debbiearch — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:50:32 GMT

Keely eats anything.

julie@manorborn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:01:34 GMT

Our 50/50 girl Keely eats anything, we have to watch her all the time even a banana peeling, what a shocker, she will steal anything, I think she is worse that Bertie.

posh new water bowl

sam — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:09:26 GMT

hi everyone, i bought this from crufts for my new puppy for when he's a bit older

Miley's first puppy class!

Gaynor — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:36:47 GMT

Took Miley to her first puppy class last night and what an experience that was! Started off with her pulling me around the room to go after the other dogs (there were 6 of them altogether). Then we had to let them off their leads to play together. Miley went straight for a springer spaniel who was 5 months old and about the same size as her. She had her pinned down by the neck but apparently that's fine! Then we had to recall our puppies one at a time so guess who had to go first!!! Would she ...

CRUFTS 2010

sam — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:15:33 GMT

Hi all

I'm so excited today. I've booked to go to Crufts in March I'm taking the kids for two days and hoping to get all my new dog equipment from there for it's arrival.
We're taking a trip to Cadbury world too along the way....

My friends thinks it's for old people only!!!!!!!!! am i wrong???? i hope my kids will love it and have fun

has anyone ever been or going in march????

samx

Purdey and Skye

Sarah Rogers (Doodledoos) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:08:32 GMT

Our two little nippers have had their hair cut today. A little trip to the Groomers and several hours later...... Here is Purdey looking just sweet and pretty! and here is the lovely Skye, but I will have to persevere in getting a pictue of her looking at the camera. She had her nose to the ground and I was freezing!! Everytime she looked up at me she came to lick the camera lens!! I will try and get her to look up tomorrow and catch her unawares!! They are 7 and 7.5 months now. xx

SCAM BEWARE, SUPPORT ON CLICK FOR YOUR COMPUTER

Raisdoodles — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:11:45 GMT

Hi Guys, I just had a very strange call from a man saying he was from a company called support on click, run by windows, they said I had downloaded a virus on my computer, and they would sort it out for me while on the phone, alarm bells rang.I thought this is strange, so I said I'm just going out can you email me, they said no, they had to do it while on the phone, so I just put the phone down, then I googled them and yes I was right, it is a scam and they log on to your computer then download ...

Orijen - highly recommend...

Dawn P — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:13:29 GMT

Poor Scruffy had a really bad reaction after her spay and think Julie and Rai would agree that seem to upset her whole balance of things, one of these her diet, she had gotton over weight due to op, very prone to urine infections, big bulky poos and was alway scavenging. We went through quite a hefty list of dog foods and after the great advice on here from Kerry started her on Orijen as a last attempt before the vet put her on a very expensive veterinary diet. Like all changes to their food ...

Just bought new crate

nicky d — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:00:58 GMT

Well, I picked the children up from school today and because the children were a bit down about things that had happened at school, I decided to cheer them up and take them to buy some of the puppy things. Well before I knew it, among toys, fleece mat, finger toothbrush , vet bed etc, I had also bought a crate and spent nearly �200! I don't mind as long as I use it all. Can you tell me do I really need to spend �120 on the crate? It is 42x28x32 and has a divider in it. I have come ...

Vets, smells, anal glands, embarassing moments.

Elizabeth Axe — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:41:52 GMT

I took Toby for his booster yesterday. All started well and he sat in the car, seatbelt on, watching the road, swaying gently as car turned corners. We got to the entrance to the vets which is at a farm and for the first time he looked at me, looked ahead, looked at me and started to fidget - I think he knew. Parking up we got out and a curious noise could be heard, a sort of strangled cat howl crossed with a moan. He slunk across the car park almost on his belly, jumped over the wall and ...

Carries First Puppy Class

Sue — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:22:46 GMT

Carries first puppy class went ok she was very confident and a bit scatterbrained (she gets the scatterbrains from her owner) not the best behaved but definately not the worst they reckon she will be sitting and staying for 2 mins at the end of 5 wks, we will see

All Cleaned up

Sue — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:38:12 GMT

Happy Mothers Day

julie@manorborn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:26:57 GMT

I would like to wish all your hard working Mums a very happy Mother's day, and hope you enjoy being spoilt and pampered. Sarah my beautiful daughter in law will be working hard with preparations as we have all been asked for lunch.

New puppy owners from Norfolk!

Gaynor — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:02:11 GMT

Hi everyone my name's Gaynor and I've just joined this forum because I'm the proud owner of an 11 week old 50/50 miniature labradoodle that I collected from Raisdoodles on the 6th of Feb. I'm married with 3 children and live in a village just south of Norwich in the Norfolk countryside. My girls named her Miley after Miley Cyrus from Hannah Montana! Miley has been so easy to train with regards to toileting and I've trained her to sit this morning. We're having trouble with the lead though ...

Mucky Carrie

Sue — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:36:45 GMT

meet dudley again, finally managed it ...

debbiearch — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:44:34 GMT

Very Bad -Practise

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:49:04 GMT

http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=yadkin_county&Player=wm

is it dudley ?

debbiearch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:34:57 GMT

http://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/14/97/22/59/dudley21.jpg

Romcom at the movies

Elizabeth Axe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:08:21 GMT

Hi ladies, if you'd like a little relaxation, amusement and a feelgood movie, take a look at Leap Year with Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. It is good, funny does make you feel good. I had a really good time watching it. (Cheered me up after spending a two hour round trip in the car, watching my son and his friends play football in the freezing wet mudbath they called the pitch whilst it snowed and rained and the wind blew...)

SMA baby food ad and doodle

Elizabeth Axe — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:59:44 GMT

Has anyone seen the SMA ad , it starts with Peek-a-boo, the puppy/dog on it looks very like a labradoodle? What do you think?

Cesar Milan live tour

Carolyn Williams — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:01:54 GMT

In case anyon interested Cesar is doing his first UK tour in March. I have just booked tickets for Wembly, they are going fast but very good value. I paid �45 each (unlike the Bon Jovi ones I tried to book and decided that �400 each was a little extreme!)

C

does he need a haircut, dudley the cuddly

debbiearch — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:50:04 GMT

Latest proposed dog legislation

Elizabeth Axe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:02:02 GMT

I've been watching and reading all of this with interest. This morning I took my dogs out for a short stroll and met two dog owners, they each had two dogs with them. One with two boxers and one with two collies. NONE of the dogs were on a lead. My two were at a disadvantage as they were on a lead if anything had happened. I just wish they would be some sort of legislation whereby where there are houses or built up areas dogs should be kept on a lead. I'm always a bit worried in these situations. ...

cant do it

debbiearch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:16:29 GMT

sorry upload didnt work

Hello from a newbie

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:20:16 GMT

Hello! I've just discovered this forum via the labradoodle association. I've got a 9 month old labradoodle called Murphy. He is an F1B, but is quite short haired and is more labrador than poodle - there's always one isn't there!!! He is absolutely gorgeous and we all love him to bits, even when he's things he shouldn't be, which he does regularly! Wendy & Murphy xxxx

introducing dudley to you all

debbiearch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:15:17 GMT

hopefully this will be a pic of our dudley, he is now 5 months old and a lovely we boy. wil post more when i get the hang of this....debbiehttp://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/14/97/22/59/dudley17.jpg

Ten Thousand Steps

Sarah Rogers (Doodledoos) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:42:23 GMT

I have read recently that you can keep fit and loose some weight by walking 10,000 steps a day. I already have a pedometer, so I thought I would give it wirl as I put on a few pounds over Christmas which I haven't been able to shift. Three days in and I've lost 3lbs! Its amazing how many steps you do just pottering about the house and garden and walking to the school bus, but if I need to do extra, I jump on my treadmill for half an hour and that bumps it up alot. I hate running with a passion, ...

Winnie at 1 year

Michelle TB — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:37:36 GMT

Here are a couple of photos that I took of Winnie on her first birthday.

Booster injections

Elizabeth Axe — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:11:45 GMT

On a more serious note than my previous posts, tonight Toby's been sick, he's been a little off all day. To be honest we were sort of expecting it as he wasn't too good last year after his booster. Oddly enought there was an article in a paper today, I've put the link below, about giving our dogs injections when they don't need them. I think we are all very clued up about our kids and injections but I certainly wasn't about dogs. I did think about it but thought it was for the best. Now I'm ...

How time flies!!

Michelle TB — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:15:59 GMT

It's Winnie's first birthday tomorrow In some ways it seems like only yesterday that we brought her home for the first time but in other ways I can't imagine our family without her!! The children have bought her presents and want to give them to her all wrapped up tomorrow - I'll try to remember to film the big event to post on here. x

Pictures of ASD's

Andrews — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:53:50 GMT

Hi

I will be picking up my ADS soon and am interested in how their coats develop. For those of you that have ASD's could you post pictures of them from puppy to adult please.

Andrew

Changing colour!!

karen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:16:58 GMT

Now I know that doodles coats can change colour....Raffi's coat has a fine 'mist' of grey on the chocolate now and Zach is becoming more apricot on his back, but do their noses normally change colour??? Zach had a black nose until fairly recently, ...it is now turning slightly pink!!! We don't mind at all, but it does look a little strange!!

Letting them outside on their own

Nicola P — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:15:59 GMT

Just wondered how old you would recommend for the little monsters to be let out on their own. We have a nice closed in garden with high fencing but lots of pebbles round the patio!!! I just cant wait for the summer so I can keep all the doors open and let Monty come in and out as he pleases.

Nicky P

our new arrival

Jo C — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:44:36 GMT

Rolo meet Lily!!!

New Forest Spring meet - Sun 21st March

Raisdoodles — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:29:22 GMT

its about time we had another New Forest meet. I love seeing all the Doodles running riot so who is up for it? will meet at 1 pm. Studland meet on the 3rd April too which Pauline is organising if you want to put the date in your diaries. Directions as follows:- M27, come off at junction 2 or 3 (don't bother with junction 1 - it will be chock-a-block with tourists and you'll queue for upto 2 hours!) and follow signs for 'lyndhurst & new forest' At lyndhurst, follow the signs for ...

What do we all look like?

Sarah Rogers (Doodledoos) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:27:36 GMT

Well I don't know about all of you, but I would REALLY like to know what you all look like. I would love to see a picture of all you girls who post and I think it might be a nice idea for you to see whose faces belong to the names we all 'know' so well!!! What do you think girls? Do we have any takers Here's one of me, some of you know me already, but it will give you an idea..... It was taken a few weeks ago in my veg patch which as you can see, had alot of snow over it!!!

sam's puppy has been born

sam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:38:22 GMT

hello all

at last, my baby doodle has safely entered the world. I am going to share my updates now with you all and join in the doodle chat !!!! I'm going to see him april 10th and bringing him home may 1st

I'm over joyed, I feel like i've given birth without the labour!!!!

julie am i allowed to put his photo up or not yet???

samx

NORTH EAST DOODLE OWNERS

Raisdoodles — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:30:56 GMT

The Few North East Doodle owners are having a night out next Wednesday 10th March at the Kings Arms, Seaton Sluice, NE26 4RD (<<< for your Sat Nav) 0191 237 0275 Lovely 'Traditional' music starts at 9 pm till 11.30 pm. Food is available up to 7pm. So come along and get those feet tapping and I believe if you have a musical talent you can join in............................... So see you there. If it's a success, we can do it every ...

Carrie Has Had A New Hairdo

Sue — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:45:54 GMT

Where does Bertie get this stuff from?

Elizabeth Axe — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:25:44 GMT

Went out for a short stroll last night about 11:30 up the road, (I overlook farmland). Toby needed what he had to do, but Squirty didn't do anything and wouldn't, even when I said the magic words 'Be quick!' I was extremely suspicious and walked him up and down but not a squat or tentative cock of the leg. Hmmm -I took him in and off they went to bed. He was so quiet. I walked out of the kitchen and peeped back in to see what he was up to ... and found him eating a nectarine... So you may ...

Quite A Surprise

Sue — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:53:44 GMT

I was reaally surprised yesterday when I took Carrie out on her own while Gus was at the Gun Dog Trainers, she was quite nervous and timid without him, she was shaking as I tried to get her up the steps to my sons house, quite sweet really but perhaps I should take her out more often alone to build her own confidence up, as Gus has enough for both

Putting Monty's lead on....

Nicola P — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:08:30 GMT

I get so frustrated when Monty rolls over on his back and starts biting me and the lead when im trying so hard to put it on him....anyone else have the same issue aaaarrrggghhhhhh

Nicky

Cream doodles and this yucky wet weather

Elizabeth Axe — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:34:37 GMT

I don't really have to say anything do I?

West Sussex Doodle Meet - Saturday 6th March

Raisdoodles — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:49:51 GMT

West Sussex Doodle Meet - Saturday 6th March Time: 2.00pm Location: Far end of West Wittering beach car park. Directions: From the A27 on the south side of CHICHESTER take the A286 signed "THE WITTERINGS" and continue for about 5 miles. At the small roundabout in Birdham village, take the RIGHT fork following the brown tourist signs to "West Wittering Beach". After 2 miles you will enter West Wittering village. After passing the village shops continue for ...

LABRADOODLE SOUVENIR'S T-SHIRTS AND NOVELTIES

sam — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:32:39 GMT

look at this.......a labradoodle's souvenir website I found it by chance thats to Elizabeth joking about me wearing a labradoodle t-shirt to crufts!!!!! i may buy a t-shirt now ha ha ha

http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+labradoodles+mugs

Dancing Doodles

Sarah Rogers (Doodledoos) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:20:53 GMT

Do any of you train your dogs to Dance? I have heard that they teach it a little bit in the puppy classes and wondered if any of your Doods had mastered any Salsa/Country/Ballroom techniques yet???? lol