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Special feature today: Our Christmas Puppy
One of my favorite Christmas gifts of all time was when we brought home our australian shepherd puppy to surprise our four kids in Texas in 2003. I’m stretching my rule of anonymity on my blog, but I absolutely love this moment captured on video. This is dedicated to Shiloh, my sister’s sweet dog she →
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Sweets, Energy and Aussiedoodles
There may be a little sticky smudge of marshmallow creme on my keyboard. Today I was in the kitchen making one of our holiday favorites, Christmas fudge. For the un-Martha Stuart person that I am, this recipe is very easy and only requires a few ingredients. Fudge is one of the treats my mom made →
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Aussiedoodles & Snow: A Curly Cold Clumpy Combination
Something that I have in common with my two aussiedoodles is my thick curly black hair. Like them, I winced and flinched as my mom pulled a comb through my tangles and snarls. The thing about curly hair is its tendency to snare debris, be it leaves, gum, mud, or snow. This happened when I →
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Not Naughty, Just Not There Yet
The only person I really have to blame is myself. Too soon, they were not ready. Instead of holding tightly to the rules set in place, I loosened the reins. The fifty plus pound puppies look older than their seven months of age. I may have confused their adult size bodies for mature dogs. Months →
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Happiness is…Being with the People (and Aussiedoodles) You Love
They say that a key component of happiness is connecting with others. I believe this to be true not only for people, but also for dogs. In the short six months that these puppies have been a part of our lives we have established a deep bond. I had been warned that getting two puppies →
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Keep Calm and Carry On (for 10 to 15 Days?!)
Anyone missing me or my posts? I took a few days off. I would like to say that I have been busy with happy Christmas decorating, but there is something else that has kept me from my laptop. I have been on a perpetual puppy post-op perch. The last post I wrote was on the →
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A Day of Napping and Gnawing by the Fire
“This is what you are so good at,” Papa Bear said as he leaned in to kiss me before leaving for the office this morning. He was referring to the caregiving and attention I would be piling upon our convalescing pups. Both Koda and Summer needed their Mama today because yesterday they endured some pretty →
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