I had an email from Bosley/Annie owner Bonnie. She was visiting with other dogs at the dog park and discussed the importance of early handling. I try to stress it as we do it from birth, but it never hurts to also hear it agian! Thanks Bonnie. I have the link for our doodle owners, [...]
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I had this forwarded to us from a doodle owner and am sharing it with you. I don’t know if it is true, but here is the copy paste:
Please share this with all the pet owners you know and ask them to do the same – the information you take a few minutes to share [...]
I found this to be a good article. I can’t stress enough the importance of the imprint stage and proper training for our labradoodles. They are very smart.
Clicker Training with Puppies April 2005
From Breeder resources
All puppies need to be trained. Regardless whether you keep a puppy to show or train for fieldwork or place him [...]
Stages of Development
Scott and Fuller define these stages of social and behavioral development in puppies: neonatal, transitional, socialization and juvenile. They also note a fear period around 8 to 10 weeks of age, and a second fear period between 4 and 11 months of age. Hastings’ classification of developmental stages is similar although she includes [...]
Health Benefits of Pet Ownership
In our hearts we know that pets enrich our lives, and in recent years scientific studies have begun to pin-point the ways that companion animals improve our minds and our bodies. Beyond walks and “fetch,” beyond lazy days in the sun and eager faces at the end of the day, pets [...]
Here at Liberty Labradoodles we use Pets Stop Inn www.petsstopinn.com
for our grooming. Our dogs are scheduled for a grooming on a regular basis.
To keep your Doodle happy and healthy, he/she
needs to have a few grooming issues attended to
regularly. The coat is traditionally kept 4 to 6
inches long and should look shaggy and natural.
BATHING: [...]
I found this from the Australian Labradoodle website and thought I would share:
32 oz. vanilla yogurt
1 mashed banana or one large jar of baby fruit
2 T. peanut butter
2 T. honey
Blend all together and freeze in 3 ounce paper cups or ice cube trays. Microwave just a few seconds
before serving.
Just a reminder that with Fourth of July approaching first, hang your flag!
THEN have you thought about your dog and fireworks? Some do fine with the loud bangs and whistles… while some don’t. Libby, our retired resident grandmother now is not at all comfortable with the sounds at first. She settles in with [...]
One of our future puppy owners just asked about our puppy program. We handle, stress, and socialize following the Monks of New Skete; don’t know if your familiar with them, but it is a wonderful philosophy of from birth raising a great puppy. Thanks to Jim, another one of our previous puppy owners, for telling [...]