I Love Lucy’s Doodles

01/20/2025

A reminder that with the weather forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday- in Michigan specifically- where we are going to be having wind chill temperatures as low as -20 you don’t want to let your dogs stay outside for longer than it takes for them to go potty.

12/29/2024

Doodles shed (lose hair) and there is no such thing as a hypoallergenic dog. Any breeder who tells you different is lying (unless it’s a hairless dog and even then I’m not sure).

I didn’t brush Lilibet before her bath today and she lost hair all over the bathroom. The tub was full of hair since it was being washed off or hair she rubbed all over the outside of the tub, walls, counter and got on the floor.

But she’s now clean and smells good! And she will probably get a haircut soon. Her feet amazingly look goofy first but she’s becoming a shaggy girl

12/12/2024

It’s winter, even though some days Michigan doesn’t agree. Remember that even if your dog likes to play in the snow they can’t stay out very long if it’s really cold *cough cough Lucy cough cough*.

11/26/2024

Meta has been going though breeder pages and flagging posts going back years they see as violating community standards - even though our posts do no violate standards. Recently our video with Lilibet, Duke, Goose, and Charley as babies and then 2 years old was deleted. I appealed and Meta upheld their decision.

Other breeders have had as many as 10 posts removed, their pages removed, and personal profiles restricted.

Please remember to check our website at www.ilovelucysdoodles.com
And I'll probably even work on redoing it.

We will try to post more on our YouTube channel
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Instagram hasn't been affect yet 🤞🏻
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10/29/2024

Little Goose is a bee, Lilibet is a princess (just like the real Princess Lilibet), and Lilac is a sunflower. Lucy is supposed to be a ghost but it’s windy and her costume kept blowing off.

Halloween - my favorite holiday- is in 2 days. Make sure your dogs are ready. If they get overwhelmed by the visitors put them in their crate. My dogs will be crated (they get upset that the visitors aren’t actually there for them). We have crate covers and Alexa plays them music.

Be mindful of decorations that could be scary for dogs if you are taking your dog out trick-or-treating with you.

Keep candy out of reach of dogs. Chocolate (theobromine) is toxic to dogs because they can’t metabolize it well. Raisins are toxic to dogs - they come from grapes. Some candy can contain xylitol, which is very harmful to dogs.

If your dog chews a glow stick, Halloween decoration, battery, or other costume piece or accessory that can cause illness or choking, or internal injury.

If needed the animal poison control number is 888-426-4435

10/05/2024

09/30/2024

We found out today at our X-ray that Lucy is not pregnant and is experiencing a phantom pregnancy. This happens when the dog has a heat cycle and is bred or not bred and has all the same symptoms as a dog that is pregnant. The hormones from the heat cycle trick her.

I was planning on retiring Lucy after this litter since Lilac and Lilibet are ready to begin breeding. I’m not sure if I will still do that.

Lilibet will be going into heat in a few months and she will be bred with a mini bernedoodle.

09/16/2024

Happy 2nd birthday Lilibet and Little Goose (and Charley and Duke)!! Lilibet and Goose had their own treats, they just got the same color 😊

09/06/2024

This is the point in Lucy’s pregnancy where she will refuse to eat her kibble and we cook for her.

She loves to eat chicken, brown rice, sweet potatoes, and peas. Will we also sometimes add hard boiled eggs - she gets a little picky about those and will eat the whites but leave the yolks but she does eventually eat them. We also add carrots.

She also gets snacks of peanut butter, apple, and banana. She prefers apple over banana though.

Lucy continues to eat this until puppies are a few weeks old.

09/05/2024

My new Puppy Surprise had 3 puppies. Lucy is most likely going to have 4 puppies. Lucy is currently about 28 days pregnant.

The puppies aren’t big enough yet to try to count them by heartbeats on the Doppler. Lucy will have her xray to check how many puppies are in there around day 55 or about October 1st.

The puppies are due about October 9th.

08/07/2024

Lucy has “cloned” herself with each litter. Little Goose in the first litter, Bowser in the second, and Remi in the third.

She is currently with our new stud Oliver - Koa and his family moved out of state. We will see if she continues “cloning” herself with this next litter.

If you are interested in a reserving a spot in the litter for a puppy send us a message!

07/23/2024

Does your doodle sleep like this? Primrose and Lilibet were twinning

07/02/2024

You don’t always know if your dog has anxiety about fireworks until there are fireworks. We really work with our puppies to get them used to a wide variety of sounds - especially fireworks. But they have fear periods and sometimes a loud sound when they are home alone scares them. Plus - during fear periods puppies become more sensitive and can fear things they previously had no issues with.

This happened with Luna - as a share in the images - the dogs were home alone at a lake house and we didn’t know everyone around the lake set off fireworks. It wasn’t a fear period but it was very loud. When they did it again the next night Luna was incredibly scared, she wouldn’t leave my side; she was sitting on me shaking and panting.

The information in these images is what I used with her and now she hears fireworks, lifts her head, and looks at me. I tell her not to worry about it and she’ll go back to sleep. Sometimes I’ll play some music.

If your dog is fearful/anxious of something such as storms or fireworks and you have done counter conditioning but they are still having anxiety please talk to your vet.

06/19/2024

It’s going to be very hot for the rest of the week. This is helpful to see just how hot is too hot for your dog.

This week in Michigan where it’s going to be 90s but feel like 100 I will be letting my dogs out to go potty and play for a couple minutes. Maybe on the weekend when the heat index isn’t as high (if it stays that way) I’ll set up their splash pad.

With doodles you also want to keep in mind the texture of their hair/coat. Some of our Aussiedoodles have can thick coats. We shave ours in the summer. Our rescue Labradoodle has a very thick coat and he gets shaved as well.

06/18/2024

Little Goose, our runt from our first litter who we kept and spayed, broke her leg on Wednesday while we were up north. Our surgeon, Dr. Bula from , said this is a common fracture in small dogs. We are sharing to make others aware.

We had a pen set up for Goosey and Primrose to go potty up north. The other dogs listen well enough to be off leash. I was putting Goosey into the pen to go potty and she jumped out of my arms🫣. She landed and started crying. Lucy immediately ran over to help her. I stood there for a moment shocked at how her leg looked - you can see the X-rays and just imagine.

We found an ER vet (really the only ER vet). Bay Area Pet Hospital in Traverse City was amazing. We spent probably the shortest amount of time ever at an ER vet. While we were there at the advice of the vet I called and left a message for the surgical coordinator at OVRS - Goosey’s sister/aunt/bff Luna had knee surgery there 1 1/2 years ago.

We scheduled Goosey’s surgery on Thursday and they got us in ASAP. She needed an emergency repair since breaks like hers rarely heal correctly on their own.

Goosey had her surgery yesterday and she came home today. She got a plate on her radius - her ulna is too small - and according to the bill she has 8 screws. She has 4 medications, we need to take her to the vet every 10 days to get her bandage changed, she has a recheck with her surgeon at 4 weeks and 8 weeks. She has a little boot to wear when she goes out to potty and it’s adorable.

Please watch your puppies and small dogs when they are on high(er) objects or if they are squirming while you are holding them.

06/15/2024

Primrose likes it up north!

06/13/2024

It’s going to be in the 90s next week. Make sure you check the temperature of the ground before letting your dog walk on it.

06/06/2024

We’re up north in Traverse City and Primrose got to explore the beach (and the neighbor’s beach) with mama and Auntie Luna. She even went in the water a little bit.