Happy Hippy Doodles

30/07/2024

[NOTE: This photo is just picture of a pond in the summer. NOT a picture of a pond with the toxin.] Cyanobacteria can have many different looks, including not being visible at all. Link to Kentucky Division of Water for more photos and information: https://eec.ky.gov/Environmental-Protection/Water/Monitor/Pages/HABS.aspx #:~:text=Harmful%20Algal%20Blooms%20Division%20of%20Water&text=A%20harmful%20algal%20bloom%2C%20or,skin%20in%20animals%20or%20humans.
"Death follows minutes to hours after exposure to a small amount of this toxin." As the weather gets hotter, ponds can start to have "algae blooms." The water itself can look like pea soup, or like green paint is spread on the surface of the water. Sometimes it is not visible at all. Some of these blooms are cyanobacteria, which can produce potent toxins. Dogs are exposed when they wade in the water and either drink the water directly, or lick it off themselves when they come out. There is no antidote; treatment is supportive and many dogs don't survive. If you believe your dog has been exposed, bathe him immediately. If he has any symptoms, bring him right in to a veterinarian. See comments for more information about signs and treatment. (Most ponds that look like this are not dangerous, but it is not possible to tell which ones are toxic and which ones aren't except by having the water tested; If in doubt, keep pets out.) Edited to add links to more pond phots.

15/06/2024

Wow! So impressive!

15/06/2024

This is good info.

Let's talk about this photo. It's cute, except it's not. I see a dog who cannot get up without telling the child to get off. How do you think a dog is going to do that?

The 7 Golden Toddler Dog Rules:
#1: If a dog walks away from you, you DO NOT FOLLOW.
#2: Always leave room for the dog to walk away from you.
---that right there is 90+% of dog bites eliminated---
#3: We do not climb on the dog.
#4: We do not grab or pull on the dog.
#5: We do not hit or throw anything at the dog.
#6: We do not touch the dog's food.
#7: We do not go into the dog's kennel.

I promise these are not overly difficult concepts for littles, nor will they rob a kid of their bond with the family dog. It will deepen that bond, while keeping everyone safe.

"Oh, it looks like Moose is walking away from you. She is saying she wants a break. Let's play with this instead!"

"It's Moose's dinner time! Let's give her space to enjoy her yummies."

"That is Moose's room(kennel) and only she is allowed to go in there."

"If Moose wanted a break, could she walk away from you right now? No she really couldn't. Let's move away from the play house. You can keep playing but now she can leave when she wants a break."

In conclusion, ***parent your child or your dog will do it for you, and you will not like how they do it.***

04/06/2024

Interesting stuff. I plan to share with my Badass Breeder friends, for more opinions and insights. Maybe some of them will comment here!

Updated information from the University of California study on the effects of spay/neutering.

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/when-should-you-neuter-or-spay-your-dog

03/05/2024

28/04/2024

Interesting post, from a group I’m in.

Every time I see a post about doodles in an all breed FB group, someone is bound to pipe up that "the shelters are overflowing" with them.

At first I accepted this pretty much at face value - I know what popularity means to dogs, and I used to volunteer at a shelter in the early 2000s and know how many bully breed dogs we got in - it was constant, we were indeed literally overflowing with them and when I check my local shelter pages and petfinder, it's still an issue.
So I figured that doodles could easily be the same.

Not wanting to ever be a burden on shelters, I set my breeding plans in place including microchips that always list me as a contact, and using Spay Secure to make sure my spay/neuter contract is upheld.

I also wanted to see HOW overflowing my local shelter was with doodles, so I checked. I live in the greater Salt Lake City area, and checking the 6 most common doodles - golden, lab, bernese, cavalier, aussie, sheepdog - I found on Petfinder... 6 dogs out of 1800 total dogs in a 100 mile range.

This made me go "hmmm". So I checked a zip code I used to live in, 95376, a very populous area, and searched all the top doodle breeds - - and found... 11 total doodles available out of 6800 dogs.
Checked 100 miles around Los Angeles - 25 out of 12,700.

Then I thought: I should check a known “puppy mill” state, picked Ohio at random - 24 out of 3300.

Guys, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I’m starting to get a little suspicious.

I know that every single shelter doesn’t advertise on Petfinder, but a whole lot do, and if they list dogs available on their own site they almost always also list through Petfinder. Every rescue group I’ve ever heard of advertises on Petfinder.

29/03/2024

I can’t believe I missed it yesterday!

Happy happy birthday to the Tree Litter!!! Time sure flys when you’re having fun! Let’s see those beautiful trees! 🎉🎉🎉

21/02/2024

From my friend!

17/02/2024

Happy happy birthday to the Legends litter!
Such a phenomenal group of pups!

11/02/2024

Spa day for Penny yesterday! Tried out a different cut on her face and we love it! She’s been Poodled! 💗💗💗

29/01/2024

A Happy Hippy Birthday to the Marvel litter!!! Three years has flown by. Let’s see those Doods now!

12/12/2023

This is Sadie. She is so incredibly sweet, smart, polite and cuddly. She is scheduled to finish her OFA’s in January and, pending results, will be our next Mama!
She is our smallest female and we’re planning to breed her to a small male for our first litter of Minis!
Stay tuned and we’ll let you know once we’ve made a final decision on a sire!

19/11/2023

26/10/2023

Stick with the original! Xylitol can be deadly to dogs!

19/10/2023

My friend Jennie over at Grand Lake Poodles and Doodles wrote this. Some of these things don’t apply to every puppy, but it’s a good representation of what it costs to produce a well bred puppy.

“I've had multiple people ask why our puppies are priced where they are and that they've seen pups being given away for almost nothing, so I wanted to share this with all our friends and families as a better understanding.

Ethical breeders devote all of our time, money, and energy into not only our litters being whelped, but the parents entire lives as well and we're not guaranteed any litters. The majority of the time, the money that we receive from the pups goes right back into our programs so we can continue to bless families with healthy, well bred puppies. We truly love what we do and we care about all of our dogs it's not just something we do to make money.”

***associated costs are a rough estimate and vary per city and state.

19/10/2023

This is the second dog in the last two weeks that we’ve had come in to our hospital with this type of bone stuck around it’s mandible. Separate companies but the EXACT same design.

Please do NOT buy this type of bone for your pup! It’s not worth the risk. Luckily for this patient, our technician was able to wiggle it free but our previous patient was under general anesthesia for nearly a half hour while we went through every tool in our arsenal to saw through both sides of the bone safely.
Both dogs are lucky that they did not end up with lacerations or broken teeth.

29/09/2023

Super good info. Keep those puppers safe! 💗

13/08/2023

We are in a pause as we complete Sadie’s testing. Stay tuned!

03/07/2023

Update from Milo (Freddie Mercury). He’s done fantastic with his first leg of training and is home for a while to practice before his next leg. So incredibly proud of him and the work he is doing! Laura Nunheimer Nott thank you for the pupdate! 💗💗💗

18/06/2023

Elvis, who gets to keep his name, has found his family and gone home!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations Kelly and family!

16/06/2023

This! 💗