Happy Mother's Day!

 Happy Mother’s Day to all our Mamas out there!

Amore- Mom to 16

• Rusty Diamond, Tory Peridot, Garnet, Boomer Opal
• Sapphire, Zircon, Frisou Carnelian, Oliver Jasper
• Galena Magnolia, Teddy Malachite, Goldie (deceased)
• Obsidian, Banjo Cinnibar, Pearl, Topaz, PJ Peppermint Jade

Garnet – Mom to 11:

• Cassie Cassiopeia, Gatsby Antares, Corona, Lyra, Zigzag HeliosScarlett, Lily Cardinal, Galaxy, Penelope Nightingale, Leo, Arial

Galena – Mom to 20:

• Oscar Apollo, Cupcake Kiera, Hershey Crispin, Tara Firefly, Matilda Nubia, Kacey Lunette
• Holly Delilah, Nellie Serena, Maggio Clio, Baloo Lukos, Hazel, Bo Skylax, Angel Ophelia, Maui Tigris
• Romeo, Fozzie Snoopy, Charlie Peeta, Cooper Finnick, Charlie Evrial, Kobe Moose

Phoenix – Mom to 12:

• Tobey Lupin, Cumin Chino. Nelly Iris, Marley Juniper, Katniss Alice, Chewy Zurr
• Ivy, Peanut, Ash, Indigo, Jasmine, Lavender

Topaz – Mom to 11:

• Rusty Rococo, Harmony, Darwin Caprice, Nocturne (still-born), Brio, Sheeva Piccolo
• Chewie Marley, Rover Kanye, Whiskey Reed, Rosie Clarkson, Jackson

Harmony – soon to be a Mom as well!

Garnet's baby Arial, from her second litter, was sold to Scotia Doodles and has had a couple litters there, meaning Garnet, age 6 1/2, is a grandma too!

Galena’s baby Kiera was sold to Barksdale Labradoodles in Mississippi and has had a couple litters for them, so Galena, age 5, is also a grandma.

Phoenix’s boy Cumin was sire to Galena’s third litter, so Phoenix, age 4, is paternal grandma to those six babies (and Amore is their maternal grandma)!

Topaz, age 4, is grandma to Harmony’s puppies-to-be, which are expected to arrive in mid-June!

And Amore, age 8, mom to Garnet, Galena and Topaz, is obviously Grandma to all their puppies and great-grandmas to all their grand-puppiws!

No flowers or chocolate for these mamas - but we'll give ours lots of snuggles and a good long walk!

Happy birthday Amore!

Amore, aka Mo, turns EIGHT today!!

Mo is the matriarch of our whole breeding program. We got her at the age of 16 months, in whelp, from Urban Doodles in Calgary in June 2009. She was in part my daughter’s ninth birthday present (so now you can figure out how old my daughter will be this spring). From day one she has known she was my daugher’s dog, sleeping in her room, watching over her, keeping an eye on her when we would be out hiking or playing. She is a very maternal, caring and smart dog with a bit of a protective streak, so we could never have prospective puppy families visit before her pups turned six weeks and even then we had to watch her as she didn’t like strangers handling her pups. For all that, the pups from her that we’ve kept as breeders have been calm and pretty laid back (especially Galena!).

Mom gave us 15 pups in four litters, so she was never a big producer, but we loved her anyhow. She is now the family pet and matriarch of the pack. She is sometimes a bit jealous when Galena, Phoenix or Topaz have their pups and acts like she’d like to be the mom, but knows to keep her distance as they other moms don’t want her barging in (for all they accept humans, another dog is more threatening).

Born on Valentine’s Day, our Amore is indeed our love.

Happy eighth birthday Mo!!

Happy birthday Carny-Frisou, Zircon, Sapphire and Oliver

This was our second litter back in 2010 – FIVE years old now. Wow!

The three boys in this litter all live close by and we have had the good fortune to see them from time to time at Doodle Romps (or quite frequently in Frisou’s case, since he lives with his sister Galena who is one of our breeding mamas). Sapphire ended up in the Netherlands with another breeder, Upside Down Doodles.

My kids and I remember Sapphire as the little escape artist – she learned to climb the fencing we put around the puppy corner and so we would constantly be finding her where she wasn’t supposed to be, the little scamp!

Carnelian was the big baby of the bunch – the largest but the one who always wanted to be held and cuddled. Oliver (Jasper to us) had the softest, silkiest coat I have ever come across, in a lovely light caramel colour. Zirci’s human mama did therapy dog training with him and he has been working as a therapy dog now for about a year. Way to go, Zirci!

Happy fifth birthday!

Enjoy a lovely fall!

Happy birthday Garnet, Tory, Boomer and Diamond Rusty!

This was our very first litter back in 2009 – SIX years old now. Yikes!

Garnet herself is a grandma already. She was the first breeder we kept and produced two nice litters for us before taking early retirement. Tory ended up in Vancouver, Boomer lives in Winnipeg, and Rusty is the closest besides Garnet, in northwest Quebec. Given their great distances, Garnet is the only one we’ve really kept in touch with, and even she is not as frequent a visitor now that she’s not having pups any more.

Garnet is mom to Lyra, Cassie, Ziggy, Gatsby, Corona, Lily, Scarlett, Ariel, Leo, Galaxy, and Penelope, and grandma to I don’t know how many of Ariel’s puppies. She lives with four human siblings, a mom dad and cat in Cornwall, where she is a happy and well-loved dog.

Happy sixth birthday!

Enjoy a lovely summer!