Goldendoodles love water and snow
As everyone knows, Goldendoodle’s are an intentional cross breed of the Poodle and the Golden Retriever breed. The Poodle was named after “splashing in water” because these dogs were originally bred to be water retrievers. Their job was to bring ducks and other birds back to their masters. The Golden Retriever is also a gun dog that was bred to retrieve shot waterfowl, such as ducks and upland game birds, during hunting. Both these breeds love the water so it’s no surprise that the Goldendoodle also love the water. It is said that the only thing a Goldendoodle likes more than water is the snow. All of our dogs love the water and the snow with the exception of Ellie. She doesn’t enjoy going in the water even on the hottest summer day. I have to force her into the dog pool to cool off in the summer. Ellie does love the snow though and is a true retriever. Her favourite toy is a tennis ball and Ellie never tires of a game of fetch.
We are now into the new year and with it came the “lockdown” making our days quiet around here. We are not allowed to visit inside our home but we are able to visit for outdoor activities by social distancing with a maximum of 10 people. We have taken advantage of this to keep in touch with our family and their dogs of course. Our fire pit has already had more use this winter than previous years.
We had Kona and Echo over to our house to play. Kona is my son Robbie’s dog from Ruska’s first litter and Echo is my son Blake’s dog from Ruska’s third litter. All the dogs love getting together for playdates. No need for “social distancing” for them! LOL
The countdown is on…..we are excited for Ruska and Tulo’s upcoming litter of puppies due at the end of January. Ruska is an independent dog but when she is expecting puppies she enjoys getting lots of TLC. It’s important for Ruska to continue to get exercise, high quality food and lots rest.
When Ellie and Willow, our other two females went into heat , we sent Brinkley to my son Mark’s family for a visit with his father Tulo. They have been having a great time together!
Mark has been working hard this winter making a skating rink for my grandchildren. It takes many hours of flooding on cold nights and staying off the ice if the days are mild to make a smooth ice surface. It appears Brinkley has been more impatient then anyone and is wanting to “try it out”.
Tulo, Brinkley’s dad, knows the rules – Stay Off the Ice. Mark has been trying to teach Brinkley to “stay off the ice” too, and thought that he had finally succeeded. So as you can imagine, Mark was not to happy with him when he discovered Brinkley enjoying himself one morning, rolling on his back on the ice rink. You can see Tulo watching him in the very bottom of this short video. Tulo knows how to obey! LOL
