WC Test Rules updated (2011)

Working Certificate Test Rules and Regulations updated (Effective January 1, 2011)

Noah's Florida vacation

Hi Don

Thought you might like to see what fun Noah had on his first vacation to Florida.  He swam in the pool daily basis.  He aloso got to stay at the Disney VIP Kennel with his two 'brothers'.  The kennel is very fancy (and expensive!!).  They had a fully glass room with a little courtyard outside as well as a TV at dog level :-) nice cushions and of course, fully air conditioned - all this while we baked in the 92F heat at Disney :-).

We also went for some nice walks at the state parks and botanical gardens.

And now we are back to the cold and rain ... Noah doesn't care but the basenji boys are not happy!

Take care

Vanessa

 

PS Note wah the bandana says in the last picture :-)

 

Angus (pic)

Hi Don,

Just an updated photo of our boy with one of his kids  =)

He’s such a wonderful boy, we are so lucky to have him in our lives!

Hope all is well with you and yours!

Theresa, Steve, and the girls

Black Lab Pup

Thanks Don

I feel I have made the right choice with your pat/storm breeding, I emailed everyone on the contact list you sent and most responded and every person, both hunters and nonhunters were extremely pleased with their dogs. You obviously understand dogs and dog breeding very well! Also everyone I contacted had very high praise for you and the professional maner in which you dealt with them. 

I look forward to my new pup. Please keep me posted on when the breeding is done so I can start the count down!

Best regards

Rod

Lab pup

Hi Don,
My name is Scott. I am currently working as a Nurse in Iqaluit, I am very interested in a Lab puppy. Preferably a chocolate. I have read your online info and am very impressed with your philosophy regarding breeding for health, temperment, working ability and show. I do a fair bit of hunting and fishing, but would not necessarily train the dog for water foul. We also have children so temprement is very important to us. We live a very active outdoor lifestyle. We have owned labs in the past and know they make wonderful family members.
I was wondering if you had any information regarding future litters as I would love to have the oportunity for Fall ownership if possible. Perhaps I could arrange to meet with you and see the dogs when I arrived back in Halifax.
Please let me know what litters you may have planned.
Thanks very much,

Scott

Jill in the Obedience Trials

I ran Jill in the Obedience Trials yesterday and today at the Trenton show.  She qualified yesterday with a score of 185 and today with 190

 

Don

Chelsea Marie enjoying the ocean water (pics)

This is Ch. Doindogs Chelsea Marie enjoying the ocean water Sunday morning

 

litter mate to Dot (pic)

Happy 1st Birthday Noah (pics)

Hi Don

 

Well Noah turns 1 today!!  I can’t believe how the time has just flown by.  It seems like just yesterday that you called me to say that you had a puppy available.  The time has flown but we have enjoyed every minute of it.  Thank you very much for Noah, he has turned in to quite the dog from the little puppy.

 

We are having a little birthday party tonight with doggy birthday cake (that I made from dog-friendly ingredients J ).  Hopefully I get a picture before the dogs gobble it up.

 

 

Take care

 

Vanessa

Opening day trout (pic)

Hi Don,

I didn't have much luck this morning, but Ruby got four little ones for my supper ;-)
Hope that all is well.

-Dave

 

Chelsea (pic)

This is Chelsea on the chase manoeuvering at high speed.

Midnite (pics)

Don,

More pictures of Midnite. He is doing really well with his training.  Still working at him hard where as he is still a puppy.

 

Tiffany, Travis & Cole

New Doindogs Jill profile page

 

http://www.doindogs.com/jill/

Doindogs Jill (High in Class) Cobequid

Lab Pup

Hello Don,

I'd just like to say you have some lovely dogs - my husband and I had the pleasure of taking care of one of your pups (now three yrs) over the past four months for a friend.

About two years ago we had been looking getting a lab (my husband's childhood buddy, a big yellow guy had passed away), and your kennel had been of interest to us.  At that time we were still students and lived in Ontario, so we decided to hold off on getting a dog until we figured things out a bit more.   We lived in Nova Scotia for the past year, which is where we met Sue, the black lab, and her owner, whom we were hunting with (since we don't have a dog yet!) up in Canning and Cape Split.   We were sad to see Sue go home, as she is a great dog, but we also know that she is super happy at home and that her owner loves her very much.

We've recently moved home to Ontario, as we are now finished with schooling.  I know Sue was born March 21, 2008 - so from that I have deduced that your Pat is her sister.    Right now I am just simply curious as to whether you'll be breeding Pat maybe within the next two years?  Also, do you take deposits, etc?   Depending on timing, etc, we would be able to make the drive out to get the pup, but I am also wondering if you ship/fly them out at all?

I didn't want to  make this too long winded, but I do have a few more questions I'll save for later.  Again, you have some beautiful dogs, and we love your mandate of health, behaviour and abilities being most important.  If it isn't obvious, we hunt and fish all year round, and for those times when the seasons are closed we are out canoeing and camping and very active.

 

Regards,

K

Oka, Tally, Jemima!

 

Flaked out at the end of a long day's play.

 

Luke & Oka (pics)

 

It was chilly... and windy... and Luke had a great time walking Oka!

Java (pics)

Hi Don

This is Java daughter of Ch. Doindogs Chelsea Marie at about 6 months.

Gary

 

Noah does it again!!

Hi Don,

Noah does it again!!

He went best puppy beating out another female pup, winners dog, and then best opposite sex again beating out a special male!!

So we get another point :-)

Noah behaved just perfectly today even when he went in the ring for group puppy.  We are very proud of our little boy.

Of course pictures to follow again  :-)

Take care

Vanessa & Noah

Hiker & Coco (pic)

This Hiker, yellow Lab, son of Doindogs Mike and Coco, daughter of Ch. Doindogs Chelsea Marie

 

Tucker (update)

Sorry, no more pictures of Tally yet. It has not been a good week. Tally
can compete with Tucker for weight, but probably not in sheer roundness. She
is quite leggy. I don't have spring bulbs in the garden, and we are still
under two feet of snow, but I found her eating daffodil bulbs. I can only
think that the squirrels might have brought them in from our neighour, who
has lots of pots, or from his giant stinking rubbish heap in the garden.
She had definitely eaten some, and I think that Oka had too. I tried
peroxide but could not get him to vomit, so we whizzed off to the vets to
get some hydromorphone. Which, obviously, worked. Oka felt very sorry for
himself. I am very glad that I did, though, because Tally brought up at
least three bulbs, way more than would be needed to kill her. So we stuffed
them with activated charcoal, and now sulcrate and pepcid, just to protect
their gi tracts. They are going to be fine, though. I was more concerned
about Tally because of her lower body mass. Fortunately, if I can use the
word in this context, she had not long eaten, so her stomach was a little
protected, and I was also at the vets within 15 minutes of it happening.

The vet and the techs are completely in love with her, by the way!

House full of people dropping by all day today, I am quite yawny. Nice to
have good friends here, though.

Hope you are well,
love
b
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Orangeville - today (pics)

Hi Don I wanted you to be the first to know that our Noah got his first point today.

He went winners dog and then beat out the male special to win Best of Opposite Sex!! He moves and stacks beautifully- the only issue is with examining his mouth and today he just went totally crazy just bouncing around all over the place.  Got to work some more on this.

I have entered tomorrow as well, so lets see how that goes :-)

 

Take care

Vanessa

Tucker at almost 12 weeks (pics)

Here is Tucker at almost 12 weeks. He has gone from 2.6kg to 8.0kg!! He is
doing very well with his training and is a very happy puppy :)

Andrew

Noah 11 Months (pics)

Hi Don

 

Well Noah turns 11 months today J.  Here are some pictures I took of him on Sunday.  He sure loves playing in the snow.

 

Take care

Vanessa

 

Midnite (pics)

Hi Don

Hope all is well. Tucker is doing really good. We have our vet appointment this Friday for the second set of needles. When we take Tucker out for a walk, at about every 20 feet, we command him to stop, sit, stay & come. When a car goes by, we make him sit while it passes. He is doing really good, and quite pleased with him. Travis and I are always watching him to ensure that he isn't chewing anything he shouldn't be. He LOVES the meat bones from the grocery store. Here are some pictures, and you will see that he is well loved and pampered in some pictures. He doesn't mind being held like a baby.

 

Tiffany, Travis and Cole Page

AMAZING HUMAN CAMERA!

I would be most upset if you came to Quebec and did not come to stay!

Tally has just been for her second lot of shots at the vet, who says she is without doubt the most beautiful lab she has ever seen. She did clarify, by saying that looks weren't everything!  Tally now weighs 16.5 lbs, so she really HAS doubled in size!

love

b

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Juno (pics)

This is Ch. Doindogs Chelsea Marie’s puppy Juno at 7 months

 

Sadie (pic)

This is Driftwood's Lasting Impression, A.K.A. Sadie,daughter of Doindogs
Chelsea Marie. Yesterday, Feb 13 Sadie won her class at the Halifax Dog Show.

 

Midnite, Tucker & Nala (pics)

Hey Don,

Hope all is well.   Nala did eventually go into heat - in the prime of hunting season.  What kind of a hunting dog does that?  This year was a good start for her, next year I think she will be ready. Both her and Tucker are healthy and doing well.   These are some recent pictures as you can see they have it pretty rough.

Evan

(above: Midnite & Tucker)