Earth Angels Blog

A lovely visit with our past puppies

Tammie — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:59:22 +0000

Darren and I really enjoy spending time with our past puppies. Recently we were fortunate to be able to have Maggie (from Avalon’s first litter )and Rudy ( Keely’s first litter) stay with us a few days while their family went to Saskatchewan.
Rudy is our special little guy who was born with a cleft lip and palate. He has grown into a beautiful red mini who loves his family and all the actvities that they enjoy together. Maggie has been a patient teacher and companion to Rudy and he adores her:)

Lovely visits with our past puppies

Do doodles like the water?

Tammie — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:34:34 +0000

Potential doodle families often ask if doodles like to swim. This photo of Kona is an example of the love and enthusiasm doodles have for swimming. Kona spends weekends at waterfront property near the Crowsnest Pass and he is hard to keep out of the water. His fleece is cut very short at the beginning of the summer as if the doodles have mats the water will cause the mats to get tighter and it can be very painful for the dog. If your doodle loves the water I recommend a short clip in May/June so the fun can begin:)

Earth Angels updates

Tammie — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:05:56 +0000

It has been a quiet summer without puppies but we are receiving great reports from our most recent puppy families. All have adjusted well and have enjoyed alot of time outdoors camping,swimming and hanging out in the back yard.
Hilo and Maddie have completed their testing with great results. We have already had interest in Hilo puppies as people are very captivated with her deep red coloring and happy go lucky demeanor. I have starting checking out nice red stud options:)
Avalon turned 4 this summer and enjoy special attention on her big day. She gave me a big, toothy smile as I sang Happy Birthday to her. Darren thinks I’m insane but doodles are born to be the center of attention:)
I look forward to announce Kelly and Maddie puppy updates in the next month or so.

Chili (Avalon X Xston)

Earth Angels Koda

Future plans

Tammie — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:20:10 +0000

I am busy making plans for the future. When you raise dogs I find it is important to have plan A, B and C laid out as life can take some unexpected turns. This is a lesson we learned in spades when we bred Keely last winter.
Keely will be bred to Ocean State’s Clifford. I have loved that guy since I first laid eyes on him as a puppy and his breeder Stephanie, a wise woman, was not willing to part with him. Instead we have moved to Plan B and will send Keely off to Rhode Island to breed to him next month. The risk associated with summer is that it may be too hot for her to fly so then we will move to Plan C and have semen flown in and we will AI her in Okotoks at Elizabeth Street Vet Clinic where Marco the vet does a great repro work.
Maddie should cycle in late September October and I am hopeful that our simple plan of taking her to Praire Doodles – 90 minutes away will result in exceptional natural breeding to Gail’s new stud muffin Hunter. He possesses impressive size and substance and an endearing personality that my husband Darren fell in love with. He descends from a well known therapy line so we are excited to add that line to our program so we will be holding back a breeding female. As Maddie is a parti and he is a lovely red we are looking forward to apricot and red puppies with nice white markings.
Hilo has started her testing and will finish up later this month. She is having her first heat cycle so i expect that we will have a spring litter available from her and some stunning red boy. Our most recent breeding prospect Koda is settled in with her guardian family in Lethbridge and is enjoying a summer camping holiday. Avalon will be spayed and will enjoy life as our pampered pet and true companion on our life’s journey. She is such an amazing dog and given us such enthusiasm for the multigen labradoodle:)

The photos below are of the Bradford family of Calgary who are a great family who adpoted Higgins. The next photo is Hunter of Prairie Doodles and the last two are Ocean State’s Clifford

Farewells

Tammie — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:33:28 +0000

We have been busy the last couple of weeks so I haven’t been able to keep the blog updated.
My sister in law Connie passed away unexpectedly almost 2 weeks ago. Connie was very involved with our puppies and helped me out while I worked. She adored the labradoodles – especially Avalon and I will miss her often but especially when we have a new litter as she was always so excited about new puppies:)
This past weekend the puppies stared to go. Tiger and Lily( dark caramel boy and caramel and white girl) will spend their lives together in the Northwest Territories, Higgins(cream boy)will live with a lively family in Calgary, Duke of Chambers(caramel boy) will live in St Albert with a young family and Koda our red girl will be a member of the Rathwell family in Lethbridge.
We will take Max (heavy marked parti) to the airport next weekend where he will fly to a a great life that is waiting for him in Halifax and Ginger (caramel girl) will leave in early July to St Albert and soon to be followed by parti boy who will also live in the Edmonton area. We continued to be blessed with the perfect family for each puppy:)

Candid Shots

Tammie — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:04:50 +0000

curly boy ***he is still available

Maddie and her little parti brother

caramel girl runs with a stick

puppies in the outside pen

It is hard to get shots of the puppies when they are not on the move. They are loving the outdoors and it is helping alot with the training.

Keely's big boy

Briggs

fleecy boy

Keely's mini curly boy

dark caramel boy

cream boy

Ginger and parti boy

red girl

heavy marked parti boy

life of the parti

Maddie and caramel boy

Available Puppies

Tammie — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:33:31 +0000

We have three great boys available. Keely’s black little curly mini boy is adorable and loves attention just like his mom. He will mature to 20-25 lbs.

Avalon’s 2 parti boys are stunning. I will keep one of the two back to test as a breeding prospect. The only significant difference between the two is that one has more markings and a looser fleece but both have great bone and substance and very calm and social temperments. They enjoy visitors and being played with.

Keely's littlest angel

parti with lots of markingsred parti boy

Keely’s puppies are 6 weeks

Tammie — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:01:51 +0000

Wow it is hard to imagine these little fellas will be leaving us in two weeks!

They have been such a content group. We have met two of the puppy families and we know that these guys have a great future awaiting them. Recently a litle girl asked me how I can let them go as she thought she would cry if she had to. I assured her that I have cried when some have left but what always makes it easier is knowing the wonderful homes that the puppies have found -and getting emals and photos of our puppies helps too:)

the big boy -lots of red highlights in his hair

Briggs

Mr Personality

Avalon’s puppies @ 5 weeks

Tammie — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:36:58 +0000

The puppies have really matured this week. They are eating puppy meals and they are loving when we come to the pen to see them. I wish we had nice weather so I could take them outside but they enjoy playing in the pen and I am adding toys for stimulation and a crate so they can start to sleep in it.

Keely’s puppies are 5 weeks old

Tammie — Sun, 23 May 2010 04:28:12 +0000

Keely’s puppies have been spending the last week learning how to eat from a dish, drink water and using the puppy litter box. This week we will introduce the crate. We had a few visitors today and the puppies enjoyed being held by adults and kids. We gradually expose them to new sights and sounds so when they go to their new families in three weeks they will be able to adjust to their new environments more easily.

Big Boy

Briggs

mini curly boy