helllooooooooooo welcome and what a GREAT INTRO!!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading every word,sometimes giggling and going WOW!!!
Trixie is special , precious, cute, smart , loving , curious and wee bit of devil hahahhaaaaaaaaaaa
LOVE how you dealt with "stuff"............and i must say Labradoodles and Goldendoodles ( i have one of each

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are such awesome and unique dogs!
and yes they do tend to understand complete sentences as they mature.......isn't it great?!
can't wait to see TRIXIE's pics and hear more too!!
PS Kathie you know you just jinxed yourself with that statment, when's your birthday? i'll mail you some palmolive