Hi from Connecticut

sheamusmom · 12-08-2008, 10:16 PM

I've been reading your forum on and off for months and finally decided to legitimize myself. I have 3 dogs, my youngest is my labradoodle Seamus. I'm so incredibly in love with my doodle that I think my husband gets jealous at times.

I rescued Seamus 1 1/2 yrs ago, drove to PA to a humane society that had several doodles from an unethical breeder. He was about 9mo old at the time. He'd never been groomed, nor walked on a leash, or house broken. He must have been kept in a pen because for a few weeks he only pooped on things that looked like bars...the hose in the yard, a stick, or an electric cord from the lamp in the living room.
My third son had finally moved away to college, and I was determined I would find a fourth son....one who wouldn't talk back, or leave me for a girlfriend. I'm passionate about doing pet therapy with my Seamus at local nursing homes and assisted livings. Most people have never seen a Labradoodle. He proudly struts his stuff, and happily nuzzles up to the old ladies in wheelchairs....I think because their wheels may smell like lunch

gene · 12-08-2008, 10:44 PM

Welcome Liz Seamus and family!!

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I think because their wheels may smell like lunch

Bwahahahaha!!

blueteal · 12-08-2008, 11:25 PM

Welcome to Doodleland!!!!!!!!!!!
tell us about your other dogs.....................
Your Doodle is so cute.........

tuffystar · 12-09-2008, 12:40 AM

I welcome you to doodle land too! I haven't been here long but I am addicted! So much so I have to wear a splint on my ring finger from typing. So enjoy I know I do!!!!!!!

anny51 · 12-09-2008, 04:02 AM

Hi Liz - welcome to being an 'official' forum member. You'll already know how addictive it is, now you'll be spending even more time on here doing posts! I'm interested that you do therapy work with Seamus, as that's what I intend to do with Charlie...we're still at the basic training stage at the moment as he's only 5 mths, but it would be lovely to hear more about Seamus and his 'career'

curlygirl · 12-09-2008, 06:15 AM

Welcome out of the closet!

I admire you for what you have accomplished with your Seamus. To give a good life to any dog with such a bleak beginning must be so rewarding. Thank you for telling your story.

I will look forward to many more pictures of Seamus. Hopefully you will be better at it than I am.

Raleighsmom · 12-09-2008, 07:42 AM

A big welcome to you Liz, Harry, Taffy, Sheamus and Katie!!!! This is a great forum to hang out in, and full of wonderful people, that you'll make friends with fast! More pics please of Sheamus, who is quite handsome, and the rest of the clan!!!

**MaxandMe** · 12-09-2008, 10:50 AM

hellllllllloooooooo LIZ and welcome

I love your intro......great all the way around, and love that you rescued a 4th son aka SEAMUS!!
can't wait to see pics of him and your other dogs as well. You'll love this forum too as we're all Doodleaholics as well.

Max is my 3rd son and Peanut is my 2nd daughter

DAVE my fiance is a honorary doodle at times

once again Welcome ......posting pics is a requirement you know

sheamusmom · 12-09-2008, 10:57 PM

Thanks for all your support and welcome. I'll post more pictures as soon as I figure out this bucket-thing.
My vet actually advised me on my pet therapy work, he volunteers as a leader for the local 4H and they rescued a golden from NYC pound, and raised money for him to be fostered and trained as a service dog. He now is a service dog "on the job'.
If I wanted to take seamus to a hospital I would need to get credentialled by a group such as Delta. But for senior centers and nursing homes, good behavior, and a calm temperament is fine. We're planning to test him for Canine Good Citizen in the near future.
I work at a nursing home as a nurse practitioner. After Seamus completed his obedience course, the recreation therapy dept invited me to bring him in one day/week to get some experience with the patients. He became accustomed to the noises and hustle, shadowing me all day as I examined and treated the patients and then dozing by my feet when I charted. He took to the work like he was bred for it. There was a paranoid schizophrenic woman who refused to allow a physical exam, but when she met seamus she was enamored, reminiscing over her childhood with past dogs. She then told me she wouldn't allow any "doctor" to examine her, but if I still wanted to give her a physical, she'd allow "Seamus' Mom" to do it. I then knew we had something special here.

gene · 12-10-2008, 08:31 AM

Another case of doodles winning people over! Thanks for sharing and good luck to you and Seamus.

dustt · 12-10-2008, 08:22 PM

Hi Seamus nice to meet you !!!- here's a wee bit we have in common - your name is Irish for James mine is Scottish for James - hope to see you around!!! - It's extra cool that you spend time giving some extra lovin' to the seniors!!!

Sweet Sadie · 12-11-2008, 02:31 PM

Hi and welcome to all of you. It sounds like you have accomplished a lot.... good job!! As I think it was mentioned a few times here... we would love to see more pictures

Enjoy the forum.

12-08-2008, 10:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
sheamusmom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Windsor, CT Posts: 310	Hi from Connecticut I've been reading your forum on and off for months and finally decided to legitimize myself. I have 3 dogs, my youngest is my labradoodle Seamus. I'm so incredibly in love with my doodle that I think my husband gets jealous at times. I rescued Seamus 1 1/2 yrs ago, drove to PA to a humane society that had several doodles from an unethical breeder. He was about 9mo old at the time. He'd never been groomed, nor walked on a leash, or house broken. He must have been kept in a pen because for a few weeks he only pooped on things that looked like bars...the hose in the yard, a stick, or an electric cord from the lamp in the living room. My third son had finally moved away to college, and I was determined I would find a fourth son....one who wouldn't talk back, or leave me for a girlfriend. I'm passionate about doing pet therapy with my Seamus at local nursing homes and assisted livings. Most people have never seen a Labradoodle. He proudly struts his stuff, and happily nuzzles up to the old ladies in wheelchairs....I think because their wheels may smell like lunch __________________ Liz, Harry, Seamus, Katie and Charlie

12-08-2008, 11:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
blueteal Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,334	Re: Hi from Connecticut Welcome to Doodleland!!!!!!!!!!! tell us about your other dogs..................... Your Doodle is so cute.........

12-09-2008, 12:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
tuffystar Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Utah Posts: 2,292	Re: Hi from Connecticut I welcome you to doodle land too! I haven't been here long but I am addicted! So much so I have to wear a splint on my ring finger from typing. So enjoy I know I do!!!!!!!

12-09-2008, 04:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
anny51 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: England/New Zealand Posts: 755	Re: Hi from Connecticut Hi Liz - welcome to being an 'official' forum member. You'll already know how addictive it is, now you'll be spending even more time on here doing posts! I'm interested that you do therapy work with Seamus, as that's what I intend to do with Charlie...we're still at the basic training stage at the moment as he's only 5 mths, but it would be lovely to hear more about Seamus and his 'career' __________________ Ann and Charlie "Qui me amat, amet et canem meum." ("Love me, love my dog.") - St. Bernard, A.D. 1150, "Sermo Primus

12-09-2008, 06:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
curlygirl Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 350	Re: Hi from Connecticut Welcome out of the closet! I admire you for what you have accomplished with your Seamus. To give a good life to any dog with such a bleak beginning must be so rewarding. Thank you for telling your story. I will look forward to many more pictures of Seamus. Hopefully you will be better at it than I am. __________________ Annie is a F1B chocolate labradoodle born on May 26, 2008.

12-09-2008, 07:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
Raleighsmom Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Windsor,Ct Posts: 4,617	Re: Hi from Connecticut A big welcome to you Liz, Harry, Taffy, Sheamus and Katie!!!! This is a great forum to hang out in, and full of wonderful people, that you'll make friends with fast! More pics please of Sheamus, who is quite handsome, and the rest of the clan!!! __________________ Kathie,Raleigh & Molly! "Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier

12-09-2008, 10:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
MaxandMe Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 15,103	Re: Hi from Connecticut hellllllllloooooooo LIZ and welcome I love your intro......great all the way around, and love that you rescued a 4th son aka SEAMUS!! can't wait to see pics of him and your other dogs as well. You'll love this forum too as we're all Doodleaholics as well. Max is my 3rd son and Peanut is my 2nd daughter DAVE my fiance is a honorary doodle at times once again Welcome ......posting pics is a requirement you know __________________ *Annmarie, Max,& Peanut* "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France uncondtional love: what a dog always does for us and humans strive to do but can we?

12-09-2008, 10:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
sheamusmom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Windsor, CT Posts: 310	Re: Hi from Connecticut Thanks for all your support and welcome. I'll post more pictures as soon as I figure out this bucket-thing. My vet actually advised me on my pet therapy work, he volunteers as a leader for the local 4H and they rescued a golden from NYC pound, and raised money for him to be fostered and trained as a service dog. He now is a service dog "on the job'. If I wanted to take seamus to a hospital I would need to get credentialled by a group such as Delta. But for senior centers and nursing homes, good behavior, and a calm temperament is fine. We're planning to test him for Canine Good Citizen in the near future. I work at a nursing home as a nurse practitioner. After Seamus completed his obedience course, the recreation therapy dept invited me to bring him in one day/week to get some experience with the patients. He became accustomed to the noises and hustle, shadowing me all day as I examined and treated the patients and then dozing by my feet when I charted. He took to the work like he was bred for it. There was a paranoid schizophrenic woman who refused to allow a physical exam, but when she met seamus she was enamored, reminiscing over her childhood with past dogs. She then told me she wouldn't allow any "doctor" to examine her, but if I still wanted to give her a physical, she'd allow "Seamus' Mom" to do it. I then knew we had something special here. __________________ Liz, Harry, Seamus, Katie and Charlie

12-10-2008, 08:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
gene Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: youngstown ohio Posts: 8,619	Re: Hi from Connecticut Another case of doodles winning people over! Thanks for sharing and good luck to you and Seamus. __________________ gene , jonah , miko and rumor "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." - Robert Benchley

12-10-2008, 08:22 PM	#11 (permalink)
dustt Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeastern Michigan Posts: 296	Re: Hi from Connecticut Hi Seamus nice to meet you !!!- here's a wee bit we have in common - your name is Irish for James mine is Scottish for James - hope to see you around!!! - It's extra cool that you spend time giving some extra lovin' to the seniors!!! __________________ Tam & Hamish

12-11-2008, 02:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
Sweet Sadie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northeast Wisconsin Posts: 489	Re: Hi from Connecticut Hi and welcome to all of you. It sounds like you have accomplished a lot.... good job!! As I think it was mentioned a few times here... we would love to see more pictures Enjoy the forum. __________________ *Lynn & Sadie*

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