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Jac · 03-27-2010, 02:29 AM

I just love to watch a good older dog playing with and teaching puppies!

Todd and I have been discussing these issues (Judi too) and I can say that it is most certainly true...I watch Bayley with her puppies and I am so amazed at her patience and care. I laugh at her because when the puppies poop, she is there before it hits the ground! She is so quick to know when they need her and she is so nurturing.

Often I go in and she is sleeping next to the whelping box, just keeping an eye on them.

I really do believe that a good mother dog helps train the dogs around her...but I also believe that (for the most part) Doodles are just a good, social breed. I can put a huge litter of 8 week old puppies in with my adult males and they just lie there, letting the littles climb all over them....the littles grab their ears and the bigs just growl like chewbacca...never snapping, never biting, never even doing a serious growl...the pups just love them! I also see my adult boys circle the x-pen of the older pups and they play bow to them, lick them through the cage, and just watch over them.

I just love Doodles!

03-27-2010, 02:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: northern California Posts: 9,243	Re: Finally got some good pics of Aero..... I just love to watch a good older dog playing with and teaching puppies! Todd and I have been discussing these issues (Judi too) and I can say that it is most certainly true...I watch Bayley with her puppies and I am so amazed at her patience and care. I laugh at her because when the puppies poop, she is there before it hits the ground! She is so quick to know when they need her and she is so nurturing. Often I go in and she is sleeping next to the whelping box, just keeping an eye on them. I really do believe that a good mother dog helps train the dogs around her...but I also believe that (for the most part) Doodles are just a good, social breed. I can put a huge litter of 8 week old puppies in with my adult males and they just lie there, letting the littles climb all over them....the littles grab their ears and the bigs just growl like chewbacca...never snapping, never biting, never even doing a serious growl...the pups just love them! I also see my adult boys circle the x-pen of the older pups and they play bow to them, lick them through the cage, and just watch over them. I just love Doodles!