Doodles in Paradise! New photos of George and Gracie!

2doodsmom

Okay, I've been gone awhile, but I'm back for a couple of days. Today I realized that we have had George and Gracie for 1 year, this week! They are a little over 14 months now and their coats are still changing, but take a look and tell me what their coloring is, please.... Are they chocolates with highlights? Cafe au lait?

We are crazy about these doods! It has been a handful to raise littermates this first year, but they are the joy of our days. Go to my gallery if you want to see them one year ago. It's hard to believe how much they've changed!

Bragging,
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Lisa and George and Gracie
http://labradoodle-dogs.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=79
Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
--Groucho Marx

movistar · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

they're beautiful. I will let the experts share what color they are though Smile

2doodsmom · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

Thank you! I'm reloading the images so they will show up here. I hope....
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Lisa and George and Gracie
http://labradoodle-dogs.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=79
Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
--Groucho Marx

2doodsmom · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject:

I'm trying again.... George and Gracie one year ago:

and today:

Grace a year ago:

and today:

George a year ago:

and today:

Amazing, isn't it?

I look at everyone's photos and love to see all of our babies growing up. Enjoy. Lisa
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Lisa and George and Gracie
http://labradoodle-dogs.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=79
Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
--Groucho Marx

lisarundell · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

Lisa, they are beautiful! My son loves their high-lighted faces. How big are they? They look tall. It is so much fun to see the changes. I'm not sure Toby will have the noticable changes that your 2 and Lani have had, time will tell. Smile

This was Toby when we got him at 11 weeks

Here he is now at 6 months with really long legs!

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Lisa, Lani and Toby
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Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
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seazr · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject:

George and Gracie are beautiful!!
Diane (and Dakota)

lisarundell · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:45 am Post subject:

Lisa, I have a question about the electric fence collars. Have you ever noticed sores or burns on Gracie or George's neck? We have stopped using the fence for now Toby has had a bunch of sores on his neck where the probes sit and the fur is discolored. We have not seen any on Lani, but she has so much more fur.
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Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx

movistar · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:29 am Post subject:

I have a lab, an f1 and a poodle with the collars and one has the stubborn one and I dont have any sores. we have been using it for two years. I do remember reading it could be possible in the manufacturers literature so I very frequently take the collars off. They get like two days or three days on then a day or two off. If I see them inching to close to the flags then the collar goes back on. Also because it is a noise thing more so at this point I don't put them on very tight unless someone has recently pushed the boundry.

Chesterpal · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:49 am Post subject:

They are just so huggable! Its amazing what a year can do.

Lisa R, I may never get a picture of Archie posted...I'll just send people to look at Toby. They are identical. Down to the coloring on their hind quarters. Next time we both make it to a Doodle Romp we'll have to be sure we end up taking the right Doodle home!
As for collar marks, we keep the collar pretty loose too. I haven't seen any marks on Archie or Chester.
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Chester and Archie

kim26 · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:19 am Post subject:

Yay! I can finally see the pictures! How fun to see the changes in your babies! They sure are beautiful.

Maureen · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:11 am Post subject:

oh my gosh, George and Gracie are ADORABLE! Nice to see YOU too, Lisa...holding Gracie.

Hey Diane don't you think these 2 look like your Nikki and Virgil's Bear? Wink

About color....I would say they have blonde highlights, as opposed to being cafe aulait. I could post a pic of a puppy that is or seems to be turning cafe, if I had more coffee running my brain Wink

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Jac · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:51 am Post subject:

Oh, my gosh! I am in loooove!
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Maureen · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:35 am Post subject:

Let's see if I can do this:
www.doodlelane.com is Waito's site, and their girl "Maddy" or "Madelyn" is from my Sheba and Virgil's Bear. SHE is a true silver beige, or cafe aulait, or even what ILA calls "Lavender" I believe. You can see her on Rachael's site, but lets see if I can post her picture from there, but first here are 2 as Maddy was growing up to show the changes in her coloring in the first 2 years:

Maddy at 8wks:

Maddy after growing up a bit - Rachael gave me this picture:

And here's a picture from Rachaels website, where I see she calls her "Lavender"

the direct link to that picture is http://www.doodlelane.com/ourgirls.htm
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Jac · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:41 am Post subject:

Ooooooh Maureen! She is so gorgeous! I had no idea you were getting lavendar dogs! I can't believe she got so light! Look how dark she was as a baby! (A beauty then too!)

Sheba is the mother...who is the daddy? Wow...so pretty!
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Maureen · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:56 am Post subject:

well, thanks Jac. Sheba is black as black can be, but she clearly carries the (d) gene (dilute) as we always got blues and cafes from her when we bred her to Virgil's Bear. Bear came from a cafe aulait poodle, with excellent bloodlines, so of course, the 2 of them and their (d) trait came together in some of the puppies.

While I'm at it, here's a boy from Maddy's litter.... at 8wks and now at 1.5yrs:

This boy was a personal favorite of mine... so sweet and mellow.
Would you call him BLUE? Or SILVER?
(I think there's actually a lavender tone to his coat, personally, that I do not see in the chocolates that are called lavender)

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