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It has been a little over two years since I flew from California to Texas in order to bring home a little seven pound, seven week old, Goldendoodle that we named Holly because she had been born on Christmas Day. We could not be happier with this darling tall girl who now weighs 65 pounds and is a beautiful buff color.

Holly attracts attention everywhere we go and whenever we take her to visit someone, they always remark how smart and well trained she is. She began attracting at

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We were returning from a trip to visit family in Texas and had stopped at a truck stop gas station outside of Dallas. I was walking two of our Maltese. We traveled in our motorhome with four Maltese and our Holly - who is now two years old and 65-70 pounds.

As I was pottying the Maltese, a van came rolling up with two ragged young men. One of them asked me if I wanted to buy a home entertainment center. When I said "No, thanks", he pressed the issue and said. "Come on, we have one left over fro… Continue

Holly began licking her front feet frequently. We shampooed her feet with our regular dog shampoo and the next day, we tried shampooing her front paws with T-Gel Shampoo which helps my scalp when it itches. That didn't help at all. When I arrived home from the health club about 2:00 PM yesterday (Saturday) she was frantically licking her feet. I gave her half of a generic Benadryl tablet and called the vet for an appointment. The vet is open until 4:00 PM on Saturday and we have a good enough re… Continue

Holly graduated from Therapy Dog Prep School last night. I wanted to get a picture of Holly in a cap and gown but, she would have none of wearing those silly things. Boomer, her giant Goldendoodle classmate would not wear the cap either however, Izzy, Holly's Golden Retriever classmate looked elegant in his cap and gown.

Holly's fourth night at Therapy Dog Prep School was a simulation night. There were volunteer actors playing a number of roles at seven stations around the training room. The various stations were designed to introduce the dog and handler to possible stressful situations in a variety of therapy venues. The simulations were designed as much to train the handler how to intervene in situations that might become stressful for the dog as to introduce the dog to the various situations.

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