Water Fun Is Tiring

There hasn't been a lot going on the past couple of days.  Me and Stanley have just been hanging out at the pool.

 Stanley is bigger so he can actually leap into the pool.  We spent a lot of time in it yesterday.  When we were all getting ready for bed last night Stanley decided to take a last minute quick dip.  Mom said, "Bad timing Stanley."

 After we got out of the pool I was cold so I went into the Doodle Clubhouse to find something to put on.  Stanley came running over because he thought I was rooting through the toy box.

In the afternoon we were all really tired so we decided to take a nap.

Stanley couldn't decide where he wanted to sleep.

 I was so tired that I fell asleep before I even got into my bed.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Murphy

Running Peeps

One more strange thing happened last night, Shane came over and spent the night with us.  The grand peeps came too but did not spend the night.  Me and Stanley played with Jackson and had great fun!  Jackson tired us out so much that during the night Stanley rolled off the end of the bed and got stuck between the mattress and the foot board.  His body slipped through but his big ol' head was too big to keep going so his feet dangled and he was stuck.  Luckily mom and dad woke up and rescued him.  Then we all went back to sleep.

Then in the middle of the night, mom said it was 3:45 a.m. whatever that means, everyone got up and got dressed.  Then, just like mom said, me and Stanley went to the clubhouse and everyone else drove off.  They were gone a long time.  When they got back, Shane was not there and mom and dad smelled really good, like sweaty socks!  It turns out that they ran in the marathon this morning (the half marathon actually, mom says 13.1 miles is plenty).  They were very happy with their results.  My dad (1:53:46)  even got a first place award for his age division!  Mom got was is called a PR which means she ran it faster than she ever did before (2:05:52).  After mom and dad took a shower, me and Stanley went with them to the race to pick up dad's award.  There were so many people there!  Many people stopped to say how cute we are.  I just said, "Of course we are, we're Golden Doodles!"  When me and Stanley get done growing we will start running with mom and dad.  We can't wait!

Murphy

What's Up?

Mom and Dad are acting weird.  They're getting all their running stuff together and say it's because they have to leave very early in the morning.  Mom said me and Stan will go to the clubhouse while it is still dark!  This is very strange and we're not sure what's going on but mom said this is what she will wear in the morning.

Murphy

At The Parkway

It has sure been a busy couple of days!  After our hike (it ended up being 2 miles) and escape on Tuesday, dad found the weak spot in the fence and fixed it.  So we're locked up tight once again!  Then they went to the store, and you are NOT going to believe this, bought a pool for the clubhouse!  Yup, a little blue pool.  Stanley and I have both waded in it but mostly we think it is a giant water dish.  Mom said they are going to put more water in it once we are used to it.

Yesterday, we went to the river parkway and walked a mile.  We also waded in the little spot by where the dinosaurs live.  We met a zillion people there!  There were also many dogs but most of them were not friendly so they did not stop to say hello.  But one Golden Retriever did stop to say hello and I remembered my manners and did not jump all over him.  We became new friends immediately!  As we walked back to the parking lot, a lady was driving her car and stopped, rolled down the window and told mom we were so cute she had to stop.  I suppose we are cute if we're stopping traffic!  On the way home we stopped at Petco and we got to go in the store!

Today we went back to a different spot of the parkway but we didn't meet any new people.  It was scary because so many bikers just flew past us!  Mom and dad had to be careful to make sure we were not in the way of them!  But we got to wade in the river again!  This time we went into a little spot by the stadium.  As soon as we got there we waded right into the water.  It was great fun!  We also met another new friend, he was a Irish Setter.  But we were so excited we forgot all our manners and jumped all over him.  He tolerated us well but I don't think he really wants to be our friend.  We think he was just being nice when he said it was nice to meet us.  We walked just over a mile.

Dad and Stanley, after our walk today.

Me and Mom, after our walk today.

 After we got home, we went into the house and fell asleep.  Stanley likes to sleep around toys so he can squeak them if he wakes up.

I was so tired, I just went to bed.  I am exhausted!

Murphy

Our First Escape & Hike

Today is a day of firsts, but it seems like we have a lot of those kinds of days. Anyway, for the first, (and our peeps say only), time we escaped out of the back yard. It happened like this:

After we got out of bed this morning we were running around the yard and we teamed up (we do that a lot) and dug under the fence and yes, even under the chicken wire and escaped!  We weren't gone long, or very far, when dad noticed us and called us to the gate.  We were good and came to the gate but it was locked so dad had to run and get a key. 

In the meantime, we figured that meant we should run around so we went to a neighbor's house and decided to play with the neighbor lady.  Then dad came and captured us and took us back home.  When we went in the house, mom had gotten up and was not happy with what we had done.  

After that adventure, we had all kinds of energy and our peeps said, "We must tire these guys out."  So since we were so close to our "magic day", they decided we would go on a hike.  "Yippee", we barked, "our first hike!"  Then Stanley and I looked at each other and asked, "Brother . . . what is a hike?"

We found out that hiking is like a walk in the mountains, on a trail.  It is fun but can be hard work too.

The other thing we learned about hiking is that there are lots and lots of sticks!  We saw a huge pile of them but dad didn't get a picture.

The grass is really tall in some areas.  Stanley was trying to hide from me but I found him.

After we went down the trail awhile we heard a loud rushing noise.  Mom said it was water.  We walked down by the water and I took a look then decided I wanted no part of this water!  "Get me out of here!" I cried.

But mom asked me to give it another chance.  So I looked at it and considered . . .  

And then pondered the possibilities . . . 

Finally we decided we'd just dip our pads into the water and see what happened . . . 

"Hmmmm, this might have some possibility," Stanley and I said to each other.

 "Come on in brother!" I shouted to Stanley.

 And he did!  We got really wet.  It was very cold!  Then after that we got our feet and legs all muddy and dirty!  And guess what, mom never said a word about us getting muddy feet!  We didn't get in too deep though because the stream was moving very fast and when I was deep enough that I started to paddle (I didn't know I knew how to swim!) mom plucked me out so I wouldn't go down stream.

So our first hike was lots of fun, lots more fun than our first escape.  When we finished, our peeps took pictures of us by the trail head.  Then me and Stanley asked them, "What's next?"

Murphy

Nicknames

Over at Sarg's blog, there's a name game thing going on about the different nicknames our peeps come up with for us.  Now me and Stanley aren't very old so we don't have a lot of them, but we do have a few.  Here they are:

Me:  Angel Eyes, Sweetness, Murf the Smurf, Murf n' Turf (or surf), Murfarina, Pee Pee Head, Bed Bug, Squirt

Stanley:  Stan-Stan, Stan the Man, Baby Huey, Baby Puppy Dog, Alligator (Shark), Sh*t Head, Stink Turd, Turd Eater, Stanislov, Clown Boy

Looks like we have more than I realized!



Angel Eyes AKA Murphy

Trails, Water & Bones

In anticipation of our upcoming "magic day", (the day we are no longer sequestered and our vaccinations should be fully in force), mom and dad have been scouting out places to take us.  They are looking for little areas of still water where we might go wading.  Unfortunately, right now most waters are running fast and deep.  Here is the first place they went to.  It is the river parkway (east end).  Monday they will scout out the west end.  

A nice pathway with plenty of trees.

A bridge over a little spot that we might go wading.  There are dinosaurs at this spot!

A small quiet area for puppy wading.

This is deeper but not too deep (1 foot).  Maybe for when we try our first swim?

We had some more excitement too.  Mom and Dad stopped to see Goose on their way to the parkway (but he wasn't there) and his mom gave us the bestest present in the universe!  Goose and Michelle both know we love sticks (Goose is a huge fan of sticks) so when his mom went into the mountains with Bert's Miss Vickie, she brought us back a stick.  And this is not just an ordinary stick, it is the mother of all sticks. It comes from the mountains and . . . you will not believe this . . . has been chewed on by REAL beavers!!

You can see where the beavers were chewing on the stick so we figured that was the best end to start with.  Mmmmm, it was goooood!

Pretty soon we had to go to opposite ends.

We worked really hard, you can see the wood chips.  We were just like beavers!

We love our stick.  

Thank you  Goose and Michelle!!






Murphy & Stanley