Levon, Bonnie, and Clyde are playing. Levon rolls on his back and teases the puppies, begging them to sniff or paw at him. His paws and claws are swift, and they sometimes get their noses booped and swatted. They love it, and he loves it.
Today the pups had a bath, and after brushing them out, they were at the counter, is it dinner time yet?
Yesterday was a muddy mess for the puppies. They enjoyed the warm weather, saw deer, and barked and greeted them. They also had a high old time running and getting muddy. I spent last evening cleaning up the house, and today is cleaning up the puppies.
These are Clyde’s paws when looking on the counter for cats. How big will he actually be? His sister’s paws are enormous. Mom was 75 pounds, and dad was 52 pounds. They currently weigh 36 pounds for Clyde and 30 pounds for Bonnie at four and a half months.
The Bernedoodles are growing and are weasels. They have a whole bin full of toys, but today found a beach towel and were playing tug of war. We are still working on training, and they are hardheads. They chase all the cats that run from them, but one, Levon, a male Maine Coon, stands his ground and even rubs up against them. This afternoon we were visited by some friends, and the pups were very excited and wanted to play with them. They also went for a run around the property, got thoroughly muddy, and were a mess when they came back in. Then they were tired and became a pile of doodles on the couch.
They have a new crate, 48 inches, and have two beds, one for each, inside. Fortunately, they are sleeping through the night.
We have always been pet people. We’ve had Malamute/Wolf, Shepherd/Wolf dogs, Beagle, Great Pyrenees pups, Akita, Chihuahua, and mini schnauzer mix. We’ve also had numerous cats, Persians, short-haired domestic, Blue Russian, and Maine Coons.
Our mini schnauzer passed away last summer, and we felt an emptiness in the house. We had been exploring options for a new dog and discovered a nearby family that had a litter of Bernedoodles, from a full-size Bernese Mountain Dog mom, mated to a full-size Standard Poodle dad. We had been looking for a larger dog, and had been searching for Great Pyrenees in our area but had no luck.
We visited the Bernedoodle puppies and what a surprise. Eight nearly coal black, 10-15 pound bundles of joy, licking, jumping, and hollering ‘pick me’. Pretty much the only way to tell them apart was their colored collars. We chose an energetic male and a cutie-pie female.
