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Perfect Dog for your Family
The Perfect Pet When we first began to search for the perfect dog for our family, we made a list with the most important qualities that the dog must have in order to be a good fit for our family. Our list looked something like this: - great with children and people...
Medium Australian Labradoodles
Apricot & Red Australian Labradoodle Puppies We today Angel & Blaze's puppies are 2 weeks old! We have 12 puppies split equally with 6 girls and 6 boys! To top that off we have 6 red and 6 apricot! This litter continues to amaze me! They are all doing very...
Puppy Miracles
Puppy Miracles Every mammal has a distinct gestation period. For humans 40 weeks, for cat's 58–65 days, elephants take 645 days, and for our sweet puppies here at Ashford Manor, it is around 63 days. We take pride in ALWAYS providing our dogs with a comfortable and...
Resolutions
New Years Resolutions Well, you have had a few weeks to make new goals, keep old ones, and try to get in a successful pattern for the upcoming year! Please remember to make goals for your four-legged friend, as well. Perhaps he needs to have more time socializing...
Healthy Teeth
Brush, Brush, Brush your teeth! We all know that it is important to brush our teeth, but did you know it is imperative to remember to brush your adorable Laboradoodle’s teeth, too! Brushing gets the bacterial deposits off their teeth. If that bacteria (also...
Puppy Nipping
"No Nipping Puppy!" Do you ever wonder why your dogs do THAT? I have a pair of very nice shoes (well, at least, they used to be) sitting by my front door that are now decorated with little puppy teeth. As soon as I saw these new designs on my shoes, the thought came...
Aggression
Here at Ashford Manor, we stress the importance of positive play with your puppy. We do NOT encourage such activities as “tug-of-war” and other “games” that will teach your puppy aggression. Puppies are not born aggressive, but learn this trait through inappropriate...
Why does your puppy lick?
Tired of all the Licking from your dog ... find out why! I love these fun facts about as to why your puppy licks you. Fun fact 1 Dogs lick because they like the taste (the taste of sweat and even perfume or other strong scents attract your puppy) Fun Fact 2 Dogs lick...
Friends
What is my Australian Labradoodle Puppy Saying? Dogs, by nature, are pack animals and love to be with and around other dogs. When having a puppy, your puppy will view you and your family as his pack. As a member of your pack, it is very important for a puppy to...
Greetings… of a different kind.
Why Dogs Smell Other Dogs Dogs are very social creatures. However, some of their greetings are not necessarily what we as humans would consider socially acceptable. In fact, we would consider some of them downright rude and maybe even a little disgusting! Dogs have...
Jumping
Stop Jumping on Guests How do you stop your puppy from jumping? By following these simple steps your puppy will learn in no time to stop jumping! Step 1: Ignore the behavior. If you walk in the door and your puppy jumps on you, simply put him back on the ground and...
Labradoodles – Making Sense of their Senses!
It is important to be able to make sense of your puppies senses. Dogs, like humans, have 5 senses that each play an important part in their life. They are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Dogs, like humans, see in color; however, it isn’t the same. Dogs...
Watchful Eye
I was reading Dr. Jane Bicks' article at Life Abundance. In our last post, we discussed how the symptoms of an ear infection were pretty obvious (scratching of the ear, shaking of the puppies head, a foul smell from their ear), but as Dr Jane points out, sometimes...
Ear Infections
Ear infections are very painful for your puppy. Unfortunately, ear infections are a common problem for dogs. The common signs of ear infections are a foul order, the puppy scratching, or shaking his head. Ear infections can be caused by many things. Bacteria and...
No Biting!
Do you ever wonder why your dogs do THAT? I have a pair of very nice shoes (well, at least, they used to be) sitting by my front door that are now decorated with little puppy teeth. As soon as I saw these new designs on my shoes, the thought came to me “why must...
Brush, Brush, Brush your teeth!
We all know that it is important to brush our teeth, but did you know it is important to remember to brush your adorable Labradoodle’s teeth, too! Brushing gets the bacterial deposits off their teeth. If that bacteria (also known as plaque) is left on the teeth, it...
Indoor Agility Course
One of our favorite things to do here at Ashford Manor is to have the puppies participate in an agility course. You might be thinking to yourself, “There is no way I could set up a course in my home. It is too small and I don’t have the right equipment.” Well, put...
Keeping your puppies healthy!
It is that time of year again - cold and flu season! If you are like me, you are washing your hands more frequently and trying to stay up on disinfecting common areas of your home. While you are thinking about staying healthy for yourself, it is important to...