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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...
Angel and Blaze!
What wonderful news I received this morning as I awoke while on our family Florida vacation! Angel's guardian family alerted me that Angel is in heat! This means that in the next week or two we will be bringing Angel and Blaze together for this first meeting. This...
Training Competition Results
Well, the training competition results are in here at Ashford Manor Labradoodles! The competition consisted of 5 trainers (our kids) and 5 puppies between 11 weeks and 16 weeks of age. We tested on the following items: Leash Walking Sit Stay Down Come when called...
Ashford Manor’s Labradoodle Training Competition
Puppy training is in full swing at Ashford Manor, and the Australian Labradoodle puppies are doing great! Connor reports that Garnet is sitting on command, leash walking, and has stayed in his crate until 6 a.m. This week Conner hopes that Garnet masters...
A Competition amongst the Australian Labradoodles and their Trainers!
Let the games begin! At Ashford Manor, the Puppy Challenge has commenced! Each of our five children were paired with one puppy. Over the next 9 days, they will be competing to train their puppy in the following six areas; to sit, stay, lay down, walk on a leash,...
Dogs and the Car Wash
Today we took Ashford Manor's Anakin and Padame' to Mike's Car Wash and boy was it fun to watch them. They just watched the water being sprayed on the car and enjoyed it immensely! Their little heads were going back and forth as the van was getting sprayed from all...
Puppies Going Home!
It has been a busy weekend around here at Ashford Manor Labradoodles! Puppies have flown home and been picked up all weekend! They are all enjoying their new homes ... they were giving lots of kisses! The puppy updates are coming in and everyone seems to be doing...
Chocolate Australian Labradoodles Available
Wow, these puppies are absolutely stunning both in pictures and in person! The color range of these puppies is from a cream to a dark chocolate and everything in between - parchment, lavender and cafe! These are both miniature and medium sized Australian Labradoodles...
Red Medium Stud!
We are purchasing a red medium stud boy who is absolouutely stunning! He comes to us from Jan at Shedless in Seattle and we will co-own him with Kari Lambert of Aussie Labradoodles. He will live here in Indiana near our Australian Labradoodle breeding program. This...
Chocolate Australian Labradoodle Puppies
Medium chocolate Australian Labradoodle puppies are now 3 weeks old here at Ashford Manor Labradoodles. They are non-shedding, multi-generational Australian Labradoodles from our Brandy and Thyme (aka Jack)! Look at these beauties! Cheryl Sabens Ashford...
Spay/Neuter Day!
It has been a quiet day around here because at 8:30 a.m. our puppies ventured off to the vet. Duchess 2nd litter of Australian Labradoodles puppies were spayed and neutered today. They did a great job! They are still very tired tonight. They also had their microchips...