Hi Kim and Erin!

Wanted to keep you up to speed on Brutus.  He is the love of our lives and it is the greatest feeling to see him thrive and be happy.

Wherever we go Brutus is a show stopper and we get stares, people wanting to take his picture, questions from awestruck fans, even Facebook followers.  Everyone knows Brutus!!!

Thank you a million times over for letting us share in the doodle world, we are changed forever!!

XOXO

Mimi and Mr. B

In this adorable game, you pick out your puppy from the kennel, take it home, and care for it.  Your puppy will recognize his own name called and learn tricks even!  What I like about this little “simulation” is that your dog will get hungry and thirsty, it will need to be walked, and it will need baths.  An added feature for the 3DS is that there is a pedometer on this hand held system and your counted steps count as walking your pooch, promoting outside exercise! If you stop taking care of your pooch, it will lose it’s ideal physique and become rebellious, after all, a real dog never takes a day off from needing to be taken care of.

I know that a real dog is something you can never really replicate, but I believe it can be an effective way to engage your child in the care of a puppy while you wait for your Manor Lake Labradoodle to arrive.

Is it just me or does that Toy Poodle look really familiar to you?

Labradoodles make fantastic therapy dogs.  We have heard from many of our clients what a great decision it was.  Hypoallergenic and non shedding dogs are able to help everyone, even those with allergies!  They have a calm, sweet disposition that is perfect for training and you will be hard pressed to have a better friend and helper in your life. If you are interested in your Manor Lake Labradoodle becoming a therapy dog, here are a few links to help you get familiar with the process.

First off, did you see Manor Lake Indy featured within the last few weeks? We got a new picture with her coat coming in beautifully!

Don’t know about water yet, but Indy sure likes the snow!!!  It’s hard to get her back inside.  :)

Thought you might like a picture.

Stacey

Hi Kim -

I wanted to send you a fun picture of Ike.  He is from the Leo and Sassy litter last February.  We take him hiking with us almost every weekend.  He can’t get enough of it.  He loves the deep snow and playing with the kids.  He is such a good boy.  He has grown up so much over the last year and we just love him.

Nicole

Hi Kim and Erin,

We just wanted to touch base and let you all know that Moxie continues to thrive in Maplewood, NJ.  He is now exactly 5 months old.

We had our first snow of the season yesterday and Moxie just loved it, as you can probably tell from this photo!  We are having such a wonderful time with him, watching him grow and acquire new skills.  Natalie takes Moxie to a weekly puppy kindergarten class and he has really come a long way in terms of socializing with other pups.  He also now responds consistently to “sit” and “down” and is working on “here”.

No matter where we go, people always stop us to pet Moxie and ask about him.  Everyone has something to say about his incredible wavy hair and coloring.

Thank you once again for providing us with such a fine pet.  Wishing you all the best for a wonderful 2012.

Natalie, Jonathan, Ethan & Jacob

Hi Kim,

We wanted to share a couple pictures of Gracie Rose playing in the snow yesterday.  To say she loves snow would be an understatement.

We can’t imagine our life without her.  One of the things you told us when we picked her up 18 months ago was, “she will make you laugh out loud every day.”  She’s a ham and her expressions are priceless.

She loves people and other dogs but gets so excited when our grandkids come over.  They love her and she loves them.

Thanks again for raising such wonderful Australian Labradoodles.

Ike and Renee

We absolutely love our little Ellie! After some serious dog searching, it was dog-sitting the Chance Family’s labradoodle, Kip (also a Manor Lake dog) that made us decide we wanted a labradoodle. In October, we made the trip, by car, from California to Washington to pick up our new addition to the family. From the moment we met her, we were in love! She has been a wonderful dog and gets along great with our family members’ four-legged friends, too! We cannot imagine our lives without her sweet, loving, and spunky personality. Thank you, Manor Lake, for giving us the opportunity to be parents to Ellie and for the first time parent/pet owner’s guidance…we couldn’t be happier!

Our Christmas card would not be complete, without our baby so, Merry Christmas from the Peters’ Family (Bryan, Courtney, and Ellie) 2011.

I never got a chance to tell you how much we love our girl Roxanne- she is 100% perfect!

So smart and so well behaved- she is honestly the best tempered dog we have ever seen-

she is admired by all who see her -

I never got a chance to say “Thank you for our baby girl”

Regina

PS -is it common for this breed to always carry something in their mouth?

Thank you so much for the update on your beautiful little girl! To answer the question though, this is indeed something we see every so often!  One of our ladies, Emmie, is so silly with her toys!  She has a toy horse that she carries around, and when she can’t find it she will pick up even a soft doggy bed and drag it with her.  It’s one of the more endearing parts of her personality!

Kim -

She’s a world different than our last dog.  She’s very tolerant of the kids and likes everyone (people or animal) that she meets.  She’s a star at fetch.  Actually started it herself about the 3rd day home.  She’s great in the car.  Doesn’t cause a fuss when she needs to stay home alone either.  She even gets along with my parents dreaded chihuahua.  I can’t wait until it’s warm and see if she likes the water.  She rarely barks at anything.  I think the only time I’ve heard her bark is when she wants to play…  She does great on a leash and has been walking to the school twice a day since we got her.  Was worried I’d be one of those people carrying their dog around but that wore off after the first week -whew!  She is the star of school and all the kids know her.