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Bella will be 11 months next weekend (Easter). This has been a roller-coaster of an experience bringing up a puppy. So much laughter. So many shoes chewed on. Here she is in the park in Bray beside the river. As a poodle, she seems to love water… jumping in puddles and dunking her ball ……
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Our darling, puppy is 9 months old now. She is as full of energy as ever. One thing she does that impresses us is that she likes to include other people in her games. For example, just now Christine was playing fetch with her indoors (it’s February in Ireland, and half the country is under…
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Bella is eight-and-a-half months old. Today we took her to the groomer, not for a shampoo and blow-dry (we’ve done this twice before) but for her first “real” groom / trim. She looks like a poodle now, with her face and paws shaved, and the rest of her coat trimmed nice and tight. Have to…
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In August of 2025, we adopted Bella, who is a standard poodle. When we brought her home she was just 4 months old. Though already larger than some fully grown dogs, she was tiny compared to her mom, so she has lots of growing to do. One of the reasons we decided specifically on a…
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In 2018 we adopted a hound-mix dog who we named Atticus. He was a black and white dog of indeterminate breed who was approximately 1 year old when he came to us. As a hound mix he had a very stong prey-drive. Any time he was off-lead, he would attempt to chase cats, squirrels, or…