UK Labradoodle Association

Here we go again in lockdown, luckily the dog groomer is open this time, last lockdown Holly looked like an unsheared sheep, mind you so did I. We are so lucky to have a dog during this time and the space to walk her, meeting many other dog walkers for a quick natter adds a bit of joy to the day. I ...

Hi, sorry you are having a painful but all too well known phase. It is a phase that will pass, you seem to be doing all the right things to try and discourage these painful nips. I used “time out” with Holly when she took to play nipping, I never had a crate for her so she was put into the kitchen w...

Hello Hugo and welcome You look a bundle of joy, and what a lovely honeycombe colour you are. As Anna said it is quiet on the forum now but there is a huge amount of good info on the site, it really helped me in the early years. Doodles can be challenging but a more loving, fun, intelligent breed wo...

Welcome Ray and mum, What a lovely face he has, I know what you mean when you say he’s become so much a part of the family. Our Holly has been a great joy for 8 years now, and we could not imagine ever being without her. Doodles are a special breed, loving, fun, intelligent and very happy to learn a...

Hi evasdad I tried many different harnesses and leads finally from Amazon I tried the “Premier pet safe easy walk harness” that night I took a different 5 month old dog out for a walk, The difference was instant, what the harness comfortably does is turns the dog towards you when it pulls on the lea...

Holly is nearly 8 and still a puppy at heart, looking rather miserable here. Must have just heard I found a groomer who is actually open for business, I am a little worried as Holly has always had the same groomer since puppyhood but her coat is so thick she gets uncomfortable in the hot weather. Wi...

Hi Oscar I certainly remember having a crush on the handsome Oscar by the way it’s Holly saying hello to you not my mum. Glad to hear you well and just as handsome. Dad takes me out in the morning strangely we zigg zagg all over the park very strange, we hardly stop and chat to our doggy friends and...

Lovely to see the photos


This is Holly now at 7 1/2 years where has the time gone, still as loving and nutty as ever but thankfully a little more sedate and enjoys hogging the whole couch !

Oh Linny
So sad to hear Ambrose has gone, it must have been a terrible shock. It is the last kind action we can do to let them pass out of pain.
Remember all the fun times he gave you all.
Kind Regards
Kathie and Holly

Hi Seefa What a lovely girl you are, Your antics are just doodle, you will give love and laughter, tears and fraustration in equal measure but, there will never be a dull moment. Plenty of learning games and plenty of house rules. Remember to tell your mum and dad that a bored doodle will always fin...

How lovely to hear from you and Maisie, I think most of us know the heartbreak of losing a member of the family which is exactly what our dogs become. I still miss our Golden Retriever many years on but having her with us for 15 years took some getting over. Holly our 1/2 Aussie doodle now 6 has del...

Hi, we love dorset and visit Dorchester every time. On Wednesdays a big market in town centre, well signposted, sell usual tat but also veg, flowers, plants, big under cover stalls with all sorts, dogs allowed in too. Plenty of parking on site. If you can get to Lulworth cove and durdle door is a mu...

Nothing like a bit of sunshine, Holly’s limp is a lot better only after a long curled up sleep does she do a few limps then it frees up, wish my body did the same.

Just read in a dog health magazine “They are an ideal choice for dogs with chronic indigestion or those with gas. Dandelion leaf also acts as a diuretic, making it useful in cases of arthritis, kidney stones, congestive heart failure and gallbladder disease. ... The root is a liver tonic and helps t...

Wonderful weather for Easter :D I cannot remember such Glorious Easter, looking back on the family albums the children with their Easter bonnets and winter coats on, year after year. Today is also OH’s birthday, the big 70, Easter and a birthday to celebrate, our family and their children will meet ...