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Shadow & Sunny's Page
Sunny & Shadow were born on Lovina's farm at the end of November 2000. They now live in Thornhill, Ontario with the Sterling Family.
Shadow
Shadow is a beautiful black female with curly hair. Her Dad is a Golden Retriever named Luthor. Her Mom is a Standard Black Poodle named Diamond. There were 8 born in her litter, half black, half gold. Each colour has 1 female and 3 males. Her fur is very curly. She will probably be a lot like her mom.
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Shadow at 14 weeks
(try to get a picture
of a black dog!!)
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Shadow at 3½ weeks
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Shadow at 10 weeks
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Shadow at 7 weeks
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Shadow at 4 months
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Shadow
at 5½ months
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Shadow and Sky
catching some rays
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Shadow is a well-behaved little Dood and extremely intelligent. She has been house trained since 7½ weeks old - she rings a bell to ask to go out (also to let the cat in!) She enjoys sleeping beside our feet, but is also independant and takes time to be alone once in a while. She spends most of her waking hours romping with Sunny, her best bud.
Sunny
Sunny was the largest male of his litter, 'cos he's a macho kind of guy. He is cream coloured with just a bit of waviness to his fur. His Mom is a Golden Retriever named Sunshine. His Dad is a Standard White Poodle named Bentley. There were 8 born, and 7 to survive in his litter, all cream coloured, 2 females and 5 males. His fur has a bit of a wave to it, similar to all his litter mates. He'll probably look a lot like his Mom. He was by far the largest in his litter, at least half again as large as the runt of the litter. His littermate is Shelby.
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Sunny at 3½ weeks
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Sunny at 10 weeks
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Sunny at 14 weeks
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Sunny at 7 weeks
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Sunny and Maddie 4 months
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Sunny,
a wet doodle,
at 5½ months
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Sunny is camouflaged in the snow, especially at night. As Madison says, "All you can see is two floating eyes and a nose."
Sunny is a sweet natured little boy. His best thing is playing with Shadow. He's quite a bit bigger than her but he's really quite gentle with her. He's definitely has a lot of retriever to him - he's goofy, playful and very affectionate.
Both dogs are a pleasure to be with. They have been to several of our kids' hockey games, and a variety of other places and they are extremely well-behaved. They play with anybody interested, and then curl up at our feet and have a nap.
We go daily for our romp in a local leash-free ravine, where they enjoy 1½ - 2 hours of playing, swimming and socializing with other dogs. I've been meaning to train them, but I get such pleasure just watching them interact with each other - I don't want to intrude just yet.
And ya.....at 5½ months old, they still sleep together.....
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Asleep in the water dish!!
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Zzzzzzzz.........
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Whadaya mean I can't come in?
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Maddie and her Doodles
14 weeks
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Hardy Canadians!
Delaney
(in a nightgown and boots)
with her Doodles
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Sunny & Shadow
frolicking in their
favourite stream
5½ months old
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tag in the meadow
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Puppies in progress......
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Shadow at 7 weeks
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Shadow at 5½ months
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Sunny at 7 weeks
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Sunny aka Jacques at 5½ months
Just put on a tam
and hand him a cafe au lait
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S & S
9 months old
and more gorgeous each day
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The Doods
and The Girls
Awenda 2001
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One morning in the tent,
Sunny stretched, and we realized that if he stood on 2 legs,
he'd be taller than each of us!
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Shadow
rock leaping at Awenda
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Sunny
diving into the water
These dogs were born to swim!
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These were taken at a get-together, in early June, 2002.
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Scooby, Pat, Shadow,
Blue & Sunny
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I don't know about you -
but I tend to get a lot of these 'nose shots'
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Shadow with her new 'lamb' haircut
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Sunny
in his shaggy magnificance
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Summer 2002
We've got some new shots of the kids and Doods, taken at Awenda - our favourite summer camping ground. The Doods are over a year and a half now, and they continue to amaze me. They are the most wonderful companions - gentle, clever, and endearing. They continue to be non-shedding and easy on people with allergies.
This summer the Sterling girls got into biking trails - and we trained the Doods to jog beside the bikes, Sunny with me, Blue, and Shadow with Madison. As with anything else we've introduced them to, it took about 5 minutes to train them. Other than the incident with the squirrel (they are still young, and the squirrel was mighty tempting), they stayed with us at all times.
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Sunny, Paul, K.C.,
Shadow & Delaney
Awenda '02
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Every evening at sunset,
two teenage guys, in baseball caps and jeans,
serenaded us with bagpipes!
How wonderfully
Canadian!
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For those who give so much to keep us safe,
Thank you.
Come and visit our family at our home page -
And Blue has a new site for climbing photos (still under construction)
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