Meet Lucy, the Goldendoodle

I'm a Golden Girl...I love me some Golden Retrievers!  I've had them since I can remember, starting with Lady Daffodil (Daffy), then Daisy, then Lilly, and then when I got married I got Duke (aka co-chairman of smelliness).  Since losing Duke and Sammy (Pekingese), it's just been too quiet around here.  At first I was excited that I didn't have hairballs around every corner.  But a clean house is a boring house, right?!?!  And that longing for a furry friend started tugging at my heart strings...

I did a little research and discovered a "breed" of dog called a Goldendoodle...part Golden Retriever and part Poodle.  Honestly, I've never been a huge fan of poodles.  But then again, I've never really known one either.  :)  I found a super sweet lady named Cynthia over at One Of A Kind Goldendoodles and picked her brain about them.  After speaking with her and seeing the adorable images at her website, I was hooked!

Goldendoodles are basically wavy Golden Retrievers that don't shed.  YIPPEEEEEE!  The coat depends a lot on the breed of the mother (Cynthia only breeds her female Golden Retrievers to her male Poodle).  And the size depends on the size of the parents, namely the Poodle.  Cynthia only breeds a Standard Poodle, not the minis.  And we love BIG dogs in our house!

We couldn't be more excited to be adding a new member to our family...of the furry type that is!  Lucy Rose is about 5 weeks old and will be ready to come home in a few short weeks.  Since birth, Cynthia has given us weekly updates and photos of our little cutie...can't wait to actually meet her n person!

Litter of Goldendoodle puppies, with mom Dolly...16 in all!

Christmas Photo: 

2 weeks: 

3 weeks:

4 weeks:

5 weeks:

Go check out the cute-patooties over at One Of A Kind Goldendoodles and fall in love yourself...I'm expecting her to look something like this full-grown:

Cute, right?!  :)