What Is A Doodle?
The proper question for my story should be not what, but who. However when I googled “doodle”, what I found was that on August 2nd, “Mount Olympus was celebrated with a Google Doodle.” Apparently, Google doodles all the time. In addition, there is a website for setting appointments called Doodle. But there are also dogs who are also called doodles. Our Labradoodle dog Max belongs to this mix between pure breed dogs. In his case, it is the crossing between a Labrador Retriever and the standard Moyen or Miniature Poodle. The term first appeared in 1955, but became popular in 1988, when the mix began to be used as an allergy friendly or hypoallergenic guide dog. Since its start in Australia, the trend has spread all over the world.
You can see some of their images on netfind.com/search. There are Goldendoodles, Bernedoodles, Sheepdoodles, Aussiedoodles, Schnoodles, Whoodles and many others. In San Francisco, there is a way to see those wonderful dogs. Once a month there is an SF Doodle meetup. It was founded on May 12, 2015 by Janeen Anderson and three others. Four years later there are 605 members, some of whom gather at Crissy Field or other locations, where dogs can run without a leash and play with each other, and owners mingle and develop friendships. After I met Janeen, she introduced me to Gideon Marks, who together with his two children started a website DogLog.com which helps to track our best friends’ activities. I also learned about puppymama.com. This site was started by Theresa Piasta. Judging by the name, it is focusing on female dog owners. There I found some very interesting stories, which inspired me to consider the title of one of my future “42 Encounters” books – “42 Encounters with Puppies’ Mamies” to be followed by “42 Encounters with Puppies’ Papies”.
I am amazed by how many wonderful and unexpected encounters I am discovering thanks to our four-legged friend Max. Of course you will read about them and I also hope that you will join us on our Facebook page, Max & Manny,and share the good word with your friends.
P.S. Meanwhile enjoy these four images from the SF Doodle meetup. I especially like the one where everyone focuses on Max. And of course, plesase buy “42 Encounters with Dog Lovers” for yourself and your friends. You can order it on encounterspublishing or amazon.com. When you order 5, you will also get a surprise gift. 10% from the sale will go to your favorite dog shelter.
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