Pure Joy

Nothing Better Than a Christmas Bone

Wouldn't life be better if all it took to make one happy was a new bone on which to chew? This video is all about sucking the marrow out of life while enjoying the simple pleasures!

Merry Christmas from Mac

This is not really Me...but it could be my twin...Happy Holidays. I am looking forward to my two boys coming home from college in a few days!

Mac Always Knocks Before Entering

Rainy Season

Ball...anyone?

It has been the rainiest weather in Arkansas since 100 years ago. It has rained every day for about 2 months. I think we are finally coming out of it and are experiencing what we normally know as our awesome fall Arkansas weather!

All that was to say that my ball has been very lonely. Yesterday I took my first walk in many, many days. I am hopeful for some more beautiful days to come. The sun is shining, and I can see blue skies. A long walk may be caling me soon!

Mac Enjoys the Summer Garden

Mac enjoys the summer flowers...Zinnias, Purple Coneflowers, and Black-Eyed Susans.

She enjoys smelling them and sometimes...taking a bite or two.

Mostly, however, she just hopes for a game of chasing and playing catch with her ball!

Mac Look-a-Likes

July 2009 : This is Abby the Labradoodle from Seaside, Florida.
She is 3 years old and needed some help from her owner in order to sit still for this pic!

Some Art Inspired by Mac

Mac came into our family during some challenging changes. She will always represent much love and hope for the future. She is such a family dog and loves each person as much as the next. Her hugs are very real and big. She truly is 'love with fur'.
This journal sketch was done when Mac was still a pup. I know she can't fit on that ottoman with so much room to spare any more!

Late Last Night

Mac the Labradoodle is far too humble to share the story of late last night. I, her mother will tell the tale because Mac is definitely the heroine, and she would never brag on herself.

Mac lives in a typical mid-town historic neighborhood which is quiet and lovely and wonderful. However, there are times when the 'visitors' who wander through are not so wonderful. Such was the case late last night.

I was sitting on my enclosed front porch enjoying the peaceful sounds of summer. When, suddenly, Mac jumped to her feet and sounded an alarm which startled me. I ran inside to tell my husband because I was fearful that an intruder had entered our front garden.

We opened the porch's door so Mac could run outside to investigate further. Immediately, she made her way to the farthest corner of the picket fence and began barking at something three houses down the street.

This is Mac's turf...Mac's street, and she takes her job very seriously.

A man was seen running from a car parked in the neighbor's driveway to a car lurking on the road with no headlights. The parked car had clearly been vandalized.

We called the police because we were afraid to awaken our neighbor at 12:30 a.m.

Mac was the hero. Mac scared away the criminals, and the story ended happily.

I don't think they will be back anytime soon.

Not if Mac has anything to say about it!

Road Trip!

Here I am on the road to pick up my boy from Airborne School in Georgia. After that, our family is headed toward South Carolina to visit family and have fun in the country!

More Mac in the Country

I am enjoying a lovely visit in the country with relatives. For a city dog such as myself, all this freedom is intoxicating! I'm a bit afraid of the automatic garden sprinklers, but I think I will adjust to that. There are wild turkeys, foxes, deer, stray dogs, and a huge hawk guarding the back pasture.

My mother has been intoduced to fire ants...yikes. We are all hoping to not get poison ivy, fleas, and ticks (the downside to country living).

Mac Visits Her Country Cousin

Scarlett invites Mac to have a "sit" on the comfy couch.

A friendly sniff with my country cousin.

Okay...that's enough.

I am in South Carolina visiting the country cousin that I did not know I had! There are many new smells, and I am enjoying the freedom to run around the property!

Mac's Porch

On a perfect spring morning like today, this is where I live...on the front porch.

I am lying on the front door's threshold looking toward the door which leads to the front garden.

The concrete floor is cool...and so am I.

It's a great day for sniffing, listening to the birds, and alerting my people to any visitors that may appear.

Mac Pillow

Here I am...late on a Saturday night...
Performing one of my many duties...
Tonight as a pillow for my boy.

Saturday in the Park

Yesterday it was a beautiful February Saturday; the kind that says, "Spring will be here soon!"

I was invited to the park by my ball-loving boy and my man. I ran in lots of circles, ears flapping until I could run no more. It's been a long winter, and soon I discovered I'm a bit out of shape.

The most fun, however, was greeting people, making friends, and hearing everyone say how adorable I am. Several new friends were encouraged to make a Labradoodle their next pet!
Being cute comes naturally to me.

A good time was had by all us three ...but...I have to say I "paid" for it later in the evening, as I was discovered by my people to be limping around the cottage.

I'm really sore.

This spring I have made a pledge to get myself in shape!

I finished the day with a very long nap!

Sticks

It's confession time.

I have a habit that I know my readers should not do at home.

I am fully aware of the dangers involved in what I do but engage in the activity despite the risks.

As I tell you what it is, I hope you will still accept me unconditionally as your friend.

I...run...with...sticks.

And, not just any sticks...sharp ones.

It is one of my greatest passions.

Nothing is more thrilling than when my people fling open the back door allowing me to experience the pure freedom of grass running. I will circle the entire perimeter with Olympic sprinter intensity.

Nothing stops me.

"Go, Mac, Go!" rings in my flapping ears as I am cheered on enthusiastically.

When I am running, nothings stops me...nothing...except...a stick.

A canopy of oak branches covers the entire backyard; it's Sticks "R" Us every day of the year. There is always a nice pointy one free for the grabbing. I have no preference, small and sharp or large and chunky, all are fun. I have also been known to run with entire branches!

Sometimes people will be up for a game of Stick Throwing.
Sometimes I will lay quietly in the cool grass chewing diligently.
Other times, I merely run for fun, stick in mouth.

That's my confession.

I have revealed the real me.

Allow Me to Introduce Myself

MacKenzie...my real name. You'll never hear it spoken except at the doctor's office. My man has this thing for the Beatles, so when naming me, the challenge was to extract my future name from a Beatles song. There was already a black cocker spaniel in the house named "Pepper".

"MacKenzie" was discovered in "Eleanor Rigby"...Father MacKenzie. Even though I'm a female, and we don't even know if it's spelled the same...MacKenzie was the choice. But, like I said before, the doctor's office is the only place you'll hear it.

Mac...or Mackie...that's what I wait to hear.

Just say the word, and I will come running. A ride in the car to the bank? I'm in. A quick game of ball? I'm all over that one. A dash outside for a potty break? Good excuse to run in circles, chase a few birds, and see what's going down in the 'hood.

I'm a Labradoodle. In some circles, that's posh. If the President's girls select a Labradoodle for their new White House pet, Labradoodle awareness will be everywhere! But, I'm going to be honest here, I'm a G1 Labradoodle...translation: a half-breed mutt. My mom was a golden Lab. My Dad was a standard Poodle. There you have it. I came from a puppy farm which I'm not at all proud to admit.

My people searched the want ads for Labradoodles which led them to my "farm". My mama was shocked to realize the conditions under which I was being raised. To this day she will hug me a little bit tighter when thinking about that day.

It was simply a "God thing" that brought me and my family together.

And we have been happy ever since!