Meet Jaffle! Future Chief Style Tester. Son of a Dozer buddy. A bit bundle of golden, fluffy pleasure!
48 hours of prompt happiness
I didn’t count on to get a brand new pet so quickly after saying goodbye to Dozer. To be sincere, I wasn’t positive once I’d be prepared. And I had it in my head that this time spherical I’d prefer to undertake. I’d submitted my software, spoken to Golden Retriever Rescue, and was ready for the suitable time and the suitable canine.
Then I lately came upon that Clem, certainly one of Dozer’s pals, had gotten pregnant and had a litter of puppies whereas I used to be hiding from the world throughout the previous few months. Once I met them, one little fluffball stole my coronary heart instantly. A chunky chunderbum of a boy, destined to be large and gold. Similar to Dozer. 🥰
He’s not the primary goldie that has crossed my path since shedding Dozer. However he’s the primary that felt proper. I picked him up 48 hours in the past, and he’s already managed to utterly wrap me round his chunky little paw. No surprises there!
Jaffle Q&A
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The place did you get him from? From Kim Handley of Giltedge Golden Retrievers, a registered NSW breeder whose canines Dozer used to play with often on the seaside. Not like Dozer, Jaffle comes from championship strains and a protracted pedigree of award-winning golden retrievers. All of it sounds very spectacular on paper, although round these components, he’ll be judged on very totally different standards!
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Who’re his mother and father? Jaffle’s mom is Clem, one of many golden retrievers Dozer used to splash round with at Bayview canine seaside each weekend in his youthful, wilder days. His father is Linirgor Tomich (“Tommy”), who lives in Falkirk, Scotland. Tommy was the UK Champion and Prime Stud Canine in 2025. 😳 I do know, proper??!!
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What are you feeding him? I’m presently giving Jaffle pet food advisable by the breeder – Black Hawk for Giant Breed Puppies (kibble) plus Lyka Contemporary Lamb Canine Meals. I’m eager to maneuver him onto a home made meals eating regimen as quickly as doable. However I do know that puppies want the suitable vitamins to assist them develop which I don’t have information about, so I received’t be making any modifications to his eating regimen till I converse to professionals.
Dozer was on home made meals from 4 years previous, after falling very sick from a foul batch of a well-respected kibble model (not Black Hawk! :)). He thrived on it! Everybody, together with vet professionals, marvelled on the silkiness of his fur and well being in his senior years. I’m a giant believer in actual meals for canines. (And people 🙂 ). In the long run, what took him was problems referring to a neurological dysfunction (Geriatric Onset Laryngeal Paralysis Polyneuropathy – GOLPP).
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How previous is he? He’s 11 weeks previous! He was born on 25 March 2026. I might’ve picked him up just a few weeks earlier however I used to be away in Japan till the weekend. I can’t consider how a lot he’s grown since I first met him a month in the past!
Proper at residence within the kitchen!
It’s solely been 48 hours, however he’s already proper at residence within the kitchen! I’m going to need to get cracking with the coaching. Can’t have him stealing meals from the pantry or off the bench – Dozer by no means did that!!
And whereas it’s early days (ie. nonetheless a nervous new pet proprietor so I’m exercising restraint on the meals entrance!), I’m very completely satisfied to report that Jaffle is exhibiting nice promise for his future function as Chief Style Tester of RecipeTin. Proof: enthusiastic cheese acceptance…
….and kale rejection.
He gave it a superb chew, then spat it out and checked out it with the identical expression Dozer did, like he couldn’t consider I used to be making an attempt to cross it off as meals. 😂
The pitter patter of paws
The home sounds totally different now. Like residence once more. The pitter patter of paws on the floorboards, toys scattered in corners, numerous little moist patches (I forgot how a lot puppies pee!) and a bit of golden shadow following me round in every single place I’m going.
I do know lots of you really liked Dozer, and I hope you’ll come to like Jaffle too. He’s already introduced a lot happiness again into my life, in a brief 48 hours.
I sit up for watching him develop up with all of you! ❤️ – Nagi x
PS A jaffle is a uniquely Australian toasted sandwich made in a particular jaffle iron that seals the perimeters of the bread collectively whereas it cooks. The filling will get trapped inside, making a crispy golden pocket with sizzling filling within the center, and the presence of cheese is necessary in my world. I sit up for sharing a recipe with you!!
Remembering Dozer
And with the introduction of Jaffle comes the retirement of the Dozer part that in some way turned the a part of each publish that you simply all skipped straight to earlier than even wanting on the recipe. You know the way a lot it secretly delighted me each time anyone admitted that. 🥰
I’ve been dreading today, as a result of stopping the Dozer part makes it appear so remaining, like I’m shedding him once more.
There’ll by no means be a alternative for Dozer. He wasn’t simply my canine, he was my sidekick, my shadow, my greatest buddy, and such an enormous a part of RecipeTin Eats for nearly 14 years. So quite than changing him, I’d a lot quite consider this as passing the baton to the subsequent technology.
So whereas Jaffle begins his profession as Chief Style Tester, Dozer will all the time have a spot right here. ❤️ The present Lifetime of Dozer sections will stay, all the time.
I’m hopelessly sobbing whereas I’m penning this publish.
However I simply realised one thing. That is my web site, and if I really feel like sharing a humorous Dozer reminiscence, a photograph I got here throughout, or a narrative that makes me smile, then I can. So don’t be shocked if Dozer pops up sometimes. He might have retired from official duties, however he can stay on right here as a lot as I wish to proceed sharing about him.
And actually, I feel Jaffle can be delighted to listen to just a few tales in regards to the legend who got here earlier than him.
Thanks for all of the years of sharing the enjoyment that was Dozer. Relaxation in peace, my darling boy. I’ll all the time love you. ❤️ – Nagi x
