Catching Up

We've been a bit quiet lately. I haven't had many chances to blog because we have so many other things going on. Some are fun and some, not so much. We decided to let you in on what's happening around here. Let's start with the fun stuff.

I want to share some art work by a talented lady. Her name is Debbie Kendall and she owns a Portuguese Water Dog. So naturally we were immediately interested when she told us about her new piece. Here it is.

Debbie plans to do dog tag prints for other breeds, too but wanted to start with Porties because she loves one. We think she's done an amazing job of putting together so many breed attributes in one piece. She also offers framed pieces.

You can see her work at her site The Enlightened Hound.

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Remember this?

It's finished. It was fun to do because of all the bright colors and got me out of my creative funk.

Now I'm designing my next piece. I sat down last night with pencils and graph paper, but I'm spoiled and will instead do my designing on the computer. Much faster! I'm not telling you what I'm working on, so it'll be a surprise when it's done.

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A while ago Rob and I thought the little girls, Sydney and Mackie Doodle, needed harnesses. They're pretty small dogs and when they spot a rabbit or squirrel or bird or leaf or imaginary friend, they pull very hard on their leashes and choke themselves. We looked at cute little harnesses in the pet stores but wow, what prices. At that time we didn't know how big they'd get and we didn't want to buy new harnesses each week as they outgrew the old expensive ones.

So, I turned to one of my favorite places Ebay. Yes they had harnesses but the same situation applied. What size to buy. Then I made an incredible discovery. Someone was closing out a pet store and wanted to sell off all the harnesses in one box. The listing said there were 40 pieces, harnesses of different sizes. t sounded good to me and I bid $20 for the box.

When it came there were over 60 pieces, harnesses, collars and leashes. They all are new with tags on. Some are Martha Stewart, the pink and blue ones, and some are Kong and there are other brands.

It was like Christmas. There are some that fit the little girls and some that fit Morgan and the Portie girls. There are collars and leashes to fit the boys, too.

There are some that are too small for our dogs and we'll  donate them to the C.A.R.E. shelter.
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In dog news, Sebastian likes his new food and there have been no vomiting episodes from him. We'll check his weight in a couple weeks to see if it's working.
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Now for the bad stuff:
The fireworks are still going strong. Last night they were especially loud as we were trying to get to sleep. I'm hoping that tonight may be the end of them for awhile. My dogs are very stressed and several are experiencing some intestinal issues. I've been taking them out every two hours day and night to avoid mopping pens and cleaning crates. I have the four Portie girls on medication for their diarrhea and I've resorted to giving Mac valium at night to calm her. This had better stop soon.
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So there you have some of what we've been up to. Fudge tells me he's going to take over the blog if I don't get my act together, so I guess I'd better get to work.