Dog Photog on Monday

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Some black and whites to start the week

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Nice Human

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Tony La Russa's ARF Foundation

 

 

 

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balloons

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 Aw...where can we get balloon puppies?

 Do you have to know a clown and

 does the circus have to be in town?

Bubble Up by Kimberly Merrill, 2010

via dogarttoday

Rescue

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YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING RESCUE TOO LONG WHEN.... 

 You have a mental list of people you'd like to spay, neuter or euthanize.

 You stopped at a house with a "Free Puppies" sign in the yard to have an educational "chat," and your kids had to post your bail.

 Running out of paper towels is a household crisis.

 You not only KNOW all the characteristics of a good "stool," you discuss them at dinner.

 Your checks have messages on them like "Subtract Two Testicles for Every Four Feet."

 You have a bumper sticker that reads "My German Shepherd Is Smarter than Your Graduate Student."

 You secretly wonder about such things as how animals can manage without wiping.

 You pray they will someday manufacture Teflon furniture.

 You have phone calls forwarded to PetsMart.

 You absentmindedly pat people on the head or scratch them behind their ears.

 Given the choice of having your teeth cleaned or their teeth cleaned, they get their teeth cleaned.

 You not only allow pets on the couch, guests have to sit on the floor because the dog has "territorial issues."

 Your spouse missed the final game of the World Series because the cat wanted to watch his favorite video, "Birds of North America."

 Anytime the animal appears lethargic, you go on-line and investigate vet med websites, pose questions to your address book and on e-lists, and by the time you digest all the information and field the correspondence, the animal has torn out the window screens, and left something disgusting in your favorite pair of shoes.

Your chat room handle is "Queen of Spayeds."

 You and your vet are on a first name basis and he genuflects when you enter the waiting room. His daughter at Harvard refers to you as "Auntie."

 You needed a prescription to recover from "Old Yeller."

 You've forwarded more warnings about the dangers of chocolate, onions and mistletoe than the National Center for Disease Control has issued about anthrax and smallpox.

 You wear white year 'round, not because you are flaunting a fashion law or belong to a religious sect but because it is BLEACHABLE.

 You wear blue jeans year 'round, because they hide the fur.

 By the time you investigate different flea control products, their advantages and potential risks, natural versus chemical methods, and study the life cycle of the flea, any fleas have died of old age.

 You tell your children to "heel!" in a grocery store.

 For relaxation, you went mall hopping with your girlfriends. Your eyes glazed over when you saw a sign in front of a pet shop, "20% Off All Puppies & Kittens," and you slapped three security guards before they got you safely contained in the manager's office.

 People are still talking about your spay-neuter holiday greeting from last year, "Deck the Halls with Balls of Collies.

How do you know if there's a Meth Lab near you?

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Oh...it's pretty easy to tell.

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Lucky Dogs...

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We've made new doggie friends over the past week

on Facebook and guess what...

they have cats living with them.

We think they're lucky.

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We made New Friends on Facebook this week

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Rescues and animal lovers unite!

Bernie Berlin - A Place to Bark

The Pet Studio

Nice Human

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Jenni from Flipping Out Series / Bravo TV

And the pug's name:  Janet Reno!

I love clever human parents when they cleverly name their " animal kids"...

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truth

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" He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life "

                                      ~ Sophocles

via NKN

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Creative + Talent = $$$$$

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Cute little glass sculpture, aye?

Well, the little buggar went for $650,000 in 2003 and

 the article went on to say it has INCREASED in value

Just thinking glass blowing would be a nice retirement hobby

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Ducks wear dog masks

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WHAT was God thinking about 

when he designed a duck's bill?

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Yes, I kiss the dog all over her face

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Dog Art on Mondays ~

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And a little doggie inspiration - Squirrel Art:

via the awesomely talented illustrator JULIA POTT

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Can we move back to San Francisco?

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Lia:   THIS is great! So fresh...it makes me feel like jumping and playing.

Zoe:   It seems all so unnecessary....I can't find a place to pee and eventually it'll melt - and I'll be able to smell spots again...

Lia:  Yeah, but....remember when we could smell on the grass but it was so hot we didn't even feel like moving?

Zoe:   You never feel not like playing.  Errrg....I'll get as close to the barn as possible where it's not as deep.  This sucks.

Lia:   You have your crabby pants on and Mommy said no crabby pants on Sundays.  Just squat and then lets go.

Zoe:   That's fine for you - you can squat and your back-end is still a foot off the ground....have you ever seen my butt after I'm done - this is disgusting.

Zoe:   Can we move back to San Franciso?  If not, I'm wearing this face till March.

Lia and The Mommy:  Ohhhhhhh, great!

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Gettin' some sunshine in the a.m.

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Lia:   Hey Zoe - want'a piece o'my orange?

Zoe:   Eeeww...NO thank you!

Lia:   Why not?  It tastes great.

Zoe:   You think poop takes great.

The Mommy:  Well - I'll never see an orange the same way.

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A Little Cuteness for Friday

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Living in Peace

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by Moira McLaughlin, of Dog Art Today
January 10th, 2011

"I'm having difficulty not reading everything about Saturday's massacre in Tucson.   And it's making me sick. So I am posting some peaceful images today.  Dog, man, and chickens coexisting in harmony.  My friend Trish "Farm Girl" Meyler took these photos last week shortly after one of her hens inexplicably died.  She reported that the other girls were squawking their heads off in great distress.  Even chickens, not considered the most intelligent animals, registered that loss of life means something.  While, once again, a lone white gunman, who doesn't have the same capacity to feel even the most basic regard for life that a chicken has, was allowed to purchase a technologically-tricked-out killing device and open fire.

We are in serious trouble."

I love Moira's character and in this post, she stole my very thoughts - but now with the chicken comparison, she out-wisdom'd me! Her art history knowledge, her humor, her art - I respect it all.  (plus this is where Zoe and I won a dog photo contest a while back)....

http://www.dogarttoday.com/

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