Everyone Wants to Be A Lhasa For Halloween

Katy, the daughter of Papillion Melissa, interned at the grooming shop this summer. She draws these wonderful fantasy creatures. The week I was in Pennsylvania, she spent a day at the shop with Carol. This was waiting for me upon my return.

Vickie shared…

A non-profit social enterprise preserving Tibet crafts and  culture, the Dropenling Handicraft Development Center is dedicated to improving the lives of Tibetan artisans throughout Tibet by selling only unique, high quality handicrafts made in Tibet, by Tibetans.

From the website:
The name “Dropenling” is a Tibetan word meaning “giving back for the betterment of all mankind”.
Dropenling is [...]

Vote for your Favorite Dog Art Wine Label

 

From Dog Art Today:
I am in awe of all your beautiful and ingenious entries for the Mutt Lynch – Dog Art Today Wine Label Contest.  Thank you everyone for participating.  The contest has blown past my wildest expectations.
Description of the wine that will have the winning label: a Dry Creek Valley Meritage, which is a [...]

Silent Sorrow

In the May/June 2009 issue of AKC’s Family Dog, Susan Brown penned an article titled Portrait of Grief.  Silent Sorrow, painted by Maud Earl, is in AKC’s art collection. It was painted in 1910 after the death of England’s King Edward VII. The following images tell the story…

Kathy on…Beloved Dog Toys…

Serendipity. Synchronicity. Or as Kathy mentions, ironic. As you’ll see in the following, Kathy shared Beloved Dog Toys a few days ago. The blog entry was waiting for me this morning. But! Last night Kathy wanted me to Check It Out! If I hadn’t been to Katy’s blog….Ironic. Synchronicity. Serendipity. Whatever, Check It Out!
Hi Debby,
How [...]

Of Triangles and Terriers

I’ve always loved terriers. My first Champion was a Smooth Fox Terrier, Ch. Foxden Lyric.

Once Upon A Dog is a feature inside the back cover of AKC Family Dog. From the March/April 2008 issue…

Francis Redmon’s “Totteridge” Smooth Fox Terriers were a famous British line of the late 19th century. Redmond was a master dog man who did [...]

Kelley shared…

Kelly sent…
Don’t know if you have seen this yet.  If not I want you to click on the horses eye.  Very intesting!!!!!  I thought it was pretty cool idea so sent it to you.

Tibetan dog art

Vickie sent the following:
The info on the artist of this piece is quite interesting!  Clicking on her name – Constance Coleman –  will bring it up.  Then click on Original Works on the second page … more dogs of Tibet!

:Art…and my dad

After mom died in 1997, my sisters put me in charge of the family photos. These, along with ‘memories in bits and pieces’ were organized and filed ten years ago. Yesterday doing homework for the Library of Memories class, knee deep in memorabilia, ephemera, photos and personal memories, I came upon the following card in the dad [...]

:AKC Art Gallery

Okay…might as well warn you. Today I’ve got a few errands to run, including picking up my new glasses complete with a new prescription (yeah! maybe I’ll be able to once again see each and every hair on those poodles’ feet!!) and stopping by one of the local vet clinics to finish brushing out Sophie [...]