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French Bulldog Party in AZ!
2008-03-20 17:04:00 After reading this, I will never again think I am overdoing it by baking Tessa a cake for her birthday and making the other dogs wear funny hats. Duke sure knows how to throw a birthday bash! If you’re out there and read this, we’d love some more party pictures! I am surprised, however, that Mz. ... More About: Party , French , Bulldog , French Bulldog
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Cutest French Bulldog Pieces on Etsy right now
2008-03-20 12:28:00 I love Etsy - I love everything about it, from the website design to the concept to the idea of supporting independent artists. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Etsy, it’s a website which focuses primarily on providing the general public with a way to buy and sell handmade items. The site follows in the ... More About: French , Thirteen , Thursday , Pieces
Uh Oh?
2008-03-19 15:30:00 My almost brand new, 24″ iMac hard drive is about to die, as I can tell by the ominous clicking and whining it’s making on start up. I’m taking it into the shop now, and won’t have it back until some time late tomorrow. In the meantime, I’ll be without email or any other on line ...
Pink Poodles and Purple Frenchies
2008-03-18 16:43:00 I’m starting to get jealous. Everyone and their sister has a blog about dyed poodles, and here I sit, with my non fluffy, non dyeable French Bulldogs. It just doesn’t seem fair. I suppose I could get myself some blue French Bulldogs - they’re always controversy magnets, not to mention loads of fun (although the pale yellow ... More About: Pink , Purple , Solo , Frenchies
French Bulldog Walking in Durham
2008-03-18 03:49:00 I spent part of the afternoon walking Sailor and her daughter Ellie in Durham. As always, I brought my camera along, and got some great pictures (in spite of the two feet of mud on the ground). By the end of the afternoon, I was mud up to my knees, the dogs were mud up to ... More About: French , Walking , Bulldog
Tessa Earns a Nap, Dexter Fails at Geography and Solo Goes to the Darkside
2008-03-17 03:27:00 Tessa is the last remaining puppy from her litter - although I suppose I can’t even come close to referring to her as a ‘puppy’ any more. It doesn’t really matter that she’s thirteen and change - to me, she’ll always be that little red and white trouble maker I tucked inside my coat and ... More About: Solo , Dexter , Tessa , Geography , Bunny
French Bulldog Hide n? Seek and Old Timer Nostalgia
2008-03-15 20:18:00 It is a simple fact of life that if you live with French Bulldogs, weird things are going to happen. Years ago, I had a panic attack when I realized I couldn’t find Leeza, our little cream French Bulldog puppy. We searched the entire house, calling her name, and then fanned out over the entire neighbourhood. ... More About: Nostalgia , Paris , Tessa , Timer
French Bulldogs at Crufts 2008
2008-03-14 13:02:00 Crufts is over for another year, and the Best of Breed winner is the simply stunning Ch. Birique Prinzessen JW - better known as “Sassi”. She was awarded this win by respected breeder/judge Dr. Christine Towner, and it is the icing on a career that has been nothing short of stunning. Sassi is the UK’s top ... More About: French , Bulldogs , French Bulldog , French Bulldogs , 2008
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Groups that help owners who can?t afford Veterinary
2008-03-13 10:32:00 Responsible pet owners are aware of the costs involved in caring for their pets, and do their best to provide the best Veterinary care possible. But what about those people who have suffered financial set backs - the people who’ve been laid off, or have lost their jobs, or who simply are on limited incomes? ... More About: Thirteen , Thursday , Groups , Owners
Bullmarket SumoLeBull Pelshire, CD - Hammer
2008-03-11 18:56:00 Click to Play A tribute to Charlotte Creeley’s cantankerous little red headed boy. If ever an owner and dog were meant for each other, it was Charlotte and Hammer . Bullmarket Sumolebull Pelshire, CD November 22, 1994 to March 10, 2008 Goodbye, Hammer - you are missed This video was originally shared on blip.tv by FrogDog with a No license (All ... More About: Tribute
Sometimes Things DO Change
2008-03-08 16:16:00 From The New York Times, March 10, 1929 Best in Show Judging Needs a Change The point has been raised regarding the judging of best in show under the new regulations (the AKC is calling for). Accepted literally, they would require that a judge to officiate in that capacity would of necessity have on file with ... More About: Things
Shameless web host related grovelling - for a good cause
2008-03-08 12:48:00 Dreamhost, in addition to being possibly the world’s hippest web hosting company (not to mention one of the greenest), is now offering a staggeringly generous referral bonus plan. How generous? Well, for every single person referred to them via our Promo Code who signs up, we receive an $82 bonus. Pretty cool, huh? Here’s something even cooler ... More About: Host , Good , Related
Weird food, tripey goodness, and cheese with a bonus
2008-03-07 06:26:00 I’ve been idly following a mailing list thread which has, in the time honored way of all the very best discussion topics, morphed from the initial subject (dog food) into something completely different (What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten, or wouldn’t eat, or freak out when thinking about?). It started with the basics - ... More About: Weird , Food , Cheese , Bonus , Goodness
Thursday Thirteen - Canine Pregnancy Done the Difficult Way
2008-03-06 10:28:00 Just for fun (a statement which cries out for the writer to get a real life, or at least some better hobbies), I thought I’d do a thorough break down on the steps involved in going from point ‘A’ (Bitch in Season) to point ‘B’ (litter of puppies). It’s more complicated than you’d think. First off, let’s ... More About: Pregnancy , Thirteen , Thursday , Breeding
The French Bulldog Mafia
2008-03-05 18:14:00 I live my life with two separate packs of dogs. Pack one consists of Tessa, Sailor, Ellie, Penelope, Delilah, Journey, Tula and Dexter. Pack two consists of Bunny, Paris and Fanny. The separation isn’t arbitrary, but rather on what I’ve often considered to be a microcosm of Mafia families - two rival gangs, each eager ... More About: French , Bulldog , The French , French Bulldog
Traffic Jams, Country Style
2008-03-03 17:10:00 One of the very few things I do not miss about living in Toronto is the traffic. I didn’t bother owning a car for almost three years, because it was just easier - and faster - to use public transit than it was to fight with cross town traffic. I was pretty sure that moving 2 ... More About: Country , Traffic , Style , Jams
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Essential Things Every Dog Owner MUST Have
2008-02-28 10:05:00 There are lots of things dog owners can disagree on, like “dog parks, yes or no?” and “Spay/neuter - before six months, or after?”, but they can’t disagree with my list. Seriously. This list is it - the stuff you’ve got to have if you want to be a loving, modern day urban dog mommy or ... More About: Thirteen , Things , Thursday , Owner , Essential
French Bulldog Coat Colors - or lack thereof
2008-02-26 16:31:00 I thought I’d write a second part to my article on French Bulldog coat colors, since it gives me a chance to get a terrible burden off of my chest - I’ve been perpetuating a lie. Yes, it’s true. All over the web, you’ll find sites parroting this line, from my initial article on coat colors ... More About: Colors , Lack , French Bulldog
Coat Colors? - Them?s fightin? words!
2008-02-24 15:54:00 Want to start a fight on a French Bulldog discussion list? Bring up the topic of French Bulldog coat colors. There are few other topics more guaranteed to get threads going of 75 or more responses, or more promising of exchanges like ‘oh yeah? Sez you’ and ‘You wouldn’t know medelian genetics if it jumped ... More About: Words , Colors
Missing French Bulldogs Near Chandler, Oklahoma
2008-02-23 16:07:00 Our friend Pat Pearce, one of the writers for our Ask the Experts column, has suffered a horrible tragedy. Two of her French Bulldogs have escaped from her fenced yard near Chandler , Oklahoma . If you’re in the area, please be on the look out, and please consider cross posting this notice. Here’s Pat’s email, and at the ... More About: Missing
Wishbone Brakes for Westminster and Old Dogs with New Homes
2008-02-23 14:51:00 This post is sort of a big bunch o’ stuff I wanted to post all last week, but couldn’t, because the internet Gods were angry with me. I have made them an offering of a pureed 14.4 modem, so hopefully they are appeased and will keep my over priced, stupid, slow-ass satellite internet connection from crashing ... More About: Dogs , New Homes , Homes , French Bulldog , Westminster
Solo Goes Home and? Paris Hilton, Dog Breeder?
2008-02-22 11:54:00 Well, life out here in the country sure can be a pain in the butt. A wicked winter ice storm knocked my satellite internet out of service from Sunday afternoon until yesterday morning, and I’ve been going through some serious net surfing withdrawal pains. Needless to say, I also have some blog post catching upping* to ... More About: Paris Hilton , Home , Paris , Hilton , Solo
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Idiotic Quotes from Peta & Ingrid Newkirk
2008-02-21 12:07:00 Oh, I know - it’s an easy target to choose, simply because almost everything that comes out of their mouths is completely moronic, but hey! Sometimes a girl just needs to vent a little bit, especially in light of Peta ’s recent comparison of the AKC and the KKK. 1. The smallest form of life, even an ... More About: Quotes , Thirteen , Thursday
Bringing Home the Dogs of War
2008-02-17 13:03:00 I’m not going to go into the politics of how I feel about the war, because if I did, Barb’s head would explode. I will, however, go into how I feel about a government that finds it acceptable to train dogs to serve as part of a military force, but then refuses to help them find ... More About: Dogs , Home
Podcasting, anyone?
2008-02-17 03:38:00 Hey, I just found this awesome new tool on the Pro version of Blip TV - Podcasting ! I’ve been subscribing to Podcasts for ages, in particular the Ricky Gervais show, and Indie Feed, but I didn’t realize I could syndicate my Blip TV videos via podcast. If you want to subscribe, our feed address is - http://frogdog.blip.tv/rss/itunes/ In ...
Evaluating Embedded Video Players
2008-02-16 21:19:00 As you might have noticed, I usually use the YouTube video player when I’m embedding a video in a blog entry. This is because YouTube is the ’standard’ for embedded video, and certainly not because it is the best. The best, in my opinion, is Blip.Tv The videos retain more of their original quality, the screen size ... More About: Video , Players , Embedded
OK, so maybe just one more video
2008-02-16 11:42:00 Technically, this one could be about Dexter . It just also happens to have Solo in it. Sorry for the music, but between L Word and Clerks 2, I’ve got Jackson 5 on the brain. If you have issues with the Blip TV Player, this video should be up on my YouTube page later today. More About: Video
ESPP Fridays - It?s one last Solo Video (and some photos)
2008-02-15 13:48:00 I don’t have much to write about today - not much that I feel like setting down in print, at any rate. Solo goes home on Sunday, and I know that it’s for the best, and I know that it’s a great home, and I know that part of being a breeder is making the ... More About: Video , Photos
13 Postitive Media Stories on the Michael Vick Pit Bulls
2008-02-14 11:46:00 I almost wonder if we’re in the middle of a revolution. Could the tide finally, finally be turning? Could media stories about killer monster Pit Bulls be falling out of fashion? Could the press finally be realizing that people love to read happy ending stories about cuddly Pit Bulls leading fulfilling lives? Wouldn’t it be nice…. and wouldn’t ... More About: Media , Stories , Michael , Michael Vick
They win!
More articles from this author:2008-02-14 04:16:00 I thought the Hellion-ettes had accomplished something when they removed the downspout. Turns out, they were mere pikers in the ‘let’s redecorate the house game’, as proven in this photo, sent to us by Janeen of the wonderful Smart Dogs Blog - Impressive! Truly impressive. But have they removed the siding yet? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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