Rosie Speaks With Her Eyes | Wordless Wednesday

An animal's eyes have the power 

to speak a great language.

~Martin Buber

I suspect Rosie's eyes are speaking in English and saying:

Mama, can I please have a dog cookie?

My Special Girl | Wordless Wednesday

"I'm married, but the special girl in my life is my Rosie."

~ the Dog Daddy at Talking Dogs

Talking Dogs is the official blog of For Love of a Dog Jewelry. 


 

Adopt Clarissa a Black Labrador Retriever Dog in Missouri

This beautiful reindeer dog is Clarissa.  She's a spayed black Labrador Retriever mixed breed dog.  About 5 years old, Clarissa has found herself homeless and is currently at the Humane Society of Missouri's Chesterfield Valley animal shelter.

Clarissa walks nicely on a leash and seems to be housebroken.  Take a look at her adoption video and you'll see she's a love sponge.  Contact the Humane Society of Missouri for more information about Clarissa 636-530-0805.  Her animal ID number is A564548.

We're participating in the Tuesday's Tails blog hop hosted by Dogs N Pawz.  This is the blog hop that features shelter pets.  Find a pet at your local animal shelter or rescue and join us!  Please help spread the word about these beautiful animals via social media and let's find them forever homes!

Talking Dogs is the official blog of For Love of a Dog Jewelry.
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Rainy Day Dogs | Wordless Wednesday

The best thing one can do when it's raining

...    is to let it rain.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Wordless Wednesday: A Rose is a Rosie

In the garden of my heart,

plant naught but the rose of love.

                                                                ~Bahaullah

Wordless Wednesday: Who What Why?

Not so wordless Wednesday...

This is not the photo I'd planned to share today, but life happens, right?

You can probably correctly guess WHO this is.

WHAT is he doing?

WHY is he doing it?

Find out the real deal tomorrow!

Wordless Wednesday | Napping

Rosie says napping is best with a friend.

Wordless Wednesday: Dog Mama Helper

Mama's helper, Rudy, is such a big help cleaning up the yard.

Deck Patrol: Almost Wordless Wednesday

 

 Rudy checks the yard to the west while Skeeter makes sure nothing's sneaking up the steps.

 

 Keeping an eye to the south, Rudy is vigilant.  

Skeeter... not so much.  Looks like she's falling asleep.

 Rudy has spied the mama.  Skeeter catches a quick nuzzle.

Best Friends.

If these photos look a bit familiar, it's because I've posted similar ones previously.  This is a very common scene here at our house.  Rudy and Skeeter love to lounge together on the deck.  Sometimes there's a bit of grooming, but mostly they just cuddle close and survey their kingdom.

Where's Jeffie, you ask?  While these photos were being taken, Jeffie was by my side trying to figure out what was going on.

Wordless Wednesday: Patience is a Virtue

Jeffie patiently awaits his turn to try Evanger's Organic Chicken with Fruits & Vegetables jerky treats.   

Our review of all the goodies Evanger's sent to Jeffie and Rudy for taste testing is coming soon. 

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Wordless Wednesday: Best Friends

Though Rudy considers himself Jeffie's dog, he does take time out for a little feline companionship with Skeeter.

Wordless Wednesday: Dog Daddy Father's Day

So, when the Dog Daddy put on his new t-shirt Father's Day gift from Rudy... it scared the heck out of Jeffie.  It took a whole lot of coaxing and reassurance for Jeffie to pose for this photo.  And what you don't see is Jeffie's very cool gift, a UNC Tarheels t-shirt.  That one was not so much fun to play around with in Photoshop ;-)

We found amazing 3-D dog breed t-shirts at Pet Flow.

Wordless Wednesday: Speak English, Dog!

Happy Mother's Day from For Love of a Dog

Our gift to all you dog moms is this barking good Busy Bee Dogs Mother's Day video greeting.

Grab your fur friends and enjoy!

Wordless Wednesday: Sweet Jeffie

So much sweetness.

All rolled up into one Golden Retriever / Border Collie dog.

Wordless Wednesday: Enjoying Spring

A little color at the bird feeder.

The hummingbirds have returned.

Lots of rain & rainbows.  This is a double one right over the For Love of a Dog studio.

Jeffie loves spring!

Dakota's Den Review of Sheltie Jewelry at For Love of a Dog

Dakota the Sheltie dog who blogs.  

I am so thrilled to read another glowing review of my For Love of a Dog jewelry work!  This time on the Dakota's Den dog blog!

Dakota's mom ordered a piece of my Sheltie dog jewelry and was very happy about it.  In fact, she said this was the most realistic piece of Sheltie jewelry she'd ever seen.  You can read the full review - Valentine's Day Is Coming! Need Gifts for Dog Lovers? - at Dakota's blog.

I love hearing from happy For Love of a Dog customers and this fabulous review really made my day! Thank you so much, Dakota!

Of course, being a dog person, I had to explore the whole blog!  Dakota's Den - daily doings of a dog named Dakota, Let the Barking Begin! is great reading!  You'll find dog news, information, photos, book reviews, product reviews and much more, in addition to Dakota's reports on life at home. 

Do you love that photo of Dakota?  I do.  It was taken celebrating Dakota's Gotcha Day, October 19, 2007.  Dakota was a birthday present for her mom who had a life-long wish for a Sheltie dog.  

Now you can join Dakota for dog news you can use and doggy fun you'll enjoy every day!  As Dakota says, let the barking begin!

Dog Politics: President Obama and Bo

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

It was bound to happen.

Much has been made of Mitt Romney's family trip years ago - you know, the one when he transported Seamus, the family dog, in a pet carrier on top of his station wagon. 

Newt Gingrich has made a few jabs at Romney and set up a Pets for Gingrich web site.

Now we have a tweeted photo of our president, Barack Obama and First Dog, Bo, traveling in the backseat of a vehicle.  The caption:  "How loving owners transport their dogs."

Can it be a coincidence that the same day as the tweet, the Obama campaign launch a Facebook page called "Pet Lovers for Obama."  The page features Bo saying "I bark for Barack" and invites supporters to submit photos of their pets in Obama 2012 gear.

Wordless Wednesday: This Yellow Lab Nose Snow

Snow nose dog, Rudy.  And yes, we do sometimes clean the dog drool off the glass...

Remembering an Old Friend: Guest Blog Post

Today we have a Talking Dogs guest post from the dog daddy at our house, known to some of you as the Chief Medical Examiner and my husband, Gary.

Remembering an old friend...

Having recently lost Tucker, my old friend of 14 years, I have been thinking a lot about him. 

A few weeks ago, while stringing lights on the Christmas tree, I was remembering one of the last walks we took together.   

We have a fenced back yard of about two acres which the dogs have access to.  However they all love to go for a walk outside of the yard with their daddy.

Nobody loved the walks more than Tucker. The last few years of his life he was suffering with arthritis and got to the point where he had trouble standing up, but once he was on his feet he was always ready to go for a walk.   

I regret terribly that we didn’t take more walks. Once we were out the front door Tucker was on the move. Slow and steady but moving ahead. Regardless of how long the walk lasted or how tired he was, he never once asked to go back to the house. When I would tire out and start back, he would always want to go for more.   

On one of those last walks together Tucker scared up a rabbit. I saw it lying in the grass long before Tucker did so I steered him toward it.

Now, to help you get the image, it helps to visualize a 98 year old man who needs a walker to get around. Although Tucker didn’t have a walker (he could have used one) he walked very slow and deliberate as he made sure each step was secure. 

When Tucker got about 6 feet from the rabbit it bolted and ran. Tucker came alive and gave chase. Well at least until he got to the end of the leash and I stopped him. He watched as the rabbit hopped off and into the high grass and was gone.   

In hindsight I wish I would have let him go. One last good chase.  It’s not as if he would have caught the rabbit or even got close but he would have loved to try, and I know he would not have gone too far in his condition.

But it’s too late now and it makes me sad that my basic instinct to keep control of him deprived him of that good chase. I should add that we were about in the middle of our 46 acres so he would have had plenty of room to safely chase the rabbit. 

You see, for years one of Tuckers jobs around here was to keep the yard clear of all invading critters, rabbits, armadillos, squirrels.  He had retired from that job and had turned it over to the young and swift.

But when Tucker saw that rabbit he was young again.  Age nor ability was not a thought.

I wish I had let him go.