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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2010
I am vacation-fostering Rowan, one of the McDonough Red Hunter breeder dogs, while her regular foster is off on a trip. Rowan is totally sweet–very shy, the runt of the litter, and far more timid than her brother Finnegan. At nine months old she only weighs 38 pounds. But she has a brave soul, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2010
Well! First of all, Finnegan has been adopted, by a wonderful family that works with Happy Tails therapy dogs. The family has two boys, both dog lovers, and they have a Goldendoodle named Kelly who wants to play. Life is good! Meanwhile, I had Lucy, who whisked in and out of my life in two [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2010
The more I get to know Finnegan, the more I think this beautiful puppy nose is going to make someone an excellent dog. He is such a sweetie, and has that puppy gangliness and utter loose-limbed ability to just flatten himself, or to leap from a standing start. He is such a strange mix of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2010
I just got Mr. Finnegan on Monday. Fin is my first foster dog since I adopted Bella. Isn’t he beautiful? He’s an eight-month-old Red Hunter Golden Retriever, with beautiful silky puppy hair and a puppy’s openness and energy. Finnegan, like a lot of dogs from breeders that just got overwhelmed, was basically healthy–what suffered was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 4th, 2010
You may have heard by now that we are in a recession. (I’m being silly here. Of course you know!) Our local glass suppliers, Lance and Maureen at Flame Tree Glass have decided to do something about it — and Art of the Firebird and I were among the first participants. Yesterday was a *beautiful* [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2010
Bella and Justin had their first spat-and-make-up, which I had expected as they work out their relationship. It began with the rawhide flip, which is a rare treat in my house. Justin loves them. In fact, while Justin is Theta Dog in almost all areas, there are two things he will fight seriously over: entry [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2010
Over the last few months poor Justin has been reacting less well to my fosters. It isn’t that he doesn’t welcome them — he welcomes them too much, and mourns them when they find their Forever Homes. He cried soft little whimpers after Nilla left, poor guy. I thought about a permanent foster, but the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2010
As most of you know, I post on a wide variety of topics. However, I do not think posts on politics belong in a blog about either rescue or my lampworking business. I don’t care what your politics are –if you want to buy my beads, read about my business, or learn about my rescue [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2010
My sister Leslie sells frit at That Frit Girl (http://www.thatfritgirl.com/). Frit is ground or powdered glass. She makes her own wonderful frit blends, too, as you can see. Leslie is running a Beads of Courage frit challenge. If you want to test any of her wonderful frits, she will send you a .25 ounce sample, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, dogs on Mar 15th, 2010
A late note, but then I had the flu for a while and slept for a week or so. But Nilla has a wonderful home! Here she is with her new Hoomans, Silvia and Tony. They heard about her, and saw her videos, and knew they had to come up to Atlanta from Florida to [...]