Friday, March 6, 2009

Featured Rescue - Gatsby the Portugese Water Dog

As I'm sure we all know by now, the US presidential family is getting a dog. They are searching for a rescue dog to adopt from a shelter and the breed they have selected is the Portugese Water Dog. There are not too many of these guys in rescue right now - only 5 listed on Petfinder (not all rescue dogs are listed here, remember). Though I am not personally familiar with this breed, I have read

Thursday, March 5, 2009

CCPDT ... say what?

Say what? I mentioned this way back in one of my first posts - I thought I could clear up some of that crazy gobbledygook that creeps up on you in the dog world.


The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT) is an organization that has been put together to standardize dog training techniques to provide a baseline for trainers. The CCPDT is attempting to show people that dog

Post Exchange - A-Med Productions

A-MED Productions is primarily about hip-hop but also discusses their audio production company. The site has references to different artists in the news and a fair number of you-tube videos about them. There are some pictures of front pages from some entertainment magazines too. If you are a person who enjoys keeping up to date with current affairs in the entertainment industry, than this is a

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

CL Rant - Thoughts

Found this posting on CL and I thought it was well written so wanted to share with you all. This post was published after a big to-do in the Austin CL. There was quite a lot of name calling and bashing going on out there - I found that it was rather humorous. Some people just want to add some drama to their lives and this is how they do it.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Featured Rescue - Molly the American Bulldog

Todays Featured Rescue is the American Bulldog. Today on Petfinder, there are 1,672 Am. Bulldogs available for adoption. The Am. Bulldog is typically a happy, friendly, and assertive dog that is at ease with its family and fine with outsiders who pose no threat.

Molly is almost a year old. She was an owner surrender. Good with kids. From the sounds of it, Molly has gotten used to pushing

Monday, March 2, 2009

Asshat Rant - Beware of the Dog

Ok. I saw this in a local department store and I totally flew off the deep end. As I'm sure you can well imagine - here I am standing in the middle of the store ranting and raving about this toy that I found in the children's department called "Beware of the Dog".



I'm sure that all the people around me who were shopping thought I should be in the local loony bin instead of shopping with them

Post Exchange - Blogger Junction

I'm starting something called Post Exchange. This is where I write a post about someone's blog and then someone writes a post about mine. One for one sort of thing. This will not interfere with my regular posts, so don't worry.

My first exchange is from Blogger Junction. It's also called Blogger Talk Online Make Money Online Work At Home. There's a bit about everything on this blog, but mostly