It’s National Hug an Aussie day, so make sure you give your Australian Shepherd some extra love today!
Pictured is my friend Sloopy, who recently moved to Colorado. Sloop – I’m sending you a long-distance hug. Can you feel the love?
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Meet Beckham! This beautiful boy is living at the Middle Tennessee Sheltie Rescue in Antioch, Tennessee. Here’s what their website has to say about him.
Continue reading Shelter Sunday: Middle Tennessee Sheltie Rescue / Antioch, TN
There is a group in Richmond, VA that has Dane Day the second Sunday of each month at 10:00 am at the Ruff House Dog Park at Rockwood Park. Their goal is to promote breed awareness and provide a social event for Great Danes and their families.
This is the first of several posts I will do this week as we prepare for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14 and 15. I’m going out on a limb to tell you my picks for best of group in each of the breed groups. (Gulp!) I can’t say I know enough about dog shows for these to be anything other than wild guesses, based loosely on information readily available on the web.
Continue reading My Picks for Westminster 2011: The Herding Group
Don’t ask me to pronounce any of these names, but the new dogs added to the AKC registry for 2011 are:
The Entlebucher Mountain Dog gets my vote as the cutest of the three.
What about you?
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Yesterday, we published the list of the top ten breeds registered with the AKC in 2010. The breeds included in the top ten did not change, although a few changed places (Beagle/Golden Retriever, and (Boxer/Bulldog). Here are a few more trends noted by the AKC.
Continue reading Trends Noticed on the AKC List of Top Ten Dog Breeds Registered in 2010
From the American Kennel Club: the list of the dogs most registered with them in 2010. The number in parenthesis is the rank each breed held in 2009.
Meet Bambi! This beautiful Weim is in the care of Tickled Pink Weimaraner Rescue in Albuquerque, NM, and is in need of either a foster home or a forever home.
Continue reading Shelter Sunday: Tickled Pink Weimaraner Rescue / Albuquerque, NM
Meet Mikayla! She is currently in the custody of the Camden County Animal Shelter in Blackwood, NJ, where they seem to have been overrun by Pit Bulls. (47 of the 54 dogs they have available are Pit Bulls or Pit Bull mixes.) Here’s what their website has to say about beautiful Mikayla.
Continue reading Shelter Sunday: Camden County Animal Shelter / Blackwood, NJ
Meet Thor! Nine-year old Thor is a boxer living under the care of Boxers and Buddies in Reno, Nevada. They note that he is good with dogs and kids, but they’ve never tried him around cats. I just love his curious face! Here’s what the good folks at Boxers and Buddies have to say about him.
Continue reading Shelter Sunday: Boxers and Buddies / Reno, NV