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A few dog quotes I found 2008-02-09 04:13:18 If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
- - - Alfred North Whitehead
The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.
- - - Henry Ward Beecher “Proverbs from Plymouth [...]
Counting Heads 2008-03-16 17:11:59 I feel terrible that I haven’t blogged in many days. I have some pretty good excuses (e.g., my day job’s overwhelming, I’ve been working on a new version of the SheltieRescueMall web store, the 2008 ASSA National Sheltie Specialty is coming up fast, blah, blah, blah), but so what…
I thought it might be interesting to [...] Read more:Counting
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You Say It’s Your Birthday… 2008-03-16 12:14:19 Jackie and Mom Jenny are celebrating Jackie’s 3 year birthday! Look how well behaved Jackie is with that yummy cake right in front of her. Jackie’s got quite a coat. She looks a bit chubby but she’s not…she’s just got one very big coat on a very little girl! Happy Birthday
Jackie! - Barbara, Jim, [...]
Evie’s New Family are Fast Learners… 2008-03-16 11:31:56 Evie is settling in with Mom Judi and family and it sounds as though she’s been working hard at training them all to know their roles vis-a-vis Evie. As Queen of the Manor Evie, while not having a pack of Shelties to put through their paces anymore, finds herself with a yard full of wildlife [...] Read more:Family
Vote For Your Favorite Name for the ISSA Newsletter! 2008-03-18 15:45:12 Hi, there…here you can click on the circle next to your favorite name for the ISSA newsletter. The name that gets the most votes wins!
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.
Thank you for voting! One vote only please.
addthis_url [...] Read more:Favorite
Introducing the team of Alex and Missy! 2008-03-17 20:15:04 We have the most precious pair of kids here…and among them are Alex and Missy
. Alex is an 11 year old Sheltie-boy who comes with Missy, his companion of 11 years who’s a female Miniature Schnauzer. Alex was her ticket into SRU. They are a real team after eleven years of companionship and we want [...] Read more:Introducing
Chewie, Chewie…He’s Good 2008-03-24 12:15:32 Just over a week ago, I blogged about the current “State of the Pack”, promising I’d blog about some of the newer dogs individually. Well, I don’t have time even today, but a promise is a promise
Today, I want to talk about one of the puppy mill dogs that we received from up [...]
The Passing of a Friend 2008-04-07 17:48:40 A good friend of mine (not to mention a good friend of Shelties in general, Sheltie rescue, and performance Shelties) died a few days ago. Jean Clodwick finally lost a long battle with cancer.
Jean and I became friends at the 2004 ASSA National right here in Utah when we both became embroiled in a controversial [...]
The 2008 ASSA National, or How To Go Crazy In One Easy Step 2008-04-07 17:38:22 Readers will note that I have gotten progressively less responsible as the weeks drag on. Meaning, of course, that I haven’t blogged in something like two weeks. I need to be fed plain kibble for a week, or something similarly punitive.
I really do have good excuses though, although the dog did not eat my homework [...] Read more:National
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Recovering a Lost Dog 2008-05-04 15:06:08 If you’ve been involved in rescue for any length of time at all, you’ve encountered the problem of finding lost dogs. Barbara and I have dealt with this problem a bunch of times, so far with 100% success (knock wood). We’ve developed a number of strategies and tactics that have served us very well, learning [...]
‘Way too long… 2008-05-04 14:49:36 I feel like I’ve let you all down. It’s been several weeks since I’ve written a blog entry, and even longer since anybody else did. I hope you can forgive me once you read my excuses
On the day when I wrote my prior post, I was on my way to a business meeting [...]
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane… 2008-05-05 13:14:15 It was tough to walk out of the house this morning at 6:30. I’m sitting in San Francisco International Airport’s international terminal, in the United Airlines Red Carpet Club, writing this post. As we almost always do when Barbara takes me to the airport, we brought Star and Sly along for the ride. They’re our [...] Read more:Plane
Ginger 2008-05-07 07:52:23 About a week ago, this woman called Julene (one of SRU’s board members) about a Sheltie that she wanted to relinquish. Turns out that this woman’s mother really owned the Sheltie, whose name is Ginger
, but had become unable to care for her. From the information we got, it would seem that the owner had [...]
More About Misty 2008-05-07 07:39:28 Here I am, sitting in my hotel room in Dublin. Yes, Ireland. It’s a beautiful day in a wonderful city, but here I sit, writing a post. I must be trying to make up for all those weeks without blogging I just finished giving my paper at the conference (XTech 2008), which is the [...] Read more:Misty
Take a short breather 2008-05-10 13:40:02 I must humbly apologize for the lack of contribution to the blog. Spring has sprung and between spring grooming and yard, critter care, I don’t have time to do anything it seems! This is a breather moment for me and really just a big excuse/avoidance in regards to a rather messy house. Like I’m the only one on [...]
Recent fundraising activities 2008-05-17 18:30:36 If you’ve read the last few postings in this blog, you’ll know that one of the major consumers of my time, and Barbara’s, was the 2008 ASSA National that happened just a couple of weeks ago. We’ve finished doing the numbers from that event and are not unhappy…not a bit. National Sheltie rescue made about [...] Read more:Recent
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Down (under) and out 2008-05-17 18:26:48 Greetings from Sydney, Australia! in a previous post, I said that I was in Dublin, Ireland, and was on my way to Australia to scuba dive and then for two weeks of technical meetings. Well, I returned safe and sound from diving – which, by the way, was absolutely incredible! We spent about half of [...]
Shelties I Have Known: Annie 2008-05-25 05:10:37 We’ve had two Annie
s in our lives. One, about which I will write another time, was ours. She was amazing and I look forward to telling her story.
This, though, is the story of a rescue named Annie.
We were contacted by a person in St. George, UT, who said that he had just taken a Sheltie [...]
Rescue Fatigue 2008-05-25 01:28:16 Our good friend Cynthia Heyman (a/k/a Cynthia Blue) is taking a break from Collie Rescue
, as I just learned in this post from her blog, Tip-Tail. For those of you who don’t know, Cynthia is Collie Rescue of Utah. Barbara is on her board of directors and helped Cynthia formalize her Collie rescue work (e.g., [...] Read more:Fatigue
Gone At The End 2008-05-25 01:09:41 Barbara told me when we talked today that Ginger’s reached the end. And I’m still in Australia. That sucks.
They were at the vet’s a couple of days ago and Dr Cox (at Cottonwood Animal Hospital) opined that Ginger might have at most a few months left. There’s no one thing that’s identified as being the [...]
Bella and the Boys 2008-05-27 17:47:30 I don’t have a photo of this event, but everyone tells me to post the story of how Apache’s brother Sarge also from Sheltie Rescue of Utah, herded Bella back to us when she ran away. To start, I had a bad experience when Bella was a puppy getting off leash. I had [...]
Bella and Apache 2008-05-27 17:33:25 I finally downloaded photos from my camera so I can now show pictures in this post. Sorry it’s taken me so long, like most people I snap away with my digital camera never to really look at the photos for several months or years. I did discover some happy dogs when I did finally look [...] Read more:Apache
Ahhh…the sweet fragrance of a…wet dog? 2008-05-27 02:00:22 When you’ve got 10 or 12 or 20 dogs in the house, smells are unavoidable. And not all of them are as lovely as “wet dog”, either We get dogs who are incompletely (or simply not) house-trained, dogs who are old and have incomplete control of some bodily functions, and dogs who get sick [...]
Are the French the only people who really like dogs? 2008-06-27 15:23:07 I’m in Edinburgh (yes, Scotland) as I write this. I spent the day in a long technical meeting and am sitting in my hotel trying to avoid doing other work. And I have a 4-hour trans-Atlantic teleconference starting in less than an hour. Sigh…
I’ve kind of gotten used to the fact that almost no place [...] Read more:French
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Getting Priorities Straight… 2008-06-24 12:10:22 HELP NEEDED ASAP:
Please help!!!! After two long years of being on a waiting list for an
agility dog, we have been notified by the breeder that, at long last,
our number has come up and …
WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY!!!
We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time [...] Read more:Straight
Life and How It Got That Way 2008-06-24 12:03:34 I got this one from several sources, too. (Disclaimer: the use of the word “God” is not meant to imply any opinion about anybody’s religious affiliation or the lack thereof.)
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On the first day, God created the dog and said:
“Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in [...]
Seven Signs that your Sheltie is in Charge 2008-06-24 11:53:32 I got the following from about three different sources and thought I’d share it with all of you.
SEVEN SIGNS That Your Sheltie Is In Charge
7. You bought a custom-made “Extra Long” bed, so that the DOG could have more leg room!
6. You never forget to kiss your dog before you leave the house, [...] Read more:Seven
Still Missing Indy 2008-06-23 07:41:38 Drat! I can’t believe that neither I nor anybody else has written anything in this blog in almost a month. At least I have an excuse. (Don’t I always?) As usual, I’ve been traveling. In fact, I’m writing this entry whilst sitting in a meeting room in Edinburgh (yes, Scotland).
I can’t believe how much I [...] Read more:Missing
Here’s Why We Do It 2008-07-05 12:53:52 My Foster Dog
by Unknown Author
My foster dog stinks to high heaven.
I don’t know for sure what breed he is.
His eyes are blank and hard.
He won’t let me pet him and growls when I reach for him.
He has ragged scars and crusty sores on his skin.
His nails are long and his teeth, [...]
Could the supermarket be my sanctuary? 2008-07-30 16:46:17 At 7:00am I get up…or more correctly, either the ex-mill Shelties Sienna and Jet or the 5 1/2 month old puppies Dakota and Gypsy, bark, to let me know it’s time to wake up! Oh no…I think…not yet., please… But nobody’s listening to that little voice inside me. The noise level is [...]
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