A Photo a Week Challenge: Animals Grooming Duke costs twice what it used to cost me to get my hair trimmed, colored, and dried. Of course, they didn’t have to comb out the fur on my butt or deal with my… Read More ›
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THE NEW SHORT-HAIRED DUKE
The shedding was killing us. It was in Garry’s hearing aid, in every piece of clothing, on the surface of all our furniture. Brushing wasn’t doing it, so I saved up money for the past few weeks and we got… Read More ›
BONNIE IS HOME FROM THE SALON – Marilyn Armstrong
I know the dogs are a total mess when I stop taking pictures of them. The Duke tends to look good most of the time, but both Scottish terriers get seriously grubby. They love dirt. They long for filth. Terriers… Read More ›
SIX LETTERS INCLUDING R? PHOTO SCRABBLE?
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: R – Needs to start with the letter R or have at least six letters including an R – or anyway, that’s the way I did it, so if I did it wrong, oops If we… Read More ›
ONE SCOTTIE AGAINST THE WORLD
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Abandoned or Alone What could be more abandoned than a Scottish Terrier facing the terror of getting clipped without someone to hold his paw? Poor Gibbs! He has been face-to-face with dreadful things during… Read More ›
BONNIE – THE DAY AFTER HER SPA
Usually we take pictures of Bonnie and Gibbs at the groomers, but their new place is much smaller and doesn’t have that big front room. So we waited until we got home … and then we waited until the next… Read More ›
SCOTTIES AT FURRY FRIENDS SALON & SOCIAL CLUB
Grooming day! Time to take the fur-people to Furry Friends Grooming and Social Club. Do not be deceived by the humble exterior. This is a class act. Gibbs has never learned to walk on a leash, so if you put… Read More ›
SCOTTIES IN NEED OF GROOMING
I want to go on record as saying that shooting pictures of black dogs in a low-light living room is hard. Especially when the dogs don’t coöperate. To be fair, even with full coöperation, they are always difficult to shoot …… Read More ›
GOOD VET, BAD VET
About two years ago, we parted ways with the group of vets we’d been using for ten years. The quality of the care was not at issue, but the prices they were to charging were. For years, they had been reasonable, caring. You could… Read More ›
NAN GOT A HAIR CUT
Our of a mound of hair, our groomer carved a lovely Norwich Terrier. Nan, showgirl that she was, has been preening ever since we brought her home from her beauty date. Nan is the only dog I’ve ever known who seems to genuinely like… Read More ›
A Tale of Two Terriers
Watching all those handsome dogs on Westminster made it really obvious how badly our dogs needed grooming. Yesterday, off they went. They departed as mops and returned as terriers. Not groomed for the show ring, but for tidiness, they are… Read More ›
Blood, Gore, High-Tech and Architecture
I knew it was going to be one of those days from the moment I got up this morning. There was no guesswork involved. It was all arranged, scheduled. Drop terriers off for grooming. Come home, drink coffee. Drive to… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 