Responsible Breeders

Patricia McConnell has a great blog, and I read it nearly every day. Syd's blog will be referencing several of the posts from last week, but I wanted to post a link to The Other End of the Leash blog here, because today's post addresses shelter and rescue dogs from the perspective that we NEED responsible breeders, and we need to applaud them, not chastise them. What a refreshing concept, written by someone who is very much respected in the dog world.

http://www.theotherendoftheleash.com/breeders-versus-rescues/

Reporting In

The rest of the Hurrikane Crew are all alive and well. I've been neglecting the other blogs with all the opportunities to share puppy photos and stories on the puppy blog. But stay tuned, the puppy blog is moving, and Syd's about to reclaim her own blog. She says she's let me borrow it long enough, so hopefully by next week, the puppies will be "moving out" of her blog and into their own space, so I hope Syd can come up with interesting things to talk about!

The Vallhund blog is going to be updated soon, we are doing a family affair, with a pupdate from Hawk's litters. I have some photos to share of several of the Hawk puppies, from the Mele litter and the Nikita litter.

I just need to find some extra hours in the day, or extra days in the week to catch up on the blogging!

So, just some randomness, and the other day, I decided to take a photo of the dishwasher. A typical weekend load of dishes.

Top Rack...

Bottom Rack... I think about the days when I did not have a dishwasher, and I wouldn't survive now!

And now a big slurpy HIYA from Nick. He can't possibly be 11 years old. I must be calculating incorrectly, because this big goof can't be a day over 2 years old. I am so relieved that his lymphoma scare was a false alarm, but it did remind me that there's no guarantee about anything, so I've been trying to squeeze in as much special time with the dogs that I can, on top of the normal 24 hours I spend tending to them.

"You got any cookies down there?"