We all know the phrase “heart horse”, so it should come as no surprise to any animal lover that heart dogs are equally as common. What I didn’t post about much this week, is how stressful my heart dog currently is right now. This is not a post about that though – this is a post about our happier days. I got Eliot for my 21st birthday. For months, and I do mean months, I had been begging my parents…
Slight diversion from the usual news here… see, when I first started this blog back in 2010 (coincidentally when we moved to Austin) I wrote about whatever I felt like. I don’t regret taking an all horse direction last year and have really enjoyed focusing on Simon, but there times like today when I had some crappy rides this weekend and don’t really feel like going on and on about my horse. For those days, I’m going to experiment with…
I interrupt your horsey news for a post about foster dogs, because that’s where my head is right now. We have fostered for Springer Rescue for several years, although not recently since Tim is no longer working from home full time and my bratty spoiled spaniel, Eliot, doesn’t really play well with others. On Friday though, we were contacted again for a special case dog. An older female in really rough shape, that we were asked to foster since we…
Eventually I’ll actually write up a real post about my work experience at SmartPak, but a former co-worker sent this to me today on Facebook and I was just tickled. That’s my pup, Eliot! You can view the full email blast by clicking here. It’s been a rather interesting/stressful week, so this made me smile for sure. Eliot is also the cover puppy for one of the SmartPak canine Supplements, SmartCanine™ Healthy Weight. If any of y’all are looking for…
Being the shamateur photographer that I am, my mantra is the deeper the depth of field… the nicer the photograph 🙂 So I pulled out my 1.8 lens and took some photos of some of my favorite ornaments on the Christmas tree to share with you today. If you look back through any of the posts about my dog, you’ve no doubt seen my Springer Spaniel, Eliot. He’s my baby, and springers in general are such a beautiful breed –…