Winnie and our angel, Abby

Poor Abby - she isn't a fan of being brushed so I had a tendency to let her have her way and left the brush in the cupboard. Well, I went to TRY to brush her out and found that she was nothing but mats!! I'm so bad!!! So I had to take the clippers to her. Grabbing one blade, it wouldn't go thru her coat. So I grab a larger number and that wouldn't go thru either. By the time I found a blade that would go thru her, she was naked!! PINK naked!! I did what I could with her face so she didn't look… Continue

I read this poem at another site I belong to and got permission to repost it here. I hope you enjoy it. :-)



Here in this house



Here in this house... I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs 'out there'.



I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake, my world will not have changed.

I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I'll eat. I will not shiver in the cold,

or grow weary from the heat. I will feel the sun's… Continue

FYI... I went into WebMD and found that they have a Healthy Dogs Guide... Here is the address if you care to check it out. :-)

http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/guide/diet-nutrition

Well, I had to do it. I had to shave her down to nothing. I'm hoping this was from losing her puppy coat, and won't happen again! Abby is absolutely loving this new look - she is full of zoomies, and is happy as a little lark, and I just have to laugh. She is so sweet, and was so patient with me while I was doing all this. My hubby is hunting this week and will be home Sunday - he is going to totally flip when he sees his girl! She went from calendar girl one day to this the next day!! LOLOL I… Continue

Here are a couple of pictures of Abby's new doo - had to clip her close because she was so matted. She must be losing her baby coat now that she is a big girl of 10 months!! LOL