Every once in a while I come up with a great idea and congratulate myself for it ad nauseum and forever. But this one is actually timely and useful - so feel free to coopt it for you own. It really has made our lives much easier.
Halloween is a particularly impossible time with the dogs - the doorbell keeps ringing and the furless kids keep coming to the door and wanting us to give them the candy we've been carefully hoarding for ourselves.
To make life much, much easier - I lock the screen door and take out the top window panel. The door doesn't open, the dogs can see the kids, the kids can see the dogs, the dogs can't get out, the kids can't get in and I can hand out all the candy I really shouldn't have in the house and everybody's happy!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
The Ever-Eager-to-Please Dogequin
Hope and I have been writing about our real dogs - Golly, of course, and Ceilidh are mine. Roc and Dax are Hope's. But we've neglected to mention one other dog that we could never do without - our Dogequin. He/she resides here at Golly Gear and we depend on him/her to model the new fashions when our real dogs aren't here. Since we went to that big trade show a couple of weeks ago we've been getting in our new merchandise and we've really been putting Dogequin through his/her paces. Why do I keep saying him/her? It depends on the outfit of course! I think Dogequin is lovely in the Pink Polka Dot Dress.
But Dogequin loves to watch sports in his Chicago Bears Jersey!We just have too much fun here!
Friday, October 20, 2006
Know When to Quit
Part of the continuing Ceilidh saga.... Yes, she's the Boston Terrier with the canine equivalent of ADHD who is an Agility fiend. Last night was our Agility class, and Ceilidh did really well for most of the class. She had high energy, had pretty good focus, and her attention was on me.
To rev up the dogs' energy, our instructor always advises the class to play with the dog, tug on their favorite toy, or a special one you pull out just at Agility events, whether it's class, a match or a trial. That usually doesn't work on Ceilidh - she's too focused on the treats! But last night she tugged like only a Boston Terrier can on her beloved Latex Soccer Ball before she ran the courses. And it's a 2 inch diameter ball. I only got a small tooth-scrape last night. I've tried other toys, but nothing else works. A little blood is a small price to pay!
Anyway, last night things were going really well. Even our instructor commented on how well Ceilidh was running! She was jumping the jumps she was supposed to, going through the tunnels the right way, even doing the teeter-totter! Until 15 minutes to the end of class. Poor thing hit her wall. No focus, no attention, lots of sniffing. I should have quit while we were ahead.
To rev up the dogs' energy, our instructor always advises the class to play with the dog, tug on their favorite toy, or a special one you pull out just at Agility events, whether it's class, a match or a trial. That usually doesn't work on Ceilidh - she's too focused on the treats! But last night she tugged like only a Boston Terrier can on her beloved Latex Soccer Ball before she ran the courses. And it's a 2 inch diameter ball. I only got a small tooth-scrape last night. I've tried other toys, but nothing else works. A little blood is a small price to pay!
Anyway, last night things were going really well. Even our instructor commented on how well Ceilidh was running! She was jumping the jumps she was supposed to, going through the tunnels the right way, even doing the teeter-totter! Until 15 minutes to the end of class. Poor thing hit her wall. No focus, no attention, lots of sniffing. I should have quit while we were ahead.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Griffie Gathering
This past Sunday Golly Gear and the National Brussels Griffon Club co-hosted a Griffie Gathering, a Brussels Ball, a Griffie Gala! Seeing so many Brussels Griffons, in all colors and coats in one place was huge fun. We raised some money for Griffie Rescue, ate some great food, made our dogs pose in silly costumes, and had very, very tired Griffs that evening.
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