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Daily Dog Challenge - 850. 2/27 "A Cut Above" - Whatever comes to mind with today's phrase, take a picture of your dog that illustrates it!
Our Daily Challenge - SCISSORS is the Topic for Thursday, 27th February, 2014
Rocky needs a trim cut above his eyebrows, but I think he would rather have the cookie!
I totally fail at shooting in direct sunlight so I didn't get any decent beach shots. I decided to play around in editing these shots a bit differently. Practise makes perfect, eh?
The trip went well until Zephyr got trounced by a much bigger dog. She cried. Initially, she was the first out to check stuff out, but after that, she hid mostly. Hard to watch, but part of the socialization process. Indy was curious and followed other dogs until they turn around to face her and she would run.
I'm not dog show savvy enough to know how well Zoey stacks up to her standard, but I love her Swiss cross marking and I think it's one of the nicest I've seen on a Berner. Hard to say who adores who the most in the Toxeh-Zoey-Haiku triangle :)
Gretchen and Bailey would love to play - they were each about a year old. They would get so muddy, they would have to be washed before they came in.
It's the simple things in life that bring the most pleasure, and biggest smiles on our faces. These feet of Spot's show alot of expression... they do lots of running and frisbee tossing and chasing in the mornings, and at night with our "bed time cuddle time", they paw my face asking for more belly rubs. This dog, every bit of him, even his toes, makes me smile and laugh on a daily basis.
(And if you are wondering... yes, that is a stuffed animal horse he has stolen when I went to grab the camera. :-) )
# 10 Cocker clip no skirt bib in front smooth head # 0 legs .... Cody is so much fun to do its also great to do modified cuts like this and he is so handsome.
I just finished reading "The Genius of Dogs" by Brian Hare (brianhare.net/the-genius-of-dogs/). It was a fascinating look at how the cognitive abilities of dogs do warrant a status of exceptional intelligence. Though obviously their smarts seem lesser when compared to our own, it's usually based on our tests. Or to quote Albert Einstein, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
One obviously bad test in that spirit is how well these canines are at helping me work.
I had a horrible headache today, one of those lightning-bolt-down-the-side-of-your-head / vice-grip-on-your-temples kind. 4 of the 5 dogs I'm babysitting this week decided today was the perfect day for marathon barking sessions. I wasn't happy. But here's the strange thing: Norm is usually the worst dog for barking - in volume, octive and volume. In fact, Buhunds were bred for barking.
But for some reason, he seemed particularly sensitive to my pain today (very out of character). He insisted on lying on top of me (his way of showing affection) while I worked.
Sure, I couldn't use the laptop while he licked my one hand, and insisted on getting pet with the other. And he was absolutely useless helping me figure out how to sort based on a complicated sub-query. But I'd say he helped me in a different way, based on a different test, by showing me some love, not to mention not barking (even with obnoxious screaming neighbourhood kids running around just outside the window and construction going on down the street).
Best assistant, ever.
(Tucker, the Jack Russel also pictured, was not helpful. Totally part of the problem. But he's cute, and somehow never misses a photo-op.)