Posted: February 9, 2009 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados |
Shelley sent this… Iris with her best friend.
Shelley, tell us about your Lowlands.
Posted: February 8, 2009 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados |
Posted: February 7, 2009 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados |
Kathy reminds us that February is American Heart Month!
Posted: February 6, 2009 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos |
Caroline sent the latest on Seth…as we know him.
Dear Debbie,
Your new web site is very impressive and I was surprised that you still have all the information on “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”, our wonderful Samson. He is a great addition to the house and we are very proud of him. He is such a good traveler and our trips back and forth from Ohio to Florida are taken in stride. He isn’t upset by the changes in the life style – has friends in both places. He is always friendly with other dogs, eager to greet them and I have never worried about it. There are so many different breeds down here and all of them on leashes. I do wish there was a place nearby where he could be let loose to run with other dogs but I haven’t found one yet. Anyway he doesn’t seem to mind. When we are near our condo I let him go with me (without leash) to get the mail and he always knows when it is time and seems to look forward to that little jaunt.
Hope all is well with you and your many puppies. I’m sure you are still producing beautiful champions.
Caroline
Hi, Debbie, (again)
Samson has a habit that I intended to tell you about in my last e-mail. He was certainly given an appropriate name. ” It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” was perfect and he is true to his name. Around 5:00pm almost every day Don and I have a cocktail or a glass of wine before dinner while we watch the news. Samson is fed at 4:00pm and you could set your clock to that time. After he eats and we go for a walk he is content until 5:00 and then………….he knows it is cocktail time. Obviously he doesn’t get a cocktail but he gets a little ramekin which I fill with Cheerios! Why Cheerios? Don has been a volunteer at Hospice in Toledo for several years. They havre a dog who lives at the facility and is a great favorite with the patients. They found that everyone was giving the dog food and he was getting too fat so they started giving him a few Cheerios instead of other fattening food. The dog loved the Cheerios and didn’t put on any more weight. So that is why Samson is now fed them at cocktail time at our house. When they are all gone I show him the container and tell him they are “all gone” and he seems to accept the answer. He would still like some of our goodies but “oh,well” that’s just too bad. So you see, you couldn’t have given him a more appropriate name!
Recognize this face?? Portrait by Julia Warner in England.
Posted: February 5, 2009 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados |
Another serious post., a mix of correspondence received in the past several days. Again, no graphics. At least it’s colorful as I try to acknowledge each person’s input. It’s important to hobby breeders and ‘trickling down’, important to purebred dog owners. Please educate yourself and use your voice in our democracy!
Slowly, slowly, around the country hobby breeders continue to lose rights. Colorado Representative McCann has introduce a bill to Colorado’s legislature. And Lawmakers Trying To Eliminate Puppy Mills.
Kathy wonders…
Debby,
Re: aforementioned Dog Bill …isn’t this just more tampering by the
govt. into responsible/caring breeders’ lives and is it a forerunner
to the CA law that wanted all dogs/cats to be neutered or have special
permits?? Puppy mills are horrible but I thought they were subject to
the laws enforced by the Humane Society?
Thanks,
Kathy
From Vickie…
As you may or may not be aware, CO House of Representative Members Randy Fisher and Elizabeth McCann have sponsored a bill that would limit the amount of dogs one could keep and breed. While the number — 25 — doesn’t affect most of us, once this legislation is passed, it can be modified with no further input from the state’s constituents.
Please take a moment to read the action alert at this link … HB 1172 Action Alert … as it contains information on the bill and the ramifications should it be passed. Towards the end of the article, there is a link entitled “TAKING ACTION” which opens up a form that can be used to contact your representative. The form also contains pre-written paragraphs which can be added to the letter (just click on the red arrow) and there is room to add your own thoughts/opinion. When completed, it can either be emailed or printed out and send by snail mail (preferred method … we need to flood them with paper).
The animal rights movement is here in Colorado and working to erode your rights as a pet owner (whether you breed or not). It is imperative that we unite and make our voices heard.
Please forward to all your dog folk and ask them to oppose this legislation as well.
As representative to CFDC for the Lhasa Apso Club of Central Colorado, I received this:
More food for thought… Vickie points out Lhasa Apsos are on the Decline a whopping 80% in the past decade, according to AKC.
As Faye points out, Canada isn’t immune either!
Pardon the mass sending but this is too important to miss. To think that we are so close yet still so far away…..
Ontario dog owners (and in essence the rest of us) are in the fight for their lives – I’ve sent my donation – can you afford not to send yours?
Faye
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 