Katy..an artist
Posted: June 21, 2007 Filed under: Apso Aficionados, Art and Photography Leave a commentZeke’s owners are Katy and Ken, both who have already commented on the blog, including that incredible story about Zeke’s warning Katy about the bear. Katy is a nationally recognized fiber artist, creator of fine contemporary art quilts and her quilts have been displayed around the country. She also paints in oil and there is a painting of Ken and Layla – one of their parrots – on the opening page to her website:http://www.katywidger.com/ You can see her quilts and painting throughout her website. Enjoy!
Debby on…navigation, search, categories and photos.
Posted: June 20, 2007 Filed under: DRambles on Black Mountain 2 CommentsWhether you’re simply reading or posting, thanks to everyone for participating in the What’s New blog! I’d like to point out a few things…The categories and search part are awesome. As the blog grows, these features will be particularly useful. If you’re only interested in one topic, you can simply hit that category and be redirected to just posts in that category. To get back to the main page of What’s New, simply hit those words in the header at the top of the page.
The search feature does just that. Plug in a word and you’ll be redirected to all posts containing that word. For example, Zeke is mentioned in posts in different categories. Do a search on Zeke and up comes an intro for each of those posts.
I invite you to post about your dog, including photos. The comment feature allows you to comment on a subject that’s already been posted. It doesn’t allow you to start a new subject or to post photos. In order to do that, you’ll have to email me – LhasaLhady@aol.com – with the post and the photo and I’ll use my administrative talents <g> to add these to the blog. Comments can then be made from there. I haven’t yet discovered if there’s a way for you to do this directly.
Another thing I haven’t figured out is how to include the navigation bar across the top that is used throughout the rest of the website. I also haven’t been able to include a link back to Put the Pen to the Paper. For the time being, navigation back to the rest of the FFT website is listed under Links in the left-hand column, right under Archives and Categories.
Zeke
Posted: June 19, 2007 Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos 8 Comments
His black puppy hair is growing out and leaving behind silver and gold with black points on his ears, muzzle and tail. He’s very beautiful! He really seems to want to keep his hair long, so we will accommodate him, as long as he understands that he must be brushed, bathed and trimmed regularly. And he’s getting much better at that, too. I’m trying to learn how to trim his “bangs” in that inverted V in order to just keep his vision clear. And how to trim his muzzle hair to allow him to eat his meat and chew his bones without it clinging to him all day long! We’ll learn! (My first attempt is growing out: he was definitely a “moving target”!) There’s a great photo on my “Apso” calendar for the month of June of a beautiful silver Apso with his long hair cut in a way I’d like Zeke to wear his. And it’s obvious that this Apso in the picture has an “attitude”, too, just like Zeke. He’s not a show dog, he just likes his long hair. Sorta like the “Fonz”!
From Ken:While this may sound a little strange to some folks, I must tell you what happened recently. As a pilot, I am often out of town, and must leave Zeke home to protect my wife Katy and the parrots, goats, and chickens. That is his job: sentinel. He takes his job very seriously too.One night when I was gone, the dogs in the neighborhood began barking. This is not unusual, since there are a lot of dogs in the neighborhood. There are also lots of rabbits, quail, ravens, and coyotes at which to bark. Most people who know dogs know that the alarm bark of a dog is different than the “I am bored” dog bark. Zeke will ignore the routine barking, but he listens intently to the alarm barks. These particular barks elicited a very intense reaction from him. Katy got out of bed and took him outside, where the conversation taking place was more audible. Katy asked him, “What is it Zeke? What are they saying?”Now, I know that dogs are amazing at understanding human speech and responding appropriately, but when Katy told me she received what amounted to a telepathic image from Zeke, I was skeptical to say the least. Yet as she told me the story, I had no reason to doubt her since her love and empathy for critters is well known. She was so excited that she called the hotel to tell me the story.“Bear”, she said Zeke had told her. The dogs are alarmed about a bear. Not a coyote, not a person, but a bear. Now we have never in 15 years had any bears in our neighborhood, or even close by. So I passed it off as a sleepy wife and overly protective Apso and hung up the phone.But the next day, as I drove home from the airport, there was a young black bear in a tree down the street from our house. Game and Fish, and animal control were there along with the State Police. There WAS a bear!Now I don’t pretend to know how this is possible, but it seems that Zeke communicated to my wife what he heard those other dogs say. I have no doubt that many would try to pass this off as coincidence, but I think not. It must be true. Zeke, the Apso said so.
Native Tibetan Woman with Apso
Posted: June 18, 2007 Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info | Tags: Gompa Lhasa Apso 4 Comments
This beautiful photo was taken by the late Barbara Ratledge, Las-A-Rab Lhasa Apsos in Canada. Barbara made several trips to the Himalayas and was an avid supporter of the Gompa dogs. During one of her trips she met, and interviewed, Lama Gyen Yeshe.
Happy Birthday Roadie and Willow
Posted: June 17, 2007 Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos Leave a comment
Today Roadie and Willow are three years old.
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 
