k9 Rescue Mission Holiday Pet Fair

k9 Rescue Mission Holiday Pet Fair, a photo by auditorytoo on Flickr.

i am just so excited to be taking holiday pet photos for the holiday pet fair. half the proceeds will benefit k9 rescue mission. buf you are in the area come on in and check it out. there'll be coffee!

landheim training & boarding, dyer, in

10am to 4pm

I volunteer with the K9 Rescue Mission (k9rescuemission.com):

K9 Rescue Mission is an all breed rescue, our passion is rescuing pitbulls. K9 Rescue Mission is dedicated to areas in NW INDIANA that have an over abundance of strays and unwanted animals, due to not neutering/spay, abandonment, abuse or neglect. We are focused on helping people in these communities by offering low cost spay and neuter resources, saving abandoned animals and pulling from high kill shelters.

On December 11, 2011 we are holding a Holiday Pet Fair & Adoption Event. If you are Dyer, In that day, stop by - Goodies, Prizes, Pictures and oodles of dogs and cats to meet (and hopefully find some mommies & dadddies for them). Come help make the day a success!

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Picture 024, a photo by auditorytoo on Flickr.

this is mighty zora lynn & her very fancy hat.
what do you think?

What a nice holiday gift...

my photographer friend - edda taylor (a lovely little woman) is doing something this christmas that i think is very nice.

for the holidays she is offering a free family session & an 8x10 for families with someone in the armed services who will be home this season - it's tough times for everyone & sometimes even tougher when part of the family is very far away sometimes doing such a dangerous job.
no strings attached & she really does some beautiful work (& i'm not just saying that because she's my friend - it really is fabulous).

anyway - i don't want to sound like a commercial but i think it's a nice gesture & thank you to the military families. so here is the web page:
http://www.eddataylor.com/
just give a call or stop in to say hi. she's very sweet & the building she's in is pretty cool.

Mighty Zora Lynn said I need to revamp & update my web page. I agreed but have now made a HUGE mess of it. Oh schmoops!

We will call it a learning experience and move on. (And I don't think I will let Zora work on technical items anymore)

but it says so in the rules....

i stopped by a fast food joint today (i don't normally but i was staaarving), ordered my sandwich, and waited patiently for it to be processed.
in that 2 minute window - large marge the manager on duty - took that time to (loudly) reprimand her underlings for turning their backs to the counter - evidently the protocol says at least one person should be facing front at all times. So it is ok for the "manager" ( this is a loose title - the broad was obnoxious and wanted to flaunt her authority ) to be rude but not the flunkies ( and truth be told - they were working & i was the only one at the counter ).
as a veteran of sucky jobs i can see a wannabe boss when they appear - sure half the time the
"employees" are useless but the other half are just trying to do their best and get the hell out.
rude is rude
(& i did say something - i don't want to listen to that - i'm not impressed)

i don't think i have enough to do at work...

so the groomer - holly - and i were discussing current events and such when a thought occured to us. it seems that labs (the labrador) is really the slut of the dog world - everyone who comes in with, what i like to call a "designer dog", a mix - mutt - crossed with - "it's a lab and something else but we don't know what", act like this is unusual. every dog it would seem is lab +. weird. they don't look like tarts? (btw we work at a dog boarding kennel so it is not really off topic for us)

on a side note, i met my first "bug" the other day - a mix of boston terrier/pug. really? did that have to happen. when god looked down and said "pug - that is good, boston terrier - that is good, should i mix them? aww bejesus no, that's just wrong." and she paid good money for him. i love pugs. i love bostons. i really do but this is not the best of both worlds. it's unnerving when he looks both east and west at the same time.

on a serious note - really, if you want an unusual dog go to the shelter - there are tons of one of kind dogs.