Yes, I admit……….I have been such a haphazard blogger lately. It’s strange how life can turn in a completely different direction in just a very short time.
My days have been filled with taking care of the puppies and work. What little free time i have had, I have tried to squeeze in some mindless knitting (more about that soon).
I have finally narrowed down my choice with the puppies and Miss Bibbity will be the only one to stay. I was sorely tempted to keep her sister, but I have found in the past that littermates tend to bond to each other instead of their people, so I will only keep one of the girls. I will bred their Mum one last time time to my little German boy, so hopefully there will be another girl to go forward with, down the road. I have to say though, I have had so much fun with this batch of puppies.
Next week I head off for our National Specialty in Kentucky with Eddy, my little German boy.
H is also for Healthy Pet Products
It seems as though I go thru cycles with the animals. My focus will be on the rabbits and then shift to the dogs when necessary and then back to the bunnies.
This little girl to the left, Libby, has struggled with chronic ear infections over the years. She is such a dear girl and it pains me to watch her struggle with her ears. After a lot of research and chatting with a number of people wiho have dealt with this, I have decided to put my dogs on a raw diet. Over the years, I have resisted feeding raw for fear of the germs, but seeing what it has done for others who have fed this way and what wonderful condition the dogs are in…………and the allergies disappearing, I relented. Libby is wearing a "snood" to keep her long ears out of her food. She looks a bit silly, eh? She is always very excited now to see that snood though, because she knows that it is LUNCHTIME!
Of course being the type A personality that I, not only am I feeding raw, but I have decided to become a distributor for Healthy Pet Products. I am so pleased with the results that I am seeing in the dogs, that I am convinced that this is a good thing for them. This diet is manufactured by a good friend’s husband and it is one of the few "complete" raw diets on the market. Complete meaning that I won’t have to fuss with adding all kinds of supplements, which is important to me.
Finally the Fiber
Sooo……….you can see that my focus has been almost completely on the dogs, but now that the pups are heading to their new homes and life on the job front is not quite so insane, I hope to shift gears a little bit.
Remember how much I enjoyed working on that Malabrigio sweater? I loved every minute of it and I LIVE in that sweater. Yes, it pills, but it is like putting on an old friend each time I wear it. Soft and cuddly!
Well, the LYS was having their 20% sale, and given that we are trying to
conserve gas by making fewer trips, I decided to splurge and get enough
yarn to make 2 sweaters.
One thing that I have discovered during this busy time, is that it is too easy to get caught up in spending waaaaay too much time in front of the computer reading blogs and trying to knit, not just for the sheer pleasure of knitting, but more to have something to talk about in blogland. I am looking forward to getting caught back up with what you all are doing out there, but I am making a commitment to myself to take a little more time to stop and smell the daisies so to speak and a little less time on the computer ;-).
The Woolen Rabbit 
Oh, she is precious. pats her little head from here
I’d heard that about littermates too.
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Oh, she is precious. pats her little head from here
I’d heard that about littermates too.
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I love that rational – we’re conserving gas so I’ll buy more yarn. 😉
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I love that rational – we’re conserving gas so I’ll buy more yarn. 😉
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I know what you mean about spending too much time in front of the computer. It’s good to take a break once in a while. Love the yarn you bought! Will both sweaters be for you?
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I know what you mean about spending too much time in front of the computer. It’s good to take a break once in a while. Love the yarn you bought! Will both sweaters be for you?
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Those puppies are so cute and I have heard that about raw diet, eliminates or certainly better controls the allergies and all the bad things that accompany them!!
Enjoy the daisies! We all should do a bit more of that imho!! 🙂
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Those puppies are so cute and I have heard that about raw diet, eliminates or certainly better controls the allergies and all the bad things that accompany them!!
Enjoy the daisies! We all should do a bit more of that imho!! 🙂
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Must be the season for blogging blahs. I’ve been totally uninspired to blog. After spending most of my energy working outdoors, all I want is some mindless knitting.
Right now I feel like a boring (but happy) person, which doesn’t translate into an interesting blog post.
Also, I just pruned my blogroll and organized it so the blogs I love are in one small folder, the blogs I occasionally enjoy are in a larger, second folder, and the many blogs I was reading just because they were knitting blogs are deleted.
You’re in my love folder. Have a great spring.
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Must be the season for blogging blahs. I’ve been totally uninspired to blog. After spending most of my energy working outdoors, all I want is some mindless knitting.
Right now I feel like a boring (but happy) person, which doesn’t translate into an interesting blog post.
Also, I just pruned my blogroll and organized it so the blogs I love are in one small folder, the blogs I occasionally enjoy are in a larger, second folder, and the many blogs I was reading just because they were knitting blogs are deleted.
You’re in my love folder. Have a great spring.
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My dogs were never so healthy and fit as when I fed them raw. Then the prices went up and my sources for bulk sales dried up. 😦 We’re trying Fromm Family foods now. Not great, but it’ll do.
And I just LOVELOVELOVE Miss Libby’s markings. Black and tan!!!
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My dogs were never so healthy and fit as when I fed them raw. Then the prices went up and my sources for bulk sales dried up. 😦 We’re trying Fromm Family foods now. Not great, but it’ll do.
And I just LOVELOVELOVE Miss Libby’s markings. Black and tan!!!
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We miss you when you are away. But life is good when you have many irons in the fire. My Murphy might do better on that diet. Thanks for the links!
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We miss you when you are away. But life is good when you have many irons in the fire. My Murphy might do better on that diet. Thanks for the links!
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Love the yarn colors you chose. Is there a picture of the sweater you refer to on the site? We love the markings of the middle puppy, I might describe as kind of “split face”.
I’m inquiring in case, does she a home?
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Love the yarn colors you chose. Is there a picture of the sweater you refer to on the site? We love the markings of the middle puppy, I might describe as kind of “split face”.
I’m inquiring in case, does she a home?
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Love the pic of Libby with the snood! How adorable! And I have heard nothing but good things about raw diets.
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Love the pic of Libby with the snood! How adorable! And I have heard nothing but good things about raw diets.
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Your puppies are so beautiful. I have a sweater’s worth of a really neat olive-colored Malabrigo in my shash (picked it up at 30% off!) — I’m still thinking about different ideas.
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Your puppies are so beautiful. I have a sweater’s worth of a really neat olive-colored Malabrigo in my shash (picked it up at 30% off!) — I’m still thinking about different ideas.
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I haven’t quite been able to bring myself to feed raw, but I do an almost-raw diet for Chappy. I use the Sojourner Farms dog food mix, add my own meat and some extras, and then bring the whole pot to a boil then take it off the heat. The meat comes out about half-cooked, but the grain-base has more the texture of oatmeal than something like vomit (grin). No matter what, though, they deserve the best we can give them, right?? Your pups are beautiful.
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I haven’t quite been able to bring myself to feed raw, but I do an almost-raw diet for Chappy. I use the Sojourner Farms dog food mix, add my own meat and some extras, and then bring the whole pot to a boil then take it off the heat. The meat comes out about half-cooked, but the grain-base has more the texture of oatmeal than something like vomit (grin). No matter what, though, they deserve the best we can give them, right?? Your pups are beautiful.
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Hi Kim! Enjoy this very lovely weekend ahead, enjoying your gardens and knitting for pleasure! The puppies are so sweet, and I love your new webpage!
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Hi Kim! Enjoy this very lovely weekend ahead, enjoying your gardens and knitting for pleasure! The puppies are so sweet, and I love your new webpage!
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Hi Kim! Miss Bibbity is beautiful I hope she grows to be the champion you see in her now I have also heard a great deal about the raw diet from another breeder who I recently contacted it I love the snood! So adoreable I emailed you a while ago and Im not sure if you received it I would love to talk more about cavys with you if you didnt mind. Im looking to aquire my first one late this year Thanks so much
Jasmine
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Hi Kim! Miss Bibbity is beautiful I hope she grows to be the champion you see in her now I have also heard a great deal about the raw diet from another breeder who I recently contacted it I love the snood! So adoreable I emailed you a while ago and Im not sure if you received it I would love to talk more about cavys with you if you didnt mind. Im looking to aquire my first one late this year Thanks so much
Jasmine
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And I would love to become a dog breeder later in my life 9a long time later as I know how expensive a hobby it is) and would love to learn about the different aspects of it so I can be well prepared when the time comes Thanks again!
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And I would love to become a dog breeder later in my life 9a long time later as I know how expensive a hobby it is) and would love to learn about the different aspects of it so I can be well prepared when the time comes Thanks again!
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The puppy is so, incredibly cute!
I love that blue and green colorway of the Malabrigo. I have picked it up and put it down many times while in my local yarn store 🙂
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The puppy is so, incredibly cute!
I love that blue and green colorway of the Malabrigo. I have picked it up and put it down many times while in my local yarn store 🙂
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The pups are wonderful! My favorite, however, is the gas saving /yarn buying logic. Now that’s good. su in RI
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The pups are wonderful! My favorite, however, is the gas saving /yarn buying logic. Now that’s good. su in RI
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Waht a darling face, as usual! Have a safe trip to Kentucky. And I love the yarns out there celebrating!
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Waht a darling face, as usual! Have a safe trip to Kentucky. And I love the yarns out there celebrating!
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I like the saving gas/buying yarn reasoning! I did a raw meat diet for one of my siamese who allergic/intollerant of protein. It was a ground chicken with suppliments diet. It made a huge difference to Viscounts health…even the vet who admitted to not being in favor of homemade food told me to keep up the good work. It was a lot of work though. I used to make batches and freeze the portions in a muffin tin.
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I like the saving gas/buying yarn reasoning! I did a raw meat diet for one of my siamese who allergic/intollerant of protein. It was a ground chicken with suppliments diet. It made a huge difference to Viscounts health…even the vet who admitted to not being in favor of homemade food told me to keep up the good work. It was a lot of work though. I used to make batches and freeze the portions in a muffin tin.
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Sorry to hear that your Cavalier is/was suffering with chronic ear infections. I have a recipe from an old vet that is made with three, cheap (over-the-counter) items from the drugstore. Works wonders and you do not have to change diet for it to do so. It was the most amazing thing we ever saw when we used it years ago on our Dinah (Irish Setter). It’s saved me buying expensive antibiotics and ointments that were not doing the trick, but kept me running back to the vet for rechecks and more meds. Old fashioned remedies aren’t to be sniffed at in my book. Please contact me privately for the info.
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Sorry to hear that your Cavalier is/was suffering with chronic ear infections. I have a recipe from an old vet that is made with three, cheap (over-the-counter) items from the drugstore. Works wonders and you do not have to change diet for it to do so. It was the most amazing thing we ever saw when we used it years ago on our Dinah (Irish Setter). It’s saved me buying expensive antibiotics and ointments that were not doing the trick, but kept me running back to the vet for rechecks and more meds. Old fashioned remedies aren’t to be sniffed at in my book. Please contact me privately for the info.
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Makes complete sense. The blog world is fun, but one can’t have the tail wagging the dog. (Couldn’t resist that one!)
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Makes complete sense. The blog world is fun, but one can’t have the tail wagging the dog. (Couldn’t resist that one!)
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What great dog pics (as usual!) I love the colors in your yarn selections as well.
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What great dog pics (as usual!) I love the colors in your yarn selections as well.
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Hey there Kim,
Love the snood! We always know when Ag’s been drinking because her ears are dripping from the bottom. The pups are so cute.
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Hey there Kim,
Love the snood! We always know when Ag’s been drinking because her ears are dripping from the bottom. The pups are so cute.
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That is a fantastic green package, Kim! I’m so happy you had a good experience with this swap! Let me know if you are joining us for blue June!
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That is a fantastic green package, Kim! I’m so happy you had a good experience with this swap! Let me know if you are joining us for blue June!
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your puppies are so adorable! I have wanted a sweet kind charles spaniel but unfortunatly i cannot get one-the snood is such a good idea, did you make it?
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your puppies are so adorable! I have wanted a sweet kind charles spaniel but unfortunatly i cannot get one-the snood is such a good idea, did you make it?
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heh, funny pics!
From the house rabbit
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heh, funny pics!
From the house rabbit
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