I'm Slackin'!

So...I keep forgetting to bring my camera places. Darnit! This means when Spuds and Kado went swimming I had to use my cell phone to take pictures. Sorry! Spuds is 5 now so he's been swimming for a while. Kado on the other hand, the 1 year old, wasn't so sure what to do.

I'm goin' in!



Whoa! How does he do that!?



Maybe I'll just walk the edges for a while...



Nicceeee and safee...



Da du na nu! Stick!



Not Fair!! I'm jumpin' for it!



...Getting his barings?



Give me stick!



GIVEITTOME!!



S: Let.go.
K: YOU let go!
S:I'm not lettin' go!
K: Well I'm not letting go either!



Needless to say, Spuds got it away from him and hid it here...

Shadow is Hillaarriioousss

Dogs never cease to cheer me up.
Shadow and her bestest cousin ever, Kado, were playing once again. They are quite hyper as they are both just over 1 yr old, so they use a lottt of energy. Usually Shadow is the dog who wiggles so hard she falls over just by someone saying hi to her. It makes me tired just watching them sometimes. Well, apparently, all the playing makes Shadow tired too. This was her after one long play session...



I didn't even get a tail-wag!

Don't Believe the Bull- Pit Bulls Rock!

Commonly referred to as a “pit bull” dog:
American Pit Bull Terrier: 85.3% passed
American Staffordshire Terrier: 83.9% passed
Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 88.0% passed
Average: 85.7%

Other breeds in chart:
Golden Retriever: 84.6%
Labrador Retriever: 92%
German Shepherd: 83.7%
Mixed Breed: 85.4%
Border Collie: 80.6%

Scores as of December 2008. As you can see, “pit bull” dogs do great in temperament tests!

The point of this is not to say that pit bulls are “better” than other breeds, but rather to illustrate how inaccurate of an image has been portrayed of pit bulls.

Go to http://www.atts.org/index.html to see more breeds’ scores, to see how many of each breed were tested, etc.

A Busy Week

This week was busy busy busy. Lots to do, not enough time.
On top of that, I felt a wave of discouragement. There are so many stories of Pit Bulls being abused , neglected, misjudged, misidentified, and the list goes on. Not to mention the fact that Ohio is trying to ban all Pit Bulls. It seems that for every person trying to fight for their rights, there are ten people trying to tear them down.
So I'm asking, go to www.bestfriends.org and read what they have to say on the matter. They have updates on what is going on with the bill in Ohio, among other great stuff about Pit Bulls. Education on this topic is the only way to fight bad information, bad media, and bad laws.
To help with the frustration, I played with GIMP:

Before



After



No GIMP involved, just thought it was cute
Is there something different about me?



Smells like Spring



Two pics in one



Just colored in the background



I'm not sure which one I like the best, but it was fun! And Spuds is too cute :)