Tendonitis

You have tendonitis? How did that happen? It's a great mystery. I guess we'll never know.

Yes. A great mystery. I guess we’ll never know.

(Terriers may look all little and cute, but they weight as much as a cinder block.)

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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Crunch!

Do you find yourself in need of a portrait of your pet elephant, Stampy? Then visit the Pet Portrait section of my website, L Bowman Studios, to see what I might be able to do for you! I have various examples of my work as well as information of sizes and pricing. A pet portrait is a great gift to yourself or someone you love.

Sac de Chien

Cairn terrier puppy wearing green sweater yawns as he plays with boring toilet paper.

Playing with TP

is so very lame.

Each boring white square

is always the same.

If you want a toy

that is totally “bien”

Then the toy that you want

is the sac de chien!

Two doggie waste bags.

Blue ones for puppy boys.

Pink ones for girls.

Just pull the loose end

till the whole roll unfurls!

The dog with these bags

strung like long strands of pearls

Is the luckiest pup in the

entire world!

Cairn terrier puppy with green sweater runs while pulling poop bags behind him.

Walking

One day, when Geordie was several years old, we were out for a

How we imagine walking with our dogs will be.
How we imagine walking with our dogs will be.

walk when a neighbor saw us and said, “You are so lucky that your dog walks nicely on a leash!  We just got a new puppy, and all she does is pull and pull.”  Lucky?  Really?  I know she had to have seen us slogging around  this neighborhood, regardless of the season, all to exercise my beast and try to get him to heel.  Three years of walking several miles each week and coaching my boy every step of the way

The reality of walking our dogs.
The reality of walking our dogs.

No, luck had nothing to do with it.

Our stubborn, opinionated dogs
Our stubborn, opinionated dogs
Yeah, we didn't do too well in school.
Yeah, we didn’t do too well in school.