Weekend Round Up and Killer GPS

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In case you happen to be one of the two remaining people in the Western Hemisphere that I haven’t personally emailed, Butters pulled off a hat trick on Sunday – Best Puppy, Best of Winners and Best of Breed. She behaved beautifully for her handler, Kay Reil of Bramstoke Bullmastiffs, and in Kay’s own words “Didn’t put a foot wrong”. Sarah, daughter of Butters’ co owner Paula, handled Butters on Saturday, and did a wonderful job as well, but the extra day of practice really paid off, and Butters shone on Sunday.

Kay said it was amusing to see her toddling around the group ring in the middle of all those big, polished, adult show dogs – Like a little Miss Sunshine pageant winner who’d wandered on stage at the Miss American pageant. I didn’t get any video footage, but I’ve been told that someone else did, so I’ll put it up as soon as I get a chance. In the meantime, you’ll find some photos of Butters in the group ring on Sunday here.

Now that show season is in full swing again, I’m going to start doing a Monday show results round up posting. More details to come.

In other news, I must sadly report that my GPS unit is officially trying to kill me.

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A Quick Recap from Butters' First Dog Show

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Butters practices her stack.

Butters practices her stack.

Partial results from today’s Purina National Dog show in Tillsonburg, Ontario:

Judge Bud Haverstock

BOB — Belboulecan Mystic Winddancer
Best puppy — Evita Minimolos
WB — Rob Isle n Foxmoors Juanita

Sorry for any misspelling.

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Delilah's response to her new "boyfriend's" pictures

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Delilah comic

Top 10 Reasons Delilah is Weird

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Someone asked me today why I refer to Delilah as ‘weird’. Here’s a quick list:

  1. Perches on backs of chairs and couch, like a really big bird.
  2. Prefers sitting on your shoulder to sitting on your lap
  3. Will sit on your lap, but only if you DON’T TOUCH HER! (Like Elmo, Delilah says ‘no touching!’).
  4. Has extra skin, apparently keeping it in reserve. For fun, you can pull it and make it into shapes. Hence her nickname, Princess Pudding Pants.
  5. Can raise each eyebrow independently of the other one, like Groucho Marx.
  6. Likes to play stairs tag – comes half way down, looks at you, then bolts back to top when you try to touch her
  7. Plays “outdoor psych out game” – stands at door, barks, then when you go to let her out, hides behind chair, giggling.
  8. Once got stuck INSIDE couch. Still not sure how that was even possible.
  9. Barks frantically at inanimate objects, like pop cans, rakes and the BBQ cover. Spent this afternoon barking at a spot on the wall.
  10. Worships false idols. We think she’s starting her own church. Or maybe cult.

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PHP Gallery Issues & On Line Photo Sharing

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Somehow, the gallery has gone down on FrenchBulldogPhotos.com – I haven’t really looked into the problem yet, but it looks like a database error. Who knows, maybe we were hacked – I don’t think I’ve updated that gallery installation in about four years, so it’s possible.

At this point, I’m not sure it’s worthwhile putting it back up. That site has been around since it actually served a very useful purpose in giving pet owners an on line place to store their photos for free – heck, I think I put the first version on line in 2001, pre Flickr or Picasa. Now, however, there are a million different options for free file hosting on line, so the site really has become redundant. As well, I’ve had issues lately with people using the site to advertise their ‘free puppies’ or whatever the scam of the week is.

Maybe I’ll turn it into a photo blog – Frenchie photo of the day? I’ll set it up, if anyone wants to blog it!