Christmas Card – the Sequel!

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Here’s attempt number two, for those who could never get those pesky dancing elves to open for them. Happy Holidays!

BTW, it looks better here
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Two New Videos of the Bun Pups

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I know, I know – I have a camera addiction.

Two new videos –

Today, the Bun Pups spent their first play time outside of the whelping room. A short clip of them in the family room.
http://blip.tv/file/520812

We also discovered that Nigel really, really, REALLY hates the squeaky toy. Really. He might need therapy.
http://blip.tv/file/520886

Here’s Nigel, in case you don’t want to watch the larger version on Blip:

Bunny Puppies at 5 Weeks – Video and Photos

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OK, here’s the latest round of photos and videos of the little monkeys. They’re growing by leaps and bounds, and seem to have a new favorite hobby – *barking*!

Flickr photos –
http://flickr.com/photos/frenchbulldogs/sets/72157603354848072/

Video on Blip –
http://blip.tv/file/517835/

Video on YouTube –
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=absolutbullmarket

By the way, thank you to everyone who said nice things – or left a comment – about our boy’s video. It really means a lot.

Embedded video after the cut.

Carol

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Things that suck: Republicans and Verizon. Things that Don't: Elves

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Imagine that you lose your dog.

Imagine that someone finds your dog, and phones you. Imagine they’ve phoned you not to return your dog, but to torture her on the phone, while you listen.

Imagine that you call Verizon, your cell phone company, and ask them to release your phone records to the police, so they can track down the monsters who are threatening to kill your dog.

Now imagine that Verizon takes twelve long, long days of stalling before they release your records, and that they charge the police $150 to do so.

Unfortunately, it’s not imagination – it’s real.

Full story here.

I guess no one told the Republicans that America is a nation of dog lovers. Bad enough that nitwit Mitt straps his family dog to the roof of their station wagon for a twelve hour highway trip – and then laughs about it. Now, Republicans in Delaware have decided that a good way to raise money would be to auction off a Labrador Retriever puppy at a fund raiser.

Who still thinks auctioning live animals is an acceptable way to raise funds?

From the Dogster Blog –

Here’s the announcement on the Delaware GOP site. It doesn’t mention the puppy but the tip came from very reputable rescuers.

If the Sussex County and Delaware Republicans want to bark in and tell us it ain’t so, I’d love to hear from them!
Christmas Gala at Baywood

…an evening you won’t want to miss

Wednesday
December 5, 2007
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
$1,000 Sponsor
$75 per person — $150 per couple

A Festive Evening

A Spectacular Live Auction

A Silent Auction that will keep you bidding

Open bar & heavy hors d’oeuvres

Hosted by
The Sussex County Republican Committee and The Republican State Committee of Delaware

Baywood
32267 Clubhouse Way
Long Neck, Delaware 19966

Finally, also from the Dogster Blog, here’s something we definately don’t hate – ElfYourself!

http://www.elfyourself.com/

This is the absolute most awesome way to make an on line Christmas card! And speaking of which, here’s our Christmas card to all of you –

https://www.bullmarketfrogs.com/christmascard.html

Cheers!

A Video for Our Boy

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I created a short video for our baby boy we lost in August. I can quite honestly say that, in all the time I’ve been breeding, this loss hit me the hardest.

I sometimes think that people assume that breeders don’t get attached to their puppies. I suppose some might not, but the ones I know are all passionately, emotionally involved with their puppies from the moment they are born. I’ve not known a single breeder who didn’t mourn the loss of even the smallest puppy. I also know breeders – many breeders – who have kept the puppies that by all rights should probably not have been allowed to live. Maybe part of the price for being a good breeder is facing up to the pain involved in making these wonderful creatures such large parts of our lives.

It has taken me since August to be able to look at any of the images I have of our boy.

On Blip –
http://blip.tv/file/512618/

Or on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g-Qu70-eTU

Or embedded after the cut.

Norman went to his new home yesterday. After meeting Beverly, I have every confidence that he is about to become a very well loved and adored member of her family. Beverly also gave me a disk of photos of her lovely boy, Tiger, who she lost to illness not long ago. I’ll be preparing a memorial to him in the coming week.

In the meantime, here as some photos of Norman and his sister Penelope, with a few random shots of Delilah.

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