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Feb 4, 2010
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
I went out to run the dogs a bit in my backyard. The best way, since it's a small yard, is to throw a ball. Popper and Merlin have great "drop its," but for some reason known only to Roofus, he has never been interested in dropping the ...
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Feb 1, 2010
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Pickle, my quaker parakeet, has come up with a fun new game. For him.
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Jan 25, 2010
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Our BRAG building had a TDAA trial in it this weekend - hosted by Central Ohio Dog Sports. One of my agility pals was running her dog, so I dropped in on Saturday to watch.
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Jan 18, 2010
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Updates I've made recently include: new silhouettes for the Otterhound, Australian Cattle Dog, and Portuguese Podengo (smooth), and the Zazzle store now carries the Berger Picard (Picardy Shepherd), Black Russian Terrier, Barbet, and Am ...
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Jan 16, 2010
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Apparently, having received tons of negative feedback about mixed breed dogs being "inferior" and receiving "separate but equal" titles in dog agility, rally, etc, the AKC has nixed that practice, and mutts can now compete against pureb ...
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Jan 15, 2010
| Author: admin
| Source: Digital Gryphon
rosa ‘Julia Child’ 9120 as printed by Zazzle.
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Yesterday, Mom took Popper and I to the BRAG building for some agility practice - and some ball! There were a couple other dogs there, and omigod, I was SO excited that I just bark bark bark bark barked my little head off!!And then Mom ...
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Dec 28, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
I had a long nightmare about Merlin again last night... I don't know why I keep having them!
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Dec 21, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Saturday, the day after Merlin the corgi's birthday, we went to the Wild Weavers CPE Agility Trial. Merlin was entered in level 2 Fullhouse, Standard, and Snooker, as well as Level 1 Wildcard. We were both really working well together, ...
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Dec 18, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Yesterday was Popper's ophthalmology appointment at MedVet. Long story short, he does NOT have progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), thank God! He does have some small cataracts in his left eye, which the vet did not think was impairing hi ...
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Dec 17, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Monday Roofus went to a rally class at Anything Goes for Dogs. He's enrolled in the next class, next year, but she wanted to make sure that we were familiar with all level 1 signs first, because the next class focuses on level 2.
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Dec 14, 2009
| Author: admin
| Source: Digital Gryphon
I want to bring to your attention some thoughts on the future of pod-sites and on-line galleries by Andy Mercer. Andy is an active contributor at the Online Visual Artists Forum as well as having a shop at Zazzle and galleries at ZenFol ...
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Dec 10, 2009
| Author: admin
| Source: Digital Gryphon
Zazzle Totebags
In preparation for Holiday gift-giving, I ordered a few totebags from Zazzle. Two are from other designers’ shops; one is from my own shop. This is the Zazzle Budget Tote; base price $8.96. The body is ‘natural’ with fi ...
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Yesterday and the day before, Mom ran agility with me. We're not running today, and I don't really understand that. I guess Mom's tired. I'm not. Agility every day, squee!!So yesterday, I got tons and tons of treats, and lots of people ...
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Dec 7, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
This weekend was a BRAG CPE trial. I had originally entered Merlin AND Popper, but I pulled Popper out because of his groin pull. As a result, we had some really long wait times with Merlin on Sunday.
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Mom added a fun new designs, and a few are perfect for the holidays!
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Become a fan of me and my store on Facebook! Mom set me up with my own page so I can keep you up to date with coupons, new designs, and my daily thoughts.
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Nov 30, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
I've got TWO great deals for you today - but each one is ONLY good for today, in honor of Cyber Monday shopping! Traditionally, Cyber Monday is the Black Friday of online gift buying. So we made sure to round up some great deals for you ...
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Nov 23, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Saturday, Merlin had a CPE Games Workshop held at BRAG, the local agility club. We were in for six runs: Fullhouse, Jackpot, Nontraditional Jackpot, Colors, Wildcard, and Snooker. I had taken the class last February with Popper, but des ...
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Nov 19, 2009
| Author: admin
| Source: Digital Gryphon
I’ve held off playing with this product line for a few reasons;
Pricing – At Zazzle’s default 10% gross margin these shoes are $50 and $60 (the only Zazzle item I keep at a 10% margin is the postage). I’m now using around 15% on the sh ...
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Nov 18, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Yesterday, I received news awful enough that I wasn't able to blog about it until today. Now, with a good night's sleep and time to mull it over, I'm just happy it wasn't worse.
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Nov 17, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
It's not a big secret - I don't particularly like cats. In part, because my dogs will eat them, and cats will eat my birds. Also partly because I am deathly allergic to the buggers. If you own a cat, I can only stay in your house for a ...
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Nov 15, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Today, I was walking Popper around by himself to practice not pulling. He's gotten really good at it, to the point where if he starts to pull, he'll stop, turn around and look at me. We can even go on regular walks now, although I'd be ...
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Nov 12, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Gee, I really wish Merlin were in the group with the other small dogs instead of being with a border collie, wolfhound, and a big ridgeback-ish mix. Maybe then I could focus on agility instead of Merlin's aversion to large dogs. I almos ...
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Nov 9, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Last night I had a really strange dream...
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Nov 6, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
The past few nights, I've been waking up in the middle of the night, shivering. I curl into the fetal position, grab my fleece blanket I have on standby just in case, and go back to sleep. When I wake up for the day, I only have a vague ...
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Nov 5, 2009
| Author: MenagerieMayhem
| Source: Menagerie Mayhem
Roofus had a daytime rally class this morning. It went even better than the last one! He seems to be picking things up very quickly (unusual for him), which is no doubt because he is extremely eager to please. The only problem is that I ...
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Nov 2, 2009
| Author: admin
| Source: Digital Gryphon
The following post (and the previous two) are based on emails I sent to an artist who is contemplating turning his characters into pod stars. While some of the advise is specific to his situation, much of it is applicable to a wide rang ...
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Nov 2, 2009
| Author: admin
| Source: Digital Gryphon
The following post is one of a series based on emails I sent to an artist who is contemplating turning his characters into pod stars. While some of the advise is specific to his situation, much of it is applicable to a wide range of vis ...
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Nov 2, 2009
| Author: admin
| Source: Digital Gryphon
The following post (and the two that follow) are based on emails I sent to an artist who is contemplating turning his characters into pod stars. While some of the advise is specific to his situation, much of it is applicable to a wide r ...
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