Lapful (sort of) of adorable hellhounds
Some things change in two years.
And in case you’re wondering, I’m sitting in the dog bed because Peter kept &^%$£”!!!!! failing to take the freaking photograph and hellhounds were beginning to feel a trifle ill used. Here they are lying there peacefully, trying to work on the deep, profound, uninterruptible sleep they’ll be in when they are offered dinner, and someone keeps trying to roust them out and make them pretend to sit in someone’s lap when it’s perfectly obvious this is not possible. Now all I have to do is teach Peter to press the little silver button and not cut the top of my head off at the same time.
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Awwww… they’ve grown!
My goodness! There seems a distinct amount of ‘ours, she’s all ours’ being beamed out there. :)
I’m very glad the duck and champagne were good. You certainly deserve them…!
There seems a distinct amount of ‘ours, she’s all ours’ being beamed out there
********* That’s their belief system and they’re sticking to it. :)
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They are SO good aren’t they? Sort of “butter wouldn’t melt in my/our mouth/s ” good heehee
I still can’t believe how much larger just 1/8 of deerhound makes them – that’s a LOT of lapful :)
Yes, it’s pretty funny listening to people on the street trying to decide what they are. Er–greyhounds. Er–whippets. Er–WHAT? –I’ve seen whippets this tall, but not this–I hesitate to say CHUNKY–this WELL BONED.
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Now all I have to do is teach Peter to press the little silver button and not cut the top of my head off at the same time.
::giggles:: I think so. Maybe he needs to take one step back….
::sigh:: I’d love to give sighthouds a try but I don’t think I have the suitable situation. :/ One day maybe.
You just walk a lot! LOL!
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Yes… but the temptations here! Rabbits! Hares! Small Fluffy Creatures! Interesting Paddock Condiments!
And the minor detail of the other family members not happy with “indoor dog” stuff (I’m stretching the friendship with having the old dog in at night.) Now if they had long hair like the shelties…… hmmmmm ;)
People (and other creatures) who do not like indoor dogs CAN GO SLEEP IN THE BARN.
People (and other creatures) who do not like indoor dogs CAN GO SLEEP IN THE BARN.
LOL After you watch them roll in or eat something really unmentionable… ::shudders:: And know that there is at least one nasty parasite here that can passed to humans and cause big problems (it needs the sheep-dog cycle, humans are an unitended host) then one needs to be a little wary. And there is the mud/wet problem. Of course *our* way of dealing with this is to have a drought. Hmmmm …. .not sure on that strategy…. LOL
Most farm dogs most definitely live outside. (There are almost no words to describe the smell of a dog that has rolled in decomposing wombat or kangaroo. There are no words…. ::gags::)
But hey. I’m working on it. So far I have old dog sleeping inside at night (for the arthritis!!). ;)
Ah yes. We have decomposing things too, although not so much wombat and kangaroo. :) It depends on how much hosing down you feel like doing–long haired border collie is going to need a SHAMPOO. My guys are bad enough just going for a muddy walk . . . ARRRRRGH. Washing floors is NOT my favourite thing . . . mopping hellhounds off is bad enough.
Eww on the parasite. I’m now (erratically) twitchy about this myself because of the campy. I’ve got it that it’s endemic, like e coli, everybody has it, it’s just a question of its getting out of control. And I ALREADY have a twitchy digestion. . . . And hellhounds with a sensitivity to campylobacter.
Re the parasites.
The one we have is a hydatid tapeworm and it is fine as long as you practice good hygiene around dogs. (ie. wash hands after handling, don’t let them lick your face etc ) It is passed on through the saliva and the eggs can be on their tail fur etc. And worm them regularly. It doesn’t affect the dogs at all. (bonus I guess!)
Oh yes and HOW do you train them not to lick your face?? I’ve neve rhad a dog yet that didn’t nail me occasionally. I think if I were going to be sensitive to campy I’d know it by now, but I DO wash my hands a lot.
Oh yes and HOW do you train them not to lick your face??
::sigh:: yeah they do seem to be able to get you when you aren’t looking…. !
I guess the one-off times I’m not too paranoid about – it’s the people who encourage their dogs to lick their faces (and mouths! eeeewww) that are much more at risk. (Even without the hydatid I go “eeewww don’t you know that dog just licked its’ anus??”)
Yes. Exactly. It happens but you run away screaming and wash your face. :)
“(sort of)” adorable hellhounds? “(sort of)”?!
It’s the lapful that’s sort of, not the adorable!
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Oh, the (sort of) lapful! My brain switched some words. I’m sorry. I’m not quite firing on all cylinders right now–and I wasn’t then, either.
I wouldn’t know how to behave if I had all cylinders firing at once. I’d probably blast off into space and never be heard from again. :)
Aw man, Darkness with his head against you, Chaos trying to scoot as close as he can get…
How sweet!
Well, yes, true, but the dog bed is also small for THREE! :)
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Adorable indeed.
Hugs to all.
–Julia
Hugs accepted. :)
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I’m blinded by their cuteness. Ow. Ow. They do look like the greyhound we had in college. Except our greyhound was well… gray. And just a bit bigger. He was a retired racing greyhound. Speaking of which, I think someone was asking about adopting a greyhound. I think some of these retired racing greyhounds can be a little insane because of the way that they were raised but ours was really sweet. I do remember when he first came home he would shiver and cower in the corner because he was used to living in a small box in the kennel so all the space in our apartment just blew his mind. But with some TLC he really blossomed. I don’t know if all greyhound adoptions are that successful though.
I think *most* of them are because *most* rescue centres are a bit careful about their people.
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I like their laser eyes. “Don’t mess with us. We can set fire to stones AND scan bar codes.”
They’re so cute.
LOL!
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Those faces are precious! So deceptively innocent. And your lap looks like a preferred location, hee!
They are very tactile. If I’m on the floor, I am instantly covered in hellhounds. :)
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****I hesitate to say CHUNKY–this WELL BONED.****
Plenty of *substance*, that’s what you want to say. They were being very good about letting you appropriate part of their bed during nap time, since they held still for a nice photo. (Although Chaos looks like he’s ready to move out.)
****Now all I have to do is teach Peter to press the little silver button and not cut the top of my head off at the same time.****
Well, you’ve done well to get to the little silver button stage (apologies to Peter if he is really a capable photographer). My husband doesn’t even want to pick up the camera. It is amazingly easy to decapitate people when taking their picture. There are probably psychologists who could write best-sellers about this fact.
There are probably psychologists who could write best-sellers about this fact.
******* Snork! Yes. And *no*, Peter doesn’t want anything to DO with the camera. PIcking it up fills him with such dread that he can’t find the silver button and can’t help decapitating his wife!
(Substance! yes! Substance! Good bone, as you tend to say in the horse world.)
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****Good bone, as you tend to say in the horse world.****
We say it in the dog world, too. :)
Happy Birthday Darkness and Chaos!
I’d send you both some of my homemade organic dog treats but they wouldn’t make it through customs! (and no telling if banana, rye, wheat germ would agree with your digestion anyway….)
:)
Rebecca WinkleBeam
Sounds pretty good to me . . . :)
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Younger Daughter said, “Awwwww”.
They look quite content with their Robin, and the glowing eyes are very hellhoundish. The HellGoddess and her disciples. They’re beautiful dogs.
A hellgoddess *would* wear red trousers. I hadn’t thought of this when I got dressed that morning. :)
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***A hellgoddess *would* wear red trousers.***
This HellGoddess wears jeans, mostly. I think a HellGoddess wears whatever the hell she wants. :)
I USED to wear mostly jeans when I could GET JEANS that were JEANS and not automatic sources of fashion victimhood and belly button display. Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
I USED to wear mostly jeans when I could GET JEANS that were JEANS and not automatic sources of fashion victimhood and belly button display. Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
Nearly time to go shopping then because the other day I bought jeans that cover the belly button !! Yes! Hipsters are on the way out! Yahoo! (apologies to all those who have the figure for and love hipsters!!)
they’ve been saying hipsters were on their way out for at least a couple of years, here, and I was WAITING but my jeans wore out too soon. . . .
In re jeans: I discovered Eddie Bauer natural fit women’s jeans some years back, and aside from having to cut the bottom four inches off, they’re fairly comfortable and not too short at the waist. It also doesn’t hurt that I’m short (and, alas, round), so some hipsters come up to my waist.
I also wear sarouelles (aka harem pants) which I make myself from batik and other interesting prints in cotton. I decided that nothing was going to make me look fashionable, so I might as well be comfortable.
The daughters are so slender that they can still wear girls’ size 16 jeans and be happy and decently covered, although Younger Daughter displays some ankle; she’s 5’3″ and all legs and big feet. But then, she wears mismatched patterned kneesocks coordinated to her t-shirts, so she wants them to show.
I’ve been known to roll up jeans ankles for amusing socks to show. ABove the amusing All Stars. :)
I LOVE hipsters.. and not to flaunt the belly button either. I have that whole waist-and-hips-are-nowhere-near-the-same-size thing going on. Jeans that go up to my belly button give a whole new meaning to “mind the gap”… I can tuck a medium-ish paperback in the back of some high-waisted pants!
Glad those belly-button-covering things fit somebody, I guess.. :-P
***I’ve been known to roll up jeans ankles for amusing socks to show. ABove the amusing All Stars. :)***
Younger Daughter wears capri-length jeans when she can find them. Elder Daughter started the trend back in her Victorian orphan phase, and Younger D decided they were the perfect way to display the mismatched patterned kneesocks from Hot Topic.
They each have their own dress style, but basically it’s jeans and knit tops, usually fairly modest in fit. Like me, they’d rather be comfortable.
I want to wear amusing All Stars, but my feet aren’t quite shaped that way, sigh.
I DON’T wear capri pants, unfortunately, because that mid-calf length is very pretty, because I spend most of my life WALKING THROUGH NETTLES with hellhounds, and I can’t be arsed [sic!] to keep changing my trousers!!!!
I’m pretty sure I’m not a fashion victim! I have no desire to keep up with the trends or to display my “innie.” But I love low rise jeans- no high waistbands cutting into my waist or tummy. So I’m perfectly happy they’re still around. I guess the moral of the story is “to each his own…” ; )
Awwww!! Lovely pictures. All three of them.
The hellhounds have grown a wee bit in the past two years though!!! You need a slightly bigger lap these days…;-)
You definitely need to train Peter out of his tendency to decapitate you though!
It was only my BRAIN! It’s not that critical! :)
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**It was only my BRAIN! It’s not that critical! :)**
I don’t know about that; I’d think it’d be fairly vital for certain things. (although having said that, I must admit that I’ve come across plenty of people who seem to manage to exist just fine without one…)
Well really I keep it tucked away in a nonstandard place, because I’m an Alien from Another Planet. :)
**Well really I keep it tucked away in a nonstandard place, because I’m an Alien from Another Planet. :)**
Goodness! Are you? I have to congratulate you on your human costume, it’s very convincing. Where did you get it made? I’m guessimg it was custom made? So many of the off-the-peg varieties leave unsightly bulges, or have gaps where tails/horns/tentacles/antennae/evil streaks/whatever can slip out…..;-)
Hey . . . haven’t you ever wondered about my aversion to public appearances? And how I still post comparatively few photos of *me*?
Nonstandard place? Hmm… hee hee hee! Getting unfortunate visual!!!! Sorry!