Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

I was going to write good thoughts on darling doggies. The first we met at Butchart Gardens, lovingly pulled in a wagon by his owner. "The most spoiled dog on earth," he told us. The second is Bradford, the pampered pup of artist Ted Harrison, BC artist. Mr. Harrison was an art teacher from England, but in 1967 answered an ad to teach "in the land of the mighty moose, where weaklings need not apply" – the Yukon. He is now retired in Victoria where I had the pleasure of meeting him. The third dog is on my shit list. That would be Gracee, innocently enjoying a picnic at the park. That’s when I liked her a lot. Since then, she has eaten the underwire out of yet another bra and, tonight, discovered a premium leather chew toy. They were on sale but I had owned them for less than six hours. Earlier today I was thinking how, as a puppy, she had only chewed our kitchen cabinets and never a shoe. Until now. Bad dog.

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Knitting progress, the modified-to-make-it-larger Landscape Scarf is working:

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19 responses to “Dogs, can’t live with them…”

  1. Jane Avatar

    Gracie’s cousin Sullivan the black lab has her beat. He ate a whole box of Pampered Chef tools when he was a puppy. The woman at the home office asked what happend when I reported the box being eaten by a dog in my yard. Notice I said A DOG and not MY DOG . hee! hee! Also Sully has eaten the corner of the book NO MORE BAD DOGS. I want to frame that one. Don’t you just love other peoples good doggies now like the one being pulled in the wagon?

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  2. Kristen Avatar

    Grrrr, naughty Gracee!

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  3. Dorothy Avatar

    Oh, poor Gracie – in the doghouse! Kirby doesn’t chew anything, but we have to watch Hester. She seems to have an affinity for my knitting bags and has chewed up two of them. At least she leaves the knitting alone!

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  4. crazy for yarn in alabama: Darlene Avatar

    Awwww….But Gracie is just so darn CUTE……can’t stay mad too long!!!! (And good thing the shoes were on sale!!) LOL!!

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  5. Valerie Avatar

    Dog stories??? I have a good one….
    A close friend of mine has a french bull dog and when they go to their cabin in Tahoe, she pushes Lilly around in a pram so the altitude won’t get to her that bad.
    http://californiaboesenfamily.blogspot.com/

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  6. Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) Avatar

    I have two dogs. One is a 2-year-old Newfoundland who was 20 pounds when she was eight weeks old, and hit 110 before she was 9 months. She ate the carpet, two rugs, the kids’ stuffed animals, numerous legos, several shoes, the leg of a kitchen chair, nine balls of Rowan Polar, and the leather sofa before she learned the meaning of “No!”

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  7. Jane Avatar

    Oh my goodness, and a Naot too! Yikes.

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  8. Beth Avatar

    Gracie’s in the doghouse for sure!

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  9. jaci Avatar

    I bet she liked the wonderful green color. I have far too many naughty dog stories to list here. I’m sure Gracee is sorry. 🙂

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  10. Barbp Avatar

    Gracee just wanted to help you break in the gorgeous green shoes:-) She’s just too cute though, eh?

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  11. Barbara Avatar

    ai yai yai… dogs will be dogs, but don’t we love ’em?

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  12. Monika Avatar

    I guess Gracie does not have the same taste in shoes as you do. ;o) They pull stunts like that all the time, don’t they? But who can stay mad a our cute pets? ;o)

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  13. Angie Avatar

    Condolences on the brand new baby Naots. Ouch! Doesn’t Gracie know that you can’t take her for a walk without the right shoes?

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  14. CL Avatar

    LOL!!! Being owned by 3 dogs – one who’s mission in life is to cause trouble – I can so relate! You just have to laugh! 😀

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  15. Lynne Avatar

    I once had a doberman named Dylan who ate my underwear. Just ate my underwear. Several pairs of them! Gracee is pretty cute, however.

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  16. Rebekah Avatar

    Uh oh, Lets see though Abner has eaten a total of about 20 pairs of shoes, so Gracie has a ways to go 🙂

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  17. eyeleen Avatar

    Thank goodness, my underwires are still intact, LOL. My basset Mandy loves shoes, particularly strappy sandals, but as long as she doesn’t eat metallic objects followed by a magnet (so that they get stuck in her large instestine again)…its all good.
    Keep Gracie away from the other one, unless of course you’d really like a matching set.

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  18. Val Avatar

    My almost-three-year-old greyhound munched the back of one of my mock Crocs a week ago. I haven’t counted how many pairs of shoes he has rendered useless during his life so far. I guess I will continue keeping my shoes on top of the fridge….

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  19. Marianne Avatar

    That dog loves you so much she’ll even eat your shoes !!!! Hahaha !
    My dog used to eat mine when he was a puppy, only the right ones, never the left ones. Dogs, don’t you just love them 🙂

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