tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:29:31 +0000living & working with a collie, papillons and 2 sheltieshttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/knightonearth@gmail.com (e)Blogger129125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-2214544040406713508Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:40:00 +00002009-11-01T01:40:14.697-07:00Spin with a Drop Spindle - wikiHowhttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/11/spin-with-drop-spindle-wikihow.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-1395568856882617554Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:56:00 +00002009-09-21T23:02:04.883-07:00Picture soon...but Emma is now CH Wintercreek Angels Walk!! We won it with 4 majors and 3 Herding group 1's. IN the UKC a "major" means competition at a certain level...placing in the group or getting Best of Winners.http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/09/woo-hoo.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-4348003841111410864Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:38:00 +00002009-09-03T01:43:41.250-07:00http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/09/fergus-on-memorial-stones.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-7679129989903904437Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:15:00 +00002009-09-03T02:48:52.417-07:00Yes!! We found Mark a puppy. A tricolor sheltie boy with a remarkable temperament, intelligence and structure. He is a little rock, the reincarnation of Abe Lincoln…the bearer of the key. He is Fergus, (primarily Kensil)and just a fabulous little dog. Very likely will go oversize. But this is no matter to an obedience team.And Emma and I ROCKED the park in Albany the weekend of the UKC English http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/09/un-petite-update.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-1947490473444583120Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:52:00 +00002009-09-03T01:03:31.470-07:00 CSN SupplyThe patented Multi-Cart ingeniously changes shape and length to carry huge amounts of equipment yet fols small for storage. Instant transformation into any of 8 configurations, the Multi-Cart replaces the need for 8 different carts. The revolutionary design results in a moving machine that is ver... Multi-CartDog Show Cart woolgatherer Portland OR 8/18/http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-review-of-multi-cart.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-732551925934255774Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:51:00 +00002009-08-13T20:54:13.964-07:00The book that started it all for me... I still own my copy.http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/08/gay.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-6746645418676923091Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:27:00 +00002009-08-02T12:43:54.819-07:00yes...there is another story to tell...coming soon...the 5th dogEmma and I have been showing in the breed ring and having lots of fun. Since June we’ve been in the ring in Canby, Portland and at the NW specialty shows in Albany for a total of 9 entries.We’ve won our class every time except for once and in Portland we got Reserve! What does this mean? Well, it means that I’ve been taking a crash http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/08/fun-with-hair-products.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-4712992613787942378Sat, 09 May 2009 16:31:00 +00002009-05-09T09:35:04.462-07:00Emma.Wintercreek Angel’s Walk, officially now. In training in obedience and agility. She is confident, fearless often, intensely curious, willing, active, beautiful, playful. At times in agility she appears to be quite a little pistol…and she learns things at the speed of lightening.I was teaching her to touch the palm of my hand with her nose, so that when I call her over she will come in closehttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/05/talking-to-emma.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-3989777676296923843Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-04-27T09:30:45.457-07:00I’ve been keeping a separate blog about Emma’s progress…but an up date is required here…She is energetic, happy, calm, eager, a little independent, a little blown away by the world, but always steady and never spooky.She is also into everything, alert to everything and passionate about small farms, so much so that she e fancies the flower garden as a field to be tilled and anything that moves (http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/04/emma-and-ttouch-girls.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-5130166521471048745Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:18:00 +00002009-04-10T22:20:23.592-07:00Emmahttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/04/5-weeks-later.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-8071516398784461679Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:19:00 +00002009-09-03T01:02:48.312-07:00colliessheltiesbreedsLadMy story is like that of so many others like me. The child fell hard in love with Lassie and with Terhune’s Lad and that love guided the rest of our lives. And even though the object of our affections was not always the collie per se, that vision of human/dog relationship presaged all our futures. Trainers, breeders, handlers, devotees.I was a purist. Everywhere I went I looked for collies. http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/03/surprise-from-longago.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-4869271787373583396Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:17:00 +00002009-02-10T23:21:12.606-08:00colliesThe work is a mile high at school: a hiring committee, a lecture on my relationship to art histort, a panel on working as an artist, and 2 classes that overenrolled. M’s birthday was this past weekend and his gift was an overnight at the coast. For me that means many hours of preparation to leave the house in suitable shape with clear instructions for the care of the animals left behind.But we http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-at-beach.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-9104666258665834432Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:05:00 +00002009-01-17T04:10:01.904-08:00December 21 2009. the wind was blowing, the snow just kept coming; in the end we had about a foot. On this day we walked down to Gabriel Park for burritos.http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/01/snow-storm.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-1230333138663120626Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:10:00 +00002009-01-02T02:16:06.088-08:00We’ve stepped into January; the snow melted and turned to rain and it just keeps coming. The yard is soupy and covered with fallen sticks and leaves and the general rot of winter in our moderate climate. Funny thing is that the papillons will go out in it…but Maudie has to be pushed…she just does not like to get wet…Whereas Flynn used to back up in horror at the sight of rain, she now goes http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/01/missing-gus.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-3310628578917188379Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:00:00 +00002009-02-09T01:23:41.291-08:00Maudie is now the 3rd dog. We lost our Gus Friday night... and the physical absence of him is heartbreaking. The grief overwhelming. Our neice, who was stranded at the airport Friday on her way back east from Reed College has come here to ride out the winter storm ....and I think her presence...which is soft, and smart and sweet has made it much easier, esp for Mark. But I, who stays up late http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/12/3rd-dog-maudie-is-now-3rd-dog.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-3116022495477328823Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:03:00 +00002009-02-09T01:22:22.230-08:00Things have been relatively quiet around here. In my research on seizures I discovered that there is a high success rate for melatonin given to dogs who have seizures in their sleep. So Maudie is getting 3mg at bedtime... I've also been informed that the off-gassing of polyester, the waves sent by wireless computer, cell and land phones as well as the fall out from television may play a role in http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/11/fall.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-1466587489919081540Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:31:00 +00002009-02-09T01:28:20.971-08:00On another note….I am quite certain that I have the answer to what kind of dog the Obama’s should get. ;-)First off: I PRAY they don’t fall for the “oodle” scam. There are some nice ones, no doubt…but I am appalled at the prices people are willing to pay for a mongrel. There is no breed uniformity, no standard…and no guarantee of being “hypo-allergenic.” But! I vote for a standard poodle from http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-dog.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-2269558174227375433Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:11:00 +00002008-12-24T13:20:59.090-08:00Monday evening. My optimism failed me. We were all lounging in the living room; I was grading some papers before supper, the dogs were snoozing in front of the fire, drowsy from Ellie’s. Suddenly Maudie sat up her eyes darting around the room as if following a very fast fly, then she fell to her side and went into seizure.I reached down to where her muzzle would’ve hit the sharp corner of the http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-one.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-8530082074540929792Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-10-18T13:33:49.716-07:00The blog has slid out of my ritual and habits. It is the probably the most common ailment of these thousands and thousands of bloggers. And, well, I caught it. Part of it is the return to school, part of it is the fact that I’ve kept working in the studio and am exploring new things, part of it is reading through the articles I’m evaluating for DWAA* awards, and part is just ailment. Just to http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/10/abashed.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-3523396910486167300Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:30:00 +00002008-11-13T12:24:54.233-08:00When someone says they don’t have time for something, I think often it means exactly that…but in my case lately it’s not so much literal as it is a matter of focus.In any given day there are many hours, you’d think an hour could be set aside, in fragments if need be, to write a blog entry… unless, like me, you are shaping your days to circumvent a tendency towards ADD and channel it instead into http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/07/where-ive-been.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-2247879993198522393Sat, 24 May 2008 16:33:00 +00002008-05-24T09:36:23.007-07:00http://www.findtoto.com/I saw this on another blog I read and wanted to post it here. I can not imagine how devestated I'd be if I lost one of my little tribe....It is good for both lost and found pets...check it out....pass it on....http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/05/amber-alerts-for-pets.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-7936538656047375774Sat, 17 May 2008 22:14:00 +00002008-05-17T15:21:22.988-07:00Spring is well into its adolescence here in the Pacific Northwest. She's trying on Summer's clothes and pouring 90 degree heat down over us. The azaleas have unclenched their tiny fists of color in the lace of new leavesand wilt a little; the clematis snakes its fingers out to feel the wall and the tulips hold their cups up for water. The earth that was black with rain dries and cracks; a http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-brute-is-spring.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-8178351764874583502Sat, 10 May 2008 18:53:00 +00002008-05-10T11:58:33.786-07:00but he hates to have his ears blown dry....so we let them air dry, and he is grateful.http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2008/05/sonny-has-bath.htmlknightonearth@gmail.com (e)1