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And who would have thunk it - the slideshow is of my own pets!!

This week, I upgraded to the PRO flickr account and have been starting to upload various types of pictures to the internet, in my feeble attempt to try to move closer to living in the clouds.

It’s Friday .. our anniversary is this weekend, and we’re heading out to the cottage shortly for the long weekend. I hope you don’t mind a little slideshow of the cutest pets in the world .. our very own critters … Maxxie and Sophie (the papillons) and Zeussie Pussy Cat and friends!

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Painted Cats

* Some of the paint jobs cost $15,000 and had to be repeated every 3 months as the cat’s hair grows out.

- Source: Email FWD
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Happy Canada Day Everybody!

I’m out at the beach now .. and wanted to show you all my *New!* Doggie Trailer!

I was sooooooooo proud of myself last summer, when I bought a used baby trailer and converted it into a doggy trailer! Looking back, I am glad I did that and it really worked out. You see, at the cottage, my wife likes to jog about 12 km each morning around Victoria Beach and if I don’t get out there too, I never get any exercise! But, if we leave the dogs in the cottage, all they do is bark waiting for us to come back … not too good at 7am-9am in the mornings! Also, Sophie can’t keep up for more than a few miles and then wants to just stop in mid-tracks in the middle of the road … and, Maxxie has the spinal Canine Degenerative Disc Disease (CDDD) and he isn’t as agile on his back feet as he used to be!

And, the trailer was okay - but, a little stuffy. It was better for Maxxie if we left the roof open, so he could get some air. I had to put Sophie in the front basket But, she was cute as a button (and fit the basket) and loved the attention she would get as people would pass by. But, if a dog came out from a driveway and started barking, Maxxie would try to jump out of the doggie trailer, to meet a new friend! That sounds okay, but I had trouble making a good conversion of the front of the baby trailer into a good wall of the doggie trailer. You see (from the pictures below) … where the baby’s feet used to stretch out of the trailer .. I added some nylon material and stretch nylon string to hold it in place. If Maxxie just looked out of there, that nylon wall would come down, and if it was muddy or raining .. slosh from the back tire of my bike would go right in his face!

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Pitbulls at a photo shoot are such a cool thing. We recently had the opportunity to take part in a photo shoot for the up and coming Get ‘Em Boy Ltd Apparel clothing line. It was a lot of fun! Seeing all those beautiful pits in one place was so awesome. Here’s a shot they got of one of our dogs, Mahoes’ Mana Loa.

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These interesting pet related pictures were FWD’ed into my email INBOX the other day, with the subject “Beautiful Pictures”. If you know where they originated from, please drop me a note in the comments … as I haven’t seen them around the internet (yet!) In the meantime .. I think they are cute!! Especially that 7th one // HART

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Well .. it’s “Tax Time” again for me .. and, I just got over one of the first deadlines - ‘T4 Season’. In addition to me trying to get out all of my monthly bookkeeping clients’ work out the door .. I’m also starting to work on Year End financial statement preparation and corporation income tax. For this past month, it was also all about the preparation of employee and owner wage remuneration and/or dividend slips that have to be reported and filed with Canada Revenue Agency by the end of February every calendar year.

Well .. in every normal month my busiest ‘offline’ time of work is around the 20th and the last week of each month and this past month was a doozie for me! I had a few extra jobs and rush deadlines, had a few late comers, and quite frankly .. I think I only slept about 5 hours in the past 72 hours! Most of my clients have December year ends, so work is definitely piling up - and, Personal Income Tax clients are now calling (our deadline to file personal income tax in Canada is April 30th for most people, June 15th if you are self employed).

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We’ve got a Moose in our yard! Only he’s not really a moose, he’s an american pitbull terrier. He’s the newest puppy in our family. Here he is at 11 weeks.

Isn’t he cute???

Calling All PetLvrs…

* Help Me Fill up my photo gallery - PetLvr.com - [Blog Gallery] - of Pets in Halloween Costumes!

Please consider taking a photo of your pet in a halloween costume, and sending to me. I will publish all pictures received in a separate post here in the Blog and will place the picture in my Blog Gallery for all to see!

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For the AWWWWWWWWWWWW Books

This is a bit late, about 36 days …

REST IN PEACE: Kirby The Papillon Dog - February 12, 2007

We were watching the 2007 Westminster Kennel Dog Show on TSN tonight (instead of American Idol) which is a rebroadcast of the events of February 12-13, 2007, when they mentioned that Kirby, the Papillon died that day February 12, 2007, at the age of 16 years. You know, I recall listening to that news as a Tidbit over conversation over on the car radio that day but, it never really sunk in until the show tonight - when added and reminders of Kirby and pictures were shown.

Both my wife and myself are still feeling a little sad. Kirby was a great inspiration for us!

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Do You Need A Doggie Dud?

I posted a sneak preview of The Next Canadian Top Dog Models: Maxxie And Sophie the other day … well, the poster is now complete.

Doggie Duds! is owned by Brenda Puttaert who designs posh designer dog clothes and accessories exclusively for the Pawsh Pet Boutique at 722-½ Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada,

Call (204) 943-4062 For your custom fitting with the Exclusive Designer and your dog anytime!

Here’s The Promo Poster

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