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Are you handy with a sewing needle? Then you can make these adorable Victorian outfits for your little four legged friend (I wonder if our cat would wear it). I think that the dog model for the outfits is just precious. Here is the link for the sewing pattern if you are so inclined to make it. Who knows, maybe your little one with be the next Wishbone. The same website has 2 pages of dog clothing, beds and other dog related sewing patterns and here is the link to that.

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The title of this post is a question that I have often asked myself over and over again and still not come up with an answer to. Several years ago my elderly parents acquired a puppy. I don’t know why they thought that they could take on a dog that they would never take on a walk. They kept the dog in the house and small backyard until my father passed away. My mother took the dog with her when she moved in with my sister. My sister was no better since they simply kept the dog in the small backyard and rarely let the dog in the house. At the time my sister was complaining that she was trying to lose weight and was on this diet and that. I simply told her to take the dog for a daily walk and she would not need the most effective diet pills she can find but get some exercise and get the dog out of the backyard prison. Well, she never went on those walks and after 9 months of trying to get them to take better care of the dog, my husband and I stepped in and took the dog home with us.  The dog lived on our ranch from the age of 5 years old until she died of old age at the age of 15. She had 10 years of freedom. She roamed our 7+ acres, enjoyed the company of our other animals and had to follow me everyday when I moved the horses from the barn out to pasture. We would go for long walks on county trails.

I enjoyed going for walks and exercising our dogs, so I still ask myself, why would anyone own a dog and not even think to walk them?

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Apple has an App for almost everything including us pet owners. Here is a short list of Apps I found for pet and animal lovers:

For the horse lover and/or owner:

The Encyclopedia of Horses

For dog owners:

Dog first aid and emergencies

Since I am finding more and more people are getting apps for their pets I might just start up a handy page on this blog devoted just to pet and animal apps.

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