The Jackalope House

I had considered beginning a brand new blog about the work I am doing on the house that I bought in Douglas, but I figured that eventually the work will be done and there would just be this sad little blog sitting out there with no updates once I got the house finished (kinda like this one - sorta sad with it's random and often piecemeal updates!).

Why the Jackalope House? Well, Douglas is the "Home of the Jackalope." It is where a very bored taxidermist took a jack rabbit and threw some antelope horns on and ta-da! A new legend was born. I find it hilarious that the town takes so much pride in the creature that their city logo has a Jackalope on it. So the Jackalope house it is!

But, I decided that I might as well just add it to the existing blog that I have - especially since the Little Nothin' Rotten Dogs* are moving to new digs as well!

So instead of dog updates, look for house updates! I hope to have lots of before and after shots to add to show my progress.

So what am I doing to this little 850 square feet house? First off it is a foreclosure so it is wrecked with lots and lots of garbage. That needs to go and it needs to be cleaned very badly! That is what myself and my sister are doing this weekend - that and tearing out all the really nasty carpet. Go us!

*this phrase was coined by my friend Sue, who insists that anything smaller than a Boxer is one of those.

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High Toes

Sometimes I get into discussions with people about dog structure and really, really, it makes me want to beat my head against a wall. However, those always make me publish those words and pictures that have been rattling around in my head for a while. Case in point – someone posted on a board that they thought that a high toe on a dog was a “cosmetic fault.” My opinion on this is fairly solid – NO! A high toe is a STRUCTUAL fault. Someone then posted that they wanted “proof.” Ah, here we go. The boondoggle of proof! Studies! Someone, somewhere, somehow agreeing or disagreeing with my point! The unfortunate thing is that it really isn’t to be found. Our Proof wanter found a website in which a couple had a Staffordshire Terrier with a high toe, and they readily admitted that the high toe caused issues with her gait, but then concluded that it was just a cosmetic issue. Hmm, really? The document can be found here , you can look at the pictures and read it for yourself. (Don't use the ...

Brindle and the Rat Terrier

It seems like every once in a while the topic of brindle comes up in the Rat Terrier world. Teeth are gnashed and garments are rendered because brindle is not an acceptable pattern in our breed, and the standard says that brindle is a disqualification. The standard probably won’t change any time soon, and I certainly hope that it will NEVER include brindle! Why? The UKC standard says, in the very beginning, that “These terriers probably included crosses between the Smooth Fox Terrier, the Manchester Terrier and the now extinct white English Terrier… Some of these dogs were crossed with Whippets or Italian Greyhounds (for speed) and Beagles (for hunting ability).” Let’s take a look at the ancestors of the Rat Terrier and how their standards treat brindle: Smooth Fox Terrier UKC : Serious Fault AKC: Objectionable Manchester Terrier: UKC: Disqualification AKC: Disqualification Whippet: UKC: Any color/pattern accepted. AKC: Any color/pattern accepted. Italian Greyhounds: UKC: Disqualif...

Yard and other work at the Jackalope House

This post has been sitting for a while - mostly because I was more annoyed than I should have been that Blogger ate most of my post, and I didn't feel like re-doing it! Anyway, this post should have been posted on November 14th. I discovered on Wednesday evening when I came home from Bible study (the topic of which was gratitude, natch) to discover that my tub faucet running at full blast. Thankfully I am intimately familiar with the location of the water shut off valve to the house, so I shut off the water. My next thought went to my hot water heater - should I shut it off as well? A quick Yahoo search revealed that YES, I should shut off Bliss lest I burn him up. With that done, I went to bed, not feeling very grateful. The next morning, I cracked open my Home Depot book about faucets and ta-da! I figured out what it probably was, so I took apart the faucet to confirm what the book said. And I, dear readers, fixed that sucker. After a work meeting. In a dress and heels no ...

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