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Mirabel is so envious of Dakota the whippet. She wants her bed. She thinks her muscular bum would look very pretty and feminine on it. And Girl has to agree. How cool would it be to have a gorgeous custom-made dog bed with your very own picture on it. Having a fabric designer and crafter extraordinaire like Tula Pink as your friend definitely has its comfy perks!
Mirabel would make just one modification: substituting the "Whippet Good" with "Keep Off, Ribsy":
Ribsy's not feeling very motivated.
He's not sure if it has anything to do with the half a handful of chocolate-covered coffee beans that he snuck out of Boy's flight bag yesterday. Or maybe it's the continued winter weather that's getting him down. He just doesn't seem to care about what happens anymore. He tries his best and things go nowhere. He whimpers but no one hears. Nothing works. No results. All things lately seem to lead to a dead, fenced end.
Whatever the reason or cause, Ribsy barely has the energy or desire to blog or socialize with other dogs. Everything just has him feeling down. Do you ever feel like giving up? It's hard to continue plugging away when the whole world doesn't care or conspires against you.
Ribsy's just one little whippet who's trying. He can only try so hard. Sorry for the downer of a post. He's unable to hide behind a chipper exterior today.
Crunchie is an eight-year-old rescue whippet searching for her forever home in Australia. Currently she is staying in her fourth foster home, being looked after by a very kind couple.
Last week Crunchie was hit by a car. She suffered numerous injuries to her leg, cheek and eye. The rescue organization is run by a retired couple who have to rely on their own credit cards for situations like this. Can you help them out? Any amount will make a big difference.
Mirabel has an ugly walk. Will a martingale collar, which is designed to prevent a skinny-headed hound from backing out and bolting, also help curb her tendencies to tug? Girl doesn't know, because all she's ever used are good old buckle collars. A martingale's worth considering since Mirabel barrels down sidewalks like an ox on steroids.
So the fun part of this chore - choosing a design! Mirabel is a girl but she's also extremely resilient and strong. The winning collar needs to be suitable for a girl but not so feminine as to misrepresent her toughness.
All of these collars are made by Classic Hound.
#1: a funky mod red:
#2: Pink Odyssey:
#3: the funky Festooned:
#4: Or...a Silly Sock Monkey:
So all you fashion hounds out there, what would look best on our Mirabel?
"Me Too Mirabel" (As in "Why does Ribsy get his photos plastered all over this blog like he's the only whippet around? ME TOO!") has her turn at the spotlight today.
By the way, is it true what they say about second-born whippets? That there aren't as many photos, or as much due attention paid to them as compared to first-borns? Girl doesn't think that's true. She and Boy adopted Mirabel when she was already a year old, so that's why there isn't a plethora of her puppy photos hanging around - and not because they didn't bother to take any. Let the record show.
Also let the record show that Girl's been busy snapping photos of both of them, whenever she has a hand free of leashes, poop bags and car keys.
So here you go, photos of sweet, fast and sassy Miss Mirabel:
With all this puppy talk as of late, Girl felt like looking back today, so she went digging in the virtual vault for some Ribsy puppy pics.
The day he came home:
A bit camera shy as a youngster he was:
He trusted Boy and Girl right from Day One:
He loved this bear (99 cents from the IKEA As-Is section):
With his breeder at a dog show in Vancouver:
Inseparable.
*Impossibly Cute Alert*
Welcome, Santos!
We hope to see more of you on your mom's blog. Remember that, as a whippet puppy, you can get ANYTHING you want. Just practice keeping those eyes as big as possible, and they will be putty in your paws. And don't forget that you get first dibs on anything soft and comfy in the house. That includes freshly washed laundry, the couch (in its entirety), and your people's laps. You will have them trained in no time. You look like a quick study. And an even quicker whippet.
Love, your far away friends Ribsy and Mirabel
Ribsy admits that it's easy to take your kibble and your warm bed and your ability to outrun every other dog in the park for granted. But what if, in an instant, your life changed forever?
On October 20, 2008, on a morning after errands, a ride to the dog park turned into a nightmare for Lizzie Mead and her two rescued greyhounds, Rider and Opal.
In the blink of an eye, a reckless driver plowed into Lizzie’s truck at 60 mph. The bad guy took off, leaving an injured Lizzie, Rider and Opal behind.
Both greys have beat the odds and are recovering. So far the vet bill has totaled $13,962.01 but there have been follow up visits not yet added to this amount. And so it continues, like life, day by day.
Friends, including the local Arizona Greyhound Rescue group has rallied around Lizzie to help pay off the costs to save Rider and Opal's lives. One way you can help? Buy a beautiful, one-of-a-kind bracelet. There are many to choose from! Here's the one that Mirabel chose to buy:
Learn more about the accident and Lizzie's determination to turn this tragedy into a triumph.
When Ribsy began his little blog way back in 2004, it was a lonely time in the whippet blogosphere. While he wasn't the only one out there, he remembers feeling like a puppy pioneer anyway, not knowing what to expect, not knowing what to write about, and not knowing if anyone out there would really care about what he had to say about his life. He kept on going...and blogging...and frankly, doesn't know if he will continue past this year. There's only so much a whippet can say.
"What!" protested Mirabel. "You can talk about ME!"
That's OK. Because now, it's like wow! Fast forward almost five years later, and skinny sighthounds the world over have a lot to get off their deep voluminous chests, apparently. There are plenty of blogs fixated on whippets.
Here are a few such blogs that Ribsy's discovered as of late:
Little Whippet - the stories of a treasure-hunting vintage girl and her whippets Holly and Fly.
Melba's Musings - busy showing dogs.
Dog Face Girls - three whippets, often the inspiration for her crafts, rule her life.
The Whippets Nia and Sofia - all about the multi-lingual whippets Nia and Sofia.
When a Problem Comes Along You Must Whippet - A boy whippet named Tazio and a girl whippet named Becca.
Whippettagebuch - not sure what language, not sure how many whippets are featured, but they have lovely photos, such as:
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