Rottweilers Ate My Laptop

Rottweilers. Computers. Cameras. World Domination. Not necessarily in that order.

Rottweilers.
Computers. Cameras.
World Domination.
Not necessarily in that order.

Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop, Week 23

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Freya pops in to visit the Blog Hop this week…

…just patrolling the fence line for something. We aren’t sure what that something is, as we can see nothing that should be of that much interest. Maybe she’ll do a post of her own and tell us!

Meanwhile, Life With Dogs, Two Little Cavaliers, and Confessions of the Plume have now brought us 23 weeks of the Pet Blogger Blog Hop. Almost six months of great pet blogs to read, and great pets and pet bloggers to meet! Thanks to all who make this so enjoyable.
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I was taken by a photograph of you

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I hope you don’t mind if I talk a little more about Oscar during his birthday week.

During Oscar’s last winter here on this side, I was taking a couple of classes at DePaul University hoping to finish the degree I started a very, very long time ago. I didn’t accomplish that goal, but I did earn some credits from a wonderful class.

Since the class was centered around instant photography, I don’t think it’s offered any longer, at least not in the form I took it. You can still see the syllabus online.

At the time I did the second assignment for the class, I had no idea we’d be losing Oscar just a couple of months later. He was going through radiation treatment after surgery to remove his right eye along with the malignant tumor behind it, but he was handling it well at that time.

Oscar was the most willing subject in our household and was happy to go along with whatever I wanted him to do for my portraiture assignment. I decided to pose him in front of a variety of different open and closed doors, mostly at our house. To get the ten photos I submitted, I shot twice as many Polaroids. Shooting film, and especially instant film, makes you think about what you are doing.

Note: Some of the photos in the linked Flickr gallery are a little rough to look at, especially if you have or had a pet going through radiation treatment.

If you choose to click through and see Oscar and the doors, thank you. If not, I do understand. Either way, thanks for listening.

(NaBloPoMo | October ’10: 7 of 31)

Quick TV break

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  • I’m still deciding whether or not I like the new Hawaii 5-0. I’ll keep watching to support anything filmed in my hometown while I decide, though. I’m interested to see how they keep it local enough for, well, the locals… and of course the expats… without having to overexplain for the rest of the audience, and without making it seem forced.
  • On Rottweiler Nation, I saw an announcement that a Rottweiler plays the role of the main character’s dog on the new NBC show Chase. Since it’s on at the same time as Hawaii 5-0, the dogs and I will have to check out an episode online or on On Demand.
  • I joke about being the entire crossover audience between Glee and Sons of Anarchy. Please tell me there are others of you out there!
  • Speaking of Glee, this week’s episode killed it, unlike last week’s Brittany/Britney trainwreck. One thing in common that several of my favorite shows share is the ability to go from over-the-top absurd to gut-wrenching emotion without missing a beat, and this episode did just that. I was cringing in advance at the idea of a Glee episode featuring religion. But as someone who has both lost and found my own faith a few times over many years, I could actually relate to most of the portrayals of the different characters’ expressions (or rejections) of religion, faith, and spirituality.
  • Speaking of Sons of Anarchy… well, that might involve a rant. Not about the show which is still one of my favorites and in my opinion has some of the best writing out there, but about some of its fans. So I think I’ll save that for another day.

(NaBloPoMo | October ’10: 6 of 31)

A good dog lives forever

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Today is the 16th anniversary of the birth of one of the best dogs that ever lived (and if you can’t say that about every one of the dogs you’ve owned, I am so sorry). We had the honor of sharing life with Oscar for almost a dozen years.

Oscar was around long enough to teach Freya how to be a good Rottweiler before he headed over the bridge in March 2006. And as all good dogs will, he lives forever in our hearts.

(NaBloPoMo | October ’10: 5 of 31)

Total Rottweiler Magazine Issue 3 | 2010 on the way!

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The last few pages were approved at a quarter to eight this morning, and The Total Rottweiler Magazine is now at the printer!

As many of you know, I am involved with the magazine as a volunteer proofreader and copyeditor. I’m also “in charge” of the quarter-page stud dog, brood bitch, upcoming youth, and promising puppies ads, as well as the candid shots pages.

It really is a great magazine, with coverage of Rottweiler shows and sports from all over the world. To give you an idea of the wide variety of events and subjects covered, check out this issue’s contents. So I hope you don’t mind the occasional post here devoted to promoting the heck out of it!

If you love Rottweilers like I do, please check out the website, follow TTRM on Twitter, “like” TTRM on Facebook, and I hope you will subscribe!

I am a member of The Total Rottweiler Magazine’s editorial board; it is an unpaid position. In exchange for my work on the magazine, I do receive advertising space and a complimentary subscription.

(NaBloPoMo | October ’10: 4 of 31)