There is something wonderfully creepy to me about dageurreotypes. Enshrined in their coffin-esque cabinets adorned with red velvet & ornate, gilded fleur de lis, the haunting fotos never fail to compel me to look over my shoulder...but...I've always been rather self-indulgent in the imagination dept...whatever the case, may ye enjoy yer coffee as this slide-show glides by... We once again visit the storied Dog Collar Museum...ensconced in the fabulous Norman stronghold of Leeds Castle is this fascinating collection of dog collars! Not all of the collars shown below are in the Leeds collection...no...I summoned them from the aethyric archives of the www...this was merely to entice you into donning your Wellies & hopping into your Range Rover with me, but first lets stop off at the pub for a pint or two... At 33.99$ per 2.5 lb. bag you're getting ALOT of treats...pure, grass-fed USA raised beef! I'm on 2 weeks of assessing these...& I'm quite thrilled with them.
There's nothing worse than fleas (except for the chemicals commonly used to "treat" for fleas). Fleas are an appalling little beast...& they carry tapeworms, which are just another revulsion... It takes quite an effort to evict fleas naturally...but, in my estimation, this option is the ONLY option...as chemicals go against everything I believe in if there is the slightest option at not using em. Let's say someone came over & brought fleas with them...yes...it can & does happen. People are quite filthy...
As soon as humanly possible, sequester your location...1) launder all bedding & clothing (using Zum & Borax)...your stuff & the dog's. 2) bathe your dog with a natural flea shampoo... & 3) deftly apply Borax to your floors & carpets...then 4) leave with your 4-legged for at least 3 hours...5) vacuum up with a Shop-Vac. If you don't have anything on-hand for flea shampoo use Dawn Original dish detergent or Head & Shoulders Dandruff shampoo.... The best way to shampoo your dog is to THOROUGHLY saturate her with warm water. Saturating a Golden Retriever adult to the skin takes 30 minutes. So, be certain your dog is wholly saturated from nose to tip-of-tail. Then, in a large container, add shampoo...then add enough warm water to make a giant vat of lather. Yay, you've started the saponification process...using a pouf, saturate pouf in billowing lather and rub this all over the dog....this method effectively lathers every area of the beast while removing one step...lathering. So...good. Pouf the pooch. Rinse thoroughly. Very, very thoroughly & repeat the shampoo, always avoiding eyes. I do the head last...but, I make certain to create a lather-barrier between head & body immediately. A Golden Retriever requires at least 5 bath sheet/towels... Towel dry & then take towels to laundry machine immediately. Dry dog outside. I recommend a Double K dog dryer...their hose is more user-friendly than K9 III, for instance. I suggest a 2nd natural flea shampooing on the following day just to wipe out any stragglers. And a thorough out-of-doors blow-dry. This baby will blast fleas & eggs off of the dog. Just envision herbally poisoned fleas still hanging on by a thread....they won't make it past the power-blow. Now worm your dog. Then treat your yard with Cedarcide & a hose-attachment ( I use a commercial-grade hose attachment with stainless steel hardware). I treat the perimeter of high-volume areas with Borax. Maintain an astute watch... I love the ozone machine...they should be used when NO ONE is in home. Including birds... & the room should be well-aired after ozonation. Avoid having essential oils in the air when using this grand machine...& voila. You're G2G. Brooklyn-born Harrison Fisher was the son-of-a-son-of-an-artist. Known as "Father of a Thousand Girls" (a moniker given to him by Cosmopolitan Magazine for whom he'd created more than 300 covers)... he spent most of his youth in San Francisco & studied there under French artist, Amedee Joullin...(see two of his gorgeous paintings in the slideshow below). Though Harrison was known for his book & magazine covers...(he also illustrated 80 covers of Saturday Evening Post), it's for creating the whole Gibson Girl phenomenon from which he truly won acclaim, as Dorothy Gibson (the Gibson Girl) was his favourite model! Herein, Harrison manages to capture a place & time quite astutely...rendering an atmosphere & mood to that fleeting transition of women in society. W.R. Hearst purportedly stated that he attempted to keep Harrison so busy that he'd not work for other publications... Remarkably, we know little of Mr. Fisher...yet...as shown, he knew much of us! His dogs are marvelous, as is his uncanny portrayal of them in American art... |
AuthorHowl-O! I'm Julia Jensen- devoted student of dogs & religious sampler of cheesecake, wheat beer, huehuetenango coffee & almost any chocolate out there. I indulge these fancies & more, in the remote silence of the pacific NW. *PLEASE NOTE* The videos selected for bloghism could be construed as "disturbing" to those of certain bents, sensitivities, natures, mind-sets, etc.. I have a distinct interest in relaying footage of dogs doing what they have been doing for centuries....& in some cases, I also include dog show footage just as a matter of interest. If you do not like my selections, by all means, do not view them. Archives
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