Email Bag

I got 3 alarmed emails telling me my blog was broken and that half the posts were gone.  Fear not, dear readers, all is well.  I probably should fore-warn you when changes happen, and surely I would have had the Wicker Lady not called me to work for her this morning.  This volunteer gig is demanding! 

I've made it so only the dog and MS posts are on the front page.  You'll see if there's new posts by looking at the sidebar, either the calendar or the handy dandy gizmo that they give me to show specifically that there's a new post. 

I also got another email that made me ponder.  It follows:

"i was googling images of Volkswagen beetles when i notice the picture below:

can you tell me what breed this dog is? I found a puppy 13 years ago and he looks like a close relative. the vet guessed he was likely a dachshund and terrier mix."

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First of all, it was un-nerving to receive an email with a picture of MY dog in it.  I suddenly had doubts about the wisdom of blogging and sharing photographs of the little darlings.  Not having children in the early advent of the Internet, I've not really thought about the safety of the dogs.  I mean, they are so cute, it's easy to imagine that someone might covet the little darlings.  Or stalk them!  Dog stalkers.  I've heard of them, yes I have. 

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Then I wondered how a picture of Jeffrey came up when she googled "Volkswagen beetles".  You'd think that images from my Bug Album would come up.  So I googled beetles myself.  Sure enough, on the 4th page, there's a picture of Jeffrey in the middle of a bunch of Volkswagen beetles.  That was curious.  Jeffrey is not a VW.  And then?  Imagine my horror when I read "hit by Volkswagen Beetle" under his picture!  This was allll sorts of wrong.  I looked closer at the picture - maybe it wasn't him after all.  Nope, that's him.  This is false representation of my dog and my blog!  Call the Internet Police - I need a Google Gag Order. 

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Not to mention that evidently I've been marketing the blog completely wrong.  To hell with the tags "MS" and "Multiple Sclerosis" and "Mutt and Jeff" and "Muttin/Jeff" and "dog blog" for the search words that will supposed find my blog and bring in gaggles of readers.  I need to focus on "Volkswagon Beetles".  I can certainly post a picture of a beetle every day. 

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But to answer her question... I have no idea what kind of dog he is,  nor his sister.  The vets say some sort of terrior mix.  I used to call them just plain 'Terriorists' until that became politically incorrect because of 9/11.  They're about a foot tall, scraggly looking in the winter, and I shave them close in the summer.  Or when I'm sick of winter, so then I'll give them a haircut in the hopes that having no fur coat will bring on the summer weather.  We won't talk about how the last two years when I've done that, the biggest winter storm of the year dumped tons of snow on us. 

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Here are a couple of more pictures for your viewing pleasure. 

Big hunter guy. 

A close-up.

And his sister  Muttin. 

Oh, and cousin Duke.

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