Dog Potty for Patio

Now that Paul and I have moved to Colorado, I don't know if I mentioned that but yes Paul and I now live in Denver, Colorado, we live in a townhouse without a yard, which means every time the dogs need to do their business we have to take them outside.  It isn't so bad now, but I am sure soon enough if might get annoying especially since I am used to just opening up the back door and letting them run wild in the yard.  So I googled "dog potty for patio" and found this amazing device called the Porch Potty for Dogs. I am not sure if we will buy this or just make our own version. Check this thing out. It has its own fire hydrant and sprinkler system. This is very similar to the potty stations in the airports.

Grad School Graduation Day

Charlie is ready to walk with me at Graduation Today!  Pretty soon I will have my MA in Arts Management! Click HERE to read how to make a graduation hat for your dog or child.

Charlie Playing the Piano

Happy Sunday! xoxo Charlie Pants.

 

Have you heard about Charlie Pants Music?  It is a virtual music studio offering online vocal lessons to students around the world. 

Vocal lessons are available for the beginner student all the way through to the advanced and professional student.  Some reasons singing students love taking singing lessons online.

1. Don't have to battle traffic to rush to lessons
2. It is convenient and easy
3. Sound quality and quality of lesson are just as good as in person vocal lessons
4. Singing students can live anywhere in the world and study with Leah Stone, a certified Speech Level Singing Instructor.

Charlie Pants Music also offers in person lessons at its vocal studio location in Denver/Boulder, Colorado.  Leah Stone also travels regularly to teach singing lessons and vocal classes in Boston, New York City, Chicago, Denver, Boulder, Washington DC, Richmond, and Los Angeles.

VOCAL AND MUSIC TRAINING OFFERED IN: 

- Singing lessons
- Guitar and Piano Accompaniment lessons

- Songwriting/Arranging lessons
- Stage Presence and Performance lessons
- Executive Speech Presentation Coaching
- Rock, Pop, Alternative, Folk, Jazz, Country, R&B, Indie, Broadway, and Classical lessons and more to all ages and all levels of experience
- Read about Online Singing/Songwriting Lessons 

SKILLS YOU WILL LEARN:

- How to make your natural tone sound its best
- How to develop great vocal control
- Smoothing out the vocal breaks in your voice
- Vocal Stylization
- Stage Presence and Performance
- Songwriting and Lyrics
- Accompanying yourself on guitar and or piano

Contact the vocal studio today to learn more about how you can enhance your singing voice either by in person singing lessons or by online singing lessons via Skype.

Check out what Charlie Pants Music singing students have been doing.

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Service Dogs Helping Heal Vets

Service dogs healing vets - Our Kiran Chetry gets a big wet kiss from a dog who ultimately saved his master from the mental and physical anguish of coming home from war.

Dogs of War

I found this article on CNN

Gotta Watch: Dogs of war

Jacko is honored for his military service.

May 6th, 2011

11:43 AMET

The recent mission to capture and kill Osama bin Laden has only underscored the need for military canine units. It was recently revealed that part of the SEAL team included a dog , who was choppered in to help identify possible threats to his team. These videos highlight stories of heroic military dogs during times of peace and war.

Deployed canines honored - A dog who survives six IED explosions surely deserves a war monument. Jacko is just one of many dogs to be honored at the F. Walton working dog memorial.

'The dog saved his life' - Family members of a fallen Marine express their deep gratitude for a dog named Bingo, who sacrificed his life to save his master.

Watch American Morning weekdays 6am to 9am ET. For the latest from American Morning click here.

Patrick the Pit Bull

Pit bull abandoned in NJ gains worldwide following

 
AP – A 1-year-old pit bull nicknamed Patrick sits Tuesday, April 5, 2011, near piles of gifts donated to him … 

 

By SAMANTHA HENRY, Associated Press Samantha Henry, Associated Press – Fri Apr 8, 3:50 pm ET

NEWARK, N.J. – When an emaciated pit bull found at the bottom of a trash chute in New Jersey was rushed to a veterinary emergency room last month, doctors there thought he would be dead within the hour.

Instead, the scrappy pup, nicknamed Patrick, has defied the odds and is getting stronger by the day.

"He is a tremendous fighter," said Dr. Thomas Scavelli, the director and founder of the Garden State Veterinary Specialists, the pet hospital in Tinton Falls where Patrick is being treated. "There are very few animals, or any life form, that could have gone through and survived what he has, and really never looked back."

Hospital staffers, who named the dog for his reddish fur and because he was found the day before St. Patrick's Day, have been chronicling his progress on their website and a Facebook page that has garnered fans from around the world. He's received hundreds of emails, donations, gifts and letters from those inspired by his tale of survival.

When Patrick was brought to the hospital after being rescued by officials at the Associated Humane Societies, he was so starved, emaciated and dehydrated he was curled into a ball, unable to walk or stand. His ribcage protruded, he weighed about 20 pounds — roughly 30 pounds less than average — and was covered in sores with parts of skin hanging off him, according to Patricia Smillie-Scavelli, Thomas Scavelli's wife and the administrator of the hospital.

"Everyone thought that, you bring in an animal like that, that looks like it's really just a corpse, you put it to sleep," Smillie-Scavelli said. "But of course, he looked up at you with those eyes, and you say: How can you give up on this dog? How can you, when he's not giving up on life? So, we gave him that second chance, and he has just run with it, and thrived."

Today, after weeks of emergency measures that included a transfusion of three pints of dog blood, a special diet, medicine and physical therapy, Patrick continues gaining weight — currently weighing just over 29 pounds — is finally eating solid food, and enjoys taking outdoor walks in the sun and playing with the many toys that well-wishers have sent him.

Click HERE to read full story

Grad School Graduation

I graduate on May 20 from my Master of Arts in Arts Management program.  I can not wait. I have loved this degree and am really happy with the education I have received from my program.  All I need now is to find a job using my degree :)

I am planning on walking at graduation with Charlie.  My cap and gown will be green and I want to make Charlie a graduation hat to wear as he walks with me across the stage.

I found this great tutorial on Little Birdie Secrets and thought I would share it with you.  Now all I need is to go shopping for green felt.

how to make a graduation cap

Cue "Pomp and Circumstance." Yes, it's that time of year again. Stacy's son and my son go to the same preschool, and today was their last day of school. Since there wasn't a formal graduation ceremony, one cute mom took it upon herself to plan a wonderful program, complete with little felt graduation caps. I believe she bought them from Oriental Trading Company, but when we saw them we thought, like we always do, "we could makes those!" And now you can, too. This size was perfect for our five-year-olds, but it also fit Stacy's little one and ME! The elastic is the key.

Felt Graduation Cap Tutorial

What you'll need:

*Felt (about 22" by 22")
*Needle and thread
*Small piece of elastic, about 1 inch long
*Sewing machine
*Embroidery floss or yarn
*Piece of light cardboard or heavy card stock (see link to video for more information)

1. Cut two pieces of felt that are 9 inches by 9 inches. Cut one piece of felt that is 2 ½ inches by 22 inches.

2. Sew the long band (2 ½ inches by 22 inches) together at the short side using a ¼ inch seam Turn inside out so the seam is on the inside of the band

3. Fold one of the 9 x9 squares in half to make a triangle and again to make a smaller triangle.



4. Measure 3 inches from the point of the triangle and make a mark on one side, again in the middle, and again on the other side of the triangle. Cut out the center of the triangle in an ice cream cone shape using your 3 inch marks as a guide




5. Pin the square piece with the circle cut out to the band. Sew together using a ¼ inch seam.




6. Place the whole square piece on top of the hat and sew all four sides together. Please note that I accidentally left my seam on the outside in this picture. Don’t do that or you will be able to see the seam. It should be on the inside of the hat.



7. Cut a piece of elastic about 1 inch long. Sew this to the inside of the hat over the seam. As you sew, pull the elastic as tight as possible. Really stretch it out. You want it to bunch back up when you are done sewing. This will help the hat stay on.



8. Make a tassel using your floss or yarn and piece of cardboard. You can use this great video tutorial (or watch it here) if you need help.


9. Using needle and thread, sew your tassel to the top center of the hat.


Congratulations Class of 2009!!!

Pedigree Dog Shoot

Refuge from the Rain

I was taking Charlie to downtown DC to meet up with some friends and we got stuck in a torrential downpour. While walking for 2 miles in the rain and carrying Charlie in my coat, I found myself mumbling words i wouldnt say around my mother and realized I needed to find some refuge. As my shoes sloshed on the sidewalk, I rounded a corner and found the most charming coffee house/bakery called Buzz Bakery. The ambiance was hip, the staff was fantastically friendly to me and Charlie, and the treats were heavenly. I bought myself a massive chocolate chip cookie, a hot drink, and sat myself down on a comfy couch in the corner. After a sugar buzz, a half hour of people watching, listening to stress calming Michael Buble, and ten minutes spent under the hand dryer I am ready to adventure out again.

Thanks Buzz Bakery in Alexandria VA! Your hospitality was most appreciated.





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Charlie's birthday

I forgot to post about Charlie's Birthday! We were in Asheville NC when he turned 6 so we bought him and Jack some doggie cupcakes at Three Dogs Bakery! I really loved this store.  They had tons of yummy looking treats which are made with all natural ingredients so even humans can eat them.  I kind of wanting to try something, but I didn't.

Happy Birthday Charlie Pants!
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Dog Playing Dead

I saw this on Facebook and thought I would share it with all of you.  Be ready to laugh.  This is a video of Bailey the Dog playing dead in his Oscar winning performance on David Letterman.  Way to go Bailey!

Doggy Rain Boots-Are you Kidding Me

Okay in my search for a picture of human rain boots, which by the way if you check HERE you will see the raddest rain boots ever that I got a couple days ago, I ran across this picture of dog rain boots.




I need to run out immediately and buy these for my two dogs, Jack and Charlie, seeing as I already own the matching pair of dogs,

now they need a matching set of waterproof rain boots.  That is seriously too funny.  What do you think-yes or no on dog shoes?

Check out funny dog rain coats too.