Should dogs be taught manners?

The doorbell rings. Bella and Mia, my two loyal dogs, bark on cue. I let them get it out of their system, then I hush them. When I answer the door, they rush pass me and try to sniff and jump on my poor guest. Of course, I gently scold them as I pull them down and order them to leave my guest alone.

Do my dogs have bad manners? I believe so. Should owners teach their dog manners? I think so. I've seen the display of dog with no manners more times than I want to remember. I cringe as I watch an owner's dog jump, sniff, and beg for attention. All I can think of, is comparing them to a young child impatiently pulling on the pants leg of their parent while they try to talk to another adult. Do we tell the child to stop? Yes. So, why don't we tell our pets to stop?

A birthday surprise

I just finished a rush job for a woman's husband's birthday. She wanted a 24x36 canvas print. It was a hard project to do-time frame, three panel, and not the greatest photos to work with. Here are the originals:

She wanted oranges, blacks, reds, possibly some other colors, and no blues.

After a couple of hours, I finished with several proofs.

You can find the proof page here:

http://www.tmoodydesigns.com/sharon.html

If you don't have time to visit it, here are some of designs:

Here is the one she picked:

I think he'll love it!

My favorite dog art piece-Alaskan Malamute Art

This was the first dog art piece I did and one of my most popular ones. I have to say this dog art piece is my favorite, because it started it all and from there, I have done hundreds of custom and adoptable dog art.

The Alaskan Malamute is a very pretty dog. I love doing dog art pieces of this breed.
We have different products available with this dog art piece on it. A popular product is the kids tshirt that also comes in toddler and baby sizes. Or, you can order one on a mug.

We also have pillows, clocks, note cards and greeting cards, plus other shirts and house hold products with the dog art on it.

http://www.tmoodydesigns.com

Puggle Dog Art-prints, shirts, office

The puggle is such a cute new breed! They are the result of the mixture of a female beagle and a male pug. My cousins used to have a pug and I think this type of a puggle is a lot cuter-lol.

This puggle came from a dog shelter. She inspired me to do a different kind of dog art piece then my normal textures.

You can find this puggle art piece on a variety of items.

Such as beautiful puggle prints.

Puggle magnets.

Puggle sweatshirts.

Puggle shirts.

Even puggle mousepads!

There are many other items available, like puggle dog art clocks, kid's shirts, even a puggle mug!

Check out our store at either

http://www.cafepress.com/tmoodydesign

or

http://www.tmoodydesigns.com/

A yucky day!

I was getting spring fever this weekend with the nice weather change and anxious to get outside and take some pics but now instead of buckets of snow, we're getting buckets of rain! I guess its better as rain then snow but not for the folks that live near the Mississippi and have to worry about flooding banks.

Mia going to her "potty spot" last week.

Today-yuck!

On a brighter side, I finally sold an art piece in my display case at Bucktown- yeah!

This piece just happens to be the very first dog art canvas piece that I did and I had decided to put it up for the heck of it.

I was wondering if I was even going to keep the case because I didnt see much business from it and wondered if there was a demand for pet art in this area. (most of my business comes from online) The director told me that the client was excited to find out that I do custom pet art and so that gave me hope to pursue it further so I ordered a bunch of new prints and canvases and I am going to change everything out to new fresh stuff so if you get a chance to go down there, Im on the 2nd floor. You cant miss me-Im the only pet art display-lol!

This one is my favorite of the pieces going up.

It was such a perfect shot. Koodles to the owner who caught a great shot!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hello everyone!

What a great new year this will be! I'm starting this year with a new blog geared towards my pet sites, http://www.tmoodydesigns.com/ and Unleashed Pet Photography at: http://www.tmoodyphotography.com/ . I took some shots this morning of Mia, our little pup even though she didn't seem too much in the mood.

Mia hiding under the table.

Poor Mia was just trying to take a nap!

Oops! Stuck this one in from this summer.

And here is our little kitty Star, hanging out on the stairs.