Doggie Portraits by Layla

 You know I love art, especially portraits of dogs like moi.  Here is my 9 year old pal showing some of her fantastic drawings that really capture the essence of dogginess.  The one on the left  shows dog the calculator, the diviner of sums, the thinker.  On the right she illustrates the contemplative, sensitive side that all us doggies have.
We got to see these portraits as a preview of Layla's first art show and sale which concentrates on her portraits of dog.  The opening is this Saturday. We are excited!

Noble Dogs of Yore

This book was published a few years ago, but the Feeder just got around to reading it (She is so SLOW!).
She tells me it is a fantastic book that explains much about the strong interaction between us and people.
It is not only a biography of the many dogs that portrayed RTT, but also is a story of his Feeder, Lee Duncan, who is a fascinating character himself. It covers a lot of ground - World War I, silent movies, the early Hollywood years, the talkies, advent of TV and the machinations of the movie business - and is an engrossing read.  (So she says.  As you know we dogs don't read, or if we do, we don't talk about it.)