Wednesday, August 9, 2006

8  weeks -  6 days

2 lb. 5˝ oz.

My goodness, where does the time fly.  Tomorrow Sparkle will be 9 weeks old.
 

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First thing this morning, I received a phone call from the Animal Planet channel.  They wanted to do a story about Chanda.  I had to tell them that Chanda has passed away, but the young man that phoned already knew that.  They would like me to provide them with some film footage of her doing her tricks.  They need all this before October.  This might sound like a lot of time for me to get this done....NOT!

Little puppies are very 'creative' when 'Mommy' isn't watching.

Yesterday, www.celltei.com sent Sparkle one of their carry bags.  I just couldn’t resist taking a few pictures.  I was always making carry bags for Chanda.  This bag is made so well made…and really beautiful.  I was truly impressed.  If you go to Celltei's website you will see literally hundreds of different styles.

There is a pocket for an ice pack, a built in spot for a bottle of water, a tray in the bottom of the bag in case of a little accident.  My little ‘angel’ probably will not need to worry about that!  She won’t be having any accidents. 
Tommy picked up a piece of white carpet to put in the bottom instead.
 It will be her home away from home.

We had a little shopping to do, so we took Sparkle out for a car ride.  When we went into any of the stores, Sparkle was in the bag.  She cried a bit at first. Maybe it was the motion of the bag that made her a little tense.  By the end of the shopping...she was doing just fine. 

Everywhere we went, people stopped to ask about the bag. 

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Years ago, shortly after Chanda had her first Guinness Record, the owner of Pethall.com sent me an e-mail asking for more information about Chanda.  Pethall literally made Chanda a household word around the World.  Hundreds of people were logging on to Chanda’s website to learn more about the amazing little dog from Canada.   As of this morning, the total number was  '29,293'. 

Pethall is at it again.  They are about to follow the career of ‘Sparkle’.

Do you suppose that means checking up on ‘me’ to see if I can train another dog to respond to so many hand and verbal commands? 
This is all very exciting!

Please take the time to click this link. 

http://www.pethall.com/index.htm