Bad Blogger!

I'm just not cut out for this blogging thing!

I don't know if anyone even reads this, but I'm trying to cover all my bases for my August plans. I will be traveling most of the month. Orders placed from now until August 24 will be processed the last week of August and should ship by Friday, September 12.

My travel plans include shows every weekend--2 in Wisconsin, 1 in Michigan, and 2 in Minnesota. Busy, busy, busy! I'll be checking email occasionally while I'm gone.

We're also sandwiching a family vacation to Michigan to visit my in-laws into all of this. That's the reason for one of the WI and the MI trials. Should be fun to go somewhere new!

Take care all!

Love your dogs....

I try to keep this blog strictly business, but when my personal life affects the business, I feel compelled to let you all know. This is one of those times.

My 8-1/2 year old brindle Great Dane, Mackenzie, is not going to be around much longer. She probably has 1-2 weeks left and I'm trying to make the most of it. So business will go on, but at a slightly slower-than-usual pace.

I do not write this to receive a flood of well-meaning, sympathetic email. As much as I appreciate the thought, I would rather you use the time it would take to write to me and go play with your dogs. Love 'em up because we only get them for a short time.

Thank you for your continued support of GreatDanePhotos.

East this time!

I'm heading east this Wednesday for the Great Dane National Specialty to be held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I will not be checking email again until Holloween, so hopefully no one has a photo emergency for those two weeks.

MAC USDAA and BOTC orders are all out, with a couple of exceptions. I'm frantically working on NADAC Championships orders and hope to have most of them out by the end of the week. Key City orders are started but probably won't ship until the beginning of November.

Have a good fall and safe travels to all!

Westward ho!

BOTC proofs are up! If things were too crazy for you at the booth this weekend, now's your chance to shop in peace.

I'm off this morning to Gillette, Wyoming for the NADAC Championships. I'll be home late in the day on Tuesday, Sept 25.

Take care!

upcoming travel

If you keep an eye on my travel schedule, you know I'll be at the NADAC Championships starting Wednesday, September 19. I will leave this Friday and be in Bloomington for their trial, and then I'll leave from there Monday morning for Gillette, Wyoming. I will have email access, but NADAC is famous (or notorious!) for the loooooooong days so no guarantees that I'll actually read it. The moral of this story is--if you need something soon, email or call me ASAP. Otherwise, I won't get to it until September 26 at the earliest.

Order updates: Most of the Little Falls USDAA orders are out, with the last few shipping this week. A good portion of the St. Croix Valley and MMBC orders went out Friday. Most of the ones that remain are the orders including tshirts. Those should go out by the end of the week.

I will not be processing the MAC USDAA orders or the BOTC orders until after I get home from Wyoming, but they will take priority over orders from Champs.

Fall is my busiest time, so please be patient (and a little persistant) if you need to get in touch with me. The best way to communicate is to talk to me *in person* at a trial.

Take care all! Safe travels!

finally an update!

I guess I'm not cut out to be a regular blogger, but here's the latest from GDP.

Orders through July have almost all gone out. I think there's a few from the Iowa dressage show that will ship this week.

Orders from August are in process. Most of the Tails in Motion USDAA orders will ship this week or be delivered to the MAC USDAA trial this coming weekend. I'm starting to work on St. Croix Valley KC orders and hope to be able to start shipping them next week.

Turnaround time FOR WEB ORDERS is approacing 6 weeks and will probably remain that way for the fall. If you want your order sooner, please order at the trial.

That's all for now! See you ringside!

And the winners are....

Chris Williams (dog - Belle) and Shirley Wallace (dog - Whisk)!!! Congrats to the two of you and enjoy spending your gift certificate! And just in case you didn't know the dog in the photo--it was Kelly Mullett's Teddie.

For those of you who entered but did not win, thanks for playing. I've already got the next few weeks planned out, so be sure to stop by the booth at the BOTC trial this weekend to see who the new "Dog of the Week" is! You may be the next winner!

I'm off in a few hours for a Vizsla Specialty in St. Peter on Friday and then the BOTC Agility trial for the weekend. No email while I'm gone.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend everyone!