Dogs Today.......

A big thank you to Dogs Today magazine for including my jolly birthday card https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/785668441/english-bull-terrier-birthday-cake-card?ref=shop_home_active_10&frs=1in their September edition "Dog Crush" which focused on the English Bull Terrier. 

Nice to be in such good company. 

 

That sinking feeling........

when it's still only August but you suddenly realize that Christmas is just around the corner!

a quick pick me up.......

A terrier with balloons never fails to cheer........

Inspired by a true story...........

A sketch in progress on a cheese theme (popular with the canine classes). I had a dog who knew when we were merely considering eating some cheese and nowhere near the kitchen..........

Harmless entertainment......

I have posted this link to the Nobel Prize Pavlov's Dog game  before  - https://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/pavlov/pavlov.htmlhttps://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/pavlov/pavlov.html
but it is still very amusing and a useful entertainment which never fails to keep me amused. Ideal for these troubled times. It may not even be a bull terrier, (but I think it is........)

From a terrier's perspective......

Looking for entertainment, I have chanced upon more Bull terriers in the public eye. The British Film Institute ( https://player.bfi.org.uk/) has an impressive collection of archive film as you might expect. Log in for free, go to collections and under the heading Cats V Dogs is a charming 1943 government film encouraging people to stub out their cigarettes properly featuring a bull terrier............

Meanwhile in the park.........

Lockdown has meant that I have had to temporarily close my Etsy shop. Apologies to all customers past and present. I will reopen when I can get supplies with greater certainty and it is safe to resume. 
The plus side is that I have more time to draw. I will publish my scribblings on this blog, with a view to turning them into cards for the shop when I reopen.

Meanwhile, the dogs here in Cowes, Isle of Wight are oblivious to lockdown. I've never lived anywhere with so many happy dogs, having fun in the park or on the seafront.
Here's a couple of bull terriers in convivial mode.......

the literary dog.......

Now that we have time to concentrate on the things that normally go by the wayside, it is a pleasure to catch up on reading and even better to chance upon a literary bull terrier when you least expect it. 
I was reading Angela Carter's (feminist author and writer of Magic Realism) "The Magic Toyshop" when my favourite dog unexpectedly marched into the plot as the family guard dog, loyal friend and a dog of independent spirit.
She evidently knew the breed well......


“It was a portrait of the white bull terrier, executed with incredible precision, Every white hair seemed visible on the pink painted skin, as if brushed in separately, and you would see the grainy texture of the nose. The bull terrier sat squatly full-face on a spiky tuft of grass. It had a wicker, flower-girl basket of pinks and daisies in its mouth. Drops of dew trembled on the flowers. The dog’s eyes glittered unnaturally because they were made of pieces of coloured glass stuck onto the canvas.
Behind him was a rocky shore and a sea with many white-capped rollers in parallel lines, under an ominous, bruise-coloured, storm-laden sky with a streaky, orange sunset.
The dog commanded the entire room. There was something official about it, as if it were a guard-dog or sentinel on the constant qui vive behind its glass eyes taking turn and turn about with the real house -dog, and the basket of flowers was stuck in its mouth with an intent to disarm, an accessory borrowed to lend it a harmless look. There was no sign of the real dog but for a baking dish full of fresh water on the floor by the sink. He was evidently off-duty.”
Angela Carter “The Magic Toyshop”.

Pick up a Penguin.....

A Happy New Year! It has been a while since I posted anything here so will make it worthwhile with this perfectly silly mutation of the classic Penguin books logo into something much more like a bull terrier......... both are classics in their own way. Not that I have time on my hands!

Not long now......

Warming up for the Party Season! Check out the card selection at the Terriers' Club Shop:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTerriersClub?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=15870974

Coming all too soon!

Yes, it's Christmas in August as usual for me! Here's the first of this year's batch of Christmas cards to add to the selection.....
No need to get that tree yet though.......somebody tell the dog.
Early bird offer available from the Terriers' Club on Etsy
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/481533504/bull-terrier-christmas-cards-any-15-of?ref=shop_home_active_1

Free UK Shipping

All my large single cards now ship free in the UK.......
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTerriersClub?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=8117530

New A3 Posters

Larger than life! New A3 posters to add some Bull Terrier cheer in my Etsy shop now...https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/598967799/bull-terrier-with-kong-cheerful-dog-with?ref=shop_home_active_1

More hats....

Bonaparte, Nelson and now Churchill. Whose hats are safe from these wretched dogs?
Heroes in Hats cards from the Terriers' Club.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/540309512/heroes-dogs-in-hats-bull-terrier-fun?ref=shop_home_active_7

New Posters..

Larger (A3) size prints of some popular dogs......!

See the Poster section in my shop:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTerriersClub?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=22177655https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTerriersClub?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=22177655

Winged Bullie

My Valentine's scribbles lead me to ponder the realities of a winged terrier armed to the teeth. Never mind bird strike this could be a real hazard for aircraft.....

Business as usual.....

A Happy Christmas from the Terriers' Club!

Fred and Ginger.....

Let's face the music and dance........

Sequins.....

A bit of Bull Terrier bling......

Strange crew!

The faceless ones............ awaiting new identities. Coming soon!