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. 

 

Ta-Da!

 Look what showed up while I was watching the telly. I don't know what we are celebrating!

That sinking feeling........

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

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”.

Preparations....

Summer not yet over - a strange time to gather the holly but Christmas in August is how it is at the Terriers' Club. New designs for 2019 arriving all the time!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTerriersClub?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=15870974

We're off to the seaside.......

The Terriers' Club is moving house - southwards to the seaside! Expect more terriers frolicking on the shore and pulling on the prom soon.....

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!

In the frame....

 A charming little dog in a frame taken from some French early 20th century dog prints. My drawing was inspired by a customer's enchanting pup......

New Minis.......

New Mini Prints including Terrier in Flight.........
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/628939417/bull-terrier-miniature-print-montgolfier?ref=shop_home_active_1

It comes to something.......

Threat of Poodles at the Terriers' Club! They could even be French......

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

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!

Large selection of cards ready for the festive season available at my Etsy shop.....
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTerriersClub?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=15870974

Fred and Ginger.....

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

More silly dogs in hats.....

In Churchillian mode.... classic Homburg hat, bowtie and weighty thoughts.