Little Heathens

Ruffles and I after he peed on the cone in the obedience ring. Little heathen was lucky he didn't end up with a clothes pin on his winky!

Ruffles informing me about something! Yep, he is an opinionated Little Heathen!

Rainbow. This one speaks for itself...Little Heathen!

This one is of Shaker, but I had one just like it of Ruffles. (Unfortunately it was lost in a computer crash) Little Heathen but crazy endearing, 'eh?)

Shaker and Russ created this little masterpiece just 2 days before our wedding. Yep, just two days later, we had 100+ people on this deck. We cleared taped it for the day and now it has pet resistant screening, a dog door and appropriate screen guard. Little Heathens!

Kathy and I recently read Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish. First, let me highly recommend this book. It is not only thought provoking and well written, but it is a fun read. So what does this have to do with a Cardi blog?

Well, we recently settled on two kinds of dogs in our house--kitchen dogs and rowdy dogs. The kitchen dogs are well behaved, seldom make messes, always come when called and generally are easy to live with dogs. The rowdy dogs (Russ, Shaker and Rainbow) seldom come in when called, chew things they shouldn't, bark and well they are just a bit more rowdy.

Yesterday Kathy suggested that 'Little Heathens" fit their personality a great deal better than rowdy bunch. And she was right! The Ruffles, Shaker and Rainbow clan are very endearing, great performers, quick to please and, at times, quite naughty!

So give Little Heathens a read and I'll bet you see your Cardigans, as well as, mine ensconced in the pages of this absolutely delightful book.