I have lots of fun googling all the suggestions -- so pretty! I emailed Pat and she replied: that Morning Has Broken is a great yellow, very disease resistant. She hasn't noticed if it has throns. (Can anyone tell me?) And here is a list she gave me of some other light ones that have few thorns or none: Marie Pavie Gruss an Aachen Pink Gruss an Aachen Misty Dawn Echo Lime Sublime I think I am deciding now between Morning Has Broken and Marie Pavie -- which do you think would be better for a no-spraying rose newbie who will probably make a lot of mistakes?

Awww, that is really cute. I put it on my FaceBook page!! Thanks for sharing that!!

First, my heart goes out to you. I am so sorry for your loss of your loyal friend, Cutter. Our dogs that have passed have been cremated as they are just too large to bury. I recently lost my old gal and her ashes are in a beautiful box placed on on one of the shelves of a bookshelf in my office. She has entire shelf to herself. A picture, her nametag, a glass heart dish with hair they cut for me when we had to put her down, a footprint, two different Christmas card pictures from years past. I have a memory candle and some other things friends sent me when I was grieving, a literal entire shrine. Sounds crazy, but I love the shelf and it helps me honor her. We have buried two cats in our back yard as we too live on a wood property and have a creek that runs past our property. Like some of the other posters, we had family ceremony. They were both buried in wooden boxes (friend owns a liquor store and was so kind to give them to us). My daughter was very young when both passed, so they were wrapped in a blanket and placed into the box along with a favorite cat toy, one was buried with a piece of the door trim DH has to replace because Tig had shredded it.)). Any event, we mark the spot with a stone purchased at the local garden center. Many of the homecenters and garden centers now carry the markers. I planted dyanthis (sp) which comes up every spring/summer so we know where they are buried. I can relate to not wanting to accidently dig and disturb a dear friend who has already been buried.

I'm already thinking about my next dood but my husband isn't so sure-he's perusing the rescue cats ;) They do have mini and medium-doods as well. Mine is non-shedding but there is no guarantee, some have straighter coats and they will shed. Purebred Portuguese Water Dogs like Bo and Sunny are very popular around here as well, also have curly hair coats. I think they can be a handful. They only get to medium size and often have lovely colors. One thing I love about Penny is how goofy she is. She bounces everywhere (very slow runner because she runs like pepe le pew). Also I think her muzzle is going to turn out to be too narrow for her body (poodle muzzle on a golden body). So basically she's gonna look weird. She would not be suitable for someone who likes beautiful dignified dogs. You can see the muzzle problem in this photo. It was enlightening hanging out with my foster dog (GORGEOUS brindle shepherd-pit mix) as she was a real show stopper and people crossed the street to meet her based on looks. If I were to get a purebred GSD I would check dam and sire carefully for the cant of the back. It is my personal belief that the steeply sloping back that is currently in vogue is very bad for the hips and legs. Dysplasia is no fun. I think this change in conformation is part of the reason Belgian Malinois' are getting more popular, although my impression is that they are a lot of dog and can be difficult to satisfy their working drive and energy needs. A woman at my work has a Malinois a bit older than my pup and he is still fully in land shark mode, mine has already calmed down a lot. I would never go for a Mali myself as I would be a terrible owner for a hard headed, extremely intelligent, extreme high energy dog. I knew I needed a soft dog and picked a soft puppy for that reason. Signing up for working-dog drive is a big commitment. My sister's sled dog (malamute GSD mix) was impossible to keep up with and very hard to live with for the first 18 mos. Multiple runs per day were not enough.