Themed Thursday...Furry Friends

I have a large collection of dog prints & dog figurines so I was excited about this week's Themed Thursday, hosted by KD @ Southern Whimsy .

First off, this sweet ceramic poodle. She's larger than the rest of my figurines so she lives apart from them. ;o)

Then we'll move on to my collection of vintage dog prints. Most of them are vintage anyway, I will eventually replace any that aren't w/ some that are. I keep them all on the stairway wall. I don't know what I will do when they outgrow this space. ;o)

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This appears to be a photograph of a painting but I can't tell for sure.

One of my favorites! Love the poms checking out the clown.

Hubby & I just bought this one while "tiking.... you'll see it in a future "tiking finds" post.

These last 2, are the 2 that aren't vintage. It'll be kinda hard to give up this one though as it was the very first of my collection. It's really only a sentimental attachment though as I think the colors are too dark for my home.

I have the matching print of this one w/ a girl & a cat but it's not displayed.

Despite what this signs proclaims, I do have a few cats in my collection (the sign was hubby's grandfathers...it hung in one of his businesses. It actually reads "no dogs or cats allowed" but I changed that. ;o) )

This is where I keep all my small dog figurines & veery one of them is vintage. Not a single piece of resin in the collection. I found this wall shelf & knew it would be perfect for them. The rental office sign was another one of PaPa's.

The poodle I found while thrifting recently.

See, I have a couple of cats. I don't usually "do" cats but there is a couple that have stolen my heart.

The doxie, hubby & I bought in Fredericksburg last year on our anniversary trip. The chi I bought for hubby while in Salado w/ my mom.

We found this little soapstone dog while 'tiking a month or so ago but I neevr posted those finds.

My favorite cat because it captures their mischievous personality.

Love teh painting of this westie!

Sweet, playful beagle.

This is one of a pair of vintage bookends.

Beautiful green eyes!

I know he's ugly but he looked so sad that I had to bring him home!

The other of the bookends & a sweet poodle. The antique dealer that I bought it from (for $4!) kept repeating, "you know that it has been broken & glued back together right?" & then she went on to say "it is supposed to be attached to another poodle but that one is missing."

Like, because it had flaws, I would be uninterested. I don't think so! Flaws add character for me.

This painting looks just my Gizzy. For about 5 minutes, right after he's groomed. ;o) I bought it on eBay...put in a maximum bid & won it for $11! Yep, $11 for an original oil painting. I guess it was an off week & noone saw the auction 'cause her paintings go for alot more than that. She does beautiful work & she does several breeds...you can check out her auctions here. http://stores.ebay.com/MONIQUEDOGS

Saw this little doggie creamer & had to have it. Ooops, I was wrong...this piece isn't vintage.

There you go...hope you enjoyed my collection. Head over to KD's to see everybody else's furry friends.