The snow-white Kuvasz is Hungary's majestic guardian of flocks and companion of kings. A working dog of impressive size and strength, the imposing and thickly coated Kuvasz is a beautiful, smart, profoundly loyal, but challenging breed. I made this sculpture in a large scale. Posing in our Minnesota winter weather seemed the perfect fit for this beauty.

 A portrait of Jennie

You probably have dozens of photos in your cellphone of your dog doing something adorable.

But someday you might want to have an image of your best friend that's good enough to hang over the mantle.

That's when you want to commission a local artist like Kat Corrigan (katcorrigan.com) , Hannah Frick (hannahfrickart.com), Leslie Plesser (shuttersmack.com) or Kristin Williams (kristinwilliams.com) to do a portrait of your pooch.

You can even memorialize your pet as a miniature fur, fiber and wool sculpture done by artist Lucy Francis (lucyfrancisminiatures.com).

Costs run from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, depending on the project. 

Groundhog Day

 In honor of all the groundhogs crawling out to tell us how much winter is left here is my sculpture of Winnie the Groundhog.

A very loved pet this Winnie sculpture is a memorial piece. 

Enjoy this sweet baby.

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Italiano Spinone

 Huck!

Huck comes from a show dog family. He's a specimen in this breed. I feel I captured his character in this piece.  

I hope you enjoy my Huck. 

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Meet the German Shepherd Dog

 I've made many GSD over the year. I must admit they're a favorite breed of mine. I've owned four myself, I find they're the most loyal handsome brilliant breed.

My dogs are not needle felted. When I started making my animals no one was needle felting animals.

These two beauties are memorial pieces from this winter. I hope you enjoy them. 

Visit my website for many past examples of my animals. I have a Sale page as well with a few dogs offered there. 

I hope you enjoy them.

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Dog Health

I started feeding my 12 year old home cooked food over a year ago. The change in his immunity issues are astounding. He no longer has his bi monthly vet visits and has stopped getting skin sores. No more licking and turning his paws pink and no more toenail bed infections. After years of soaks and medications he is completely clear.  His diet does not include poultry but is a simple mix of various proteins and veggies. I include Animal Essential calcium and Ultra Oil.
The most recent supplement I have started giving him a little over a month ago is Trixsyn. Trixsyn helps condition and maintain joints for daily activities by replenishing hyaluronan. Bob was having difficulty getting up stairs due to lack of mobility. Now he seems to have no issues going up and down stairs he once avoided. He will be 13 in a couple months but living better than he has in years.  

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Samoyed

  Miniature Sully was a wedding gift to a lovely young couple. A couple that was determined to get a Samoyed and start the adventure of living with one of these smiling white wonders.  Proving everyone wrong. A Samoyed can live quite happily where the climate is warm.  Behavior and beauty is impeccable.  It was my great honor to make a miniature Sully  both attended the wedding, both behaved beautifully. I want to thank the owners for the great photos of the real Sully with his mini Sully.