Nyxie is Art , an Honest Kitchen and a Planet of Dogs

I'm so far behind in reading everyone's posts, that I feel out of the loop!  I'm not going anywhere, or doing anything necessarily fun, but I am doing something exciting.  I'm working on a little business venture with some friends that may turn out to be something big.  Don't worry - No basement chemistry involved - it's entirely legit ;)  But it is using up every moment of free time that seems to come my way.

In catching up with some of those loose ends, I want to share a few things:

First, Nyxie is Art!  An artist by the name of William Gilliam came up with a genius idea to paint 150 dog breeds in 6 months.  His concept is summed up nicely at the Dog Art Today blog here.  More detailed info can be found on the artist's own website, The Canine Portrait Project blog here.  The best part of all is that Nyxie was accepted as one of the many subjects for his book and a percentage of his proceeds will go towards helping the Big Island Humane Society in Hawaii where he lives!  Here is his rendition of my baby:

Nyxie the Black German Shepherd by William Gilliam

Second, I'm an affiliate of The Honest Kitchen, a wonderful family owned dog and cat food company that promotes natural feeding through dehydrated human grade ingredients.  I first heard of them through another great dog (wonderfully philanthropic) company, Planet Dog. - they have a company store in Portland, Maine where my friend, Jamie used to work.  This is also where Nyxie's cracker-dog puppy classes were held and where I first learned of raw feeding.  Before so many other businesses jumped on the idea of holistic food choices for dogs, Planet Dog's freezers were stocked.

So why am I suddenly talking about these guys?  Well, Planet Dog is a great company that donates tons of money to the Planet Dog Foundation.  A worthy and dog-centered organization that creates a better universe?  Yeah, I'll talk about them all day long.  And The Honest Kitchen?  Well, I've been feeding Preference (their dehydrated recipe to supplement the protein you provide in a raw diet) since Nyxie came home to us years ago.  I love their company and their foods. This month they're featuring Preference and giving a discount through their website.  I figured I'd share it with you  :)

So that's what's going on here.  And now, the girls will enjoy the sunbeams and I'm going to go catch up on some much missed reading...