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I don’t care for long dogs

Roxanne is obsessed with this horrible anthology of stories by Margaret and H. A. Rey. Over and over again we have to read about Katie Kangaroo and Whiteblack the penguin and Cecily G. and Elizabite. Seriously it is mind numbing, but one of the stories, “Pretzel”, is actually pretty funny. It’s about the longest dog in the world (hence the name) and his efforts to court Greta, the dog across the street. Greta wants nothing to do with Pretzel and no matter what tricks he does or what presents he brings, she just replies, “I don’t care for long dogs.”

Inspired me to draw this in my sketch book

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and to make this
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He’s not quite as long as I had originally intended and this is his second muzzle (Charlie said the first one was “about 2/3 too big and I think he was probably right).

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Here’s his back.
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Comments

  1. Jessica says

    So cute! He turned out great. I just made my first softie, a lambkin – check it out and let me know what you think? – Jessica

  3. carolyn says

    that is the cutest long dog ever. although he may need “i don’t care for long dogs” embroidered on his collar. don’t you think? love him. 🙂

  6. jhoanna says

    Wow – he’s adorable. I love seeing how sketches translate into actual creations.
    Just found your website after surfing through Etsy. You make wonderful softies! And congratulations on the birth of your gorgeous new bub – I myself have 5 weeks to go until Baby #2 also.

  9. mimi k says

    excellent dog! The muzzle shape is wonderfully hound doggy. And I love the long body- so huggable and tote-able. I can really imagine a toddler lugging this puppy around 🙂 About the boring book thing- when my kids were little and my husband was reading to 2 of them, he instituted a book choosing policy- take turns and he got a turn to choose- that way he was able to introduce new books into the mix or at least got to read books that he thought were fun!

  14. Frizz says

    Love the long dog. I like the belly button. You need to make a whole pack of them! Your little peanut is SOOO cute too in the orange hoodie!!