Dog Groomers - They Come, They Go!

Here's a good picture of an every day Wheaten Terrier. If you've ever seen them at the dog shows, you know their coats get even fancier than this. It takes a lot of grooming to keep them looking nice. That's paying to have someone bathe, cut and dry them like this and then 6 - 8 weeks of you doing several brushings a week. That's when you spell up keep like this....W$O$R$K!We are now on our 5th groomer in 5 years, and our 3rd grooming salon. You just find a favorite person you like and can trust and they move on, quit, get fired (who knows you never get the story).



Your dog is a part of your family. And just like you don't trust just anyone to take care of your kids, the same goes for your dog. Wheatons are not one of the easiest of the canine breeds to cut and groom either.


I took Danan in looking like a sheep dog, barely able to see her way around and brought home a dog I barely recognized as my own. She looks so skinny when she first gets trimmed, but she smells so good and is ready for spring.

Danan's happy as long as she can play Frisbee or ball. It is a much appreciated break from 1/2 hour brushing sessions for me, because at this length I can brush her in 10 minutes or less.
I've trimmed her feet, head, face and bottom, but I don't think I'll ever have the nerve to try the whole dog. I bathe her at home too, but it's a messy, wet & tiring job when you could just pay someone $20 to do it.




She's such a well behaved, sweet companion that we don't mind going the extra mile for her.

Now that the youngest two have flown the nest, she's also become our traveling companion.

If we go, she goes.... as much as possible anyway.

And that's okay, by her, she loves to travel.

"Did you say Bye-Bye?"

365/26 Danan's Story

The true story of how Danan became part of this family. A friend of ours had a soft coated Wheaten Terrier and I took care of their son and fell in love with them both, the boy and the dog. So I saved all my money from doing respite care for Erik, so that I could buy myself a companion for when the girls left for college. Amber was such a good dog I decided to go with the same breeder.

This particular dog had a large litter of 10 puppies, not the average size litter. Two of them had already been picked up and three more were males, so the day I arrived I had five adorable puppies to choose from and believe me it was impossible. So I just asked them (the puppies), who wants to be in the Korte family? And the one little puppy in the back right hand corner raised her paw as if to shake; in a way introduce herself.



Believe it or not, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. You could ask Audra, she was with me.











Here's some adorable pictures of her growing up. Her full name is Andelane's (name of the Kennel) Elora Danan (name of the baby princess in the movie WILLOW) Jole (everyone wanted to get in the act - Audra's contribution). It was suppose to be spelled Jolie. I found out later. We call her Danan, pronounced Dannon, like the yogurt. She's an incredibly well-behaved dog, these past five years with her have been really awesome.

365/19 She's A Frisbee Lovin Fool

It's hard to take a good picture of a light colored dog in the snow. I like the way the dead flower stalks break up the whiteness somewhat. Yes, even in 10 inches of snow she wants to play frisbee and no she didn't want to come in when I'd had enough. Her coat is about as long as it gets before I take her for a cut, it's so hard to brush her when it's this length.

365/4 Junior Dog Trainer

Who doesn't want to capture a cute photo of a dog and a child together? This is not what I had in mind. I wanted them to stand closer together & both look at the camera and it would be nice if the dog stayed still, while the little girl put her arm around her and smiled angelically. Instead, poor Danan is looking at me like, "do I have to mind her?" I gave Danan the hand signal and told her to "STAY", my granddaughter, Sydney repeated the command "STAY" in her very commanding voice, and gave her the hand signal too. CRACK ME UP! There's a picture worth a thousand words for you.

365/2 Under the Tree on Christmas Eve

Elora Danan, our five year old soft-coated Wheaton Terrier. She's named after the baby princess in the movie "Willow", but we mostly just call her Danan. (The name is pronouned like Dannon, the yogurt.) Can you believe there were four other dogs in this house when this photo was taken? She's such a good dog, and i'm so very blessed to have her.