Batpig and Toadface have a Holiday Feast

Courtesy of their pals Max and Jedi!

http://www.picnik.com/show/id/12604385562_CT5kh/t/doggie-holiday-dinner

Batpig works the camera.

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I love those side-long glances...well, at least until boredom sets in.

X-Treme Frenchie Clothes

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Yesterday the batpig, Toad (my black lab) and I took advantage of the clear weather to hit up the beach. We all had a great time, and batpig was happy as could be while running around with his soccer ball. However, with winds gusting up to 32 mph his coat was not staying on, and, despite my sacrificing my cashmere scarf to the cause, it was a pretty shivery ride home. 

All of this, as you might have guessed, is a prelude to why I wish I had these coveralls by Alpha Icon on hand (yes, they are based in Japan). I found it via a blog by @earth_log Ro Immediately Tomorrow (again, the translation isn't great, but I like imagining what "uplifying syrup" could be).

As fun as it can be to see the batpig in various states of dress, I try to spare him the hassel of wearing "faux-fur" when it's not necessary, but this is incredibly well-designed and made with utility in mind! The batpig may have his own fur to keep him warm, but sometimes it's just no match for the New England weather!

I'm pretty sure the Google Translation into English doesn't do the product justice:

Playing in the snow from your walk everyday, very active in various scenes from wading in the river and the sea.The evolution does not feel comfortable, stress pro-piece is perfect for the dog act.

Translation aside, the graphics and "specs" sections say enough to convince me that this is yet another item going on my "we need to start importing frenchie stuff from Japan stat" list! I'm pretty sure the batpig will thank me!

Just in Case You Didn't Already Want to Move Your Frenchie To Japan

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I am lost in the wilderness of the Japanese language as my iPad is refusing to translate, but you don't need to know a lick of Japanese- or English for that matter, to appreciate the cuteness of this Frog Dog Blog. (If anyone can figure out who i should be giving a shout-out to here please let me know!) thttp://bonjuandjoie.blog76.fc2.com/

The onesie photo slays me! It actually might be lethally cute at high enough doses! After seeing these the batpig and I are officially on a mission to bring speech bubble captioning back to the states! Also the word Psyche! but I digress...

All You Need Is Dogs

From yet another talented artist on etsy, this piece by Boston artist Jillian Evelyn will certainly resonate with dog-lovers everywhere!