The Afghan Raffle

At the risk of being accused of shameless self promotion, I'm going to once again mention the Afghan Raffle that was organized by the GSD Lovers group on Ravelry.

I wrote a blog post about it before Thanksgiving, titled "Thanks in advance of Thanksgiving."
If you didn't see that post, the short version is that this wonderful group of generous knitters have made this beautiful afghan and are raffling it off and donating the proceeds to benefit our rescue efforts. The raffle ends December 8th, so there's still plenty of time to get in on it.

Once again, here are the details as they were given to me:

***HANDKNIT AFGHAN RAFFLE***

Just in time for the holidays, buy some chances to win this beautiful handknit afghan made by the GSD Lovers group on Ravelry! Details:

1. Chances are $2 each or three for $5. You can mail me a check (message me for address), use my paypal link (see below), or hand over cash :-) If we do not know each other and you use the paypal link, please put some sort of contact information in the notes so I can get in touch with you if you win.

2. Afghan is made from easy care wool/acrylic blend yarns and is approximately 5 feet wide by 6 feet long. Machine wash warm on permanent press, tumble dry low. No bleach.

3. I will track all chances purchased in a spreadsheet and draw the winner via random number generator.

4. Drawing will take place on Saturday December 8 at 6 p.m. EST.

5. Afghan proceeds will go to support vadogrescue.blogspot.com, a couple who do incredible fostering and adopting work in Virginia. They are NOT a not-for-profit so your purchased chances will not be tax deductible.

Buy early, buy often, and good luck!!! Thank you for supporting us and the work of rescuers everywhere <3

https://paypal.me/GSDLoversAfghanRaffl

And here are some pictures from today's walk, with Maya, Sweet Serena, and Diesel. We went about 3.5 miles, partly on the roadway, partly on the field trails. The trails down near the river and in the woods are too muddy still. 

It was Diesel's longest walk yet and he kept up very well. He's carrying a lot of excess weight, but he's a young dog and he really seems to enjoy it. 

I found a harness that fits Diesel pretty well.

Serena is very alert to sounds in the grass.

We haven't seen a deer yet with Serena
on a walk. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to it.

Serena is beautiful and sweet, but she eats stuff that
isn't food! I had to induce vomiting on her again today
after I saw her eating a rope toy she found in the dog yard.

Because the leash attaches to the harness on
the top of the Diesel's back, it helps prevent him
from getting the leash tangled up under him.

Diesel rides in one of the crates because he chewed
through a leash on the way to the park one time.