Very quick update

Brief for now, more later (hopefully with photos)...
First things and business first: things are absolutely manic on the Raw Dog front. Though I usually try to get orders shipped within 48 or 72 hours, I'm currently running at about 5-7 days for shipping for most gear ordered through the site, such as standard collars, leads and toys. Custom leads and basic custom collars are running at roughly the same time frame, and highly custom gear such as harnesses, highly customized and embroidered collars are taking about two weeks... so if anyone is considering ordering anything for Christmas, now's the time to get your order in. I'll likely stop taking custom gear orders for the holidays by the end of this week or middle of next, in order to have everything complete and shipped to arrive in time. I thank you all for your patience and support.

A few folks are still waiting for photos of sketches or work in progress. I've been unable to get the software for my rockin' new camera set up on my work machine, so I've put my husband (Senior Vice President in Charge of Electronics) on the case and he's promised to have it set up pretty quickly.

Holiday Market continues to rock, one of my favorite things about it is all the folks we run into while hanging out at the booth. We had a surprise visit from my banker Sid and his lovely wife, Katie, always a treat, Kim Anne and Autumn, Maria, Heather and Mike, Jon O.'s lovely mama stopped by to say "hi"... if you're in the area, the Market is a great place to get your shop on. There are some absolutely incredible artists and artisans who set up shop here for these six weeks, and aside from booth after booth of art and craft-work, there's good food, good music, and the greatest parade of people-watching I could ever imagine.

Lastly, and the reason I mostly haven't been heard from in a couple days... after nearly a year of unsuccessful trapping efforts around Eugene, I've recently picked up a monster of a female redtailed hawk. Her trapped weight was 52 oz--as a point of comparison, Arion, the little male I had last year, weighed around 31 oz at trapping. She's tremendous, well-fed and feisty. I have high hopes for putting a dent in the local bunny population. Hell, at her size, maybe we'll chase a few geese, too ;0)

If you need to reach me, my cell phone is currently the best point of contact, that number is 541.520.5713. I'm sticking pretty close to the sewing machine, probably for the next few weeks, and any free second not spent sewing will be spent handling my hawk in this early, critical taming period. I'm checking my email first thing in the morning and last thing at night, but making a concerted effort to stay away from the (time-sucking) computer during the day, so if you have a question or need help right away, please do give me a call. I always have my phone on me and check it frequently. If I don't answer it may be because I've got a little, feathered dragon on the end of my arm, and will call you back soonest. ;0)
Mr. Armadillo (Senior Vice President in Charge of Invoicing and Orders) is taking incoming orders and handing them off to me as they come in, so be assured your order has been noted and will be handled as quickly as possible, even if you don't hear from me right away.
Again, thank you all for your patience and support, y'all are great.

More updates and photos to come!