what a beautiful dog! He/she must keep you company and distracted from quilting!!! I got a quilter a year ago and we are still busy trying to be "friends" -- my mom has lots of quilt tops but I feel that I am not ready to attempt them!!! She asks constantly when am I going to be ready, but I tell her that my dogs (lab and cattle dog) are so dominant to my time that she will have to wait!!! I am so paranoid that I will not meet her expectations that I end up playing with the dogs or (ugh) doing housework!!! I am still practicing but I don't think I am ready to take on her tops!!!