Sunday, November 5, 2017

Denton the Dog

Yes, my first "real" blog post here is...about our dog. I told you this place was to share anything and everything I felt like sharing! And our dog, Denton (Denny for short, especially since we moved back to his namesake city) is a huge part of our lives. I have tons of photos of him, so I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorites.

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We adopted Denny from the BARC animal shelter in Houston in 2015. He was about four months old and weighed four pounds. He was tiny and trembling but he didn't stop licking us the whole time we held him that first day. We both knew right away that he was ours.

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They told us that he's most likely a Miniature Schnauzer/Toy Poodle mix. A tiny schnoodle. Of course, he was a stray, found on the street, so who knows. But based on his features and his personality, we're pretty sure they were right. He definitely has a schnauzer face and fur, and long poodle legs with dainty poodle paws. Denny is also fiercely protective and territorial, but his bark is way worse than his bite. (He actually doesn't have much of a bite at all. Denny's a lover, not a fighter.)

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Denny spends most of his time sleeping. He loves to play and run, but he only gets short bursts of energy and tires out quickly. We're pretty sure that's just because he's so small.

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He's actually really hard to photograph because, when he's awake, he never stops moving! Occasionally we get some really great shots of him, though. We call them his "model puppy" photos, because he looks like he's right out of some magazine!

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Denny is a dog who loves toys. We've been subscribed to BarkBox for almost two years now, and it's one of the best investments we could have made for him. He has a small mountain of toys at this point, but the pure joy he finds in each new box is completely worth it. Ryan and I both have day jobs, too, so it's good that Denny has stuff to play with during the day - since he does play by himself!

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Sometimes Denny sleeps in these tiny tiny balls, all curled up on himself, with his nose tucked into his butt. We call it the "Denny Donut".

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Adopting Denny is by far one of the best decisions we've ever made. He brings us so much happiness every day and makes our little family feel complete. We are 100% unabashed dog parents: he's our baby. We don't know what we'd do without him!

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Hello friends!

Hello!! Welcome to Meet the Munthes! My name is Emily. My husband, Ryan, and I live in Denton, Texas with our dog, who is also named Denton (it’s a long story - we call him Denny for short).

I’m a hand-lettering artist, memory keeper, and a pop culture lover. Ryan’s a home theater geek, an audiophile, and a video gamer. We’re both recovering English majors and unabashed beer snobs.

Denny is a miniature-schnauzer-toy-poodle mix, a rescue, and king of an ever-growing pile of Bark Box toys.

The purpose of this blog is a simple one: I want a place to share the things we make and do as we live our lives together. I hope you enjoy it, too!

And if you want more Munthes, you can find me on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. See you around!

Photo above by Rachelle Rawlings of Rachelle Rawlings Photography.