About the Salty Sheepdog Baa & Grille
Lori Fournier's Cooper and me
Web Design
I've been working on the Web since the mid-1990s, back when you still had to walk 6 miles uphill both ways to get to work and people meticulously hand-carved every letter of their code into stone. Consequently, I've created some old-style sites (my older efforts) and some newer ones. Eventually, everything I still maintain will be upgraded to a new CSS/XHTML model with W3C standards-compliant code.
If you're looking for reasonably-priced Web site design or Joomla or WordPress blog, have a look at the new, standards-compliant sites and contact me.
Greg and I are in the process of incorporating as Northland Web Graphics, LLC.
Some Web sites I've designed:
Business Sites
- Hampshire Hill Creations
- Brentwood Power Equipment Center
- Running Mountain Ranch (coming soon!)
- Woodpeckers Construction, Inc.
- Relion Industries
- Showstopper K9 Gifts
- BorderCollics Anonymous, LLC
- Willowgate Yarns(setup and e-commerce. Fran does all the heavy lifting herself)
- SolidPhase, Inc. (still under review)
Organizations
- Wells Conservation Commission
- York County Farmers' Network (WordPress site; Greg did the search engine and widgets)
Personal Sites
- Gregory Hall, Composer (but Greg maintains it himself)
Doggy Sites
- Bearded Collie Club of Maine
- After Dark Bearded Collies
- Willowgate Border Collies (redesign; Fran does her own updates)
- Vacationland Dog Club (Viviti site)
- Bearded Collie Club of America National Specialty 2009
- Bearded Collie Club of America National Specialty 2010
- Avalon Beardies
- Beardies of the World (BOW) Calendar
Freelance Writing/Blogging
I am an occasional contributing writer for Downeast Dog News and have blogged about Dog Shows 101 for MaineToday.com. My articles have also appeared in the Tale's End (newsletter for New England Old English Sheepdog Rescue), for which I served a term as proofreading/editing help, the Telegram (newsletter for the Piscataqua Obedience Club), and Hair of the Dog (newsletter for the Bearded Collie Club of Maine).
In addition, I blogged the 2007 and 2008 Bay Colony Dog Shows for my blog Dog Show Newbie at the invitation of the show's PR agency, and was Guest MC for the Rescue Parade in 2008. Shortly after the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, I appeared on Ask Dog Lady's weekly radio show to discuss the Best In Show winner and other topics.
I am also a member of the Dog Writers' Association of America, and I am a certified AKC Canine Good Citizen tester.
And Announcing...
Shaggy Dog Stories is the newest of the blogs. This site provides product reviews, rants, raves, and doggy stuff galore! After attending the BlogPaws conference in Columbus, I needed another site just for articles.
If you have a product you'd like reviewed, or want to set up a WordPress blog, then contact me. I'd be happy to help.
2010 AKC Canine Good Citizen Test Dates
I will be conducting CGC tests at the following locations in 2010:
- February 22: Pet Quarters in Newington, NH.
- June 12: The NEOESR picnic
- September 26: Meet the Breeds, Tractor Supply, Scarborough, ME
If your Maine- or NH-based dog club or organization would like to offer CGC testing, please feel free to contact me.
