Hungry Dog

I love this image.  Except for the pugged nose and ears being a bit more rounded, this little guy looks remarkably like my little Toonie Mae Hound Princess Dog of Burney.  My Bostahuahua (Boston terrier and chihuahua cross). She is the sweetest little dog you could ever imagine.  Like all my dogs have been, she is a rescue animal and although she was not physically abused in the sense we all think of, she was raised in a cage and fed an inappropriate diet.  Her owner was very ill and could not take care of her properly and when he died little Toonie was taken to the sheriff's office compound to be taken down the hill to the animal shelter. Taking her in was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
She used to look like this digital chubster until she got diabetes via two horrible rounds of very painful pancreatitis. She is thin now, on a special diet, and receives two injections of insulin a day.  She is also blind.  As cute and funny as this digital image is, I do not recommend feeding your doggies an over abundance of food, and never give them people food.  The effects of this are horrible on our canine babies. Sorry, but I just had to say that.  Toonie Mae is just about at the end of her life from this horrible disease and I knew when I was given this image to work with, it was for a reason.
So, after getting that off my chest I must say that Eszster Csokas is a very talented artist and her images are truly works of art. I have loved every one of the images she has drawn for Squigglefly, I truly treasure it.