Sunday, February 2, 2014

A new meaning for the term "dog house"

    There were a lot of fascinating details to cram into this piece. You know you have a complicated subject when only after the story gets into print do you realize, "Oh, I forgot to mention that one of the owners has a paw print tattooed on the back of her neck."

     That might be more for the comfort of owners who don’t have to bend down so far when washing their dogs, as are the mostly wooden floors.
     "So the dark hair doesn't show as much," Julie said. "We had four Bernese Mountain Dogs at one time."
     "We moved from an old house in Lincoln Park that we renovated," Mario says. "We wanted to make the house feel like it's been here forever."
     They might have to live there, if not forever, awhile. The house (and lot) cost $3 million, Mario says — what happens when you install heated sidewalks — but in this market and neighborhood it's now worth $1 million. Then again, the Grecos aren't going anywhere soon, but plan to live with their loved ones in their doggie heaven.


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    1. Shih tzus are great. We have one-no shedding and good for allergies and they can't reach the table or counter and steal food.

  2. heated floors in basement-must be nice

    1. Maybe if they had kids, they wouldn't obsess so for dogs.

    2. Nothing wrong with dogs until people mix their priorities between that and human kids.

  3. They seem really nice, and obviously love dogs, so I applaud them for doing exactly what they wanted and could afford to do. Great story!


  4. OT-So Ramn thinks it's hard to send kids to college and expensive? See, Fri. ST. Gee, he should try having an avg. working class persons funding.

  5. Ridiculous how Trump gives himself credit for the Jan. jobs report, lol.

  6. "Do not go gently into that good night..."

    D. Thomas

  7. The interior looks and sounds marvelous, but they're not fooling anybody with "intentionally sloppy" tuckpointing...the kind you normally see in old brick buildings, but only on rear and side walls that don't face the street. From the outside, their home still looks like a five-year-old suburban McMansion that was plopped down in an old Northwest Side neighborhood. Our bungalow has roughly one-eighth the square footage.

    If I had millions to sink into a house, and were able to shrug off a depreciation of two-thirds of the original value, I'd probably just restore a big one from before WWII. But it would be adapted to suit the needs of half a dozen cats, not dogs. After 25 years, there are six headstones in our front yard, with space allotted for several more.

  8. I have two dogs- a mini schnauzer and a weinaraner. The mini does great up to about 6 miles and he loves running. We've had him since he was a puppy and he is the most lovable thing. The weim is about 2 and she was a 'throwaway' dog that no one wanted. I'd had some scary things happen on a couple runs so I needed a big scary high energy dog. For more info click this site get about dog house..

