May 18, 2007: Dog chapel

Undertoad · 05-18-2007, 07:19 AM

xoB suggests this Dog Chapel designed and built by artist Stephen Huneck, at Dog Mountain, Vermont.

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One day, not long after I was back home with my wife and three dogs, a wild idea just popped into my mind (a frequent thing, but after several weeks had gone by, this one was still there). I have found that in the case of a wild idea popping into my mind, then building a sort of nest of supporting ideas, I should give it some serious thought. The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was something I simply had to do.

I wanted to build a chapel, one that celebrated the spiritual bond we have with our dogs, and that would be open to dogs and people. People of any faith or belief system.

And not only did he build it in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on a beautiful mountainside, he made sure there were places for the dogs to romp, because that's what dogs do best.

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I built that chapel on Dog Mountain, our mountain-top farm in St. Johnsbury. I have styled it in the manner of a small village church built in Vermont around 1820. It is important to me that the chapel looks like it belongs with its setting of rolling mountains and pasture. The white steeple points up to the heavens, and on the top is a Lab with wings that turns in the wind and proclaims this place has a special affinity with dogs.

Visit Mr. Huneck's Dog Chapel website

Shawnee123 · 05-18-2007, 10:20 AM

Keep 'em out of the holy water!

That's pretty wild!

Nikolai · 05-18-2007, 11:34 AM

An then god said "Thous shalt go out into the world and spread the mighty words of wisdom which are "woof woof, wooOOf, woof woof"

Spexxvet · 05-18-2007, 12:06 PM

Quoth the Book of Fido, chapter 6, verse 17 "a dog that shall lie with a human as with a dog of the oppostie gender is an abomination". So why does Spot insist on humping my leg?

Shawnee123 · 05-18-2007, 12:14 PM

I think dyslexics would get really confused, if they went there to worship dog, er god.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-18-2007, 12:19 PM

It's quite simple, all dogs go to heaven.... to get away from the cats.

Shawnee123 · 05-18-2007, 12:21 PM

mroowwwwrrrrr

Crimson Ghost · 05-18-2007, 02:40 PM

At last, a church that follows the teachings of St. Bernard.

Shawnee123 · 05-18-2007, 02:45 PM

doog one, CG!

Crimson Ghost · 05-18-2007, 03:39 PM

Thank ya.

milkfish · 05-18-2007, 05:20 PM

First photo: every dogma is a bitch.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-18-2007, 10:23 PM

Go there with a handful of chasing sticks and you could be elected mayor.

Gravdigr · 05-20-2007, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I think dyslexics would get really confused, if they went there to worship dog, er god.

Lysdexia is no joke.

Nikolai · 05-20-2007, 02:39 PM

Then god said to Moses.......rollover, good boy, now beg, I said beg, welldone Moses here is the 10 commandments"

xoxoxoBruce · 05-20-2007, 02:52 PM

Actually there were 24, but Moses chewed up the rest before they could be read.

05-18-2007, 10:20 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Keep 'em out of the holy water! That's pretty wild! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-18-2007, 12:06 PM	#4
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Quoth the Book of Fido, chapter 6, verse 17 "a dog that shall lie with a human as with a dog of the oppostie gender is an abomination". So why does Spot insist on humping my leg? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

05-18-2007, 12:14 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think dyslexics would get really confused, if they went there to worship dog, er god. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-18-2007, 12:19 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's quite simple, all dogs go to heaven.... to get away from the cats. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-18-2007, 12:21 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	mroowwwwrrrrr __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-18-2007, 11:34 AM	#3
Nikolai Greener than the rest Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near London Posts: 68	An then god said "Thous shalt go out into the world and spread the mighty words of wisdom which are "woof woof, wooOOf, woof woof"

05-18-2007, 02:40 PM	#8
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	At last, a church that follows the teachings of St. Bernard. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

05-18-2007, 02:45 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	doog one, CG! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-18-2007, 03:39 PM	#10
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Thank ya. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

05-18-2007, 05:20 PM	#11
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	First photo: every dogma is a bitch. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

05-18-2007, 10:23 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Go there with a handful of chasing sticks and you could be elected mayor. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-20-2007, 02:39 PM	#14
Nikolai Greener than the rest Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near London Posts: 68	Then god said to Moses.......rollover, good boy, now beg, I said beg, welldone Moses here is the 10 commandments"

05-20-2007, 02:52 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Actually there were 24, but Moses chewed up the rest before they could be read. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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