As most of you know, at the last showcase we announced that after much consideration, we were discontinuing the Pet Blogger Showcase, so this post is the last one.
Before we get to this week’s featured posts, I’d like to take a minute to thank my co-hosts, Anita from Feline Opines, Kat from Momma Kat and Her Bear Cat, and of course Dawn from Pet Faves. Before this Linky Party started, I didn’t know Anita or Kat. Through posting and Facebook, I’ve grown quite attached to them and meeting them in real life was a highlight of my experience at BlogPaws.
Anita and Kat, thank you for writing such amazing blogs, and for all you’ve done for me, and for all you contribute to the world of blogging. I’ve enjoyed co-hosting with you these past months, and I’ve enjoyed getting to know you as well. I hope we never lose touch.
I’ve known Dawn for some time, having first met her at BlogPaws in DC back in 2013. For those of you that don’t know, this whole Linky Party was Dawn’s idea, a first for the pet blogging world I think. She was the driving force behind it, made all the graphics, the rules and the linky codes. None of this could have happened without her. Thank you Dawn for being willing to experiment with new things, for doing all the hard work, and for allowing me the honor to work with you on this. It’s truly been a pleasure.
And of course, I have to thank you, dear reader. For supporting us in this endeavor by linking up to our posts, and coming back to read them. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Now enough of the mushy, let me leave you with a smile.
It’s hard for me to tell who is happier in this photo! Photo courtesy of Travels with Barley.
We are the Champions by Beth at Travels with Barley – This post made me SO happy to read. It proves that hard work and patience pays off, and is so inspirational to anyone who has ever struggled with a reactive dog. Plus this line, “While training Barley to detect the scent of cat urine would be very helpful in cleaning my carpets, it isn’t very productive for competing in a scent trial.” Really had me chuckling.
Yes, it’s a dog with a pumpkin. Photo courtesy of Real Rescue Dogs of Atlanta.
Pictures With Pumpkins by Kara at The Real Rescue Dogs of Atlanta – I love posing my dogs at places appropriate to the season, and getting some nice photos. Kara discovered this wasn’t such an easy task in the Atlanta, GA area. She also discovered that we are spoiled in the northeast with our easy access to local farms. Farms where we wander acres upon acres, searching for the perfect Christmas Tree or pumpkin. Farms where we go to pick apples, blueberries, strawberries. (Yes, I grew up in the country.) 🙂 There were a couple of really amusing bits and I found myself nodding along.
Because kittens make everything better. Photo courtesy of Chirpy Cats.
How Kittens Taught a Feral Cat to Love Again by Yasaar Nakchbendi at Chirpy Cats – It makes me so sad that world-wide many people consider animals to be ‘throw-aways’. I don’t think I really realized the magnitude of it, until I read this post. I’m so grateful to the people who organize events and help and rescue these animals. Mr. Spunky’s story was sad, but it has such a happy ending. You just have to read it!
Thanks again to my amazing co-hosts and my amazing readers!
I feel fortunate to be surrounded by talented bloggers, loving people, and supportive friends. Meeting you was the highlight of the conference for me – we seemed to have so much in common! Thank you for inspiring me with your blog and for being a wonderful friend!
Sorry to hear it is being discontinued, but I know like me, many bloggers no longer blog on the weekends which makes it hard, and there really are not that many hops around these days. Who knows what the next “big thing” will be. Thanks for giving it a try, I have enjoyed reading it when I’ve had the time.
Thank you for highlighting our post! I loved those other two stories, too–especially seeing Mr. Spunky’s happy ending. That was such an eyeopening post! And having grown up in Georgia, I promise you that there are some really big farms in the state, but there are plenty like the ones Kara found, too, so I had to smile!
Thank you for sharing so much fun!
“All good things must come to an end” and it seems the Pet Blogger Showcase has come to its own end. But I’ve enjoyed reading the posts – when I’ve had the time in between my studies. Thank you and your co-hosts for giving the rest of us the showcase.
Yay!!! I made it in the final showcase!!! So excited!
It was such a great idea by Dawn! I know for me, sometimes I was just too busy with other obligations to participate every time, even though I would have liked too, and really enjoyed it when I did.
I was also happy to get to know Anita’s blog through this, as I didn’t know her before (but missed meeting her at BlogPaws, darn it!). There were also some other blogs that participated that I didn’t know, and I love finding new blogs (even though I don’t have time to read them all, all the time!).
This was such a cool way to discover other blogs. I’m not sure how long the Pet Blogger Showcase was running but I’m glad I joined for the last few link ups! I found new blogs because of it. This year I had the pleasure to have met Katherine from Momma Kat and BearCat at the 2017 BlogPaws and hope to meet you all someday at future conferences, who knows!
Oh thank you for sharing Mr. Spunky’s story and glad you liked it! Sharyn tells me that he is still the rock star at the sanctuary and ‘his’ kittens (who are now cats) still follow him all over.