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Thank God it’s Follow-Up Friday!

November 22, 2013 By Jodi

Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that wraps up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

Joining me for this prestigious (I can call it that, right?) event is my friend, soon to be published author, and fellow blogger, Donna from Donna and the Dogs.

Thank you for joining me this week Donna!!  If you don’t know Donna and her three dogs, Toby, Leah and Meadow, well what are you waiting for?  I learn so much from this lady.  Not to mention her handsome Toby looks eerily like Sampson.

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

 

Let Sleeping Dogs…

Dawn asked, “Does Sampson really get under the covers like that?”

He will for a few minutes, but typically no.  He loves to lay in the sun or in front of the fire, but he does not like to be under the blankets.  Although he does humor me sometimes.

My Ever Growing List

First, thank you all for not calling me that crazy dog lady.  I truly believe in being proactive rather than reactive, so if something seems strange to me I get it checked.

2 Brown Dawgs asked, “Are you going to have his hips checked too?”

I did mention my concerns to the vet and she will examine him before the cleaning, I may call her the week before and discuss all our options.  My thought process is while he’s out, why not go for the whole enchilada?

Roxy the Traveling Dog said, “Why are we as women so awesome at guilt?”

I wish I knew the answer to that!  My life would be so less stressful without the guilt.

Pamela said, “I hope the secret procedure is something fun–like perhaps a piercing? Or a tough doggy tattoo?”

You caught us Pamela.  He wanted a Prince Albert but I talked him out of it; he’s agreed to settle for a tattoo of “MOM” on his upper front leg. 😉

Ranger asked, “When do you get your pictures of you hip?”

His dental cleaning is December 10th.

If You Love Pets, You MUST Follow a Pet Blogger

Jan K said, “It never occurred to me though that I could enter for things to give as gifts or to give to shelters.”

It never dawned on me until I won food I knew I couldn’t use, then it was like a light bulb went off in my head. LOL

2 Brown Dawgs said, “If I win something, even if I keep it myself, I try to make a donation to our local shelter. I figure its some treats or food I don’t have to by myself, so why not make a donation?”

That is totally awesome!!  I think I’m going to start doing that myself, as most shelters/rescues will tell you, every little bit helps!

Jessica said, “When I run a contest I usually remind readers that even if they don’t want the product, they can enter and donate their winnings to a shelter.”

That is a wonderful idea!!  If I ever get to the point of giveaways, I’m going to remind people of that myself!

Which Way Do We Go?

Emma said, “Mom is a multidog walker, has been walking two for many years. We have our own command “obstacle”.”

Hey Emma, I say whatever works for you!!  Typically I say something like “ACK” or “NO” and apply a tiny bit of pressure on the leash of the dog who is heading the ‘wrong’ way, but this time I decided to ride it out.  But I might just try teaching, “obstacle.”

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Pamela said, “Thanks so much for sharing about the Pet Blogger’s Gift Exchange. I’m so glad you’ve forgiven me for randomly pairing you with a cat blogger. :)

I’d love to see more cat bloggers join the fun. After all, if dog bloggers and cat bloggers an get along, there’s hope for peace in the Middle East. :)”

There is nothing to forgive.  I’m so glad that I was paired with Kristin, she’s totally amazing AND Pamela, if ANYONE can broker a peace in the Middle East, my money is on you.

So based upon your encouragement I played with the picture in both PicMonkey and Fotor, here’s what I came up with.

1st attempt(2)

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Top Hat

That’s it for this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, hosted by Donna and the Dogs and Heart Like a Dog.  Remember, if you’re interested in co-hosting, let me know in the comments.



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Follow Up Friday-The Only Flea I WANT Near My Dogs

November 15, 2013 By Jodi

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, co-hosted by Jones Natural Chews and Heart Like a Dog.  This is the blog hop that wraps up your week and leads you right into the weekend!

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

 

As I mentioned joining me today is Flea from Jones Natural Chews.  I love Flea.  She’s super awesome.  And she’s got a great job, siriusly she goes around giving treats to dogs.  All kinds of dogs!   Imagine having a job where you get to play with dogs all day.  Sounds like heaven to me!

Thanks for joining me today Flea!!

Follow-Up Friday

Lauranne said, “Nuticles is a brilliant word – I may have to adopt it!!”

I wish I could take credit for it, but I can’t!  I first heard about it on Something Wagging This Way Comes  Trust Pamela to find something like this. 🙂

A Big Ole’ Shit Eating Grin

JoAnn asked, “Does he grunt when rolling on back?”

Sometimes he does, mostly he grunts when he’s getting off the couch.  It reminds me of a pig. LOL

Smiley McSmiley

Roxy the Traveling Dog asked, “Does your vet offer cleaning without it?”

I don’t know, but seeing as there are other things he will have taken care of, I think it’s best to put him out.

Maggie said, “I’ve always worried about anesthesia, too, but I think you set yourself up for success if you do the optional pre-anesthetic lab work.”

And 2 Brown Dawgs asked, “Your vet will do blood work first right?”

I agree Maggie and yes to 2 Brown Dawgs.  I set it up so I can bring him in the night before and have the blood work done. They will run the results while we wait.

When Delilah went to be spayed we were in the process of moving and the vet’s office called (not my current vet) and said she had a UTI and they couldn’t do her surgery.  She was stuck all day at the Vet and hadn’t eaten breakfast.  I finally convinced them to give the poor thing some kibble.

My vet tech friends JoAnn and Jen both reassured me things will be okay.  Remember the date Jen, you can be sure I’ll be texting you on that day. 😀

Cocobanana

After I posted I thought, geez, it would have been nice to show what the cookies looked like!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA As you can see, the M&M’s didn’t fare so well in the baking process.

Donna said, “The cocobanana sounds great for the pups, and love your jingle at the end, but tell me more about those orange chocolate chip muffins.”

It’s been a long time Donna, but I’ll work on a recipe for you. 😉

Oz says, “Great dawg! Can I come live with you, Miss Jodi?”

I’ve already got your little bed picked out Oz!

2 Brown Dawgs asked, “So besides being too moist, did you like the people version?”

YES.  I liked the people version and the dog version, the combination of the coconut and banana gave it a perfect amount of sweetness.

Dawn asked, “Too bad I hate baking. Can you mail me some?”

I’m not sure how they’d hold up seeing as there are no preservatives in them, but I’d try.

Good Gracious Sebaceous!

It’s hard to get a photo of this thing when you’re attempting it alone, but here goes.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

JoAnn said, “It’s best to have them removed so they don’t rupture causing a mess and possible infection.”

I hadn’t known they could rupture, so I’m glad it’s being taken care of.

Julie said, “I’m going to pretend like I didn’t just try to lick my elbow :)”

LOL Julie, I tried too!

Kristine said, “But it bothers me greatly just how much I care about these things. Logically, I know they shouldn’t.”

I agree Kristine.  I don’t know how to fix that.  I’m so very different on the phone or online than I am in person.  In person for some reason my light dims, and I became hugely self-conscious.

Jackie said, “I wouldn’t knock a dog out strictly for something cosmetic.”

I wouldn’t either!  That to me is true vanity.

Sampson’s Puzzled – This ‘N That Thursday

Pamela said, “BTW, want to make a Sampson and leaf puzzle even more challenging? Give it oddly shaped edges.”

She’s evil that one.

Houndstooth said, “Wait! You can do puzzles on the iPad?! How did I not know this?”

Yes you can do puzzles on the iPad!  My favorite was one by Sparkle, (it was free, what can I say, I’m cheap.)  But when Apple updated their IOS, the app wouldn’t work right and I haven’t found another one that I love. 🙁

That wraps up this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, co-hosted by Jones Natural Chews and Heart Like a Dog! Reminder, if you’d like to co-host with me, please let me know in the comments!



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Follow-Up Friday – November 8, 2013

November 8, 2013 By Jodi

Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that let’s you “wrap up your week, and leads you right into the weekend!”

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

 

I’m excited to welcome the delightful Emma from My GBGV Life.  Right.  I had no idea what a GBGV was either.

Well GBGV is short for “Grand Basset Griffon Vendeén”   Um…Okay.  I don’t know about you, but I got Grand and Basset out of that.

So in Emma’s own words, ” the Grand refers to our size in the whole group of BGV hounds, Basset refers to our shorter legs, Griffon to our coat, and Vendeén is the area of France where the breed originated – basically a French Scent Hound.”

Ah, that explains why her book is titled “Tales of a French Scent Hound.”

Anyhow, Emma is a fun-loving little dog and she shares her life with her mom, her big sister Katie (a Kuvasz) and her newly adopted little sister, Bailie (who is also a GBGV.)

Emma shares her exploits and adventures on her blog along with a whole lot of great information.  If you don’t know Emma, I highly encourage you to go over and introduce yourself.  You won’t regret it.

Thanks so much for taking the plunge and agreeing to co-host Emma, I hope I made it super easy for you.

Reminder if YOU are interested in seeing your name up here next week, leave me a message in the comments or drop me an e-mail at stone.jodi@ymail.com

You Make Me Smile – November 3, 2013

Jen said, “Leroy spits treats at me! Good times.”

Well this just made me laugh.  Sampson used to be super picky with treats.  Milk Bones.  NO. THANK. YOU.  Once the drive-thru teller gave him one and he politely took it.  I found it in my purse a short time later.   What a picky boy.

But his tastes have changed, because our vet’s office has those very same Milk Bones and he would gobble up the whole thing if we let him.

Good times indeed!

Emma said, “I concentrate on chewing really hard. I have to always be careful that no one steals my stuff.”

Delilah is the same way.  She LOVES her some treats.  If you approach her, her tail wags a mile a minute and her jaw keeps up.

I’m a Lepto Maniac

I was so please to read how many of you actually space your dog’s vaccines weeks apart.  Besides giving your dog’s immune system proper time to do its job, IF your dog were to have a reaction, you should be able to tell which vaccine was the culprit.

Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s Mom asked, “Is Sampson a black belt in karate now? :-) Just curious as to what the black belt around his midsection is for.”

That is his leash.  It somehow got wrapped around him.

Jackie asked, “Ticks are not too bad here either, as long as you don’t go off-trail when hiking. (What is the natural treatment you use for that?)”

I’ve been experimenting with various natural flea and tick sprays for the last few months.  The key to using a natural spray is you have to do this every day.  Which is not a problem for me, I just add it to my getting ready to walk routine.  I had a pretty good spray that I used over the summer but its base was rubbing alcohol, which I thought might be contributing to Sampson’s itchies.

I found a natural flea and tick spray at my local pet store.  It is comprised of a bunch of different essential oils but the base is water, which I thought would be far better, if it touched their skin.

So I publish the Lepto Maniac post and sure enough I pull four ticks off of Sampson in a 24-hour period, and one off Delilah.

Back to the drawing board.

Besides the spray, I also keep the dogs on a low dose of Bug Off Garlic.  I really should increase it during April/May and September/October but I worry about gas.

The garlic makes my dogs very gassy.  And I worry because we do close our bedroom door at night.

They’re All Urgent

Jan said, “I’m trying to get back into the Tuesday blog hop, but all the shelter Chihuahuas in
CA just breaks my heart as well as their being used for celebrity photo ops.”

I agree Jan, I really do.  I love Tuesday’s Tails blog hop.  But it’s hard for me to look at all the dogs in my area and know that some of them are not getting out.   And as of yesterday, she hadn’t been pulled.  I pray she made it.

Maybe if my shelters were no-kill it would be easier.

It’s Not a Toomah

Jackie shared, “One “bad” sign the vet shared with us is if the bump on your dog changes size suddenly. Bailey’s cancerous lumps would sometimes be small one day, and then big the next. Then they’d go back to being small again. If you’ve got something like that on your dog, get it checked right away! It could be nuthin, but it could be a toomah.”

Good to know Jackie, thank you for sharing!

Frankie and Ernie said, “Ernie had a BUMP that had to be removed… when his Boy Baubbles were.. The bump was caused by is INFANT shots… That is ANOTHER reason that OUR mom won’t let us have Multiple Shots in a day.”

Okay, first I’m glad that Ernie is okay, BUTT “Boy Baubbles” made me laugh.  Just like when my sister refers to her “Hey Nonner Nonner” as “Girly bits.”

And yes, Sampson had a lump that was caused by HIS infant shots.  Which is why I try and limit vaccines to the really essential ones.

Jan K said, “I believe that vaccines contributed to my golden’s death from cancer….I do not think they caused it but I suspect they accelerated it.”

It wouldn’t surprise me Jan.  I work next door to a pediatrician’s office and the office manager keeps telling me there are all kinds of things in the vaccines that have no business being there.

Slimdoggy said, “Labs notoriously have a lot of fatty lumps. Sally had so many that I had to draw a little outline of her body and mark where the were so we could keep track.”

Wow, what a great idea.  So if you had the lump checked did you identify it on the drawing?

Lauranne said, “However my favourite of all his fatty lumps are the first two he grew… you see he had the op as a young pup however it would seem that now he is a man of senior years he has decided he would quite like them back and so has grown his own pair.”

OH. MY. DOG. I’m sorry to laugh, but I did.  Holy smoly, he grew his own nuticles. BOL

Blogville ROCKS This ‘N That Thursday

Frankie and Ernie’s mom said,”…Each month we will see a New Pic of one of our Friends.”

That is the great part!! I look forward to turning the page so I can see which of my friends is next.

April - Susie "Sweet Petunia" - The Mad Scots

April – Susie “Sweet Petunia” – The Mad Scots

Friends like Susie!

That’s it for me, many thanks to my friend Emma for agreeing to co-host!!



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