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We’re Trick Training So You Can Win Treats

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The Trick or Treat Giveaway Hop is a sponsored by Lionel Trains, the Art of AJ, pawTree, Dr. Harvey’s, Jones Natural Chews, Puppy Style Treats, Clear Conscience Pet, Whimseez, Loving Pets and Weruva. All content and opinions expressed are my 100% my own. Trick or Treat Blog hop We’re joining our hosts, Kol’s Notes and Beagles and Bargains to present the first every Trick or Treat Blog Hop! (You can check out all the goodies over at Kol’s Notes.)

So here’s the scoop. It started last week and continues through this week! Each day a different blogger will show you a trick and you get a chance to win a treat. Today’s treat is a chance to win a $25 gift code to shop at Clear Conscience Pets.  At the end of the week, every person who entered the daily giveaways is entered to win one of three grand prizes!

All participating trick or treat

Today’s trick….well, I thought it’d be really cool to teach Delilah to turn the kitchen light off.  I was gonna go all Harry Potter and the command would be “Nox” which all you Potterheads know, is the spell to extinguish the light on the end of your wand. (Hey, it’s a handy spell trick to know.) 

Both my dogs know “Touch” which is the command for them to touch their paw to my hand. I’ve worked Delilah in training classes and she did quite well both with touching my hand and also touching the wall. I thought, this is going to be easy.

Nailed it! NOT!!

Turns out, it wasn’t as easy as I thought. But I learned a few things I’d like to pass along.

Use the lowest value treat your dog will work for. If your dog will work for a pea, don’t use bacon. Save your higher value treats for recalls and special occasions.

Choose your training time wisely. In retrospect, in the morning before breakfast is NOT the time to bring out the bacon.

Always end on a positive note. If you’re getting frustrated or your dog just isn’t ‘getting it’, then stop the training. Ask your dog for an easy trick they already know, and end on a happy note.

Tire your dog out a bit before you start. You don’t want them tired to the point where they can’t focus, but trust me when I say this, if you’ve got a highly motivated treat dog, you’ll want them to be a wee bit tired.

If you’d like to see a dog ACTUALLY learn to switch the lights, you can check out this YouTube video, starring Lady.

And one last thing! Clear Conscience Pet is going to have a promo code for 20% off from now through December 31, 2015. Use this code BOO20.

Tomorrow’s trick is a surprise, but you’ll find it over on the Jones Natural Chews blog.

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Summer’s a Bummer

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I know I’m probably going to take some flack for this, but summer is not my favorite time of year.  I know, I know, it stays lighter longer, and there’s a lot more sunshine.  But the heat, the humidity and the bugs.  Oh God the bugs!!

To me,  Summer’s a bummer.

So when I was offered an opportunity to go in on a Pet Blogger Summer Giveaway, I jumped at the chance.  What better way to kick off the summer than offering your readers an opportunity to win three incredible prizes?

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Christina from The Lazy Pit Bull had a brilliant idea to gather a bunch of bloggers together, pitch in some money and give away a $400 gift card to Petsmart.  $400!!

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And guys, that’s the grand prize.  The second and third place prizes are equally amazing!

2nd place prize: Custom Package from Stylish Canine (Valued at $160)

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3rd palace prize: Collar and Leash set from Karma Collars (Winner’s choice up to $125 total)

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Pretty awesome huh?

The following blogs all had a part in this Summer Extravaganza!  The Lazy Pit Bull, Carma Poodale, Dogthusiast, Pawsitively Pets, Cindy Lu’s Muse, You Did What With Your Weiner, Kol’s Notes,  My Rotten Dogs, Your Designer Dog, Pet Product Review, Byrd is the Wyrd, Dolly the Doxie, Cascadian Nomads, That Dog Dancing Guy, Fidose of Reality, Heartprint Pets, Oh My Shih Tzu, Beagles and Bargains and Heart Like a Dog.

So how do you enter? Well this is the BIG ONE,  you MUST LEAVE A COMMENT, but you don’t have to comment on ALL the blogs, (maybe pop over to a few and tell them I sent you, 😉 )to help make it a bit easier for you, answer this question for me, “What’s your favorite summer activity to do with your pet?”

Leaving a comment will unlock a whole host of other opportunities to increase your chances of winning, things like following Facebook pages, Twitter, etc.

The contest is open from today until next Sunday (Father’s Day) at 11:59 PM EST.

Holy Woof, I bet you can buy a whole bunch of bones with $400!

Holy Woof, I bet you can buy a whole bunch of bones with $400!

Stuff I have to tell you.
No purchase necessary. Giveaway is open to US and Canada (excluding Quebec) residents only. Giveaway will run from Monday, June 9, 2014 through Sunday, June 15, 2014 at 11:59pm ET.Three (3) winners will be randomly selected by Rafflecopter (powered by Random.org) and notified via email. Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prizes; failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the prize. Participants must read and agree to Rafflecopter’s Privacy Policy before entering and participating in this promotion. Facebook, Twitter, and Petsmart do not sponsor, administer, or endorse this promotion. Prize packages were donated by Stylish Canine and Karma Collars, and participating bloggers paid an entry fee to cover the cost of the Petsmart gift card.

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December 1, 2013-The Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers and You Make Me Smile

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Holy Woof, can you believe it’s already December 1st?   I for one am super excited, because December 1st means one thing and that is the 1st day of 24 days of awesome!  Yes, one of the biggest blogging events of my year is here!!

Before I give you all the links I wanted to share my “You Make Me Smile” photo.

Delilah - Lolly Delilah, when you insist on being a lap dog, even with company, you make me smile.

I took this photo yesterday morning as my sister and I were sitting having coffee.  Delilah frequently climbs up on Hubby’s lap on the couch, but I was quite surprised (as was my sister) when she made herself at home on my sister’s lap.

She is a silly, lovable lab. And she makes me smile.  Your turn, what do your dogs do that make you smile?

So now without further ado, here is all the information you’ll need to enter today’s drawing.

Win a whimsical, modern custom art piece of your pet from AJ Emm in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Giveaway Event It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Terrier Torrent! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by artist AJ Emm. You could win a whimsical modern custom art piece of your pet. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

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