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The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Co-Hosted Follow-Up Friday – May 24, 2013

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Welcome to co-hosted Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

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As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, my co-hostess this week is a newbie.  I’ve followed her blog for a while now but only met her in person last weekend.

I’m not sure if it’s from reading her blog or not, all I know is when I met her, I felt like we’d been hanging around forever.

You will know her as Pup Fan or Bella and Tavish’s mom.  She’s a word mistress, the Queen of Puns and No Frown Friday linkage.  I call her Thelma because I could see the two of us, driving across country together laughing our asses off the entire way. (Okay, technically I haven’t actually SEEN the movie, but I’m guessing here.)

Please give a warm Heart Like a Dog welcome to my friend, Pup Fan from I Still Want More Puppies.

Last week’s Follow-Up Friday

I’d like to give a great big thanks to my friend Linda at 2 Brown Dogs for handling all of the hosting duties last week while I enjoyed myself at BlogPaws.  Follow-up Friday couldn’t have gone off last week without her and I’m truly grateful for her help.

Anytime you need anything Linda, I’m your gal. 🙂

Black and White Sunday – May 19, 2013

I always like to show the black and white photo vs the original photo, so here you are:

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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

I was attempting to practice SEO in the post, I’m not sure whether I did it or not, so any of you folks who know SEO pretty well, how’d I do?

Jan said, “Too far to travel to Blogpaws, too many obligations. I’m looking forward to your posts in smaller doses so my head doesn’t explode.”

Well Miss Jan, it’s in Las Vegas next year, is that better for you?  Any possibility that you might go?  I’m waffling because I HATE flying and it is far too long of a drive for me.

Elyse said, “Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your BlogPaws experience. I think it’s going to take me a month’s worth of blog posts to include everything I want to talk about.”

I think you’re right Elyse. I didn’t actually take a LOT of notes because the all sessions were recorded and are being made available to all attendees…..SO I took the lazy way out and just jotted down the things that stuck out at me.  I will however hit the highlights for you.

Misty asked, “Don’t you hate when you have a good plan and people just don’t get with the program?”  Oh yeah. 😉

Jodi said, “hands down the best part of the weekend was all the rockstars I got to hang out with.” Oh yes, the rockstars were the best part!

Jen was afraid to read the post, honestly she wrote a post about why she’s not allowed in Costco by herself and now I totally get it. LOL

Drifting on Petfinder

Thank you all so much for sharing the story of Drifter, I hate that so many dogs are sitting in shelters, but even worse I hate that people drop off seniors. 🙁

Sue said, “When I first found out about Black Dog Syndrome, I just didn’t understand at all. I love black dogs! Have you ever browsed this site, Jodi? http://www.blackpearldogs.com”

No Sue, I had never heard of it.  I’m book marking the site so I can go back and really give it my full attention, when I have some more time.

Basil shared a link for a black cat named Mary, who is also looking for a home.

BlogPaws Part 1

I’m sure there were some people I forgot to include, like Carol Bryant!  And OMG Leslie from Bringing up Bella, (I was literally tweeting with her the entire way home!!)

A little back story as the Friday night dinner came up a couple of times in the comments.  Friday was a free night, an opportunity for personal networking, sightseeing, etc…about 11 of us gathered in the lobby with the intent of eating dinner at the hotel restaurant.  Then we were told they couldn’t accommodate a crowd that large until after 8:00.  We had two cars available (Pup Fan’s and Kirsten’s) but we couldn’t all fit.

The hotel generously made a van available to us and Pup Fan creatively used an app on her phone and found us a local restaurant.  After a tiny mix-up with the reservation we were finally all together eating dinner.

Sugar’s mom said, “Looks like you were so engage in a conversation and did not notice the wall decor.”

Um…yes, yes I did.  For some random reason there were naked people depicted in various activities painted on the wall.  I’m not really sure why or what the reasoning was behind this because  the restaurant was named Clyde’s. Go ahead, click the link, you’ll see what I mean. 🙂 (It’s the first photo in the slide show.)

Jodi said, “By far the best part of the weekend was connecting with my favourite bloggers. Our friday night dinner (and the cocktails that followed) will go down as some of my best memories.

I couldn’t have said it better.

Jen said, “It all happened so fast didn’t it? I want to a redo! and why am I not smiling in that picture?

Oh a redo would be nice!!  Do you smile often?

Genevieve asked, “We’re there a lot of dogs there?”

Yes there were and a lot of cats as well.  There were also a few ferrets, some chicks and I’m not sure what else!!

Elyse and Emma were impressed I remembered so many names.

I have to confess, I had help. 🙂

Jackie asked, “What are the odds you’ll be in Vegas next year?”

I’m thinking about it.

Kristine said, “It’s so cool to meet people in person for the first time isn’t it?”

It really is, and the best part is, it feels so comfortable and perfect.

This ‘N That Thursday

Thank you all for the kind words about my blog.  I’ve just realized I’m way over my word count, so I’ll try and touch back on this one in another post.  Sort of a follow-up to follow-up Friday. 😉

This is the Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop hosted by I Still Want More Puppies and Heart Like a Dog.



A Little Yankee Ingenuity

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Oh my god, I forgot to make the dog’s treats! I shouted at Hubby.

It was 9 o’clock and Delilah was ready for her snack.

Every morning as I’m washing up the dishes, I was out the bones from the night before and frost the end with pumpkin, leaving them to set in the freezer while I’m at work.  Once I get home, I prepare the dog’s food and fill the bone with yogurt and let it freeze until snack time.

I had frozen the pumpkin but forgotten to add anything else to the treat.

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There was no way a certain Chocolate Lab was going to settle for a tiny bit of frozen pumpkin..

Think Quick!

IMG_4917 I had some frozen pineapple bits which I tucked into the bone.

IMG_4918 Remember the Tasty Cubes I made?  Well I took one and smashed it in to the bone.  It was just enough to make it enjoyable for her.

A little luck pitted with a little Yankee Ingenuity and all was right in Delilah’s world.

This is the Tasty Tuesday Blog Hop, hosted by Kol’s Notes and Sugar the Golden Retriever.

Follow-Up Friday – April 19, 2013

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday.  I’m flying solo today as I waited too long to ask people.  It’s  super easy and I’m always looking for a co-host, just let me know if you’re willing to co-host the Follow-Up Friday blog hop.   The hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

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Black and White Sunday

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100_0944 Here’s the original photo.  It was taken in Emerald Isle, North Carolina.  One of these days I’m going to do a post all about this trip as you can see I have some beautiful photos.

Miss Harper Lee asked, “How do I get there?”  We drive Miss Harper, but there are local airports as well.

Dead Dog Walking – Update

This post was incredibly hard to write, as I feel so helpless.  The photos really tug at my heart.  So far I’ve been told by three of my contacts that they don’t have any contacts in the area. I’ve got a couple more to try but right now it’s not looking very good.

Please if you know anyone that does rescue, pass the information along, working together we really can make a difference.

ACD6Pack said, “I often look at my rescued pack of seven and wonder how could nobody want them?”  I wonder that myself my friend.

Our Appointment with the Holistic Vet – Update

The prescribed herbs came in the mail on Tuesday, two bottles that need to be kept refrigerated, something I’ve found very common with the Chinese herbs I’ve used.

I dug frantically through the box looking for the invoice and couldn’t find one, so I looked at the invoice from his visit.  Everything was already included on that!

Rosemary mentioned, “I’m thinking it might be a little pricey though.”

Are you ready for the sticker shock?

The vet charges a traveling fee of $75, HOWEVER my friend Jo-Anne was having her dogs looked at the same day directly before me, theoretically Jo-Anne and I could split the travel fee in half.  I say theoretically because thus far Jo-Anne had refused to do so.  Yes, I’m aware I owe her BIG.

Without the travel fee my bill was $111.00, which included $30 for the herbs and $6 for shipping making his home visit including the acupuncture $75.00.

Now even if I had paid the traveling fee the entire bill would still have been less than $200.00.  I don’t know about you, but it’s a rare occasion when I get out of my vet’s office for less than $200.00.

Genevieve asked, ” Does he do massage therapy?” Not to my knowledge, he does laser therapy and he can do chiropractic adjustments, but I don’t know about the massage part.

Most of you felt similar to the way I feel, that treating with a mix of traditional and holistic is the way to go.

Wordless Wednesday – Update

Some of my favorite caption suggestions were:

Caren Gittleman “I don’t know about you, but this Squirrel TV that we hear about is highly over rated!”

Roxy the Traveling Dog “Did you see it? No, did you? Maybe, I think it was that same squirrel. Crap, and we’re trapped inside.”

Jessica@YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner “No…but that looks like my old couch :)”

Misty Shores “Sampson did you see that, I think that squirrel just flipped us off!”

So without further ado, here is the original photo with my caption.

IMG_1505 Sampson – Hey

Delilah – Hey

Sampson – You

Delilah – You

Sampson – Get off of our

Delilah – lawn

This ‘N That Thursday – Author’s Note

Here’s the difference in my two dogs.  Sampson wants to be where we are, as long as we are together and calm, he’s the same way.  He’s traveled with us since he was a puppy.  He would stay in a hotel room by himself (not that I would EVER do that!) he would lie under or beside me or Hubby wherever we were.

Delilah won’t.  She would bark in the room every time someone walked by the hall.  She would be trying her best to get at any piece of food she thought she could reach and she certainly wouldn’t lie under the table while we were eating.  She has traveled with us, but we’ve always stayed in houses.

Right now it’s looking like both dogs will be staying home.

I’m sad because I really wanted Sampson there, but I have to do what is best for both my guys and in this case it means keeping them together.

That’s another Follow-Up Friday wrap!


 

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