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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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Matchmaker, Matchmaker

November 21, 2013 By Jodi

Welcome to This ‘N That Thursday, hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match

Do you remember the awesome Pet Blogger Gift Exchange from last year that was created and hosted by Something Wagging This Way Comes?

If your new to blogging, or just plain haven’t heard about it (do you live under a rock?)  You can read all about last year’s exchange here.

Well guess what?  It’s back again!!  And I for one am super excited, what a great opportunity to get to know a fellow blogger and share a little holiday love!

I’m not even kidding

You may remember that last year Heart Like a Dog was paired with a cat blog.

A. Cat. Blog.

Once I got over the shock of it, I found out that Cokie the Cat was totally awesome and his mom Kristin is awesome too!

Sadly Cokie passed earlier this year but Kristin continues to blog, in fact she’s got a brand new site up.  I’m not even kidding.  No really, that’s the name of her site, I’m not even kidding. It’s a fun site, with giveaways, gift ideas and a whole lot more.  Pop on over and check it out!

Our Christmas Card

You may recall I had computer issues earlier this year.  I had some pictures on the old computer that I thought would be perfect for our Christmas card.  Except when I finally got around to retrieving them, I’m not exactly sure it will work.

Chimney

What do you think, is it worth putting this in PicMonkey and seeing if I can enhance it a little?

Follow-Up Friday

Tomorrow is Friday, the day when I highlight comments, answer questions and wrap up my week.  Co-hosting with me tomorrow is none other than Donna, from Donna and the Dogs!!

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Which Way Do We Go?

November 20, 2013 By Jodi

Lately Sampson hasn’t been responding to me when we encounter people or other dogs on our walks.  This means his off-leash privileges have been revoked.  There are still some times and some days when I let him off leash a bit, but for the most part he’s on the long leash the same as Delilah.

I hear too many stories of dogs being lost or stolen and I’d rather not take the chance.  The kicker was the day he ran off, ignoring me completely and followed a couple of fellow hikers.

Sorry Sampson, that doesn’t fly with the Mama.

As those of you who walk more than one dog know, multiple dogs can prove to be challenging.  I’ve been searching for a leash coupler, but the places around me are out of stock on the 24″.  I have found it on-line, but the shipping options suck.  I think it’s ridiculous to pay $10 to ship a $5 leash, especially when I just shipped 95 calendars all for around $5 each.  One of my local stores is ordering a coupler for me but in the meantime, I walk two dogs and deal with the challenges.

What?  You've never heard the tale of the two stubborn labs?

What? You’ve never heard the tale of the two stubborn labs?

 

At times (depending on my mood) this can be frustrating for me.  But not this day.  This day I chose to find the humor in it.  I took the photo and then I waited.  I waited to see who would move first.  And I thought, I can work with this.

Here’s where you come in.  Remember those Dogs of Blogville Calendars?

February - Wrigs - Life with Wrigs: hike, play, eat, nap!

Mr. February – Wrigs – Life with Wrigs: hike, play, eat, nap!

 

In order to get the cheapest price, I ordered a few extra.  So I thought, let’s do something fun and give one of those away.

Are you up for the challenge?

In the top photo, we have Sampson to the left side of the tree and Delilah to the right.  In the comments tell me who turned back to me first and which path we ended up taking.  Don’t worry, everyone who comments will go in the drawing for the calendar, you don’t need to have guessed correctly to win.

Random.org will choose the winner, which I’ll announce in next week’s Thanksgiving edition of This ‘N That Thursday. I’ll cut off entries Tuesday night at midnight EST.

Ready. Set. Which Way Do We Go?

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