Heart Like a Dog

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

Frosty Blog Paws

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Friday just before we got 3 feet of snow, we received a package from our friend Jen at My Brown Newfies.

Frosty Paw Puppy

Inside the priority mail box was two prize packages consisting of 2 coupons for free Frosty Paws dessert treats and a cute little stuffed puppy.

One package was for us to keep and one was to do what we pleased with. Truthfully I could have kept both, but why be greedy?

Especially when I want something from you.

BlogPaws Bound

In May of this year a whole host of awesome Pet Bloggers will be meeting in Tyson Corners, Virginia for the social media event of the year. BlogPaws!

In a moment of folly, I pitched a proposal to BlogPaws for a beginning blogging session titled, “I’ve started a blog, now what?”

Well put your money where your mouth is Jodi Stone, because BlogPaws accepted my proposal!

Yes, yours truly will be hosting a session at this year’s BlogPaws.

As most of you know (mostly because I whine incessantly about it) blogging is a learning experience. And while sometimes it takes me a while to learn things (thank you to all of you who answer those desperate questions of mine) there are so many things I wish I’d known about sooner, like two years ago sooner when I first started this blog.

That is what my session will be about. All the things that took me two years to learn about starting and growing a blog.

I have a list of subjects I wish I’d known about when I first started blogging and I figured if I had a list, you must have one too!

So see, here’s where the give away comes in.

I’d like your thoughts about what you wish YOU’D known about when you first started blogging. And it wouldn’t be fair to pick your brain and not give you something in return, right?

SO Share it with me in the comments and one lucky winner will receive a prize pack with two coupons for a free Frosty Paws dessert for your dog, along with a Frosty Paws dog.

Not for dogs (Note the stuffed toy is NOT FOR DOGS but for human use only.)

Also, I’m only authorized to ship in the US as Frosty Paws isn’t available in other areas.

BUT that doesn’t mean I don’t want my international friends to comment, SO here’s what I’ll do. Give me your comments, one and all and if the entry that wins is outside of the U.S. I will send you something entirely different and pick another entry for the Frosty Paws Prize package.

Don’t write a blog?  That’s okay too, I still want your input.  Tell me what kinds of topics you want to read about on this blog, or something I’ve written that you like.

No rush, I’ll draw the winning name next Wednesday, so if you can’t think of something right away, you still have time.

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

 

 

Monday Mischief

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Of course our Monday Mischief post today just HAS to be on the “Blizzard of 2013.”

Saturday morning after we finally got the dogs outside to potty, Sampson, Delilah and I headed off to our park to check out the situation.

Our park sits smack dab in the middle of a cul-de-sac so naturally all the snow from the plow gets dumped in front.

The plow had already been through at least once, so there was already a good pile of snow in front of the entrance.

IMG_4023 You can barely make out the sign for the park but the gate is to the left of the sign and behind all that snow.

I was a little surprised that the dogs just went straight for it, by the time I got my camera out and set to video I missed a good bit of it.

It made me laugh so hard, watching them. (If the video doesn’t work, you can watch it here.)

When we went back later in the day there was SO much snow, we couldn’t even SEE the park sign.

They tried anyway, but gave up pretty quickly. (If the video doesn’t work you can see it here.)

Still I’m a persistent one, so yesterday I threw my shovel in the car and drove up to the park.  Using my shovel I notched out ‘steps’ so we could make a final effort.

They ran straight for the opening I’d made.  The ‘steps’ worked for climbing up, but I hadn’t thought about the descent.  As you’ll note from my comments, one of my legs sank up to my knee and it took a bit for me to get out.  While the dogs did get to the gate, the snow inside was too deep for us to walk.

Finally accepting defeat, we walked around the block. (If the video doesn’t work you can view it here.)

I’m fairly certain it will be a while before we can walk in our park, although I may attempt it from the other entrance next week and see if someone has forged a path.

What do you do when you’ve exhausted every means to get what you want?

This is the Monday Mischief Blog Hoop, hosted by Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog, Luna a Dog’s Life and My Brown Newfies.

Doot, Doot, Doot

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(Sung to the tune of “Looking Out My Back Door” by Credence Clearwater)

Just woke up oh boy, open up the back door

Dogs and I look out, feast our eyes on the snow

Where’s my shovel, where’s my coat?

Gonna need a snow boat

Doot, doot, doot looking out my back door.

The Blizzard of 2013 or as I call it, Charmo.

The snow started Friday, but very slowly.  At around 7:00 pm we had about 4 or 5 inches.  At 10 pm when we went to let the dogs out for the night, we had over a foot!

Night Hubby had to go outside and shovel a path.

Delilah's Tail Both dogs were coaxed off the deck (that speck in the square?  That’s the tip of Delilah’s tail.)

Sampson turned right around and headed for the house, Delilah? She peed on the deck.

Holy snow you guys!

When we got up yesterday morning at 6:15 it was still snowing, Delilah went to go outside and she couldn’t push the door open!

Floor level This is the view from the floor of the porch looking out at our deck.

I grabbed my coat and shovel, and made a small path out.  Both dogs went out, Sampson turned around and went right back in the house.  Delilah? She peed on the deck.

Grill This was our deck at 6:15 yesterday morning, before I got the shovel.

Cars Delilah and I went to check out the front of the house, those three lumps you see, those are our cars.

Driveway measure This was right outside the garage before Hubby cleared the driveway, it was still snowing.

End of Driveway Measure This was the end of the driveway.

While Hubby worked on the driveway, I grabbed a shovel and worked my way up the steps to get to our front door so I could get the dogs and get them outside for a potty break.  (Sampson finally tinkled after about 14 hours!)

Once we were out I decided we could take a walk, since there weren’t any other dogs out and about!

IMG_4023 This is the entrance to our park. 🙁

IMG_4027 Oh we tried to get in.

IMG_4022 But we had to concede defeat.

IMG_4034 And settle for a walk down the street.

Later after it had finally stopped snowing and we had cleaned up a bit, I took them out for another walk.

Later Yup that’s blue sky on our way to see what our park looks like now.

Park Later I’m afraid we may not be able to walk in our park for a month!

Here our some other photos from our home and neighborhood after Charmo.

Back yard 2 Our backyard.

Street From our front door, before any snow moving was done.

House A neighbor’s house.

IMG_4030 Do you think they got their paper this morning?

The cars have been cleaned off, the bulk of the snow has been moved and the roads are once again open to travel.  All that’s left is to remove some snow from the roof and clear a path for the oil delivery scheduled for tomorrow. (He couldn’t make it up the driveway on Friday.)

How did you fare?  Were you in the blizzard’s path?

Doot, doot, doot.

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