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2nd Annual Dogs of Blogville Calendar Contest

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The Daily Dog Blog and Heart Like a Dog are proud to announce the 2nd annual Dogs of Blogville Calendar contest.

Since this is only the second time we have done this, we’re still learning, but we do have SOME rules.

They go like this:

  1. We (The Daily Dog Blog and Heart Like a Dog) make the rules.
  2. Submission portion of contest begins immediately.
  3. Photos are limited to one photo per blog (so we can showcase as many dogs as possible.)  If you have more than one dog that represents your blog you can either submit one dog or a photo with both (all) your dogs.
  4. Dogs who have crossed the bridge are eligible to participate.
  5. Photos should be submitted to stone.jodi@ymail.com AND julesmelfi@gmail.com
  6. No photo editing allowed.  Any editing deemed necessary will be done by Julie.
  7. Photo should be a good, high resolution digital image (11″ x  8½” @ 300 dpi output, the largest setting on minimum 6MP camera.) Best quality images are approximately 2832 pixels by 2128 pixels at 300 dpi and a minimum of 1MB.(I have no idea what this means, but thankfully Julie does!)
  8. We strongly suggest your photo is oriented in Landscape as opposed to Portrait.  (This makes for easier formatting when designing the calendar.
  9. Submission portion of contest ends Tuesday, August 20th at midnight.
  10. We reserve the right to use your submitted photo on our blogs for promotional purposes only, with credit given to the photo/blog owner of course!
  11. Voting will begin Saturday, August 24th at 12:01 AM and end Saturday, August 31st at 11:59 PM.
  12. Voting is limited to once every 24 hours. (More instructions when the voting process begins.)

Last year our Dogs of Blogville Calendar contest raised right around $500 which was donated to Roxanne Hawn at Champion of My Heart. This year our fundraising efforts will be for Benny The Frenchie.

For those of you new to this blog, you can read all about last year’s contest here.

All I can say is the contest exceeded my expectations, and Julie designed a damn fine, high quality calendar that I’ve been enjoying all year.

I mean really, how can you look at this picture every day in August and not smile?

Frankie and Ernie

Frankie and Ernie

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Yup, it’s Frankie and Ernie from FRANKly and ERNESTly Speaking.

Last year we had 20 dogs enter the contest and I’m very pleased to say that Julie managed to fit all the dogs in the calendar.  Of course there are no guarantees we can do that again this year, it all depends on the number of entries.

So start digging through your photos or grab your camera and your dog(s) and start snapping. 🙂  You’ve got one week.

Now go!

Update to yesterday.  Yes, I got the video to load on YouTube (and after it did I flipped a big middle finger to Apple, take that!) so as I promised, here is the video showing exactly WHAT Delilah will do for a frozen piece of pineapple.

It’s a Piece of Fruit

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When I found out today was the two-year anniversary for the Tasty Tuesday blog hop I wanted to participate.  I had the option of baking something, sharing a frozen treat or showing what my dog would do for fruit.

Of course we all know I have the best intentions when it comes to making treats for my dogs but I rarely do.  When I’m going in the kitchen to bake it’s generally for myself.  I know what a selfish bitch.

I don’t do a lot of new frozen treats and when I do, I usually share them on the hop.

That left me with showing what my dog would do for a piece of fruit.  I chose Delilah to represent.

Delilah is food motivated.  No secret there.  In fact she’s so food motivated it is sometimes difficult to work with her, she’s so damn enthusiastic.  One of the first times I used the clicker she was so focused on the food in my hand she couldn’t do anything.  I asked a trainer how to get her to focus on something other than the food.  She said use a food with a lesser value.  I didn’t have the heart to tell her I was using a canned green bean.

It’s a bountiful fruit time in the northeast, yet I had no fresh fruit available, so I turned to my freezer.

We started off with a bowl of frozen pineapple.

We started off with a bowl of frozen pineapple.

I will sit for a frozen piece of pineapple. Yes I will.

Will I sit for a frozen piece of pineapple? Yes I will.

 

I will down for a frozen piece of pineapple. Yes I will.

Will I down for a frozen piece of pineapple? Yes I will.

 

I will sit pretty for a piece of frozen pineapple. Yes I will.

Will I sit pretty for a piece of frozen pineapple? Yes I will.

 

I will wiggle on my back for a piece of frozen pineapple. Yes I will.

Will I wiggle on my back for a piece of frozen pineapple? Yes I will.

 

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but it certainly cannot convey Delilah’s enthusiasm for this little bowl of pineapple in my hands.

Would you like to see what else I'll do for a piece of frozen pineapple Mama?

Would you like to see what else I’ll do for a piece of frozen pineapple Mama?  Yes I would Delilah.

 

So we shot a little video.  Except I transferred it to the Mac and deleted it from the camera in the process.  And I couldn’t upload the video to You Tube.

For the record, I’m pissed off.  At You Tube.  And myself.  But after talking with my IT person at work, I have hopes that I can figure it out, but not until I’m home sitting in front of the Mac.

I’m sorry.  I screwed up and you got screwed out of a cute video.  With any luck, I will have it available tonight and I will update this post and include the video in This ‘N That Thursday as well as Follow-Up Friday.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Congratulations to Jodi Chick and her awesome blog, Kol’s Notes and her fantastic co-host Sugar the Golden Retriever for sharing and celebrating Tasty Tuesday’s for two years!   We look forward to sharing many more with you.

UPDATE:  Yes!  I figured it out.  Without further ado, here is proof of what Delilah will do for a piece of frozen pineapple.

If it doesn’t work, click here.

Autumn Dancer Llama Farm

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About three hours east of Nashville, nestled in rolling hills is one of Tennessee’s best kept secrets.

The cabin at Autumn Dancer Llama Farm.

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The cabin itself has a 1/4 acre of fenced area for your puppies to run with the horses and donkeys, or just enjoy a little bit of freedom.

photo-2 The front of the cabin is completely fenced in.

 For the last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing photos of our recent vacation to Tennessee.  Finally all our traveling is done, I’ve got my computer issues resolved and hopefully things are well on their way to back to normal.

Some of you expressed interest in the cabin, so I thought I’d share a little bit more here today.

I first saw this cabin on Facebook.  Kim from Life at Golden Pines had just spent a weekend there, and I clicked on her link and immediately thought I want to go there.

This three bedroom, two bath log cabin, with a hot tub and fenced front yard, sits on a 17 acre llama farm.  Reasonably priced at $135 per night, the cabin is equipped with anything you could possibly need.  A grocery service is also provided for folks who arrive later at night and don’t want to chuff groceries for their evening meal, or next day’s breakfast.  (Honestly, I’ve stayed at higher priced hotels and gotten much less then what is offered at ADLF.)

The owner’s Ginny and Ed Miller are warm and welcoming, and we immediately felt right at home.  Should you wish to take in any of the area attractions (Dollywood is about an hour away, Ashville, NC about 1 1/2 hours) Ed and Ginny are more than happy to let your puppies out for a potty break.

We ended up just staying in as Delilah was a bit unsettled by the trip.  In fact, until about Thursday she wouldn’t let me out of her sight.  So I didn’t feel comfortable leaving her alone.  Instead, we took them into town with us to do shopping and Hubby sat in the car while I ran in.

The llamas were very comfortable around the dogs, in fact they would come out to look at us.

I don't know this llama's name, but she sure liked to look at us.

I don’t know this llama’s name, but she sure liked to look at us.

 

There is a certain protocol used when meeting/greeting llamas.  You should keep your hands behind your back and bow towards them, letting the llama sniff you. If the llama accepts you (s)he will blow softly in your face.  You can blow back and then using the back of your hand, you can stroke the llama.

Hubby grasped the concept quite well and was quickly nose to nose with one of the friendliest llamas.

Hubby grasped the concept quite well and was quickly nose to nose with one of the friendliest llamas.

 

I on the other hand likened it to greeting a Hippogriff and I wasn’t quite as comfortable.  I kept thinking of talons tearing me to shreds, except they’re llamas, and they don’t have talons. I expect all my curtsying confused them.

Hubby wanted to get some fishing in, so he booked a trip with a professional fisherman.  He was on the water 20 minutes and he caught his first fish.

Don't worry. It's catch and release. No fish were harmed in the taking of this photo.

Don’t worry. It’s catch and release. No fish were (siriusly) harmed in the taking of this photo.

 

My expectations were a bit different.  I wanted to take walks with the dogs and have a couple of cocktails.

Little paths throughout the farm, were great for walking.

Little paths throughout the farm were great for walking.

 

And if you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know cocktails were every day at 4:00 pm.  😉

All in all, it was a wonderful, relaxing vacation which ended far too quickly.

If you’re interested in learning more about the cabin at Autumn Dancer Llama Farm, I encourage you to check it out on VRBO.

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