Heart Like a Dog

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

And The Winner Is…

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The Dogs of Blogville Calendar contest is closed.

It was a hotly contested race between Ryder and Kori from All Things Collie and Schatzie from My Girlz Got Paws.  The third place finisher wasn’t even close to these guys.

Initially they went back and forth, with first one in the lead and then the other, but the Collies were tenacious and when the voting ended Saturday morning, they were clearly the winners with 283 votes!

Ryder and Kori

 

Shatzie had an impressive second place finish with 238 votes, compared to the third place finisher (Sampson and Delilah) with 70 votes.

Schatzie

 

Congratulations Ryder and Kori (and their mom of course) job well done, you will be on the cover of the dogs of Blogville Calendar.

All told there were 887 votes, which I find completely amazing!  I want to thank all of you for participating in this very fun event.

To make things easier on myself I decided to include the photos in the calendar in the order they finished.

The calendar will look something like this:

January – Ryder and Kori (All Things Collie)

February – Schatzie (My Girlz Got Paws)

March – Sampson and Delilah (Heart Like a Dog)

April – Maia and Titan (Misty Shores Chesapeakes)

May – Mollie (Mollie and Alfie)

June – Toby (Donna and the Dogs Just Toby)

July – Honey (Something Wagging)

August – Frankie and Ernie (Frankly and Ernestly Speaking)

September – Shiva (Rescued Insanity)

October – Blueberry (Spotty, Spotty, Polkadotty)

This is the very first (that I know of) Blogville Calendar and when I set out the rules I sadly forgot to anticipate what would happen if there were a tie.

As it turns out 1 thru 10 were very clear.   However 11, 12, and 13 tied with the same amount of votes.

I wasn’t sure which would be the fairest way to determine which two went into the calendar, so what I did was put 11, 12, and 13’s names on a slip of paper and had Hubby pull one out.

November – Molly (Molly the Wally)

And December’s will be shared with Mazzie (Mazzie Takes Manhattan) and Cali (The Daily Dog Blog)

I just didn’t think it would be fair to exclude one of them.

The remaining 7 photos will go on the back cover.

There you have it, the results of the Dogs of Blogville Calendar Contest.

As of right now, I’m still leaning toward Vista Print, to do the processing, but now that the contest is over I will be shopping around, looking for the best bang for the buck.

There are a couple of photos that were entered that were really small and may be hard to blow up. It may be that you just copied a photo from somewhere and I will be contacting you and asking for the original.  If you don’t have the original, then we may need to put a border around your picture and I will let you know that as well.

I hope to have a post up within the next few days about the ordering process.

If any of you have any thoughts or suggestions on how to make this easier or cheaper, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know.  I want to get these done and out so you all get them by Christmas. (Also, if you see any errors, please let me know ASAP, I tried to be careful and accurate.)

Thank you all so much for participating and for all your hard work in promoting this contest.

Congratulations to all of you, you are amazing!! Please give yourself a pat on the back.

I know there were some issues with the polling not working, but other than that, how do you think it went?  Would you like to see this become an annual event?

Happy Birthday

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We had a great mini-vacation these past couple days.

I did a lot of shopping with my sister, which believe it or not is very unusual for me, because I typically don’t care for shopping.  Somehow when I get together with my sister, the urge to shop overtakes me.  Go figure.

Yesterday morning we got up and headed over to the local grocery store to pick up some food for the food pantry, after unpacking it, we headed to a local herb shop.  I swear I could have spent half the day there. 🙂

We went back to the house for lunch only to find that all the dogs were stuck in the house because the guys were taking down trees. 🙁

After lunch we ran out to the local co-op.  I was in a rush to get back to the house, so I could let the dogs out to run, but we were pleasantly surprised to find them all out and running about when we got home.

Bandit, my sister’s Jack-Rat. Don’t you love those ears?

 

Gordon, my sister’s Golden Retriever.

 

Delilah, Tyson, (a Bernese Mountain/Rottweiler/Pitbull mix,) he belongs to a friend of my sister and J.D. my sister’s Jack Russell.

 

Sampson. I like sticks.

 

There are some nice logging trails in the area and I wanted to take the dogs walking, but it’s hunting season and I forgot their vests. 🙁

So we walked around the property instead.

Gordy, J.D. and Delilah on our walk.

 

The dogs have had a great time, they spent a lot of time outdoors.

Delilah did especially well, for the most part she was off leash the entire weekend.

The weekend was extra special because today is my sister’s birthday and I got to wish her happy birthday in person.

Happy Birthday Laura, I enjoyed our time together this weekend.

What did you do?  Anything special?

Chillaxin

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After the rush and bustle of Thanksgiving, Hubby and I got up yesterday morning, packed up the car and the dogs and took off for my sister’s in New Hampshire.

Delilah was a bit hesitant when she saw the suitcases come out, but quickly relaxed once she realized she was coming with us.

Suitcases make me nervous.

 

Delilah settled down in the back, but Sampson likes to be up near the front, it didn’t take long before I offered up my travel pillow so he could ride more comfortably.

He seemed quite comfy.

 

It takes us about 3 1/2 to 4 hours to get to my sisters, but we usually stop at close to the half-way mark to give everyone a break.

Hubby pottied the dogs while I went to the ladies room.  They looked so happy walking around the field.

I could tell the minute they recognized me, they got so excited.

 

Once we got to my sister’s, the dogs got to spend a lot of time outside.  The house sits on 11 acres, with a big open field.

While my sister and I went out to do a little Black Friday shopping (don’t judge, BF shopping is WAY different in NH than it is in CT,) Hubby, my brother-in-law and one of his friends got a great big ole bonfire going.

 

Sampson was okay off-leash but Delilah had to be on the long one, because we can’t have her lost in the wilds of New Hampshire.

Is it warm, or is it just me?

 

It didn’t take long before my sister and I went back to the house to make dinner and took Sampson and Delilah with us.

The excitement and activity of the last two days tired the dogs out.  Delilah flopped down on the floor, while Sampson helped himself to my sister’s chair.

 

We all hit the hay early, so we can be refreshed and ready for whatever today brings us.

Did you have the day off, or did you have to work?  Did you brave the stores or did you just find a comfy place to snooze?

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