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This ‘N That Thursday – May 23, 2013

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Today we join our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs blog for This ‘N That Thursday.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

“This ‘N That Thursday A little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

BlogPaws Disaster Response Network

Many of you may not be aware but BlogPaws along with Pet 360 and World Vets has teamed up to help pets in need when disaster strikes.  It is a response team of bloggers who help spread the word of ways the animal loving community can assist pets when disaster strikes.

Typically the biggest need in such a disaster is cash, so BlogPaws is reaching out to their generous sponsors and asking for donations.

Team Up For Oklahoma

They’ve kindly made a button for bloggers to display on our pages, so readers, if they are so inclined, can donate.  Donations will be accepted through May 28th and the collective donation will be announced once the money is ready for delivery.

If you’re not comfortable helping in this fashion, there are a number of other ways you can help, Flea being from Oklahoma has a number of links on her blog.

Bark For Your Park

While I was at BlogPaws I stopped by the PetSafe booth and they were incredibly awesome (more on that in a later post.)  Tuesday I got an e-mail from Robin reminding me that their Bark for Your Park contest was still open until May 31st.

Have you ever dreamed of having a fabulous dog park in your town?  Well PetSafe is giving you the chance.  One lucky city will win a $100,000 dog park and four runners-up will receive $25,000.

Of course if you already have a fabulous dog park, you can always vote for mine. 😀

What’s my passion?

The whole weekend I was at BlogPaws I kept sitting in sessions and thinking, how do I define my blog in order to move it forward? Do I want to focus on dogs, healthy products, lessons I’ve learned?  What? What do I want to do?

How can I possibly move this blog forward if I have no idea what I want to write about?

I turned to my mentor and dear friend Jodi Chick, who has coached and encouraged me through so much of my wishy-washy whining.

Her words of wisdom?  “Follow your bliss. The niche is in there somewhere.”

(Note to self: do not engage in though provoking dialogue with Jodi, just before bed time.)

I did say they were words of wisdom didn’t I? I told her I was going to bed and hoped to dream my ‘bliss.’  Well I didn’t do a lot of dreaming, but I did do a lot of thinking. And then it came to me.

As a little girl I always wanted to be an entertainer.  If I can entertain you with stories and antidotes and that brings a smile to your face, or a laugh to your lips, that makes me happy!

If I can give encouragement to someone who is struggling with a difficult dog, that’s amazing.

If I can share my love of dogs and maybe educate someone in the process, well winner, winner, chicken dinner!!

A little tweaking on the blog design, a change in the header and redefinition of the tag line and I’m off to the races!

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Last week I introduced a new tradition on this blog and that is announcing my co-hostess for tomorrow’s blog hop.  So without further ado, my co-hostess for tomorrow is Pup Fan from I Still Want More Puppies!

Oh and just because, here is Sampson when he was a little punkin.

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See you tomorrow!

Follow-Up Friday – May 17, 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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My co-hostess this week has co-hosted with me many times. Most of you follow the training exploits of Thunder, Storm and Freighter and if you don’t what are you waiting for?

I’ve come to depend on her for many things, not the least of which is to help me see the other side of certain issues.  I can count on her for just about anything and I’ve never even met her. 🙂

Please help me welcome my friend Linda, from the 2 Brown Dawgs blog.

Thanks for everything you’ve done for me with this blog hop Linda, I really appreciate it.

Black and White Sunday

This picture was taken shortly after Delilah joined our home, it is one of my favorite photos of the dogs, even though you can’t really see either dog’s face.

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Animal Couriers said, “What glorious ripples of light along Delilah’s back!”  It’s funny I had posted the photo when I noticed them myself, she almost looks like a Ridgeback. 🙂

Coralee said, “Four-legged Twister, without the mat!” I like that!

Cupcake said, “I kind of see one and a quarter dogs….? Playing rolypoly?”  You know Hubby and I could sit and watch our dogs wrestle for hours, they are really entertaining.

WordPress Family

Like me, many of you have forgotten about awards also, that made me feel a tad bit better.

Emma had a great suggestion, “When I get one I copy the link to the blog post that gave it to me onto a word doc and save it on my desktop.”  Good idea Emma, thanks for sharing that!

Jackie stated she puts the link into a draft post immediately.

Flea asked, “Was Sampson sitting in the middle of the street?”

No, sadly that cracked and car filled bit of asphalt is our driveway.

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JoAnn asked, “Sampson was a good boy and didn’t even get up to chase the goldens?”

Initially he was lying down, but you can tell when something peaks his interest.  He sat up and I said to Hubby who was about 15 feet behind him that there were dogs, so Hubby reminded him that he needed to stay.

He really is a good boy.  He loves to lie out in the driveway and watch the world go by.  Delilah can never be out front unless her leash is looped around the tree.  She would NEVER be content to just lie in the yard.

Meet Emma

The biggest question here was “Why does Hubby not want a Beagle?”

That would be because shortly after Hubby and I started going out we got a Beagle mix, her name was Roxanne.  Hubby always says she was a dumb dog.  But I say we were the dumb ones.  We did absolutely nothing with her, no training, no socialization, nothing.

Honestly I don’t know what we were thinking getting a puppy with three kids under the age of 8.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The last photo of my sweet little Beagle, Roxanne.

Anyway, remember when I said I’d tell you what Hubby always said to the kids about want?  Here it is, “Want in one hand and shit in the other and see which one gets full faster.”

That’s my attitude, if I want a Beagle, I’ll get a Beagle, quite frankly I’m quite enamored with Beagles and while I know I’ll never have a do-over for Roxanne, I would love to give a sweet Beagle a loving home.

Wordless Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Here were some of my favorite comments:

Elyse and Riley asked, “I suck at captions, but is that slobber hanging from Delilah’s mouth?”  Yes, yes indeed it is.

Jackie Bouchard said, “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Or a hotdog. Or a cookie. Or some packing peanuts. I’m not fussy….”

H and Flo said, “I said I wanted the cats-eye contacts.”

JoAnn’s made me laugh out loud, “sorry mom…i didn’t mean to poo on the carpet.”

Long Life Cats and Dogs said, “Sorry I haven’t been around for a while but great to come back to this gorgeous pic. PS – what’s hanging between the collar and the mouth?”  Um Miss Susan, that would be drool.  She’s practicing for the dog version of Big Daddy.  I hear they intend to call it Big Doggy.

Thank you all very much, your comments always amuse me.  Many of you were right on with the BlogPaws theme.  Here’s my caption.

WW 5-15-13- WM You did say they have food at BlogPaws, didn’t you? So explain to me again exactly why I can’t go?

This is the Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs and Heart Like a Dog, please join us.



This ‘N That Thursday – May 16, 2013

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Today we join our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs blog for This ‘N That Thursday.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

“This ‘N That Thursday is for those times when you want to post about unrelated topics or each topic isn’t quite long enough to make up a whole post.  It can be anything you want, so feel free to grab the button and join us!”

Google Reader

Well I finally got almost all the way caught up in my reader.  And yes, I’m still using the damn Google Reader, I’m just not ready to tackle learning a new reader….yet.  I know, I know pretty soon I’ll have no choice.

At the beginning of this week I had over 300 posts to read, and I’m pleased to say as of last night I had only about 6 left to read.  I promise even if I’m not commenting, I am reading, but as I won’t be reading much in the next four days, it may take me a while to catch up.

I’m going to ask you to please be patient with me.  I’ll do my best. 😀

Follow-Up Friday

I’ve decided I’m going to begin announcing my co-hostess for the blog hop on Thursday, I think this will help those of you who participate in writing your post.  And yes, I was gender specific, you don’t see any guys offering to co-host do you?

This week my co-hostess is Linda from the 2 Brown Dawgs blog.

This week’s Follow-Up Friday will include all follow-up except for today.  Since I’m BlogPaws bound, and am NOT bringing my computer and HAVEN’T figured out how to post with the iPad, I’m scheduling tomorrow and Sunday’s posts to go up automatically.

I’ll try and facebook and tweet, but there are no guarantees. 🙂

The Dog By the Park

5-16-13 This little guy belongs to a house right next to our park, nearly every day he’s out there barking at us. I feel so bad for him,  I really wish we could take him on our walk with us.

And finally, just because I can.

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That’s it for me, see you on Monday. 🙂 This is the This ‘N That Thursday Blog Hop hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs, grab the badge and join us.


 

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