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.

 

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.

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.