You Make Me Laugh – June 2, 2013

June 2, 2013 By Jodi

One of the big reasons I started this blog was for all the crazy, funny things my dogs do that bring a smile to my face or a laugh to my lips.

Sometimes it’s not easy to write a full blog post about it and sometimes I forget to share.

Some posts will be You Make Me Laugh and others will be You Make Me Smile, but they will all be the silly, sweet, funny things Sampson and Delilah do that help make crazy days just a little bit easier.

Feel free to share what your pet does to make you laugh/smile in the comments.

The pig came that way, I swear. I did NOT chew off its ears.

Thwp, thwp, thwp.

The funny thing is, she doesn’t drink Hubby’s coffee. I think it’s because mine has cream in it and he drinks his black.

Silly girl.

A Day Late

June 1, 2013 By Jodi

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.

Thanks so very much to Misty Shores Chesapeakes, my co-hostess this week. She very graciously handled the entire blog hop yesterday so we could make the big announcement about K9 Kamp hosted by Koly and Kelly.

This ‘N That Thursday – May 23, 2013

This goes way back but I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind comments and yes, I intend to follow my bliss wherever it may lead me.

You Make Me Laugh

I think it’s pretty clear, our pets are awesome and bring us joy and laughter all the time.

Leslie said, ““Bella, you make me laugh every. single. day. It’s one of her greatest gifts to me.” What a beautiful statement.

H and Flo said, “I always smile when George uses my use of the bathroom as his cue to use the litter tray.” Yes, I imagine that would make me smile too.

Sampson Loves Sara

Delilah is very good about getting her nails done (she’s such a princess) she will actually hand me her paw and let me clip them. Sampson is the tough one though, despite the fact that he has light-colored nails. He does tremble a bit when I take out the clippers, so it’s just easier to take him to see Sara.

Misty asked, “Have you ever tried using a grinder on them?” You know Hubby did a while ago and Sampson didn’t care for the vibration, but it might be worth trying again.

Marrow Bones from Jones All Natural Chews

Thankfully the dogs passed the bones with no major incidents.

Julie said, “That is exactly why I always leave typed, step-by-step notes, but how can you be sure that they will follow them?” You know Julie, I always used to do that, write everything out so that a monkey could come in and feed my dogs. Granted he’d have to be a monkey that could read, and I have yet to find one of those. For some reason I did NOT do that this time. That will be the last time that I don’t do it.

Guaranteed.

All Things Collie said, “Wow, that’s a lot of chicken! Our cottage is rather small, or I would offer to dog sit!

But if you need a recommendation for a really great kennel, let me know. My daughter works for a kennel, the same kennel I worked at while in high school and college. It’s very clean, great staff, and the owners live on the property.”

Thank you, that is so sweet of you and I really appreciate that. My house is quite large would you like to come here? 😉

Actually I was speaking with my daughter today and she offered to come over, I think if I fly (I hate flying) I could leave first thing Friday morning and come back Saturday and would really only need someone to feed them dinner on Friday and breakfast on Saturday. I’ll keep you posted.

Mrs. Taleteller said, “I am trying to imagine you coming home and your head NOT exploding!” LOL that’s pretty much what happened.

A Dog Walker’s Chinese Star

Sue asked, “What kind of wild animals are you talking about, anyway?” Well we know for sure there are Fisher’s (aka fisher cats) in the woods and we’ve been told there are coyotes as well. Neither one of which I want to mess with.

Bert said, “Oh I definitely would go for a patent, I would change the design on the bag a little and I would add a fling cord for harder impact” I like the way you think Bert. Let’s talk.

Emma said, “Mom worries about getting the poo on herself sometimes but we never thought of flinging the bags.” Yeah, getting it on yourself is disgusting, but it’s my dog. I wouldn’t want someone else’s dog’s poop on me. That just grosses me out.

All Things Collie said, “We have WADS, or a poopisle or a fecal grenade ready to aim at any dangers, and we never even knew it!” Fecal grenades. I love it!!

Jen said, “I’ve actually thought about that, if necessary, I’d throw a poop bag at a charging dog/person of ill intent. With or without accompanying ninja sounds. For the threat display, you understand.” Yes I do understand, but knowing me I’d probably be screaming, “Eat shit and die mother f**ker!”

Kim said, “By the way, that reminds me of when I used to walk the dogs when we lived in a subdivision–I would put the bag down by a tree in the common area as I walked and pick them up on my way back. We used to pass the house of a really, really obnoxious schnauzer that our dogs didn’t like and he would bark at us from his front door that was always open. One day after I set a bag down he came over and picked it up and went inside with it.”

OMG that made me laugh. I set the bags down by trees too! Delilah has a habit of pooping within a few minutes of starting our walk and there I am left to carry it the whole way. But I’ve never had a dog carry a baggie off.

Pam said, “The moment it opened with, “It was a four bag walk…” I knew I was in for hilarity.” Thank you. I was actually singing that first line to “It was a hard day’s night.”

This ‘N That Thursday

I answered the comments on this post directly. Good thing too because I’m way over my word count!

Join us next week for Follow-Up Friday when my co-host will be? Who? Any takers?

Thanks again to Misty Shores, you rock!!

This ‘N That Thursday – May 23, 2013

May 23, 2013 By Jodi

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

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.

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.

See you tomorrow!

Heart Like a Dog

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

You Make Me Laugh – June 2, 2013

A Day Late

This ‘N That Thursday – May 23, 2013

You Make Me Laugh

Sampson Loves Sara

Marrow Bones from Jones All Natural Chews

A Dog Walker’s Chinese Star