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This ‘N That Thursday

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Today we join 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie for This ‘N That Thursday.  It’s a day designed for a pinch of this and a dash of that.  Many thanks to our hosts!

Protecting your dogs.

About three months ago Hubby and I added padlocks to both the gates leading into our yard.  While my bigger concern was one of the gates accidentally being left open, I realized after reading a post on Fidose Reality there are other reasons to padlock your gates.  If you get the chance pop over and read Eight Ways To Get Your Dog Stolen.   Lots of great info in there.

Fall Foliage

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The other night when I was walking the dogs we had a good strong wind.  Honestly the leaves were falling like snow. Yes those round spots in the photo are actually leaves.

I love to take photos of the foliage, but in some of the more beautiful spots it’s rather difficult to get a photo without a power line or telephone pole in the way.  I knew my time was limited though, so I grabbed my camera and headed out to my favorite reservoir.

PicMonkey Fall Collage I love the reflections of the trees on the water.  The lower right hand photo is actually one of the trees in our field.  The leaves almost look frosted.

And because I have a nifty new camera which takes panorama photos, I couldn’t resist trying it out.

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA I love the look so much, I decided to shoot one of our field too.

They say you can tell how hard the winter is going to be by the stripes on the wooly bears.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA I’m not sure about squashed wooly bears.  Too bad they didn’t tell this guy to stay out of the road.  I didn’t see him and ran him over.

Ferndale, Washington

This is totally worthy of a WTF post.  A Vet in Ferndale was allowed to keep his license despite admitting to most charges of botching surgeries, using unnecessary force on animals and taking pain killers that were designed for his patients.

I admit, I skimmed through the article because I didn’t want to get too hot.  The thing that really frosted my ass was the Board of Governors allowed him to keep his license.  That is definitely WTF!

My thoughts?  The Board of Governors has no balls.  But we do.  Let’s get this son of a bitch’s name out and shut the mutherfucker down.  Share the story on your social media outlets warning people of this man and what he is capable of.

Let’s get the word out and make sure this guy doesn’t get the opportunity to hurt someone else’s pet.

You can read the entire article here.

Follow-Up Friday

My co-hostess this week is Linda from 2 Brown Dawgs.  Check back tomorrow when I answer some comments and wrap up our week.

Thanks again to 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie!

This ‘N That Thursday – October 10, 2013

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Today we’re joining our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs along with their co-host Ruckus the Eskie, for This ‘N That Thursday.  It’s like the hodge podge of blogging, anything goes.  Grab the badge and play along.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

 

Fall is here.

Despite nightfall coming ridiculously early, fall is one of my favorite times of year.  Days warm enough to be out in shirt sleeves or a light jacket or sweater.

Cool crisp nights with hands wrapped around a hot cup of tea, sitting in front of the fire snuggled up with a blanket your crocheting in your lap and a puppy on the side.  It doesn’t get much better than that.

Until you add in the foliage.  You can’t beat the foliage in New England.

PicMonkey Collage

I took these photos a couple of weeks ago.  At first it seemed like everything was turning yellow.  I felt like I was stuck between the Emerald City and the Winkie Country, (Wizard of Oz reference for those who may not know) so I searched for any color at all that wasn’t yellow or green.   I really like the top right photo that shows the berries on the trees.

We were all kind of in a panic with the leaves beginning to turn so early in the season, but typical New England, give us a little time and we’ll get there!

PicMonkey Collage

I got a new camera, which lets me get super close without blurring the subject matter.  If you notice the 2nd picture down on the right, it’s a bee!

Here let me show you.

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Pretty cool, huh?  If you want to know more about this sweet little, crush proof, freeze proof, waterproof camera, you can find out tomorrow on 2 Brown Dawgs Blog.  She bought the same camera just before I did.  In fact, it was based upon her recommendation that I bought this camera, so thank you Linda!

Follow-Up Friday

There’s going to be some changes made to FUF.  When I first decided to make FUF into a blog hop, I thought it would be nice to have rotating co-hosts, you know to share the linky love?  But it hasn’t caught on like I’d have liked.  Every week, I’m scrambling around looking for somebody to co-host and quite frankly that’s just one more stress for me.  I’m wobbling on two fronts, either make a permanent co-host (ess) OR eliminate the co-host portion all together.

I’ll let you know once I make my decision.  In the meantime, my co-hostess for tomorrow’s blog hop is JoAnn Stancer from Sand Spring Chesapeakes.

Check back tomorrow for recaps, reviews and responses.

This is the This ‘N That Thursday Blog hop hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie.

Dogs Just Want to Have Fun

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Sung to the tune of Girls Just Want to Have Fun, by Cyndi Lauper.

The phone rings, in the middle of the night
It’s Jodi Chick yelling, “you know it’s K-9 Kamp, right?”
Oh Jodi dear, you know that labs like to run
But this time we’re gonna have fu-un,
Oh this time, we’re gonna have fun.
 
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Delilah here, letting you know that the Mama dropped the ball (literally and figuratively) once again for the K-9 Kamp challenge hosted by Kol’s Notes and Peggy’s Pet Place. Luckily she has me here to pull her into it, kicking and screaming if necessary.

I’m definitely up for that challenge.

Siriusly, I generally have to pull the Mama up the hills while we’re walking.  You’d think after three years of daily walks, she’d be in some kind of shape, but sadly, no.

The last time she managed to make it up the hill on her own she swallowed a bug.  Honestly, you’d have thought her life was ending.  She choked, coughed and gagged then cried, “I swallowed a bug,  a bug!  I swallowed a bug!”

Good grief Mama, it’s just a little extra protein, be glad you didn’t get charged for it.

So the Mama’s all goofing off on facebook the other day and she sees that Kol’s Notes posted a reminder about K-9 Kamp.  Then some really bad words came out of her mouth and she got all feverish on the facebook chat with Jodi Chick about K-9 Kamp.

Rumor has it the Mama asked Jodi Chick if an e-mail went out.  I’m a dog and if dogs could get embarrassed that would certainly embarrass me.  Let’s just say, that the Mama has decent organizational skills when she chooses to use them, but Jodi Chick puts her to shame.  Oh Mama, it’s a good thing Koly and Fe live so far away, Sampson and I would never live this down.

Let’s face it, the Mama totally did not do her part in the last K-9 Kamp challenge.  Oh she walked us all right, but she should have been shouting up a storm about what we were doing and trying her best to keep people motivated.  Truthfully, it’s sometimes difficult keeping the Mama motivated.  We try, we really do but short of dangling M & M’s  in front of her, not much motivates that one.

So the theme for this portion of K-9 Kamp is  “Get active with your dog, 30 minutes extra, 3 or 4 times a week.  And they’re looking for fun things to do, like play fetch, chase your dog, let your dog chase you, swim, do agility, play frisbee.

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Good thing the Mama found (yes FOUND) this Frisbee at the park, would you believe the woman didn’t own a Frisbee?  It’s a wonder I’m in any kind of shape at all.  Although dragging her around on the leash really does give me quite a bit of resistance.

Well I’ve heard it said, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.”  So I’m taking over for the K-9 Kamp Challenge, and I’m going to make sure the Mama does her part to help us have a little bit of fun every single day.

It’s true Sampson is a bit older, and doesn’t care much for fetching, but I’m going to give the Mama some suggestions and hopefully get her motivated.  I happen to know there is a big old bag of M & M’s in the fridge, so I have plenty of treats to get her up and moving.  AND to keep her honest, we’re going to be reporting back at least once a week and giving YOU some ideas and fun things you can do with your dogs, even if they’re a bit older and don’t have the stamina they once had.

So are you up for this challenge?

Say yes, say yes, say yes! (Sorry, I’m a lab after-all.)

Alright then, let’s do this!!

FOLLOW-UP Friday – the Mama’s working with Lynda from Two Ears and a Tail, to be tomorrow’s co-host of the Follow-Up Friday Blog hop.  She’ll update this post if for some reason that changes.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

 

Today we’re joining our friends Thunder, Storm and Freighter from 2 Brown Dawgs Blog along with their new co-host Ruckus the Eskie for This ‘N That Thursday!

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