Holy Cow!!

We have been very blessed that such wonderful people that take the time to read our blog and to received not one but two awards from several different people...we find ourselves a little speechless.  

 Thanks to Pamela from Something Wagging This Way Comes, Kol's Notes and I Still Want More Puppies for this wonderful award.

And...

 Thanks to Jet's Furkid Palace, Arwen's Pack and Greyhounds CAN Sit for this great award.

Since I am a bit overwhelmed by the generosity of this dog community, I am going to skip sharing about ourselves and spread the love.

We have been exploring more into our dog/animal blog world and have discovered some blogs that are new to us and would like to pass these wonderful awards forward. 

While we don't know much about them, they all caught our attention in some way or another.  Some you may already know and some may be new to you, but we believe they are all worth having a look at.
We even threw in a few cat blogs to shake up the mix!

Familiar Spirit

Bert's Blog

At the Farm

Lapdog Creations

Miz Coco Kat

Cattipper

Two French Bulldogs

Married with Dawgs

No Dog About It

So go ahead, take a minute and check out a blog you haven't heard of.  You'll be glad you did.

Thank you again for these wonderful awards, because it is really YOU, the readers who makes this blog what it is. 

 

The Best Part is Giving...

While I am not very comfortable at accepting awards, I was given one to me by Just Ramblin'  that made me take a minute and think.  That someone felt our blog was worth noting and I take a quiet bow in thanks to enjoy the small limelight of this special award.

Now for the best part.  While I am not obligated to pass it on, I can not help myself.  For the best part of receiving this award is the giving it to someone else.  I am passing this award to someone who I think is a genuine blogger and think anyone who knows her would agree.  The first post I read by her I was hooked.  Her ideas are fresh and real and there something about the way she relays her stories and thoughts that will make you laugh and cry.  A first time dog owner with challenging, high spirit pooch who is a mixed bag of quirks and desires that gives her a reason to blog almost every day.

This blogger doesn't shy away from the tough questions, believes in the causes and isn't afraid laugh at herself or her crazy dog's antics.  I don't know how many times I have read one of post and found I was thinking the same thing..  Her writing beautifully flows with a strong passion about the injustices that are inflicted on animals and is done so with heart.  She has style and grace and appreciate her honesty and genuine care that radiates through.

I would like to pass this award to:

Kristine from Rescued Insanity

I think the name says it all.  :)  If you haven't visited Kristine please stopped by and say hello!

For anyone who would like to give this award to someone you think is a Genuine Blogger, please visit Just Ramblin'-Genuine Blogger Award.

 

Sledding Thoughts and Liar, Liar Revealed

Thanks to all your comments about our sled dog practice.  Both Chance and Blaze were out of the rest of the night.  BOL  They both popped into shape for walk time today.  While I on the other hand feel like I've bench pressed 142 pounds (Chance and Blaze's combined weight)  about 150 times!!  But it was worth it!!  I am still reeling from beginning to sled as a unit.  As I was relaying the scenario to my husband last night, I realized after I got the dogs harnesses on, they lined up at the gate and waited for me to hook them up without dancing and twisting each other up before we got started.  THAT  was some huge progress.  I am so amazed at the whole experience and that we were actually working together.  Usually it is them against me.  They think they have having a free for all, while I'm trying to control these wild creatures.  BOL  I am blown still blown away that giving Chance the command after calling to him, that he was showing signs of responding and that something clicked in me to start doing that.  What an amazing relationship we can have with animals and the gift they bring.  I am still glowing from the entire ride.

The best part is that we got more snow today, so we may have another chance after all!!  Of course I don't know how my body will take to that, BOL, but it may be a little bit easier if I can dig a little further into getting Chance to respond.  It will help that we just went yesterday and a with a good day or two rest, I think we can handle it again.  My husband will be around, so I'll be sure to get some video!  Then you'll all have a really good laugh!!     

And now, on to the Awards seen here.  Thanks to everyone who voted and now the truth will be revealed...

My style............................My husband's

1.  No country music fans here.  I am into heavy metal/hard rock/alternative and my husband likes blues and 70's rock. 

2.  My husband handles tools like they an extension of his hands.  He is an excellent skilled carpenter and can build, fix, remodel or repair anything.

3. Green thumb? I love plants. Simply put our house is like an inside jungle.

My husband's current woodwork skills and a piece of our little jungle.

 
5.  Organized?  BOL!  Being organized in this house means only if it is fixed down!  If it can be moved, it never sits in the same spot twice!

The Real Truth is #4!!

Woke up one day to a giant web made by baby spiders that took up half my kitchen table.

I do love spiders.  Then have a special meaning for me.  In some Native American cultures they are a sign of change.  So our home has become a no-kill zone for spiders and I will catch them and set them free outside.  I do it with all insect really, but spiders are just one of my favorites.  My husband shakes his head every time.

Rudy-the dog with a blog, Mr. Pip, Melissa, and Lavi guessed correctly.  You have each won a hug for your dog from me.  BOL!!

Thank you for the fun!  I had a great time with this Award.

A Correction, An Anwer and Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!!

First I have a correction:  I listed the EAR CLEANSING FORMULA on Doggie Medicine Cabinet that I got from Hound Girl wrong.  I already changed it on the post but, it should be 3 parts rubbing alcohol and 1 part vinegar.  Here is the actual post from Hound Girl about Dog Ears.  

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Second:  Monday Memories-Where's Chance?

For everyone who guessed the puppy laying down on the left...

You were right!!

I was so impressed with how many people guessed correctly, when I had to cheat to figure it out myself.  BOL!!

And here was Fiona during the white puppy get together.  Sleeping with all her stuffie friends!!

Much better than hanging out with her brothers!!

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And third:  Thanks to Kristine at Rescued Insanity for this awesome and crazy award.

Now I must pass it on to five recipients:

Tales and Tails

Arwen's Pack

Levi Mac

My Brown Newfies

Pawprints, ears and a tennis ball

Next:  To tell five facts about yourself.  Four of them are fabrications and one the whole truth.
See if you can guess which one is real.

1.  My husband and I are huge country music fans.  We prefer the older stuff, like Hank Williams Sr. and Johnny Cash.

2.  My husband is lousy with tools.  I have to show him how to use a hammer and he is scared of power tools. 

3.  I have a terrible green thumb, once a plant has entered my house it might as start digging it's grave.

4.  I love spiders.  I won't let my husband kill any in the house. I catch them and put them outside.

5.  My husband is highly organized.  He drives me crazy needing everything to be just so.

So there you have it.  Can you guess which one is the truth?

And thanks again to Kristine for this great and fun Award.

 
 

Thank you for our Award

We are honored by all the awards we have received and then to receive another one from The Blab Labs well, we just had take a play bow at the wonderfulness of this dog blogging community.  We don't feel we are any more special than any of the other dog blogs out there, but we appreciate the award. 

Dog blogging has become a wonderful resource in helping my with my depression.  The love, care, and joy from writing and reading other animal blogs is contagious and lifts my spirits because we are not alone in our crazy, insane love for our animals. Sometimes my animals and blogging are the only highlight of my day and this experience has given me has become a valuable tool in coping with my disorder.

I think that all of you rock when it comes to blogging and I love this "little" animal community.  This has been such a wonderful adventure and I would like to share my thanks for it. 


With that, Here are the rules (copied from The Blab Labs):

1.Please thank the dog who gave this to you, and link to them.

2.Name 10 things about yourself. Try to be as creative as possible.

3.Then, award 15 doggie bloggers. It doesn't matter whether they are old or new. All furends deserve this.

4.Comment on the new receivers of this award's blog to let them know of the love.

5.And the most important: HAVE FUN!!!
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Thank you The Blab Labs for this wonderful award.
 
10 things you may not know about us:
 
1.Brut reminds Silver every chance he gets that he wants to make more puppies.

2.  Silver lets Brut know every chance she gets that labor with 10 kids was enough.

3.  Fiona and Chance would make excellant food detectives.

4.  Despite the terror that Brut is,  Fiona is the only dog who can scare the beegeezes out of him.

5.  All the dogs put on their best show to be chosen for a ride with Daddy.

6.  We think it is adorable that Blaze is mothering three different squeaky toys during the last weeks of her false pregnancy.

7.  Blaze is obsessed with the cats and isn't allowed in the same room with them yet.

8.  Brut and Zappa like to act out their own version of  "Whose the Boss?"

9.  Chance and Blaze could get a job at a restuarant clearing tables, plates, silverware...

10.  Silver never gave us kisses until she watched all her puppies give them.

We believe all the dog blogs deserve this award, but we are working real hard on following the rules.  BOL 
Here are some of our picks:

Furbaby Chat

Scratch My Belly

Dear World, It's Me Liz

Arwen's Pack

Furever Home

Cult of the Greyhounds

The (mis)Adventures of Sage

Hound Girl

Jazzi's World

I Still Want More Puppies

ricks dogs blog

Peggy's Pet Place

The Dogs of Greenhill Farm

Holly's House

Life Spent Wagging

(A playbow exit.)

Thank you for our Awards!!

We got these wonderful awards and we don't even have a speech ready or anything!  How about 6 big sloppy kisses, will that work? 

Thank you Pup Fan for this great award!

AND

Thank you Furbaby Chat for this wonderful award

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

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1. We all love peanut butter, except for Mommy

2. Brut can't have squeaky toys because he is possessed by them.

3. Fiona has a dew claw on back right leg, just like Daddy Dog Brut.

4.  We were going to rename Chance either Hoover or Eureka or Bissel, but we thought it would give him a complex.

5.  Everybody loves ice cubes except for Silver.

6.  Zappa is the ring leader for the "Howling Choir."

7.  Try as I might, yelling, "Just a minute," does not work on a barking dog at the door.

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3.  You must name 15 blogs you think deserve this award.

There are so many great blogs to choose from, we wanted to choose them all, but the rules said 15 and you know that around the 24 Paws we like to follow the rules!  Heehee.  

Nico and Bandit

THE STRAWBERRY MALLARD

The Road Dogs

Corbin

Lucy's Human

Who's Driving

Life with 5 Dogs

House of Carnivores

Murphy's Law

The Pugs Strike Back

Hound Girl

Padawan Ahsoka & Master Jedi...Fuzzbutts!

Peggy's Pet Place

Arwen's Pack

 Tails of a Carnivorous Convict: Life as a Prison Puppy

When you pick up your award, you must thank the person who gave to you.

Share 7 things about yourself.

And pass out 15 awards to the blogs who you think deserve it.