The other day I past a milestone on the DogDaz blog. Over 400 followers and over 22,000 hits. This is incredible to me. I started writing the blog the end of November last year. It was a way to deal with my love of animals but also for me to talk about all the incredible things that I learn from them. I never really thought a lot about how public a blog is and how many people I would interact with on a daily basis. I set myself a personal goal to post everyday. This has not been easy, since I travel a great deal and work incredible hours. But, so far, I am doing it. My posts are not always to the level that I would like them to be, but it seems that the ones I think are the weakest sometimes get the most good feedback and comments. I wish I had more time to read other people’s blogs and many times I want to comment but am reading them on my SmartPhone with limited ability to type something decent, which can be frustrating. I ‘Like’ people’s blogs, which my Phone lets me do easily, but commenting is not as easy. I enjoy visiting so many people’s sites and getting views into their animal world, photo world, food world, and just family life,but it has become a huge task to keep up. I wish I could just do this all day and night, but alas, one must live in the real world to be able to blog about it, and I do not chose to live ‘in’ the blogworld all the time (you know what I mean?)
What an incredible gift this internet is. I wonder if people really understood the power that this tool has to allow us to see incredible sights from far away places that we may never visit physically but can virtually (and interactively and instantly). Don’t get me wrong because I love paper books, and ebooks, and magazines, and photographic essays on nice heavy paper, but I can see the world here from my computer in a way that I could not as a child. The internet has allow me totally new ways to socially interact that I could never have imagined. I have more high school friends than I had in high school and can see all my family pictures instantly, thanks to Facebook; I stay in touch with old and new business associates via Linkedin; I Skype with my family when I am overseas and also now with my college student; I blog on WordPress, and reblog on Tumbler, and even Pinterest; I work with my community service group via GoogleDocs. Though I have been emailing since the technology was launched, I can now instantly answer via my SmartPhone if I want to. Here on my blog, my animals get to be stars and I get to write about what I love. Less than a year ago, I would not have known how important every blog post would be to me.
THANK YOU, whomever is reading this, for an incredible time. Come back again and I will do my best to make you smile, laugh, and maybe think about something you had not thought about before. You are my blessing – and clearly – I am blessed.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
DogDaz Zoo 
The Daily Golden
September 3, 2012 at 01:04
Just did a milestone post too! Good to look back on to check progress..Im going to add blog hits to mine…I too have a hard time commenting from my “smart phone” but an enjoying the blogosphere also. Keep posting!
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dogdaz
September 3, 2012 at 09:30
Congrats!
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bumpyroadtobubba
September 3, 2012 at 01:42
I love your blog and really enjoy hearing about the adventures of those in your Zoo. You are an insipration as a mumma – your words about how you’d equipped Peanut for the world beyond your home will continue to inspire me for a long time. I will happily keep reading your stories from the land the Dugong calls home 🙂
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dogdaz
September 3, 2012 at 09:35
Thanks Mama I enjoy reading about you Bubba and the your little zoo
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themisadventuresofmisaki
September 3, 2012 at 04:16
Congrats, that is quite a milestone! Keep up the good work!
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dogdaz
September 3, 2012 at 09:36
Thank you. You helped
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Genevieve Petrillo
September 3, 2012 at 05:57
Congratulations! And WOW!
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dogdaz
September 3, 2012 at 09:36
Thanks you Cupcake you helped me get there.
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Sandy
September 3, 2012 at 11:49
Congratulations Lorian, I enjoy reading your blog every morning.
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dogdaz
September 3, 2012 at 12:26
Thanks Sandy – maybe some time I can feature the Florida gang.
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themisadventuresofmisaki
September 3, 2012 at 16:27
Hey Sofie and Louise, i have something for you! http://wp.me/s2h87n-addicted
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dogdaz
September 3, 2012 at 16:56
You are so kind, Thank you
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Jodi
September 3, 2012 at 21:52
Congratulations, those are two major milestones, and you deserve a pat on the back!
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dogdaz
September 4, 2012 at 09:40
Thanks Jodi. It is exciting.
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monicastangledweb
September 3, 2012 at 23:55
So many wonderful milestones! You make us all proud. Congrats!
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dogdaz
September 23, 2012 at 20:48
Thanks Monica – we build them day by day
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Bassas Blog
September 4, 2012 at 00:34
Congratulations on the milestone. You have a wonderful blog. I agree – the internet is an amazing thing!
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dogdaz
September 23, 2012 at 20:48
Thanks Bassa
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zannyro
September 4, 2012 at 12:44
Congrats!! I always look forward to dogdaz 🙂 🙂
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dogdaz
September 4, 2012 at 12:47
Thanks Zanny. We absolutely appreciate all our blog friends.
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Jessica
September 16, 2012 at 11:09
Congratulations on such a huge milestone! I am the one that needs to give YOU a huge thank you, because you have been an inspiration to me since I first read your blog! 🙂
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dogdaz
September 16, 2012 at 12:39
That is so sweet. I think we all keep each other going.
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