On my way out of the door to China, I received the Dragon’s Loyalty Award from Meekucat! Thank you so much. I have done my best to comply with the rules below. We greatly appreciate the honor.
1. Display the award on your site.

2. Link back to the blog that gave it to you.
Thank you MEEKUCAT!
3. Pass it on to 15 blogs (only 15 – I can’t do it – actually, you know me, I would pass it to all of you, but I picked some of my top commenters (in no particular order) as a thank you for your Loyalty).
Through the Peacock’s Eyes
MyDogABlog
A.C. Cockerill
Cupcake Speaks
My Three Moggies
Bumpy Road To Bubba0
The Seeker
My GBGV Life
Easy Blog
The K9 Harper Lee
Speedy the Cheeky Rex Rabbit
Bass’a Blog
Animalcouriers
The Misadventures of Misaki
Peace, Love, & Whiskers
Dakota’s Den
Mag’s Corner
Me, You, and Zu
We Live In A Flat
Unconfirmed Bachelorette
Savannah’s Paw Tracks
Heart Like A Dog
Jones Natural Chews
Cult of Otis
Mollie & Alfie
No Dog About It Blog
Pig Love
Terrier Torrent (Gizmo)
Haiku by Ku
Roxy the Traveling Dog
WCAL Holland – Photography
The Cricket Pages
Lots of Golden Love
Angels Whisper
This Abundantly Delicious Life
4. Tell people 7 things about you.
(1) Nine is our 9th cat.

(2) When Louise is tired she will go sit outside her kennel until I open the door so that she can go to sleep.

(3) Sofie will sit on the other side of the room from her kennel and will refuse to go to bed, just like any respectible 3 year old.

(4) Noel does not like to poop in the pan (you may not have really wanted to know that – sorry).

Who me?
(5) Stella likes to eat her dinner in the kitten room, even though she is 2 and everyone else eats in the kitchen.

(6) Some animals really leave a hole in your heart and I miss Muffy and Squash almost every day.

Muffin in March 2011
(7) I am going to Shenzhen, China for the next 6 weeks for work (I got laid off in July and started my own company in August and I take work where I can, and this is the first pay engagement). I have set up the blog with special everyday posts because I am not sure if WordPress access will be available where I will be working. I do hope that everyone will keep viewing DogDaz Zoo everyday until I return in mid-December. There are some really special days between now and then. and if you don’t visit, you may miss the fun (and the parties). I ❤ my blog friends.

Squash & Me 2007
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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So glad you are joining me today for the Dogs N Pawz Blog Hop called Tuesday’s Tails! New posts go up on Tuesday but you can link up and post when you want all week-long. The whole purpose is to feature cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, etc. so when you link up is up to you! Even pets from PetFinder, are fine. Let’s just get them all homes!
Dogs N Pawz said “I also want to encourage all of you to share each other’s Tuesday’s Tails posts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and whatever other social media channels you use. The more we share the more likely we are to get the word out!”

Let’s hop to it! The shelter is out of cages for kitties. There are also still some that are already paid for by a wonderful donor.
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Tuesday’s Tails pets can all be found at the Anne Arundel County Animal Control. For more information please call (410) 222-8900 (this is Annapolis, Maryland, USA).
Click here for the Pet of the Week Video
Click here to View ALL Pets Available for Adoption

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Please remember that all pets need loving homes. If you are looking for a new pet to take home and live in Maryland, please come visit the Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Animal Control today!
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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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I can not imagine a life without cats.
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

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Today is Follow-up Friday hosted by Jodi from Heart Like A Dog. This is where we review the week behind so that we can launch into the week ahead (or something like that).
I thought I would be gone by now, but, snafus being as they are, I have not been able to get my Chinese Visa because of a ton of different issues, and now it looks like I will be home for another 2 weeks. That gives me 2 more weeks to enjoy the fall, when it stops raining, and to be with my family and furries.
Black and White Sunday was a rerun of my favorite Noel picture. We have these silly cardboard things on the ends of heavy gage wire, that kind of look like bugs. It was just such a perfect moment. Duh?

Noel, the Christmas Cat
Monday Mischief was our last swim in our friend Amy’s pool. And, boy were we lucky we did that because the weather turned to freezing rain and won’t stop. One day summer – next day winter – around here. Sofie is doing fine after her tangle with the rose bush. The tip of her ear is a little ragged, but she will live.

Mom! Louise has all the toys and she isn’t sharing.
I was so consumed with arrangements for the China trip that I forgot to post Tuesday’ s Tails (sorry), but Wordless Wednesday was Noel again, this time hiding behind the cactus in the kitchen window. Since she is the Christmas cat (yes, we adopted her at Christmas time, and she came with the name Noel) – I decided she is a Christmas Catactus. (MOL)
Thankful Thursday brought to mind all the smells and sounds of the fall season. Even though we had torrential rain from the backend of a Hurricane named Karen. Lots of Followers commented how much they love fall too.

Sofie always sticking her nose in everything
That’s it for the week. Thanks for playing along with us. Check out the hop below and you can go play with others.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.

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Noel, the Christmas Cactus
Happy Wednesday!

This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.
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This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to My Life in Dog Years for hosting. Click here to get to know other wonderful animals and their parents and to see how you can take part in this fabulous blog hop!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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I can not imagine a life without cats. Happy Caturday.
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

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