Tag Archives: Dog People
1.5.13 Word Blog Little Vacation
Mom is going to do something she has not done in 14 months, she is going to take a week off from the word blog (but continue the daily zoo pics). Don’t worry she will be back… because she loves it!.
She has a lot of business trips coming up over the next several months and wants to spend the little time she has at home cuddling and playing with us (and humans too). Maybe when she returns next week, she will do the word post every other day instead of every day (but it’s an addiction, so who knows). It is just getting really hard for her to manage family, animals, work, travel, and her other community service work, and still turn out good quality posts she says. She told me that she really wishes she had more time to read other blogs and comment on them, instead of just fast scanning and running on to the next. We know you understand. Mom is getting old and things just seem to take more time these days, we feel sorry for her.
Please don’t go far (we know that Mom can not stop blogging for more than 24 hours or she goes crazy so this will be interesting) and remember the daily pics will still be coming to you.
We’re out of here! See you soon. – Noel, The Christmas Cat.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
1.4.13 Follow Up Friday
Following Up Friday gives me a chance to catch you up on a few previous posts:
We are watching, so be warned!!
12.27.12 Two Dogs At Every School, got a lot of interesting comments. People were mostly concerned about the safety of the dogs. Yes I understand that a crazy person with a gun could shoot one of the dogs on entrance to the school, but isn’t that the point. Better to sacrafic one life for the lives of many (as Victoria Soto did for her students)? I did not get as much support around the idea as I expected. People were worried about allergies and the liability, and all of them are fair concerns. I guess it is just better to give every teacher a gun and make them focus on protecting their class instead of teaching our children (ok, I am being sarcastic here). The truth is, guns are not the problem, mental health is, so maybe we are protecting the wrong thing. I am disheartened, but will keep thinking on this one.
12.29.12 The Catnip-apillars come in a 3 pack from PetSmart. They were nothing fancy but all the animals are really enjoying them (Sofie Bear loves to suck and nibble on cat toys (OK that is weird now that I write it.)
Sofie’s 1st snow ever.
She was amazed, 2012
12.30.12 I never really thought about how many animals never will experience snow. But then, my zoo won’t experience desert, though I guess they could experience sand if I took them to the beach. I love the diversity of followers and the view from their locations. Makes me realize how incredibly different our environments are and how wonderful a medium the internet is to be able to virtually experience another climate.
1.1.13 A New Year and new experiences await. I forget to mention my new friend Pawsitively Pets, who was my buddy in the Christmas Blog Exchange. She has a wonderful and informative site, so go by and tell Ann Paws that DogDaz sent you.
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Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog. Check out the other blog hoppers:
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
1.3.13 Thankful Thursday
It is a great feeling to know your blog is well ‘Liked.’ The DogDaz zoo wants to thank everyone for taking the time to read, comment, and ‘LIKE’ us. Thank you, thank
This is part of the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop from PepiSmartDog.com
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
1.1.13 Carpe Diem: 2013 Pick of the Litter Awards
I tried to wake the animals up to review the year before we move on to 2013, but they said to leave them alone.
My motto for 2013 is “Carpe Diem,” “Sieze the day!” I want to focus on each days wonders and dig deep into making every moment count. If not now, when? If not me, who?
Here is a recap of DogDaz month by month for 2012 before we move on:
January – At that point the blog was only 60 days new. The Muffin Man turned 18 or 19 (we never really knew his age).
February – Stella and Nine joined the family. Everyone was really excited. Nine was about 1 and Stella was 5 months old.
March – The dogs dug up the yard (for the first time) to free the mole Spring was definitely in the air (and under ground). Noel, the Christmas Cat, was 5. Mom was 55.
April – The kittens are fitting in really well…. maybe to well. Nine is taking over the world.
May – Louise is growing up and does a great job on the blog while Mom travels The dogs learned to sit pretty for spring pictures.
June – We highlighted the street animals of Istanbul, Turkey from Mom’s trip. Peanut graduated High School, so the dogs got to be in lots of prom pictures.
July – The dogs and cats took turns writing the blog while Mom was in Australia and had great fun when she returned. Stella turned 1. Peanut turned 18.
August – The true DogDaz of summer were upon us. Change was in the air. Constance was 5.
September – Peanut (the little little human) went off to college and we were all trying to get used to an empty nest.
October – Noel took over as top cat., we get hit with SuperStormSandy and Louise (aka Lulu Belle), turned 3.
November – Sofie turned 2 and the blog turned 1.
December – The Muffin Man and Miss Constance Kitty passed over the rainbow bridge to the great meadow. K8 (the middle little human) graduated from college and came home to stay (bye bye empty nest) – the animals (especially Stella) like having her to play with again.
Awards Review (27 awarded in total, WOW! We are so blessed and so amazed!) –
Blog Of The Year 2012 Award – Thank you for the wonderful stars this year from Misaki, The Daily Golden, Lead.Learn.Live, Worldly Winds, and Living and Lovin.
Blog on Fire Award from “I Adopted A Dog – Now What?”
Inspiring Blog Award from Lead,Learn.Live and also from I Adopted A Dog – Now What?
The Addictive Blog Award from Misaki at “The Misadventures of Misaki.”
The Versatile Blogger Award from Dear Kitty. Some Blog. and Hutchagoodlife and Kindness Kronicles and our very first award, from Bassa’s Blog.
“You Make Me Shine” award from Bassa’s Blog.
Worldly Winds gave us this most unusual Mrs. Sparkly’s Ten Commandments Award.
The Sunshine Award from themisadaventuresofmisaki.
The Liebster Blog from themisadaventuresofmisaki.
One Lovely Blog Award from Paws to Talk and Sweat Like Mambo and Cats & Co and Misty Shores Chesapeakes
The ‘Just Kidding’ Award from Colline’s Blog.
Candle Lighter Award from Sweat Like Mambo.
Awesome Blogger Award from Fluffy Tufts Gang
Hug Award from Milka [the Great{est} Dane] and Misty Shores Chesapeakes (Updated posting at 8:30 AM: I missed Bumpy Road to Bubba – not sure how I did that because she has such a wonderful blog and I apologize because I love to hug that blog everyday!)
Collie’s Choice Award For Best Blog from Collies of the Meadow.
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Seize The New Year With A “DOGDAZ Pick Of The Litter Award”
All those named above will receive their first award of 2013 from us: The DOGDAZ PICK OF THE LITTER AWARD. You are all something special and deserve the very best, now and always. You get to pick one of the above awards for your very own, as well as proudly display that you are part of the DogDaz Pick of the Litter!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
12.31.12 Monday Mischief: Making No-Bos
To all our pals – Have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve. May all your Pawties have lots of treats and good music and may you dance until the cows come home. 
Now back to the blog as regularly scheduled:
There are only a few toys that last very long in this house and Bo-bos are not one of them.
This is a blog hop. I hopped it from 2 Brown Dawgs Blog and Snoopy’s DogBlog. Check them out for more mischief.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
12.20.12 Puppies Are Not Toys Pledge
We took the “Puppies Are Not Toys Pledge” sponsored by RumpyDog and he sent us this wonderful prize pack from the ASPCA of NYC. We grew up in New York so we feel a special affinity to anything from up there. What great fun this has been to win something for a pledge that we would take anyway, Thank you Rumpy and DeDe and June Buggy for making people smarter about this sad fact.
We love opening boxes and we never won anything before so this was neato! We won a new jingle bell collar (which is a little tight, but maybe they thought we were elf dogs), a new SantaPaws stocking (which is absolutely gorgeous), a cat toy for the kitties, an ASPCA wrist band for Mom, a box of Walker’s Scottie Dog Shortbread cookies for our guests, a box of doggy gift cards, and a really neat orange tote bag to put it all in. Yahoooooo!!! We feel really special. Thank you RumpyDog, you made our day. Also a big thanks to Olivia Melikhov at the ASPCA for getting this to us so quickly.
I don’t have any prizes to give away, but please take the pledge. Your gift is one less animal in a shelter or neglected because they were not right for a family that did not really understand that Pets Are Not Toys.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
12.13.12 Thankful Thursday: Fur Family
Every day I wake up in a heap of cats. For that I am thankful. Then I open the kennel doors and I am slobbered and licked and tail whipped good morning, and for that I am thankful. There is no where that I go in my home that I am not accompanied by some four legged furry, and for that I am thankful. How totally different my life would be without my fur family. Since about 5 years old (which was a very very long time ago), I have always had fur family. And, for that, I am thankful. There are so many positive things that I get from my pets. They comfort me when I am blue. They are my walking partners. They make sure that I do not forget to do my chores (or they will do them for me: like cleaning the litter boxes in a way that I do not think is acceptable or licking the dirty dishes clean). They give me smiles on a rainy day and provide me hugs. They make me get up from the computer and go outside to feel the breeze. And, so importantly, they make me laugh (especially Louise). Life with furry family is wonderful to me.
We are thankful for you too Mom!
This is part of the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop from “Hey, Its Jet Here.”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Wednesday’s Reason For the Blog
Squash E Bear
(Rest in the great meadow over the rainbow bridge- we miss you, big guy!)
