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1.1.13 Carpe Diem: 2013 Pick of the Litter Awards

01 Jan

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 ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on January 1, 2013 in Dogs

 

Tags: Animal, animal awareness, australia, awards, Carpe Diem, Cat, Cat People, cats, cute dogs, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, funny dogs, Istanbul, Lulu Belle, Pet, pets, postaday

12.31.12 Monday Mischief: Making No-Bos

31 Dec

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 ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on December 31, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: Animal, animals, Bo-Bo, cute dogs, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, funny dogs, New Year, Pet, pets, postaday

10 Canine Commandments

29 Dec

 

Reblogged from https://www.facebook.com/ilovemydogfans?ref=ts&fref=ts

 

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Posted by DogDaz on December 29, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: adoption, Animal, animal awareness, Animal rights, Animal welfare, animals, Canine Commandments, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday, Puppies, shelter dog

12.20.12 Puppies Are Not Toys Pledge

20 Dec

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 ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on December 20, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: Animal, animal awareness, Animal rights, Animal welfare, animals, ASPCA, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, New York, NYC ASPCA, Pet, pets, postaday, Puppies Are Not Toys, RumpyDog, Walker

11.25.12 Sofie Pawty Day

25 Nov

Today is my birthday!  Happy birthday to me! We’re gonna have a pawty pawty,  We gonna have a pawty.  Come over and play in the virtual dog park.  Hope your day is as fun as mine. – Sofie Bear, the big 2 year old girl.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on November 25, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: Animal, Birthdays, cute dogs, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday

11.23.12 Anticipation

23 Nov

Sofie: “Mom, did you send the invitation?”

Mom: “Yes, Sofie Bear, they are on your Facebook site as an event” 

Sofie: “Did you bake the special cookies I requested?”

Mom: “Yes, Sofie, they are cooling with the other pumpkin treats.” 

Sofie: “Presents! Are presents hiding somewhere?” 

Mom: “Patience, little one.” 

Sofie: “Are my friends going to come to visit?”

Mom: “Yes, Sofie, Mojo and Amy will be here.”

Sofie: “I am so excited that I am going to be 2 years old on Sunday! Can we go for a walk just you & me.” 

Mom:  “Sounds like a plan, Baby”

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on November 23, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, cute dogs, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, funny dogs, Pet, pets, postaday, Sofie

11.4.12 How You Can Help Pets Effected By Storm Sandy

04 Nov

You can help the pets effected by Storm Sandy.  When shelters are without power the job is so much harder.

RumpyDog posted a great one on Helping Animals Affected by Sandy.  Thank you Rumpy for being so thoughtful.  Please help as you can.  This is going to be a hard winter for an already stressed animal population at the shelters.

Also, here are some good links from Petfinders Blog

Shelters and adoption groups damaged by Hurricane Sandy or assisting their communities in recovering won’t be taking time off this weekend. There is a lot of clean-up to be done, often in areas that still don’t have power.

Mochi is bundled up to stay warm while Animal Haven is without power!

Please take some time to review our posts on Petfinder animal welfare organizations who need help, and reach out to them this weekend if you can.  Here are our past posts from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with additional shelters checking in below.

New York:

• Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C)’s Manhattan and Brooklyn Care Centers are now open for adoptions, return-to-owners, and in-takes on a limited basis.  They ask that anyone intending on surrendering a pet to call Pets for Life at  (917) 468-2938 .  Updates are available via their Facebook page

•  Animal Haven is on day five without power. They have posted a great video of their experience caring for their animals here on YouTube. You can follow their progress and find a link to donate via their Facebook page. They are also accepting donations outside the front gate at 251 Centre Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They need linens, towels, flashlights, lanterns, batteries for flashlights, paper towels, bleach and rubber gloves.

New Jersey:

• Atlantic County Animal Shelter reports that flooding came right up to the door but remained outside. Their animals are safe and well.

• Cape May Co. Animal Shelter (CMCAS)  Staff remained at the shelter throughout the storm. Luckily they were not flooded and did not lose power, however they need to find homes for cats, so consider adopting a hurricane kitty of your very own! They are also on Facebook

• The Humane Society of Atlantic County  was not as lucky and experienced serious flooding. They report that “much of the cleaning is done and we are rebuilding some of the counters that were destroyed. We have power, heat, water for washing (not drinking though) and lots of friends. At this point [we] estimate the HSAC had about $100,000 loss in supplies, equipment, and business. We hope to re-open Monday. Financial support and Lowe’s/Home Depot cards are still needed.” You can find this update and more on their Facebook page. Monetary donations can be accepted via their web pageWe hope Blair finds a home now that Sandy has passed.

• The Humane Society of Ocean City  suffered minor damage from Hurricane Sandy. The structure is sound and they plan to open today, November 2nd at 11 a.m. All of the animals are safe. They are asking for donations of laundry soap, bleach, canned cat foot, 33 gallon trash bags, and towels, as these were the most used items during the storm. They would appreciate monetary donations as well. Updates are available via Facebook.

• Mount Pleasant Animal Shelter  does not yet have power or heat. You can donate via their web page  and receive updates by way of their Facebook page.

NOT Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on November 4, 2012 in Animals, Cats, Dogs

 

Tags: Animal, animal awareness, Animal shelter, Animal welfare, animals, Cat, cats, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Humane society, Pet, Petfinders, pets, postaday, shelter dog, Storm Sandy

10.31.12 Lousie Turns 3: PAWTY On!!!!

31 Oct

Happy Birthday, Louise!  You are the sweetest 3 year old labby/hound doggy in the universe and your people love you to the ends of the earth, and back.  It is time for your Pawty (Facebook event happening right now at the DogDaz virtual dog park), so let’s dance.  Meatcakes for all!!!!!  You love to dance and prance.

We love you Lulu Belle !!!!

Not to distract from the party mood, but Louise and Sofie enter the Pigoween Poem Contest sponsored by our friends Hutch A Good Life and wanted to share with your their masterpiece:

“Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.
Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin’d.
Harpier cries:—’tis time! ’tis time!
Round about the caldron go.”

In we throw some entrail glob,
toads and squirrels, go kaplop.
DogDaz stew we boil and bake,
peanut butter cookies and kitty cakes.
Spider legs when we can catch’m,
cricket backs on which we snack’m.
Mice and snakes and occasional skinks,
this is our Pigoween dream we thinks.

(No offense to Will Shakespeare intended)

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on October 31, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: adoption, Animal, cute dogs, dog, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday, shelter dog

10.27.12 My Rescuers

27 Oct

Puppy Sofie in shopping cart

My friends, Mojo’s humans, are trying to decide whether to bring a new puppy into their lives.  They are struggling with the decision on many levels.  This made me think about how animals have come into my family over the years and the driving forces behind their adoptions. 

Nikki was my first puppy at 8 weeks of age, and I got her from a breeder because I wanted a Cocker Spaniel puppy, and that is the only way I thought you got one.  I did not know about rescue in those days and my mother told me that dogs from shelters all had 3 legs (it is a long story and probably was her attempt to get me not to keep asking for another pet).  I was in my twenties and learned all about late night feedings and whining and potty runs, down 2 flights of stairs in an apartment.  I got Nikkolette, even though I had 4 cats at the time, because I missed having a dog, and had just had major back surgery and had a need for the attention and unconditional love that a dog gives.  She was part of my recovery.  Nikki was with me through out-of-state moves, purchases of new homes, the birth of my daughter, divorce, remarriage, step kids, more cats, and, in her last years, the addition of my first rescue, Squash E Bear.  18 years is a long time.

Squash E Bear was already middle aged when he rescued us. Nikki must have been 17. I wish that I could have seen Squash as a puppy, but he was such a spry 5 or 7-year-old.  V and the kids found him on the road and none of us ever looked back.  He softened the blow when Nikki passed over and forced me to exercise several times a day, no matter how much my body hurt, because, he needed to walk and I needed him.  If you have read the blog you know that he will always be my Soul-Dog.  He rescued the whole family in magical ways.

Louise was about 5 or 6 months (that is still a puppy – right?) when we brought this terrified little mess home to be Squashes eyes (he had gone blind from the diabetes).  I thought it would help him stay connected in his dark world and she absolutely did.  He was probably about 9 or 10 when she came.  To this day she likes to take other dogs leads and walk them.   She was there for me when Squash passed over. So the walking continued and though it was just her and me now, we started to find our rhythm.  She continues to teach me a different view of the world from one who is shy and fearful and gives me unconditional love and devotion.

I was mourning the loss of Squash so much, and for some reason my back had taken an unexpected turn so I was laid up for a few months, at which time V thought maybe I needed a puppy to brighten my heart and get me out of bed.  Hence how we found the ever-loving, Miss Sofie Bear.  She was supposed to be a Collie/Shepard (kind of like Squash) but turned out to be a Sheltie/Corgie or something like that – so unique and so wonderful.  She was about 14 or 16 weeks, who knows with rescues.  And there she is (pic above) on her ‘Gotcha Day,’ in a cart at Home Depot with me.  My little sausage patty, who is always happy and smiling and wants a tummy rub.

Each of my dogs came to me at different times in my life, for different reasons, and I am so blessed by every one of my animals and the lessons they teach me. 

So why did you get your puppy?

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on October 27, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: adoption, Animal, animal awareness, Cocker Spaniel, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday, Puppies, Puppy

10.19.12 Deep Scars

19 Oct

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul. ~Arnold Bennet

What is life if not the culmination of the things that we have experienced; the deep and unyielding collection of events that are burned into our memory banks.  Some of them we can not even remember, but they still created a mark, a scar maybe, a ripple in the scheme of our total recall. 

Louise is an emotional dog.  She was about 5 months old when we rescued her, and that could be a lifetime of experiences that we just will never really know about.  I think Louise’s start in life was bad.  I know she was neglected, but I think that she probably was emotionally, if not physically, abused. 

She is a good dog.  And to those she trusts, she is a sweet dog.  She is leery of strangers and fearful of loud and overwhelming humans. The freedom and abandon she possesses as she runs at max speed across a field is amazing, but then she can quickly hide behind me and snarl at a dog or human that is getting to close or reminds her of something.  I adore this dog but I do not understand her yet.  She is teaching me about her fear and shyness and how the emotions can scar the soul so deeply and longly, that building confidence can become a life long challenge.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 

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Posted by DogDaz on October 19, 2012 in Dogs

 

Tags: adoption, Animal, animal abuse, animal awareness, Animal welfare, animals, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, Emotion, emotional scars, nature, Pet, pets, postaday, shelter dog

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