Mom, can you solve a problem? Lulu says that black dogs are smarter than blond dogs. Is that true?
Sometimes, Mom’s just have to do magic to answer the more difficult questions.
Well, Sofie. What do you think? Are they?
This is a blog hop. I hopped it from Snoopy’s DogBlog. Check them out for more mischief.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Remember Beaver? (Check out: “Good Night, Beaver” for more details) Beaver is Sofie’s lovey. Beaver goes everywhere with Sofie and she can’t sleep if she doesn’t have him. Beaver was a toy that was actually bought for Louise the day I brought Sofie home to live we us. But Sofie decided it was hers, just like she does every toy in the house. Beaver is very important and I now keep him locked up in the kennel during the day because (1) if Louise gets ticked at Sofie, she tries to rip Beaver just to upset her and (2) Sofie tends to get a little protective of Beaver.
I find that some dogs really have an attachment to certain toys (like Sofie does) and others could not care less (like Louise). Because Beaver is now locked up during the day, Sofie has taken to carrying around an ‘airdog’ and whining and carrying on over it instead. At least the ‘airdog’ is a bit more durable, especially out in the yard (where I try to make sure Beaver never goes). One night Beaver did go in the yard and you had to see me walking around with the flashlight to try and find him so that Sofie could go to bed. Oh my, what we do for our furries.
So the other day V came back from the pet store with something really amazing for Nine. A mini Beaver. Now the 2 best friends, Sofie and Nine, have their own matching lovies. Awwwww. Nine’s however, you can fill with catnip. Too cute.
Beaver and Mini Beaver
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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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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 ❤
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 ❤
Sofie and Louise took a short dream trip to the North Pole to visit Santa and Mrs. Paws. Here at the zoo, SantaPaws visits all good animals and humans to spread light and love.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
DogDaz Zoo 