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Thankful Thursday: Madge Thanks You & Still Needs You
A message from Canine Nation:
We are so completely happy to announce that after months,yes months, of struggling to find a temporary placement for little Madge, her luck is finally beginning to change.
Madge will be headed to the Wilford Dog Training Academy in Mays Landing, NJ on Friday!!!
Here she will be boarded but it’s going to be a whole new ball game for her with their fabulously dedicated staff!!! Madge will be out of a cage and outside eight times a day plus an additional two times a day for her training!! The academy focuses on helping rescue dogs become more adoptable by working on any issues they may need to overcome. In Madge’s case, they will be helping to socialize and get her past her fears with other dogs. We are so completely happy for Madge and the fact that she’ll finally have the help and mental stimulation she needs to become a much happier and healthier dog!!
We are so thankful for your support all this time. Your shares and messages to us are ultimately what saved her life! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We still need your help though! Madge’s training (after a generous discount from the Wilford team) will cost $20 a day. As we’ve stated before, we are now only relying on donations for Madge’s care, as we’ve already spent thousands on her boarding
Please, please we want Madge to have a solid month of training at least, so she can really benefit from this! This will cost $600 total. Every little bit helps!!! Thank you so much for your continued support and dedication to Madge! Please continue to share her story far and wide so we can get her the help she needs! Thank you all!!
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Thankful Thursday: We’ve Been Collared
We are now the proud, and thankful, owners of 2 beautiful handmade collars that we won at the Mollie and Jaylord Auction, and handcrafted by JoAnn of Sandy Springs Chesapeakes. We are so thankful for these amazing collars, because….. Mommy actually bid on a cat collar (she was going to give as a gift because our cats are indoors and don’t wear anything but fur). When she won JoAnn asked what colors Mommy wanted but then she said she would make us a dog collar instead if we would like. So…. Mommy ordered one for Sofie (because she is smaller and she figured it would be more ‘cat’ size). But…. JoAnn made the first one too big, so she sent both and now we both have wonderful matching sister collars. Yeah yeah yeah! They are sooooo cool. Thank you.
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Thankful Thursday: Liebster Award
We are thankful to receive a lovely Liebster Award from DoggyMom.com
We love making new blog friends and really appreciate when someone reaches out and touches us. Though this award is for new blogs, and we are old and have lots of great fans, we appreciate being honored.
Doggy Mom is Kathleen Crisley, Principal and Owner of Canine Catering Ltd in Christchurch New Zealand. She is currently Doggy Mom to Daisy, a Pointer who was re-homed with her in December 2003. She started making treats for her own pups and it turned into her passion. Thank you Kathleen and Daisy for this honor.
The award rules are as follows:
1. Thank the person who nominated you, and link back and recognize their blog in your post. DONE
2. Answer the ten questions posted by the blogger who nominated you! BELOW
3. Nominate ten other bloggers for the award. BELOW
4. Create ten questions for your nominees to answer. OH MY – THAT IS HARD – take a look at the thoughtful questions DoggieMom gave me.
5. Notify your nominees via comment.
Questions DoggyMom asked:
(My answers in Bold)
- Why did you establish your blog? Mostly this blog happened because the animals were making me laugh and I wanted to be able to show others how silly they were. After a time this became the chronicles of my many rescues: Louise (aka Lulu Belle) my
fearfulshy 60 lb maybe Hound/Lab (4 1/2), Sofie Bear (3 1/2), 50 lb maybe Sheltie/ ‘stubborn’ dog mix, and the house cats: Noel (the Christmas Cat – about 7), Nine (the little Man-cat – 3) and Baby Stella (2 1/2). - When did you start blogging? November 2011
- Approximately how many hours per week do you blog? It depends. I do at least 1 post a day (from the Zoo) which takes maybe 10 minutes (because I am saving internet images all day long from pinterest, tumblr, etc. to post later), but Saturday thru Wed, I also do a personal post about my 5, which can take 30 minutes to several hours depending on topic. I used to post twice a day, everyday, but I can’t find the time to do that anymore. So…. I would say 4+ hours a weeks.
- If you had one thing to do differently with your blog, what would it be? I would have monetized it from the start so that all this work could buy more dog cookies.
- What’s one of your favourite blogs (other than your own)? BumpyRoadtoBubba, Cupcake Speaks, Speedy Rabbit, Easy, Emma, My Three Moogies, GuineaPigSqueak, there are just so many that I love every week.
- What makes that blog one of your favourites? Each and every blogger puts there special voice into the world. They have been a wonderful community of virtual friends that care about what they are saying and why they are saying it.
- Since we can’t spend all of our time online, what book are you currently reading? The DoveKeepers
- Which do you prefer – pure bred or mixed breed? If you mean pet, I prefer RESCUE, I am not a breedist, I love them regardless of sire.
- Do you consider yourself a dog parent or dog owner? Well, since I adopted them, I guess I am their parent, but legally, I am their owner. I would have to say they own me, more than I own them. Bark Out Loud (BOL)
- Would you rather do a Crossword or a Suduku? Absolutely Crossword. Though I can do the math thing, but don’t enjoy it as much.
- When the weather turns cold, does your dog wear a coat? Louise wears sweaters because she has such think fur, Sofie, only when it is frigid (more for me than her, I think).
Doggie Mom – here is a DogDaz Pick of the Litter Award for you, for being so nice. – DogDaz
We nominate the following 10 blogs (but there a a lot more I would like to nominate so maybe next time) because we know they reach out constantly and touch so many new readers:
- Miss Harper Lee @ http://thek9harperlee.wordpress.com/
- Breanna @ http://walkingwiththealligators.wordpress.com/
- Rhythm @ http://readingwithrhythm.wordpress.com/
- Easy @ http://easyweimaraner.wordpress.com/
- Misaki @ http://themisadventuresofmisaki.wordpress.com/
- Cody @ https://twitter.com/CatChatCaren
- Emma @ http://mygbgvlife.com/
- Bella & Beary @ http://bumpyroadtobubba.com/
- All the travelers @ http://animalcouriers.wordpress.com/
- Sampson and Delilah @ http://www.heartlikeadog.com/
The questions we have for you are:
1. What is your favorite hiding place?
2. If you could talk to your human for 5 minutes in their language, what would you say?
3. What is your most favorite food?
4. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?
5. Do you have a hero?
6. Do you have a bed time?
7. What makes you laugh?
8. What do you do that makes others laugh?
9. Does anything scare you?
10. Do you know how to dance?
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Thankful Thursday: Dog’s BedTime Prayer
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Thankful Thursday: What A Wonderful World
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Thankful Thursday: Field of Flowers Award
Just when the ice and sleet and snow were getting us down, Misaki, from the Misadventures of Misaki, bestowed on us a wonderful Field of Flowers Award. How nice is that.
Thank you lil’ Misaki. You have grown up to be one beautiful Husky.
In the spirit of thankfulness I will pay it forward to the following furries:
May spring find you, wherever you are.
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Thankful Thursday: Slumber
I am thankful when everyone finally falls asleep and I can get a little reading done.
Noel only gets about 18 hours a day of sleep.
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Thankful Thursday: A Town Cares For Tommy
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Thankful Thursday: Liebster New Year
We are thankful to start the year off with a lovely Liebster Award from Mary at My Life With Christ. We love making new blog friends and really appreciate when someone reaches out and touches us. Mary is a young girl who is very passionate about her love of her god, Christ, and shares it through her blog.
The award rules are as follows:
1. Thank the person who nominated you, and link back and recognize their blog in your post. DONE
2. Answer the ten questions posted by the blogger who nominated you! BELOW
3. Nominate ten other bloggers for the award. I stopped nominating folks last year because there were too many awards flooding people’s blogs and so many of us were overwhelmed by them we could not enjoy them. I love you all and you know who you are.
4. Create ten questions for your nominees to answer. OH MY – THAT IS HARD – take a look at the thoughtful questions Mary gave me.
5. Notify your nominees via comment.
Questions Mary asked:
1.) What do you struggle with the most? Injustice in the world. The way that people treat each other and animals. It is hard sometimes to watch how cruel humans are to each other and everything around them.
2.) If you had one question to ask God, what would you ask? How can I be of better service?
3.) What are you most thankful for? My ability to find the good in things.
4.) How do you best handle heated/angry situations? With compassion as best I can.
5.) What is your favorite (Christian) song/band? Why? Don’t have one but I do like Gospel music
6.) Who is your inspiration? and why?The Dalai Lama, because he practices what he preaches.
7.) What is the best thing you have ever achieved at this time being? My best achievement is the love and respect of my family.
8.) What is your goal in life? To leave the world better than I found it.
9.) What are you most passionate about? My family and my animals (and my blogs)
10.) What did you regret doing the most? and what did you learn from it? (You can skip this if you’d like) I have few regrets. I learn something each day from other people, the animals, the universe. One should live in such a way that they have no regrets.
Mary – here is a DogDaz Pick of the Litter Award for you, for being so nice. – DogDaz
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