Black & White Sunday: Rain, Pillow cocoon and Fireworks

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It has been a rainy week, but this morning has been especially rainy so far. We had a bit of very loud thunder earlier and some lightning as it rains on and off. Hopefully we’ll get a walk in later today, but for now we’re snuggling and playing inside.

Speaking of snuggling… I found Petal sleeping like this a few nights ago:
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She slept like this, cocooned in a pillow, for quite awhile. Silly girl.

I hope all you Americans had a fun and safe Independence day. I watched all the fireworks through my camera.
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Today we are participating in the Black and White Sunday blog hop hosted by You Did What With Your Weiner, Dachshund Nola and My Life In Blog Years.

Black & White Sunday: Nice to meet you!

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Being greeted by Petal. 😉

Our KONG Treats giveaway has ended. Winners will be announced here on the blog tomorrow, so be sure to check back for that!

Today we are participating in the Black and White Sunday blog hop hosted by You Did What With Your Weiner, Dachshund Nola and My Life In Blog Years.

Fun with Petal and Pepper

Petal and Pepper had some fun at a friend’s house yesterday.
We ran, we played fetch, we rolled in the grass, we worked on some training and I even convinced Petal to run through the sprinklers with me.
“Your Collie willingly got wet?!”
Yes she did. Well, sort of. I bribed her.
With a couple pieces of a Zuke’s treat.
😉

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“Can I have another treat?”

We played a few games of fetch with Petal’s favorite ball.

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And Pepper played a game or two or three of tug as well.

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Then I had a couple of very happy girls on my hands.

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I love it when Petal looks like she’s smiling a big cheesy grin with her eyes closed blissfully.

Now we’re having a sleepy, lazy Saturday (after we took our morning walk, of course).
What are you dogs up to this Saturday?

P.S. Only a few more hours to enter our KONG Treats giveaway!
Feel free to tell your friends!

Just Petal

Sunday evening I went for a walk with Petal and my youngest sister around the university campus. It’s beautiful there with all it’s trees and flowers and beautiful landscaping.
Here’s some of what we saw on our walk.
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 We saw lots of pretty flowers…

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A winding path…

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A spotless ladybug…

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A colorful bus…

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Lots of people riding bikes…

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And I saw plenty of this cute booty…

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And the sweet face on the other end. 😉

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“I am Queen of all the land!”

I had her climb up on this rock. She looked pretty proud of herself up there.
Even though I had her in a stay, I had my sister hold her leash while I took pictures. We were too close to a busy road for my comfort.

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“You gotta use the crosswalk to cross the street!”

Petal also met a 15 year old buddy named Rufus. He was out for a stroll with his human too.
I didn’t get any pictures of that though.

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 Petal exactly where she belongs: with the petals. 😉

It was a beautiful, relaxing walk.

P.S. If you haven’t already, please go send some love to Benny & Lily of Two French Bulldogs.

Also,
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Petal wants to remind all you doggies to have your human enter you in our KONG Treats giveaway! They’re very tasty treats. 😉