A Lovely, Cloudy Thursday

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Yesterday was very cloudy, breezy and cool.
It made for perfect Collie walking weather.
(Ella stayed home. She doesn’t come with us everyday, due to hip issues)
It also made for some fun photos for me. 😉

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It wasn’t quite as dark as it appears in some of the photos.
It was, however, very beautiful and cool.

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“Ahh, cool wind through my fur!”

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Can you tell we walked in the early morning, before I could brush their hair? Bed head Collies! ;P

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It was beautiful weather.
Wish we would have weather like this more often!
♥

Book Review: The Fitzy Resolution

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The Fitzy Resolution by A.D. DeSena

The Fitzy Resolution follows a three year old, yellow Labrador Retriever named Casey.
Or Senator Labrador-Casey.

Senator Labrador-Casey is called to investigate the mysterious disappearances of canines in her district. Meanwhile, Juniper, a shrewd veteran Senator, seeks to exploit every political opportunity, including Casey’s investigation, for his own personal gain. As her investigation leads her snout-to-snout with disturbing facts about her government and her world, Casey must race against time to stop Juniper from achieving his ultimate political goals.”
– (snippets of the book description from Amazon.com)

This book had me smiling as I saw just how well the author captured the characteristics of dogs. And not just dogs in general, but the specific characteristics individual breeds often have. It had me wondering if my dogs are up to more than I realize. 😉 It’ll pull you into a dog world you may have never imagined before.

I fell in love with some characters (Sasha, the Siberian Husky, being one of the many), while I disliked others. It pulled me in and had me wondering what would happen next, what would Casey learn and discover next.
This book made me smile and chuckle. It had me frowning at those frustrating characters, and it almost had me in tears with the important message it holds. It was truly a great book.

This book is fun, interesting, and different.
I’d recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good story with dogs and/or enjoys political thrillers.
Actually, to be honest, this is the first political thriller I’ve ever read, because normally that’s not my idea of fun reading (sshhhhh), but this book was about dogs! I had to give it a try, didn’t I?
I’m glad I did, I really loved it. So, if you’re like me and not so sure about the political part of it, give it a try! I think you’ll enjoy this book.

P.S. If you add this book to your summer reading list (or have already read it), come back here and leave a comment telling me who your favorite character was, I’d love to know. :)

Note: I received this book from the author and was asked to read and review it. I was not monetarily compensated for this review. All opinions are entirely my own.

Monday Mischief: Gross!

Guess what Ella did today…
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Yes. Yes she did.
It was smelly.
And my fault, really.
She asked to go out before I loaded them all up into the car for their morning walk, but her “I need to go outside” signal is pretty darn similar to her “I’m super excited to go ride in the car, please open the front door right this instant” signal. So I got confused and assumed she was just excited to go.
I won’t be assuming that anymore.
😛

Snoopy's Dog Blog

Write a post, help a dog



“For every blog post about the campaign between now and June 30th, Pedigree will donate a 17 pound bag of food to a shelter.”


Today (June 30th) is the last day to blog about Pedigree’s charity campaign.
In blogging about their campaign and linking up with the linky list below, Pedigree will donate a 17 lb. bag of food to a shelter.
That means that,
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Yup, this blog post will bring food to a shelter dog like Ella.

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Ella was lucky enough to be snatched up at the young age of 2 months.

I know there’s not much time left (sorry, I only just found out about this late last night), but if you have time, a blog, and want to help a shelter, then run and get to posting! Just blog about the campaign, you can post the “official” images, too, like the first image above. And/or this one below,

 Then link up with the linky list below!

P.S. You don’t have to be a pet blogger to participate. Any blogger can participate!

Happy Saturday, everyone!
Have a great weekend!
♥

Spoiled Collie and a Fur Bunny

This is Petal,
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She is spoiled.

This is a Fur Bunny,
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It’s made of the undercoat from Lassie’s neck.

This is Lassie,
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He’s hairy handsome.

(Thankfully you are not obligated to laugh at my awfur awful jokes)


Petal’s not as spoiled (yes she is, don’t believe that) as she is a spot thief. The moment you get up from your seat and walk a good four steps away, she’ll be in your spot. Then when you come back for your spot she’ll look at you with these innocent eyes as if to say, “What? I was here first.” or, “Surely you wouldn’t make such a sweet little Collie move?”
So you find someplace else to sit.

As for that Fur Bunny, it all came from Lassie’s mane.
While he was on a train.
To Spain.
In the rain.
While he napped on the floor (a few weeks ago), I took the undercoat rake to him and made that lovely little Fur Bunny.
Then I took pictures of it, because, well, c’mon, who wouldn’t take pictures of something like that?
I needed proof of the great amount of hair that came just from his neck!
His neck is so silky smooth now.

Fake Kisses

Petal gives the best doggy kisses (but don’t tell Lassie or Ella that I said that).
She’ll lick your cheek so lightly and sweetly.
That is, when she is actually kissing you.
Sometimes she fakes it.
Really, she does. 
She’ll lick the air right in front of your face, so lightly and sweetly, close enough to look as though she is kissing you, but really she is not.
What is up with that, Petal?
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“Sometimes you don’t taste good, so I pretend to lick you.”
Do your dog(s) give kisses? Or do they fake it like Petal?
Ella will give kisses until you’re blue in the face, unable to breathe. Lassie gives sweet kisses, when he’s not busy licking the couch or floor or his paws, hah.

Happy Saturday!
Have a lovely weekend!

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