Wordless Wednesday: Striking
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Monday Mischief: Gross!
Guess what Ella did today…
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.
😛
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,
Yup, this blog post will bring food to a shelter dog like Ella.
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!
♥
Review: Nite Dawg Collar
With Summer upon us, we’ve been taking our walks in the early morning hours or late evening/night hours to avoid the heat. In the morning we wear sunscreen to protect us from getting sunburned (yes, the dogs, too! They wear sunscreen on their noses) and at night we take a flash light to protect us from going unseen. I had thought about getting a reflective collar for the dogs, but figured it wouldn’t be very noticeable on the hairy Collies.
So when I got the opportunity to review the Nite Dawg Collar, an LED collar from SafetyGearOnline, I jumped at the chance.
“Look at this! I glow!”
Petal took it for a test walk and was glowing with pride as she wore it.
Ha. Ha.
Ha.
Anyway.
It was perfect, even with her abundance of fur it glowed very brightly, illuminating her fur and making her highly visible.
It was a little after 8 PM when we started our walk and about 10 PM when we finished. It was good and dark even with the cars and street lamps, but Petal was easy to spot with her glowing red neck!
These pictures were taken after 9 PMÂ (note that it wasn’t actually as dark outside as it appears in these photos, the camera settings contributed to some of the darkness ;)).
The Nite Dawg Collar has two settings, glow and flash.
The collar can be turned on by pressing the button near the D ring. Press it once and it’ll glow, press it again to make it flash, and again to turn it off.
You can see the collar on both settings, glow and flash, in this video:
(If you’re sensitive to flashing lights, ridiculously cute mixed breeds, or the color red, you may not want to watch this video ;)).
The light source is removable for resizing and washing the collar.
To resize the collar you simply remove the light source, adjust the nylon collar to the appropriate size for your dog, size the light source by lining it up with the collar and then cutting off the excess light source. Replace the light source back in the collar and you’re done!
The Nite Dawg Collar is weather resistant and comes with a replaceable battery. They are available in three adjustable sizes, small, medium and large. SafetyGearOnline also offers an LED leash and other night safety collars.
All in all, it’s a fantastic product. I have no complaints and I’d highly recommend it to anyone who ventures out into the night with their dog. It’s a must have!
Disclosure: I was contacted by SafetyGearOnline.com and was asked to review the Nite Dawg collar in exchange for one Nite Dawg collar. All opinions are entirely my own.
Ella’s Hostage
*sniff* *sniff*
“Ella, can I please come out now?”
“No. Not until I get some peace and quiet. Or a cookie. Whichever comes first.”
*sigh* “Mom! Ella won’t let me out!”
The cage door was open plenty wide enough for Petal to get out, but Ella wouldn’t allow it.
She did the same thing to Lassie just a day or so before she did it to Petal.
Every time they tried to sneak out while she was sleeping, she’d wake up just enough to give them the stink eye and they’d slowly back back into the cage.
I had to intervene on both occasions to free the poor Collie souls.
I guess Ella needed a break, so she waited until the unsuspecting Collies traipsed into the crate and then she trapped them for a little while before I decided the situation was venturing away from funny and into just plain sad.
P.S. Yes, that Kong toy use to have a head. A bunny head.
Actually, I think it’s still there, barely hanging on, and de-fluffed.
Wordless Wednesday: Waiting
Fun with photos
Today I had fun editing photos in Photoshop.
Photos of the dogs having fun.
Photos of the dogs wandering.
Photos of the dogs sniffing.
And photos of them watching.
Hope you all are having a lovely day.
 ♥
Monday Mischief: Chips
Ella snagged a bag of chips yesterday afternoon and finished them off.*
At least they were all natural, right?
“Mmmm, yummy.”
*The bag was completely empty, she merely enjoyed the crumbs at the bottom. She was also supervised the entire time. 😉