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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!
♥

Spoiled Collie and a Fur Bunny

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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

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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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Review: Nite Dawg Collar

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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.
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“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 PM (note that it wasn’t actually as dark outside as it appears in these photos, the camera settings contributed to some of the darkness ;)).

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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.

Peanuts & Petal

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One night Petal wandered into the Occasionally Forbidden Room (one of the bedrooms) and wandered back out with some treasure.

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I told her if she could get the container open herself, then she could have what remained of the peanuts.

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It took some thought,

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and some destruction,

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but she eventually achieved her goal.

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Mmmm, peanut sawdust.

She’s such a nut.

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Ella’s Hostage

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*sniff* *sniff*

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“Ella, can I please come out now?”
“No. Not until I get some peace and quiet. Or a cookie. Whichever comes first.”

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*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.