BlogPaws Schwag Report
We plan to do some actual product reviews, including video and photo footage of Lilly’s response to various toys in particular, but for now, let’s just recap what we found in our BlogPaws West schwag bag.
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Dogs, Rattlesnakes, and Hiking
Last week, Mary-Alice from Dog Jaunt, a great blog all about dog travel, posted our guest post about the dos and don’ts of hiking in rattlesnake-prone regions. I hope you will check it out. Dog Jaunt has a whole new graphic look and even a neat Dog Jaunt Store, including dog travel stuff and shirts that say … “Because you dog will never ask are we there yet.”
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Introducing a New Dog into the Family
As Dog Geek reminded us recently, I am NOT Crazy. So, no … there are no new dogs at Chez Champion of My Heart, but I wanted to tell you about a new piece I wrote that went live last week on the pet health section of WebMD on this very topic of how best to introduce a new dog or puppy to your current canine pals.
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Our Winning Moment
The experience of winning the DogTime 2010 Best Dog Blog Award at BlogPaws West this weekend still astounds me. I may have managed NOT to cry on the podium, but I’ve been pretty weepy ever since.
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Canine Bloat: Learning the Hard Way
Do not worry. Everyone at our house is fine, but we are devastated to report the loss of one of our dear, sweet Great Dane friends, Belle, whose tummy twisted last week. She was only 6. RIP, darling Belle.
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Champion of My Heart Wins!
Well, kids … thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Without all your nominations and votes, this would not be possible. Champion of My Heart won the DogTime Best Dog Blog Award at BlogPaws West in Denver today. I am humbled and shocked and excited. I promise to write more later, as soon as photos and video, etc. are available. But, I just wanted to let you know as soon as I could. Stay tuned for real details. M’wah! M’wah! M’wah!
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And the winner is …
I have no clue! We find out at lunch today if we won that DogTime Best Dog Blog Award. Honestly, we don’t expect to win because one of our fellow nominees has a HUGE online and social media presence (and a bazillion followers). Still, they told all of us to prepare a little acceptance speech, and we had to sign video waivers because the whole thing will be filmed. So we’ll see.
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Ginko and Grandma
I’ll be at BlogPaws West all day today, so here is a quick photo recap of Ginko’s most recent lovefests with his Grandma.
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Weekly Dog Training Update (Sept 3)
Imagine my excitement to learn that someone is offering Treibball classes at the county fairgrounds, not hideously far from us. We mentioned this new ball herding sport briefly a while back. Goodness knows we have zero time for something new, but I had hopes.
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Dosage Drama
Remember, my quest to get written prescriptions with plenty of refills so that getting Lilly her medications wasn’t such a hassle? Remember how it took two visits to get the prescriptions because of another emergency at the hospital? Well, imagine my frustration to find that the prescription was wrong — all wrong — when we…