Here’s a confession. Once upon a time (many, many years ago), I nearly made an impulse buy at a local Petco. The store had a tiny, round dog bed full of baby ferrets. Nearly impossible to resist, all curled up like furry noodles, with pointy and eager faces, I came very close to cavi
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.
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.”
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.
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.
BlogPaws West begins today, and I have a million and one things I need to get done, so just a quick post about this TIME magazine article about the minds of animals. Did you see it? It. Is. Fascinating!
Today, we officially launch our Be the Change campaign and service project over at Never Shock a Puppy. Each Wednesday, between Sept 1 and Oct 20, we’ll be blogging here and over there on the the topic of the week. For the big kickoff, let’s start with the big picture — the philosophy, the mindset — behind our Never Shock a Puppy efforts.
It’s official. The girls of Champion of My Heart, along with several members of our blogging coalition, will launch our Be the Change effort on September 1. You can read all about it on our new microsite called … Never Shock a Puppy.
Yes, I have more to share from BlogPaws. This recap covers Sunday’s somewhat unofficial events and more photos.
Saturday at BlogPaws was another whirlwind. Here is an overview of the sessions I attended.
