I love Jodi's idea and am pleased that I've finally gotten it together to join in!
It's the blog hop that lets you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend. Hosted by Jodi at Heart Like A Dog, and co-hosted this week by Donna and the Dogs.
Today I have some follow-ups to more than just the past week of blog posts.
Good Dog Take Outs Treat Giveaway
We've heard from a couple of our winners who are enjoying their Good Dog Take Outs dog treats. Tiffany reports that her dogs have sampled the Peanut Butter dog treats from Good Dog Take Outs. Bella and Jenny love them! Tiffany sent photos to prove it.
Dog Mom Jewelry Bracelet Give Away
Our celebration of my mom's birthday was a lot of fun! Especially for the winner, Caren Gittleman, author of Cat Chat with Caren and Cody and Dakota's Den blogs! My mom never met a celebration or giveaway she didn't love, and I know she's smiling that a dog and cat lover won that bracelet! Bark at me in the comments if you'd like me to have another For Love of a Dog jewelry giveaway and tell me what you'd most like to win!
Fostering Dogs: Kristi and Glenn Austin Q and A
Kristi reports that Jingle has settled into her new foster home in Washington, D. C. and is looking for that perfect home where she can spend the rest of her senior years. Contact City Dogs Rescue for more information on "one of the sweetest hounds you'll ever meet."
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| Jingle is now waiting for adoption. |
This probably merits a whole new blog post, but since I won't get around to that until next week, I'll give you an update.
Since I took those snowy coyote photos and wrote that post (okay, confession time: I schedule posts ahead of time) we've had several more close encounters of the coyote kind. However, these encounters were way too close for comfort and were with a lone coyote with a bit different coloring than the pair we've been watching.
This coyote shows absolutely zero fear or caution. He just sits there, a few feet away. Watching.
I think he's pegged Jeffie as all bark and no bite; Rudy as a loud, inexperienced goof; and Rosie as a delectable delight. All true.
And me? You know how all the literature tells you to make yourself as big as possible? To yell and wave your arms? I was on the top of the back porch, yelling like a banshee, and definitely waving my arms. No reaction.
Got the dogs in. I came in. The coyote, looking very obviously bored and feeling like the show was over, slowly meandered off to the north.
There's something very wrong here that this wild creature has absolutely no fear of any of us in any of these encounters. I have a feeling we're approaching a "High Noon" moment. Stay tuned...
Missouri: A Dangerous Place for Animals
Here's the deal: I try not to think about the fact that I live in Missouri. I've blogged about the shame I feel living in the Puppy Mill Capital. Animal welfare is not the only issue that makes me feel that way about Missouri.
However, I do live here and so do millions of other animal lovers who have worked very hard to improve conditions and protect animals from cruelty. If we all left, stopped spending our money here, never promoted the state... then where would animals in Missouri be? Definitely in worse shape.
Is Missouri our home state? No. We moved here to provide hospice care for my mother and to fulfill her wish to die at home. Will we be moving? Probably.
My husband is fond of saying: Bloom where you're planted. He's also big on: Everybody's gotta be somewhere. Right now we do live in Missouri and we do what we can for animals.
[rant over]
So... that's how my week has shaped up so far!
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