Sugar the Golden Retriever is celebrating her 14th Barkday today, and we’re joining in to honor and celebrate her! On Sugar’s site, www.GoldenWoofs.com, Sugar has asked us to send her our biggest smiles photo to help her celebrate and to spread more happiness. This is ours, taken outside on our walk yesterday. As you can tell, we were having a really good time. Mom doctored it up a bit to add some celebratory fun. Hope you like, Sugar! This is Sugar’s Smile Pawty Blog Hop, sponsored by Golden Woofs: Sugar the Golden Retriever. Join in by sending Sugar your biggest… [Continue Reading]

  I was thinking of ways I could be different this week with the 52 Snapshots of Life Photo Challenge theme of Favorite, but the truth is, these two munchkins are my favorite beings on the planet! Can’t deny it; wouldn’t want to. So, it’s as natural as breathing for me to choose these two as my super duper favorite. I took this when we were out on a late afternoon walk the other day, and the neighborhood just presented us with so many photo opportunities. The dogs were game (Sophie wasn’t purposefully looking away each time I tried to… [Continue Reading]

Affiliate Links   We dog parents just love showing how much we adore our fur kids, right? We may dress them in up fashionably, but what about us? These beautiful short and long-sleeved, dog themed tee shirts with, yes!, matching mugs caught my eye and I had to share them with you!  Dog dads, you’re included. There’s a really cool tee and mug for you, too. Shop these for a perfect summer style. Dog Fashion Living offers these tee’s with breezy warm weather scenes, some created by a NYC artist and some by an Italian American artist. All… [Continue Reading]

Affiliate Links Do you love being an early adopter? It’s great finding something unusual and stylish that no one knows about yet, and I’m so excited to bring you that something today!  This is a brand new traveling with your pup product, and I love it. It’s made by my go-to brand, PawNosh, maker of the gorgeous recycled glass Cubby Bowl (we have four of them…Sophie and Jasper had to have matching food and water bowls, of course :-)). But, these new dog travel bowls are ingenious! You can win one; details for the giveaway at the end… [Continue Reading]

Did you know that a bacteria that can take your dog’s life is possibly lurking in your neighborhood?  Donald “Gerritt” Stulp didn’t know either. His tragic story prompted me to write this to help educate us. What is Canine Leptospirosis, who is at risk, what are the symptoms and what can we do? But first, Gracie Lou’s story. The Tragedy of Gracie Lou The beautiful Gracie Lou Photo credit: Gerritt S. It all started when I got an email from Gerritt. He’d been advised on Facebook to reach out to me for help in connecting with an… [Continue Reading]

This week’s theme of Water for 52 Snapshots of Life photo challenge is an easy one for us. Sophie and Jasper spend a lot of time in the pool. It’s their favorite time of day.  Sophie LOVES  jumping in the water; she’s a natural swimmer.  And, Jasper has come a long way in getting more comfortable in the water and participating in their squid chase game. We love it because it’s so much fun to see how excited they get. For this week, I’ve included a video I shot, because it’s so much better at showing them in play mode. Jasper’s attention is elsewhere, but… [Continue Reading]

What says summer like hanging at the beach. And, while I’m not a beach person myself, I know at least one little munchkin who loved it from the get go. For this week’s 52 Snapshots of Life photo challenge, the theme is Summer. I came across this picture I took a while back. It was Sophie’s first time at the beach – first time! Can you tell how much she loved it? I don’t know if other people’s dogs do this, but both Sophie and Jasper dig their noses into the sand and try to bury their faces in it,… [Continue Reading]

Affiliate Links Outdoor play, bouts in the pool, tearing through the dog park, sand digging at the beach…there are so many summer fun ways to get dirty and stinky. Who are we to deny our pups that? Heavens, no! We need a solution or we’ll be bathing our little buggers every day, and we know that’s not healthy. I have a great find for you! These delicious-smelling, natural coat fresheners for our dogs are the perfect way to eliminate the odors of everyday summer play between baths. Let me tell you all about them, then stick around for… [Continue Reading]