Snow Day!

               Having a snow day here in New Jersey!

Thanks for stopping by buddies!

Snow Day!

 The Holiday display at the New York Stock Exchange

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Mom's had the week off and she's trying to get ready fur the new year, but I have other plans fur her! She needs to make more time fur me! We're having a little bit of snow today, so it's only right that we take advantage of it!

Thanks fur stopping by buddies! And a big thank you to Baby Patches of Nip and Bones, Life With Dogs, and Two Little Cavaliers fur hosting the Saturday Pet Blogger Hop!

Wordless Wednesday!

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Sorry We've Been Missing In Action!

    Sorry that we've been missing buddies! Mom had a blast at BarkWorld and is going to be posting about her adventures soon. It really was so much fun, with lots of information, pawties and meeting friends, both old and new.

(Flat Prudence and Panky shared the room with the fabulous @Niqqi!)

       She made it home just before the airport closed here in New Jersey and luckily in time to pick me up from the Barker Lounge. Some awful guest named "Sandy" blew in and really messed up the northeast. We're very blessed and grateful that everyone here is safe. No structural damage besides half our fence blowing over. Still no power at home, but we've been told that it would be back by Friday (oh boy!). Her office is located in the Financial District of NYC, so she hasn't been able to get to work 'til yesterday. *Shaking head*, no heat there either...

       But after seeing and hearing about the devastation around the tri-state area, we're determined not to complain about the power. We're very happy that we have a roof over our heads and everyone is safe (if just a bit chilly, BOL!).

      More to follow pals, we have a lot to catch up with! Thanks fur stopping by!

    

Just a Word (or Two) From Mom.

Everybody that knows mom, knows that she would prefer to look at the lighter side of every situation. She's been accused of being a "Pollyanna" more than once. But now she's really peeved, and nothing I could wag or bark can get her off her soap box.

For the last several years she's attended the Westminster Kennel Club's Dog Show, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to scheduling conflicts this year, she wasn't able to go, which was really disappointing fur her since a new Coonhound got listed!

Then after the show, she hears that the WKC dropped Pedigree as a sponsor. Pedigree has been a sponsor of the show for the last 24 years! Apparently, "people" found the images of shelter dogs used in the Pedigree campaign to be "depressing". This campaign has enlightened so many to the plight of wonderful, adoptable shelter dogs. On the other hand, shows like the WKC, although unwittingly, add to the demand for purebreds, and often from puppy mills and not from trustworthy breeders. She's most disappointed in their on air commentator David Frei, she used to think that he was so wonderful *shaking head*. In his statement to the AP: “The feedback we got from our primary audience was that they were seeing commercials that made them want to turn the channel”

Who is this "primary audience" Mr. Frei? The elite portion of your audience and members of the WKC board? We've seen the commercials and they've only been informative and uplifting. And all the adoptable dogs were presented in an inviting manner, no cowering or fearful dogs. Just hopeful faces, looking forward to being adopted.
Just so you know, we're not shilling fur Pedigree. It used to be my food of choice before I was switched to a grainfree kibble. But we do appreciate all that Pedigree has done and continues to do for shelter dogs. Thanks for listening *helping mom off her soapbox*. And thanks for stopping by!
And a big Thank you fur Baby Patches, Twolittlecavaliers, and Life With Dogs for sponsoring the Saturday Pet Blog Hop!

Wordless Wednesday!