Mod Dog Collar Giveaway

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I'm a sucker for a good-looking collar. Having 3 dogs and having owned a dog supplies store we have quite a selection around our house, but I just can't stop myself when I see them!

The Mod Dog has me addicted to their gorgeous collars. I connstantly peruse their Etsy shop and daydream of how cute their collars would be on my furbabies.

I was so happy when I opened my Google Reader this morning and saw that The Design Girl and The Mod Dog are giving away a set of two collars, a leash and a key fob! 

The giveaway ends on Friday ~ so hurry up and enter!

She's Ruby & She Blogs

Pin It Now! For all my crafty friends with dogs... here's a treat for you.  Ruby has a blog!  

For a tiny dog, she sure has a lot to say.  Check out her new blog at HerNameIsRuby.blogspot.com

Come follow her and comment and your favorite post!!

Etsy Finds Thursday!

Pin It Now! Etsy Finds Thursday - Halloween Edition!

I LOVE Halloween.  Dress up and candy, what's better than that??  For the next four weeks I will be showing off some Halloween-esque Etsy finds.

I have many memories of watching reruns of this show growing up, and I still love The Munsters!  This Lily Munster necklace is great for those of you who aren't keen on dressing up, but still want to celebrate the Halloween spirit.  You can find this at Etsy seller The Gilded Lily's shop.

I can't wait to dress my dogs up for Halloween each year.  The neighborhood kids love to see them in their costumes when they come to the door.  And what's the perfect costume without a Halloween collar?

RetroAnimals sells these adorable doggie accessories.

Funny video of Finley

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Thanks Amy for letting me borrow your camera!
(And the howling you hear is from Blue Bear - he was pretty upset to see the puppy jumping on his daddy!)

Silliest Dog Award

Pin It Now! Since I talk about my dogs so often, I might as well give them each their own post!

Finley wins the silliest dog award. He is our six-month old mutt that we love more than anything. He is the laziest puppy we have ever met. We have been taking him to the dog park this week now that he has all of his vaccines, and he'll run for a few feet and stop and pant. He's kind of like an old man in a fat, stubby-legged little package.

We got Finley off Craigslist in January on Neil's birthday. For some insane reason, we thought that a third dog would be a good idea. What the heck were we thinking??!! But he's such a great addition, and he's so small that he doesn't take up too much more room in the bed.

He's learned sit, and how to ring the bells at the door when he wants to go outside. He's obsessed with food and treats, and will take your hand off if he doesn't get his food fast enough! We recently took him to the vet because he had some rib cage issues from being the runt of the litter, and being carried (improperly) by a toddler early in his life. When we asked the vet if we should worry about him being so slow and lazy, she looked at us as if we were crazy. But sure enough, he made us eat our words. Literally the next day after his vet visit he started running and playing, chewing up toys and rough-housing with his big brother. Now we have a sometimes crazy, mostly lazy little puppy.

The Garden

Pin It Now! It has been unusually sunny here and we have been loving spending the past few days outside in the sun and at the dog park. Finley especially loves to sunbathe! If he isn't outside in the sun, he sits and cries at the door until he can go out and soak up the rays. We've also been able to do a little bit of much needed yard work.

Neil planted a cute little veggie garden in our yard today. Yesterday, while I was in class, he took advantage of the sunny weather and dug up a small area of our yard and fenced it off in hopes for sunshine today to plant. Today he brought home some butter leaf lettuce, red cabbage, Walla Walla sweet onions, tomatoes and strawberries and planted them. I love when my husband is bored! The dogs and I all enjoyed sitting outside watching him do the hard work and working on our tans.




The garden before. Yep, just dirt.

Our garden is very small, but so is our yard. He's really packing it full of plants though. We'll see how it turns out.



The garden after! So pretty!! I can't wait to have fresh veggies for dinner.
My two little ones sunbathing in the lawn chair. Aren't they the cutest?!