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Warning: "Pet Flipping" on the rise
from A Tonk's Tail...err
on Monday June 17th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
A friend of ours on twitter brought to our attention a news story from a local TV station warning about a new scam - pet flipping - that targets dog lovers. What it is Say you find a lost dog wandering your neighborhood. As a good citizen, what do you do? Clyde the bulldog. Photo: public domain.Take photos, and then hang flyers in the neighborhood, at the local market, even perhaps in the lost and found section of your local paper or on craigslist. You get a call from someone, and they sound...
Empty chairs, trash bags and bomb sniffing...pigs?
from A Tonk's Tail...err
on Saturday June 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
It was the day after BlogPaws. Two pet bloggers were sitting at Dulles International Airport in a post-conference coma. Perhaps it was memory of the standing ovation given to Hugo, a 4-legged member of the Arlington police department,the evening before. (BlogPaws gave Hugo his own protective K-9 vest during their awards banquet.) Perhaps it was the trek through TSA which all passengers are now so familiar with when they fly. Possibly that trip through the scanner was still fresh in their...
Fun Find: Tiger Earrings
from A Tonk's Tail...err
on Friday June 14th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
If you have a fun find you'd like to share, send us a shout-out by clicking on the Contact Us tab above. *** Found these at our local Gordman's for under $10. (Just in time to wear them to BlogPaws too!) You can get a similar pair online at a place called Hip Hop Closet for $18. (Though they look more like a hammered silver from the photos.) Still - fun earrings for under $20! *** Nominations Open for Petties Awards We weren't planning to participate this year until we read that for every...Thursday Trivia: Old Dog, New Tricks
from A Tonk's Tail...err
on Thursday June 13th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
It's always interesting to trace some of the more well-worn phrases back to see exactly how old they really are. To us, it feels as if they've been around forever yet surprisingly many of them are only a few hundred years old. "Can we call Cucumber Fetch a new trick?" Photo: nao-cha, Creative Commons 2.0 And that's the case with the phrase, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks". The earliest known rendition in print is in an animal husbandry book written by John Fitzherbert in 1534 (okay so...
Elegant Whisker Wednesday
from A Tonk's Tail...err
on Wednesday June 12th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
*** Nominations Open for Petties Awards We weren't planning to participate this year until we read that for every blog nomination you can also nominate a deserving animal shelter to receive a $10,000 Petties Grant. There are so many shelters out there who could use those funds. Our choices at the moment, based on need, are Great Plains SPCA and Kansas City Siamese Rescue (Maxwell's Alma Mater). KC Siamese in particular is in desperate need of funds right now, and so the heroes at that great...
'Toon Tuesdays
from A Tonk's Tail...err
on Tuesday June 11th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
_____ Toon Tuesdays feature cat & dog cartoons made by the peeps over at Shoebox Greetings (a tiny little division of Hallmark) - where our mom works, too!
Monday Throw Down!
from A Tonk's Tail...err
on Monday June 10th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
"What do you think? Should I?" "Oh why not. you only live...nine times...!" *** Nominations Open for Petties Awards We weren't planning to participate this year until we read that for every blog nomination you can also nominate a deserving animal shelter to receive a $10,000 Petties Grant. There are so many shelters out there who could use those funds. Our choices at the moment, based on need, are Great Plains SPCA and Kansas City Siamese Rescue (Maxwell's Alma Mater). KC Siamese in...
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