Pet Products Review - DoggieLicious Gourmet Dog Treats - Sale

Yes the New Year has started and so have our resolutions.  Because the folks at Doggielicious Gourmet Dog Treats understands that after the holidays you may not be as tempted by treats that look like they came direct from a European bakery so, they're giving us a sale.  Yes, for the month of January, you can receive a 20% discount on your entire purchase order over $20.  Simply use the coupon code DL20D at checkout.

Do go to their site to see the selection of savory and sweet delights made especially for pups with discrimination.  www.doggielicious.com

My personal favorite are the Carob Dipped Pretzels  This lushious pretzel shaped treat are hand shaped and feature just a hint of vanilla and cinnamon to please the puppy palette. Topped off with a hand dipping in carob and drizzled with yogurt.

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Pets Product Review - Linda Pickens Chocolate Lab Best Buddy Porcelain Collector Plate

Well today is the first official work day back after the long, fun filled, and sometimes hectic holidays.  So great to be back on schedule.  With that I thought what product should I discuss? and althought its a gift that would have been perfect for the holidays, its one that I just love for the whole year.

The people at CollectiblesToday.com sent me an assortment of dog-lover gift items.  All of them were very unique, and of the highest quality.  But today the one that stuck in my head was the Chocolate Lab Best Buddy Porcelain Collector Plate crafted by well known artist Linda Pickens.  I couldn't help thinking what a better way to start the new year than with a hug hug and sloppy kiss from a big labrador.  And this plate conveys all the warmth and love our labs give to the whole world.

If you have a Chocolate Lab, this plate is a must.  Its only $39 but will be one of your prized decorations for years.  Go to www.collectiblestoday.com for more info.

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I will remember that my dog comes from a long line of beggars, scroungers, and clever food-finding survivalists.

I will not hold this survival skill (one my ancestors liked and bred to keep) against my dog.

I will not expect my dog to feign a mere casual interest in food.  

I will try to understand that to my dog, walking around with food (aka: holding an ice cream cone or a sandwich) is practically inviting them to share.  If we wanted to keep it to ourselves we would surely behave this way; bring our food to a quiet corner, hunker down, and eat it quickly! 

I will try to remember that putting food down, or leaving food unattended is the same as putting out an all-points-bulletin "UN-NEEDED, UN-WANTED FOOD!"

Take Home Message: Dogs like food.  Dog's like food a lot.  Dog's don't beg; they ask with their eyes!

Dogs - A Poem by Bridget Hanley

Dogs

A hundred thousand years ago
cute little wolf pups
were plucked and nurtured
as camp pets and helpers
while hunting.  By the 5th
century, dogs were revered
as protectors and guards.  Legends
tell that fifty dogs saved the town of Corinth
when it was viciously attacked.  By the end
of the battle, only one dog remained. He
was made a hero and given a life-long
pension and a silver collar.

Before the days of medical machines,
dogs were thought to know when a person
was dead or in a coma. A wag of the tail
meant life was still murmuring in veins,
but a quiet dog meant the end had come.

In the Dark Ages after the fall of Rome,
packs of abandoned dogs roamed the streets,
hungry and snarling.  People blamed them
for deeds beyond the doing of any mortal
canine.  Mythical werewolf monsters
showed up in nightmares
and stories by day.

Later, monasteries bred and sold 
friendly dogs who became guardians 
with a simple command. These animals
were so popular, their owners even brought them
to church. When priests objected, congregants
sat outside with their pets, listened vaguely
to the service, gazed at the sky
and sighed with content.

Pet Products Review - Happytails Bubbles 'N Beads Shampoo & Conditioner 9oz

The pamplet that came with the product sample sent to me by Happytails Canine Spa Line says: "Inside every mutt there's a mutrosexual just dying to get out".  So I figured what better day to turn my Sheltie Champ into a "muttrosexual" than New Years Eve. With that we tried Happytails' Bubbles 'N Beads Shampoo and Conditioner.

Baths are baths, the experience is never quite fun.  Although this was the first time I've ever used a product with beads in it.  I don't know what the beads do, but it was interesting to watch them dissolve.  The pamphlet says they are "microencapsulated conditioner" which is pretty fancy.  So, the bath is not fun, but the results are.  They should have called Bubbles 'N Beads the "Fluffinator" ! OMG! after Champ dried off, he was a gigantic cute and fluffy monster.  He certainly was clean and his hair very soft.  One thing I liked was that the shampoo did not have an overwhelming perfume as so many of them do.  My one regret was that I did not have a bottle of Happytails' Shimmering Mist to give his bath that extra glimmer.

So as a shampoo I totally recommend Happytails Bubbles 'N Beads.  For ordering, go to www.happytailsspa.com.  At $17 for a 9oz bottle, this is a luxury pet spa product.  But knowing that Happytails at a company only uses the very best ingredients and upholds the higest possible environmental, social and ethical standards, and made in the USA, its worth it.

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