I’ve been slacking a bit… several wonderful bloggers awarded me the Stylish Blogger award recently, and I’ve yet to thank them on this blog. That changes today!
However, because I’ve been such a slacker, I’ve now received this award from 10 (!) other bloggers. I’m incredibly humbled and honored that these wonderful bloggers chose to share this honor with me. So, I’m going to bend the rules juuuuust a little. The rules of the award require you to: (1) thank the person that gave it to you; (2) share 7 things about yourself; and (3) pass the award on to other bloggers (the number seems to vary from blog to blog).
It’s that third rule I’m going to… modify. Rather than select new recipients, I’m going to take a cue from Doggie Stylish and tell you a little bit about the bloggers that gave me this award and encourage you to go visit their wonderful blogs. All this and more, after the jump…
So first, a big thank you to browndogcbr, Pawprints on My Heart, Welcome to Kirby’s World, Banjo & Millie, Life with LuLu, Something Wagging This Way Comes, Grouchy Puppy, Chunyo’s Corner, Kol’s Notes, and under the blanket! As discussed above, I’ll be telling you more about them at the end of this post.
Second, I have to share 7 things about me. However, I decided to share 7 things about Bella instead – honestly, she’s probably more interesting anyway.
- Bella doesn’t know how to catch. If you throw a toy her way, she’ll close her eyes and wave her paws in the air.
- She also doesn’t know the most efficient way to chew. She never holds a bone with her paws, but props the bone against a toy in hopes of holding it still. I suspect Bella missed a lot of days in Being a Dog 101.
- Bella also can’t play fetch. When you throw a toy, she immediately returns it to Toy Corner. The only way to come close to a game of fetch is to sit in front of Toy Corner and take the toy from her when she returns.
- Bella is a creature of habit. When I turn off the TV, she thinks it’s time to go to bed (even in the middle of the day). When I close the laptop, she thinks it’s time to go outside.
- She would happily spend all day out in the backyard, if I’d let her.
- She once did a stint in rehab (aka spent a month with my in-laws). When we were still living in an apartment, we ended up with some terrible upstairs neighbors. They managed to shake the ceiling so much that Bella developed noise anxiety and had to go to rehab until we moved.
- Before Bella came to live with us, the rescue group called her Sally.
Wow… if you add up the identity change, the fact that she must have been skipping classes (hence the lack of dog skills), and the stint in rehab, Bella sounds like a shady character! Just kidding…
Finally, I’d like to tell you a little about the wonderful bloggers that gave us this award. Go visit them and say hi!
Something Wagging This Way Comes
Pamela the human writes about a lot of things, including the adventures of her Golden Retriever, Honey. I especially like what she calls her “Puppiness Project.” Inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project (which I loved), Pamela writes about lessons in happiness she’s learned from Honey. In addition, Honey has been taking classes on K-9 Nose Work, which I’ve enjoyed reading about.
Grouchy Puppy Dog Days
First and foremost, you can’t beat the motto: “don’t judge a book, blog or dog by its cover.” Genius! Although the blog is based in San Francisco, my East Coast heart still adores Cleo and her human. Cute photos and informative posts – this blog has it all! The Influence Positively interview series highlights amazing animal advocates – I love learning about these inspiring people.
Chunyo’s Corner
I recently discovered this blog, and I’m so glad I did! Chunyo is an adorable Boston Terrier, and there are plenty of cute photos on the blog. In addition, there is a wealth of information on there. I look forward to visiting Chunyo and learning even more.
Kol’s Notes
The dog behind this blog is Kolchak Puggle. (Bella used to have a Puggle nemesis in our old neighborhood, but she doesn’t hold that against Kolchak.) His human is studying canine nutrition – cool, right? As you can imagine, I’ve learned a great deal about nutrition from this blog. However, all of the posts are great – so much personality packed into each one!
under the blanket
I look forward to every post from Cate, the blogger behind this blog. She finds the cutest and coolest products – items that are unique and (no pun intended) drool-worthy. If you and your pup want to be the coolest kids on the block, I’d recommend starting here.
So… that’s a wrap! I’d like to say thanks again to the fabulous bloggers above – I’m honored to be in such fine company.
Congratulations on your award!!
Thanks for the nice words about Chunyo's Corner! Always nice to find another great dog site..
my goodness, that's a lot of awards you got, pup! CONGRATS 🙂
That really is a lot of awards and so fantastic! Congratulations!!! Thanks so much for the nice write up on Under the Blanket too! I'm going to check out everyone else now Thanks so much 🙂
Congrats times 10! I bet Bella suggests a full day in the backyard to celebrate! Love that you spent time pawing those props back to the bloggers that gave you the award!
-Chandra at Daley's Dog Years
A well deserved award my friend!
Congrats on the award! Luved the Bella stories 🙂
Waggin at ya,
Roo
I think it's great that you promote other bloggers on your site! I'll check out your favourites! Besides, I think that award's been around the block a few times already, and I think if you've gotten it 10 TIMES, we can let it rest now!
Thanks for introducing me to some new blogs. They sound wonderful.
Congratulations on the award! Reading about Bella was fun! Lots of love, Holly and mom
10 awards!!!! Wow! You deserve them. Congratulations!
Thanks guys! I hope you'll go visit the bloggers I listed – their blogs are definitely worth a read. 🙂
Congrats fur sure, you really are stylish times ten!!! I enjoyed reading you list!
This post cracks me up because our Bella's are soooo similar. Bella was Betsy before we got her, she can't fetch (or share well with Buzz for that matter), she can't catch (she is so awful at this. She throws her paws up like she really wants to catch it with her paws instead of her mouth!), and she is a creature of habit. Sometimes I think she has Asperger's because she literally can't handle any sort of change! Even if I bring groceries in, she's inspecting them and trying to push them back into the garage – she's crazy! So glad to see I'm not the only one with a weird Bella. 🙂
SALLY? Oh my, Bella is a much better name hahaha
Ellie's name at the shelter was Keiki. …yeah.
Erin – that's funny that your Bella does the same thing! I have never seen another dog that catches like Bella – it's funny that our girls share that trait! 🙂 Maybe it's the name… hehe.
Stacy – I know, right? What's more, I had a good friend named Sally, so it was even weirder!