Yippee! Time for K9 Kamp again!

Last spring at K9 Kamp, a fantastic group of bloggers and blog readers committed to getting fit and having fun together with their dogs! Our theme was to get active with your dog, 30 minutes extra, 3 or 4 times a week. If you joined us, remember all the fun we had?!

This fall, our theme is "Fitness Fun and Games." We're focusing on fun ways for you to get active with your dog. Here are some ideas:

Frisbee
fetch (and the all time K9 Kamp favorite, Fetch It Yourself!)
tug
chase
hide and seek
monkey in the middle
follow the leader















treibball (or a similar game with an exercise ball in your own yard)
Agility
Flyball
and more!

We're looking forward to experiencing some new games with Kelly and Ike. This will be Ike's first K9 Kampl! I've always wanted to try some sort of agility in the yard with Kelly because she loves to jump (at 11 years old!). And Ike would be awesome at follow the leader since he likes to follow me everywhere anyway. What fun and games would you like to try with your dog? Please join along with K9 Kamp. Join the hop and tell us what you and your dog are going to do to get fit and have fun together!

Don't forget the prizes! Enter our rafflecopter to win great prizes including a leash and collar, a great bracelet from For the Love of a Dog, Dogobie flying discs, and an Amazon gift card.

Want more positive pet tips, good news, and special offers? Fetch my free newsletter,Pawsitively Pets. Kelly and Ike hope to see you there!

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Wednesday Pet Roundup- Jun 18, 2013

Hi and welcome to Wednesday Pet Roundup!

*This month we've been getting fit with our dogs. We're so excited about how all our K9 Kamp Featured Bloggers andKampers are doing! Don't forget this Friday is the last day of Kamp. We'll be sitting around the kampfire singing kamp songs and reminiscing about all the fun. Join in the FitDog Friday blog hop on Friday to share your K9Kamp results.

*And don't forget to enter to win our great K9 Kamp prize package too, with leashes, glow in the dark toys, Dieting with my Dog books, and more, valued at $200!

* The Dog Time Petties awards are coming up, and there's a category for "Best Blog Post." If you liked my post, "When To Get a New Dog after Pet Loss" post, I'd be honored if you'd consider nominating it. To nominate:
1. Go to http://petties.dogtime.com
2. Click on Nominate
3. Scroll down to Best Blog Post
4. Paste this URL: http://peggyfrezon.blogspot.com/2013/04/when-to-get-new-dog-after-your-pet-dies.html
5. Click Submit Ballot
If you decide to nominate this post, thank you so much! At the same time, you can also nominate a rescue or shelter to win a Petties grant.

* Every pet is cute, and sometimes pets get messy too. If you have an adorable photo of your dog or cat or rabbit or ferret, you can enter it in Pruven's "Cute but Caught" photo contest for a chance to win Pruven pet products and a $3,000 gift card. In addition, Pruven will donate to the Greg Biffle Foundation which benefits animal advocacy.  Enter the contest at http://www.pruvenpet.com/cutebutcaught.

* Speaking of contests, we had winners!
The Possibility Dogs by Susannah Charleson- Chris R, Sandy W, Angela C
Natural Balance Fat Dog food- Melissa M
Bumperpet t-shirts- Gizmo G, Deanna T
toothbrush- Deborah D

I hope you all are having a great week!

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K9 Kamp Exercises from K9 Fit Club

Okay all you Kampers, gather around. It's FitDog Friday again. And Coach Kelly has something to say.

Meet our K9Kamp Official Trainers- K9 Fit Club!

Diana Ozimek is the Director of Trainers from K9 Fit Club, the most pawsome gym  in the world, where you can work out with your dog! Diana and K9 Fit Club are not only our Official K9Kamp trainers, but also featured in my forthcoming book, The Dieting with my Dog Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance (available summer 2013), offering up trainer tips and instructions for fantastic exercises to do with your dog. We have a sneak peak for you today--a guest post from Diana, with one of the exercises from the book!

Get Fit with a K9 Fit Club Trainer
Guest Post by Diana Ozimek, Director of Trainers at K9 Fit Club

At K9 Fit Club we know how much fun it is to workout with our dogs. Now it’s time for everyone at K9 Kamp to have fun and get all the great benefits of working out with their dogs too! Your dog is your best friend and your best workout partner, they will never cancel on you, are always happy to exercise and it’s just more fun to have them by your side. Working out with your dog will help you become a consistent exerciser and you’ll start seeing the results of your hard work.  Your dog benefits as much as you do.  They will have a stronger bond with you while staying healthy and fit.  Active dogs who live at a healthy weight will avoid health issues and diseases just like we do.  Regular exercise for your dog will also help curb anxiety and negative behavior that can come on when they do not have consistent exercise and training.

Try this exercise to help you lose weight and increase muscle tone.  Have your dog try it with you so they can be healthy and happy too.

Partner Push-Ups*: 

   

• Ask your dog to sit or lay down next to you. 
• When you move into the push up position, it is helpful to hold the leash held in both hands, if your leash is long enough. 
• Perform 10 push ups keeping your head up in line with your spine and abs pulled tight.
• At the same time, your pup can do push ups with you! Ask them to rotate between a sit and a down, 3-5 times. 
• Give lots and lots of praise each time they follow your command!

*Exercises from The Dieting with my Dog Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance (summer 2013).

Next FitDog Friday co-K9Kamp counselor Kol from Kol's Notes will feature another exercise from Diana, Zeus and K9 Fit Club, so be sure to check it out! And visit K9 Fit Club's website for more information about their gym. If you don't have one in your area, you could even get one started!

Kelly reminds you, there's still time to enter our K9Kamp Rafflecopter for a prize package valued at $200!


Join our FitDog Friday blog hop co-hosted by Peggy’s Pet Place SlimDoggy, and To Dog With Love.


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Are you in?

We're so excited! Koly and Kelly's K9 Kamp starts in just two more days! We can't wait! This Friday visit here at Peggy's Pet Place and at Kol's Notes for your first challenge. With our first ever official K9 Kamp trainer- K9 Fit Club! No need to sign up. No need to travel anywhere. K9 Kamp is open to EVERYONE and their dog (cat, rabbit?), any fitness level or degree of experience. We're going to have fun together, motivating each other to get active and get fit with our dogs. We have instruction, support, fun, 14 fantastic Featured Bloggers, and prizes! Do it in your own time, in your own home, but as Nike says, Just Do It! See you Friday!!

"Anyone for some baseball? I'll be catcher."

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FitDog Friday - Time to Get your Wiggle On

FitDog Friday- cohosted by Peggy's Pet Place, Slimdoggy and To Dog with Love, is a great way to highlight positive activities you're doing with your dog.
So, are you ready for K9Kamp this year? It's an exciting online blogging event co-hosted by Peggy's Pet Place and Kol's Notes to promote fitness and bonding with your dog. Here are ways you can participate:

1. Read our challenge next Friday 11/31 and leave a comment saying you accept the challenge! Then participate at home on your own time.

2. Enter our Rafflecopter (coming soon) to win great prizes

3. Link up to the K9Kamp Blog Hop on 6/28 to share your results.

4. If you can't participate at this time, check out the others participating on our blog hop, and cheer them on!

5. Check out our Featured Bloggers (we've got 12 great ones you'll love) and our new K9Kamp Official Trainers K9Fit Club! 

Is it time for you and your dog to think about getting in swimsuit shape for the summer? Check out these dogs who dared to step onto the scale for my video book trailer!

Please join us today and every Friday for FitDog Friday! Also, everyone who joins the hop or leaves a comment on one of the host blogs is entered into a drawing for great prizes. This week we have a SlimDoggy t-shirt, Dieting with my Dog bookmark, engraved pawprint collar tag from A Pet's Life (U.S. only), and waste bags, dispenser and bandana from Pruven by 3M.

Want more, pawsitive pet tips, good news, and special bonuses? Content not already on the blog? Subscribe to my free newsletter.  Kelly and I can't wait to see you there!

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Announcing the 3rd Annual K9 Kamp!

Welcome to FitDog Friday! What goes hand in hand with FitDog Friday better than our annual, exciting, super fun and healthy Koly and Kelly's K9 Kamp! Many of you have participated in the past, and we're gearing up for lots more to join in the fun this year!

What is K9Kamp? A blogging event to motivate and encourage exercise and bonding with our dogs (and yes, at least one cat has participated in the past too!)  There's no packing your bags, no traveling to Kamp--it's all done online and you can do it in your own comfort, in your own time. It's easy--we issue a fitness challenge, and you and your dog participate on your own. Then come back and blog about the results. (Open to non-bloggers too. We'll tell you how.)

























When is K9Kamp? This year we're trying something new. Instead of four intense weeks with a different challenge each week, we're hosting K9Kamp a few times a year, with more time to complete one challenge. Our first K9Kamp is Friday May 31-Tuesday June 25. You'll see us all over Blogville!

What are Featured Bloggers?  Everyone can join in the fun, without signing up or any commitment. In addition, each year a dozen or so brave bloggers volunteer to commit to the challenge and share their results on their blogs through our K9Kamp blog hop.
 This year, in addition to your hosts  Peggy's Pet Place and Kol's Notes we welcome these fantastic Featured Bloggers:
Small Tales- Foley Monster and Pocket
Something Wagging This Way Comes
Snoopys Dog Blog 
I Just Want More Puppies
Pet Blogs United
Heart Like a Dog
Woof Woof Mama
Slimdoggy 
To Dog with Love
Pooch Smooches  
Whirlwind of Surprises
You Did What With Your Wiener
Terrier Torrent
My GBGV Life

We are also beyond thrilled to announce our new Koly and Kelly's K9Kamp Official Trainers:
K9Fit Club!

Are there prizes? You bet! Prizes for blogging and for participating, with an exciting package of leashes, toys and more worth more than $200! Stay tuned to learn more.

Are you joining K9Kamp this year? Our challenge will be announced on FitDog Friday, May 31st. Don't miss it!



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Day #7- Nike Sports Band, Dieting with my Dog, collar, tag and more

K9 Kamp is over and it's time to recognize some of our dedicated kampers with some pretty cool prizes!

This is it folks! This one is for all the kibbles, the big kahuna, the GRAND PRIZE!

Our grand prize is awarded to a kamper who completed not just one, not two, not three but ALL four of our fitness challenges! We are impressed with your dedication to fitness and fun and thrilled that you joined us for K9 Kamp!

Our lucky grand prize winner will receive:

A Nike+ Sportsband to help you commit to long term fitness for you and your pets

 sponsored by Krazy for Pets

A Bow Wow Dog Exercise Toy

with your choice of a Zanies lure or a fleece toss toy 

from Squishy Face Studio

from Squishy Face Studio

A Custom Dog Collar from DesignaCollar.com

Your choice of 1 collar in any size from the online shop - or design your own!

A 3D Metal Dog Tag from 

Flash Gordon Designs

and a copy 

of Dieting with My Dog by K9 Kamp co-host, Peggy Frezon

from Hubble and Hattie 

CONGRATULATIONS TO
Jenna from CorgiPants !!!

Please check your email to find out how you can claim your prize!

but that's not all!

To thank all the fabulous kampers who completed all four challenges our frends at Modern Dog Magazine want to send YOU their summer issue!

If you completed all four challenges, click here to claim your prize! 

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Day #6- Exercise Toys for your dog

K9 Kamp is over and it's time to recognize some of our dedicated kampers with some pretty cool prizes!

Flirt poles are a fun way to get a big workout for both you and your dog!

What's a flirt pole? It's a long pole with a fun toy on a string. You wave the toy around playing keep away with your pup.

It's a great work out for your arms & core and a great total body work out for your dog!

Today's lucky winners each get to try it for themselves with a

A Bow Wow Dog Exercise Toy

with your choice of a Zanies lure or a fleece toss toy

from Squishy Face Studio

Congratulations to

Giz Ruston

Trisha Anna

Elyse Hunt

Cheryl Walker

Please check your email to find out how you can claim your prize!

Don’t forget – you can still enter our fabulous K9 Kamp prizes!

Complete any (or all) of our fun fitness challenges,

link up or comment on our K9 Kamp blog hops and enter to win great prizes!

You’ve got until June 23 to enter so Check it out now!

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Day #5- Tug Toys, Great Dog Books, and Plush Friends

K9 Kamp is over and it's time to recognize some of our dedicated kampers with some pretty cool prizes!

We had just one DogGone Minute to Win It in Week Three!

We explored fun ways to get fit just a minute or two at a time.

We loved all the creative ways you guys came up with to have fun and work out!

Our Week three winner will get to continue the fitness and fun playing with their new

A Busy Buddy Rip 'n' Tug Ball

sponsored by Krazy for Pets

A Fugly Friends Plush Dog Toy

sets of handmade, mixed fabric Squeaky Bone dog bone toys

from Lars and Flint

and

A Bumi Zogoflex Dog toy

from West Paw Design

 a handcrafted tug toy 

from Tugz 'n' Togz

Copy of the book Dinner with Rover, by Helena Payton Ayre

and a copy of Exercising your Puppy by Julia Robertson & Elisabeth Pope

both from Hubble and Hattie 

Today's winner is
Pepper Pom!!!

Please check your email to find out how you can claim your prize!

Don’t forget – you can still enter our fabulous K9 Kamp prizes!

Complete any (or all) of our fun fitness challenges,

link up or comment on our K9 Kamp blog hops and enter to win great prizes!

You’ve got until June 23 to enter so Check it out now!

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Day #4- Leather Collars and Toss Toys

K9 Kamp is over and it's time to recognize some of our dedicated kampers with some pretty cool prizes!

Dog Collars are essential for any dog about town. You just can't leave home with out one.

Today's lucky winners will be dressed in style with

a Custom Dog Collar from DesignaCollar.com

Your choice of 1 collar in any size from the online shop - or design your own!

and a Bow Wow Fleece Toss Toys

from Squishy Face Studio

Congratulations to:

Jenn Embree
Oskar and Pam from Pet Blogs United
Nancy Weitzel 
Cinny from Whirlwind of Surprises

Please check your email to find out how you can claim your prize!

Don’t forget – you can still enter our fabulous K9 Kamp prizes!

Complete any (or all) of our fun fitness challenges,

link up or comment on our K9 Kamp blog hops and enter to win great prizes!

You’ve got until June 23 to enter so Check it out now!

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Day #3- Dog Bone Toys, Dieting with my Dog, and More

K9 Kamp is over and it's time to recognize some of our dedicated kampers with some pretty cool prizes!

For our second challenge we were having a ball!

We asked you to grab your dog's favourite ball and play fetch, soccer, Monkey in the middle and more!

Week Two's winner will be having more fetching fun with

A Jive and a Hurley Toy

sponsored by Krazy for Pets

a Bow Wow Fleece Toss Toys
from Squishy Face Studio

a set of handmade, mixed fabric Squeaky Bone dog bone toys

from Lars and Flint

$20 Gift Certificates to Dogwise.com

courtesy of Pooch to 5k

A Fugly Friends Bottle Bud Dog Toy

 a handcrafted tug toy 

from Tugz 'n' Togz

and a copy of Dieting with My Dog by K9 Kamp co-host, Peggy Frezon

from Hubble and Hattie

Congratulations to our winners

Donna and Paige from Petwise

Please check your email to find out how you can claim your prize!

Don’t forget – you can still enter our fabulous K9 Kamp prizes!

Complete any (or all) of our fun fitness challenges,

link up or comment on our K9 Kamp blog hops and enter to win great prizes!

You’ve got until June 23 to enter so Check it out now!

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