Wednesday Pet Roundup- July 10 2013

Hi and welcome to Wednesday Pet Roundup!

* A pit bull terrier named Smoke, who went missing from California, was found all the way in Florida and soon will be reunited with his owner!

*  Lentil the French bulldog with a cleft lip, inspires children with similar conditions. Check out his Facebook page!

* Congratulations to winners of the Frosty Paws travel pack: Parenting Furkids, Benny and Lily, Bren L. Dawn R was also chosen as a winner but since she already won one on another website, she graciously offered for her prize to be given to someone else. So the new winner is Cheryl C! If you haven't already sent me your mailing addy, please let me know so I can get your prize to you. Thank you to everyone who entered and I hope the winners enjoy their travel kits.

* Another prize winner: dogIDs collar with laser engraved tag: HufflePup! Please send me your address and we'll get the prize right out to you! Thank you to all who entered :)

*Remember, Monday is Blog the Change Day. Write about an animal cause near and dear to your heart, and be sure to link up!

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Get Your K9 Kamp Blogger Awards Here!

Here's to the Kampers...Hip Hip Hooray! Here's to everyone who participated in K9 Kamp!! Thank you for the great times, great posts. We hope you had fun getting fit with your pup.  And here's to awards!!

1. Awards!!  Check out these awesome bloggers and see what they won...We have half the K9 Kamp Awards here, and to see the other half, please visit Kol's Notes.

Rita--Pooch Smooches
Walking not only was good fitness, but at times it took courage, especially with stick-wielding menaces on the beach. But Rita showed exemplary bravery!

















Rocco--To Dog With Love
Kutest Kindergartener Rocco not only practiced for agility, but had fun playing crate games and just enjoying life too!


















Sampson and Delilah-- Heart Like a Dog
If all eight paws had pedometers, how many miles would these kampers have walked? We know it was enough to win this award!


















Tavish- I Still Want More Puppies
Maybe it's because his mom likes puns, but Tavish must have inherited the ability to make us laugh. He was always up for fun and games.


















 Snoopy--Snoopy's Dog Blog
We were tempted to hand out the award for Best Hairdo, but we think that this award reflects Snoopy's stylish flowing locks as well as his love of running!


















Jack--Slimdoggy
A yellow lab who likes kettlebells and wears his own weighted vest for workouts? Now Jack is one buff pup.


















 Sugar--Sugar the Golden Retriever
Purple-pawed Sugar is the perfect example of how age doesn't have to slow you down. From swimming to running, Sugar is one active and fit golden!


















Gizmo--Terrier Torrent
Gizmo likes to walk, but he doesn't stop there. He's sniffing around and finding more creative ways to work out, get fit, and have a great time!


Because we think you were ALL so pawsome.....this one's for all of you who participated, put in some extra time getting fit and bonding with your dog! Feel free to display it on your blog with pride :)

 













2.  And did you see that cool prize package? We drew the winner last night--Congratulations to SHARON GILBERT for winning the K9 Kamp prize package!  Schooner and Skipper will have a great time playing with the LED Glowing fetch ball and all the other goodies!

Schooner and Skipper are both generally healthy, but Schooner put on a bit of weight. Skipper and Sharon have been the best cheer team helping him slim down by swimming, a great low impact exercise. Even when the weather kept them out of the pool, they got in the K9 Kamp spirit by playing indoor games, like throwing the ball down the stairs and racing to get it. 

We want to take a moment to thank our fantastic K9 Kamp sponsors!

Without sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to offer any prizes, much less a prize package worth more than $200 and filled with awesome things like:

• An EzyDog Vario6 Leash & Fold-a-Bowl   
• A NiteIze MeteorLight K9 LED Fetch Ball & SpotLit LED Collar Light   
• A Natural, chemical free EasyDefense pest tag from Only Natural Pet  
• A copy of Peggy’s book Dieting With My Dog   & her e-book The Dieting with my Dog Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance   A
• bag each of Kol’s Veggie Snacks & Green Bean Crunchers   
• An assortment of active toys 

Let’s hear a big K9 Kamp Yip! Yip! Hooray for our K9 Kamp sponsors EzyDog, NiteIze and Only Natural Pet Supply!

3. What do you think?  Kelly and Koly would be woofin' for joy if you'd take a few moments to click on the following link to take our survey and tell us what you liked, and how we can improve. Thank You!!
http://form.jotform.co/form/31755865137866

 4. The next K9 Kamp is in OCTOBER so we hope you'll come back and join us again! In the meantime, check out the Keeping Up with K9 Kamp mini challenges at You Did What With Your Wiener-- the first challenge is on FitDog Friday, July 5th. See you there.

5. Thank you to co-hosts Jodi and Kol for another great Kamp!

I'm so excited, my whiskers are really out of control!

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Day #2-- Dog Cookies, Dog Toys, Dogwise

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

We're lucky to have a tons of great K9 Kamp sponsors helping us reward our fabulous kampers!

Today's winner is taking home a bag of swag that includes:

 a copy of the book Dog Cookies by Martina Schops

from Hubble and Hattie 

A Fugly Friends Stuffingless Dog Toy

 a handcrafted tug toy 

from Tugz 'n' Togz

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

from Lars and Flint

 a handcrafted tug toy 

from Tugz 'n' Togz

and a $20 Gift Certificates to Dogwise.com

courtesy of Pooch to 5k

Congratulations to our winner

Jackie & Rita from Pooch Smooches

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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Minute Superstars

Have you been k9kamping with us? If not, it's never too late! You can join in at any time. Just look for our next challenge, tomorrow, and then complete the exercise on your own time over the course of the week.

How did Kelly, Brooks and I do this week?
Well this one was a little, uh, challenging. Not so much in the execution. But challenging to remind myself to do something fun and creative and energetic with the dogs, for a minute or so, several times a day. We tended to do better doing one thing for several minutes, a couple times a day. But nevertheless, all those minutes added up whether they were spaced far apart of lumped together.

 What we did:
 1. Chase-- Brooks especially loves this game. He gets down into the play bow, then he hops like a kangaroo! He looks so young when he is playing!

2. Fetch-- Okay, the old standby never fails. I can't stop doing this after just one minute. Brooks could do it forever. He walks around with a tennis ball in his mouth ALL DAY (except for when Kelly steals it away.)

Yowwwwll! Mom do I hafta share toys with Brooks?

3.  Dog Referee---Does this count? We started introducing toys into the house, previously banned because Kelly claimed all toys as her own, even new ones bought just for Brooks, and there were too many fights erupting. Now we have gradually introduced toys again, trying to make sure that Kelly and Brooks each have something they enjoy playing with. Kelly is still a bit too worried about whatever Brooks has (99% of the time it's a tennis ball) even if she has the EXACT same toy. So I did a lot of running around picking up toys, throwing toys, putting away toys, playing with toys, making sure everyone had exactly equal amount of play time and Mom time and all...yeah, I think that counts.




Overall we got in more than 10 minutes of fun, creative play around the house.

 

How did our Kampers do? First, check out how Coach Koly and his mama did this week!
Then, click on the links and see how our Featured Bloggers did on Week 3.

     

        

 And, if you were joining in at home too, link up and tell us about your experience. We want to hear!

Don't forget, we've got fantastic dog and fitness prizes too! It's super easy. Just follow the link to enter to win great k9kamp prizes!
Join the blog hop!



get the InLinkz code

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K9Kamp Challenge 2- The Challenge with the Naughty Name

Brooks loves to play with his tennis ball!

So here it is WEEK 2 of K9Kamp!!
And we've got a great challenge for you this week. It's called, umm, errrr....Play with your Balls

Here's all you need to do:

 1. Collect your dog's favorite ball. Is it a tennis ball? Soccer ball? Do we have any basketball playing dogs here?




2. Engage in a game of ball with your dog, keeping the energy level up for both of you. If you have to, run in place while he is chasing the ball. See below for two ideas of games you can play.

3. Aim for playing for 10-20 minutes three or four times during the week. Adapt to your own schedule and you and your dog's physical needs. You may play longer just once on the weekend. Or you may need shorter play periods and fewer days. Whatever works for you...just be sure to challenge yourself a bit, okay?
 

Here's the ball game Kelly and I like to play:
GOAL!
1. I have a small, soft soccer ball.
2. Kelly is the goal tender.
3. I try to dribble the ball with my feet past Kelly to make a "goal."
She usually gets it away from me. She's pretty good!
4. Now switch it up. See if you can get the ball away from your dog. Do NOT do this with bare feet, lol!
Only you can know if your dog will respond well to a foot trying to steal her ball. Also, use caution and move in softly (I usually come in from the side) so that your foot doesn't make contact with your dog's face instead of the ball.

Okay, so we're not moving at the speed of lightning!

Here's the ball game Brooks and I like to play:
1. Fetch. Plain and simple. Over and over.and Over.
2. In order for this to be exercise for me too, I get up and move about the yard or park, so that when Brooks returns the ball he has to run to find me. While Brooks is retrieving the ball, I start running around like a crazy woman, calling his name and getting him all excited.

Even Brooks' ears get into the action!

****Now it's your turn! What ball game will you play with your dog this week?

It's never too late to join k9kamp. Even if you didn't join us in last week's Walking on Sunshine you can still participate this week. Just do the challenge at home and come back next Thursday to let us know how it goes.

PRIZES! Remember, we're giving away collars, leashes, toys, copies of Dieting with my Dog and other books too! Just follow the link to enter to win great prizes!

Bonus: You'll receive the summer edition of Modern Dog magazine FREE if you complete all four challenges and fill out the Rafflecopter form! Sweet!

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Everyone Walks on Sunshine

Dad's helping with the dog walking. (Notice Kelly, nose down!)

Have you been k9kamping with us? If not, it's never too late! You can join in at any time. Just look for our next challenge, tomorrow, and then complete the exercise on your own time over the course of the week.

How did Kelly, Brooks and I do this week?
Great! We love Walking on Sunshine! Despite some rainy weather, we were able to get out and walk between the raindrops. At our best, we walked 3 times a day: in the morning with Dad before he went to work, the 3 of us mid day, and with Dad again after work. At the worst we got in one rushed walk around the block in the rain ("Hurry up guys, I'm getting wet!") but hey, it was at least a walk.

The dogs love walking together.
When I walk the dogs alone, sometimes I get a little tangled. But mostly they are good walkers. Brooks walks well on the leash, steady pace, head up, straight line. Kelly skitters here and there, sniffing everything, wrapping around a pole or my feet. Her nose is always on the ground. I could insist she heels nicely but, as long as she's not bothering anyone else on the sidewalk (and she reels in nicely when I ask her to) I think she deserves the chance to explore and sniff. She obviously loves it! We spiced things up by interspersing a little jogging here and there. We also changed up our route every other day.

How did our Kampers do? The results are in! Check out how Coach Koly and his mama did this week!
And, click on the links and see how our Featured Bloggers did on Week 1.

     

        

 And, if you were joining in at home too, link up and tell us about your experience. We want to hear!

Don't forget, we've got fantastic dog and fitness prizes too! It's super easy. Just follow the link to enter to win great k9kamp prizes!
Join the blog hop!



get the InLinkz code

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K9Kamp Challenge 1-- Walking on Sunshine

Kelly and Brooks take me for a walk.

Are you ready? It's here.....

The FIRST CHALLENGE!

WEEK ONE: Walking on Sunshine 

Well, let's hope it's sunny. If it's not, maybe singing a happy little rap tune will help you feel sunnier.

We're starting off easy...but this can be as easy or as strenuous as you want. This week your challenge is to get out and walk --try for for at least an hour total this week. (You can do your one hour all at once, but I recommend getting out and walking every day. Your dog will remind you.) But wait! Don't just WALK...we're going to spice it up a bit.

1. Lace up your walking shoes and grab your dog's leash (Does your dog walk without a leash? I've always been impressed by that.)

2. Start off slow and easy. If you're used to walking 20 minutes a day, keep this pace at first. 

3. Now, spice it up. Increase your time by 5 or 10 minutes (or 1/2 hour for you overachievers.) If you walk in the city, take another lap around the block. If you walk in the park or the country, go a bit farther. You might find that by the end of the week, you've walked much longer than one hour.

If you already walk more than an hour a week, amp up your time. Push yourself. Will you aim for two hours? Three? More? Adapt the challenge to your own level.

 4. Now, add one EXTRA to your walk. Here are some ideas:
try interval walking
walk with weights
include a hill
change your route for variety
climb stairs
jog for a bit

Okay, that's all there is to it! Let's get out there and walk and have fun!

Sound like fun? Peggy's Pet Place and Kol's Notes  2nd annual K9Kamp is a great opportunity to get active, get fit and bond with your dog (or cat, right Kristine?!). Anyone can join in the fun! Just try out this week's challenge on your own any time during the week. Then, come back next Thursday and leave a comment sharing how you did. Or, write a blog post about it and link up next Thursday. That's it! Oh wait, one more thing...
You can win prizes too!
Yup LOTS of great prizes, like:

A Puppia Soft Harness & Matching Leash

Gift certificates to Dogwise, compliments of Pooch to 5K

 Toys, toys, toys

And books, including two copies of my book, Dieting with my Dog,  compliments of Hubble & Hattie!

We have so many great prizes, we've had to make a separate page just for them. But don't worry, it's so easy. All you have to do is click on the following link to reach the form to enter to win these exciting prizes! There's even a FANTASTIC Grand Prize including a Nike+ sports band for you and a collar, tag, and fun fitness toy for your dog!

And...EVERYONE who completes all four challenges and fills out the contest entry form will receive a free copy of the summer issue of Modern Dog magazine! Enter to win the PRIZES now!

Time to share:  What do you do to spice up walking with your dog?

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