I am hoping that an ENTIRE PACK of my furiends will join me!
There will be fun, lots of playing, DJ’s spinning tunes so you can dance and sing and Bark Tenders mixing your favorite drinks for you to slurp up and ohhhhhhhhhhhh I will get a chance to BARK with every doggy!!!
I am even more excited because Mom is one of five other bloggers who are being sponsored by Nutrish to attend the conference this year!!! Why SHE is going and I am NOT is beyond me, since it is ME who ACTUALLY HAS EATEN THEIR FOOD FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS but I digress…..
If you are still on the fence about attending the conference, there is still time to register! Nutrish is even bringing a caricature artist! What fun!!
So, I hope to see LOTS of you at the pawty! Be sure you are following @BlogPaws and @Nutrish
Pam had compiled a list of commands that she uses for her dog, Honey,that cover a lot more ground than your basic, “sit”, “stay” or “wait”. If you haven’t read this fun and informative post, click on the above link!
At the end of the post, Pam asked:What are some of the strange cues you use to tell your dog what you need from her? (in our case it would be a “he”, but I digress…)
Here is the comment that I left on Pam’s blog post that day:
“What do gentlemen do?” I stumbled upon it a couple of weeks ago when Dakota was having a barking fit wanting a bone.
I never thought he would understand a complete sentence when I used it. In frustration I said “What do gentlemen do?” He promptly SAT. I have used it since to make sure it wasn’t a fluke and he sits EVERY time. My husband calls him a “gentleman” when he takes him to the bathroom but never uses it for sitting. I must try to get it on video.
I would love to see that, you will have to get it on video!
Guess what? I did JUST THAT! Yesterday I went and to Sprint to take advantage of the upgrade I had available to me to trade in my old Android phone for the new iPhone4 , and was playing with the video function. I decided to ask Dakota the infamous question: “What do gentlemen do?” See for yourself!
Just to show you the “gentleman” routine is NOT a fluke, witness it again!
I’d say he deserves a BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Award nomination, don’t you agree? Now is YOUR chance to nominate ALL of the pet blogs/bloggers that you love!
From BlogPaws: The “Nose-to-Nose” Awards is the only awards program in which pet bloggers and microbloggers are judged on their expertise, creativity, and performance in one or more of 12 categories by a panel of distinguished professionals. The BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Awards are not a popularity contest!
Nominations open at 12:00 PM EST on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 – and close at 3:00 PM EST on Friday, March 8th.
Yep, that’s right! You don’t have to experience angst wondering who you are going to nominate, you can nominate ALL of your favorites in as many categories as you would like!
As an example, Dakota and I have already begun nominating blogs in the categories of:
and you know what? There are a number of blogs that we feel are deserving in EACH category and we aren’t going to just nominate one per category, we are going to nominate ALL of our faves for EACH category! That way, EVERY FURRY will be considered! How cool is that?
One thing that we love about the Nose-to-Nose awards is that even if you are just nominated ONCE, you are in the running, AND, you CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF!
Every blog that is nominated will be reviewed by the judges panel, but just once.
Please, please nominate ALL of the blogs/bloggers that you love for whatever category!
To read more about the criteria that the judges will be taking into consideration for each category, click here
We are HONORED and FLATTERED that so many of you visit us on a regular basis, or even that you visit us at all! That being said, if there was a post that made you smile,a photo that you loved,a book review that inspired you to buy/read a book,a contest that you won, a product that you learned about here or anything else that you loved, that we work painstakingly and with all of our heart to share with you, we would be HONORED if you wish to nominate us for whatever category you see fit. Well, except best meow blog since this isn’t a cat blog! BOL!Our chances of being a finalist or even of gasp,WINNING...are next to none, but it would mean the world to us if we were even to be considered.
Should you wish to nominate us, and we THANK YOU if you do, you can click on each category that we mentioned above and it will take you right to the nomination pages.
Here is our info that you will need:
Blog Home Page: https://dakotasden.wordpress.com/
Contact Name for Blog Owner:Caren Gittleman
Email for Blog Owner:cgittleman at mi dot rr dot com
Dakota’s Den on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dakotas-Den-Daily-Doings-of-a-Dog-Named-Dakota-Let-the-Barking-Begin/212764172068608?ref=ts&fref=ts
Now, Dakota and I are off to do some more nominating of other deserving blogs/bloggers ourselves!!
My brother Cody and I have had discussions about being left when Mom goes to the BlogPaws 2012 conference. We didn’t like that kitties and doggies from all over the country (including my buddy Snoopy!!!) get to go to this spectacular conference and we can’t go!
What in the name of a bag o’ bones is wrong with THAT picture?
Cody and I are the ones that work til the wee (and I don’t mean peeing!) hours of the morning on our blogs! All Mom does is type the info that we give her, she makes that appear as if it’s a big deal cause she likes to moan and groan about all that she does, but Cody and I know differently!
We didn’t earn the right to go on this trip?
Without Cody and I Mom would have no blogs! If Mom had no blogs, she wouldn’t be going on a trip to BlogPawswhich is only the best blogging conference on the Planet!
Somebody needs to be barked at… big time!
Cody and I decided to take matters into our own paws and take a look at what we did!
Dakota's Den 