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A Miracle Named Boone
I had a completely different post for today that I had almost finished typing when I found out about this wonderful non-profit organization called Joey’s P.A.W. Prosthetics and Wheels at https://www.joeyspaw.org. Over the last year, I have delved more into social media than I ever had before and am finding that my favorite channels are Instagram and Pinterest. I have met some amazing people and their dogs via Instagram and among those is Tanya who I spoke to today. She is dog mom to Boone...
Butter Chicken Marsala
Anyone hungry for fried chicken and Portobello mushrooms??? I had every intention to make a true chicken marsala tonight but changed my mind and made a delicious Butter Chicken Marsala instead. The chicken was tender with just the right amount of crisp! The mushrooms and butter sauce added on top of the chicken melded the flavors together to make a scrumptious dinner for two! This recipe took about an hour to make all together. Armed with the two main ingredients of chicken and...
A Dog’s Five Senses
As pet owners, we tend to assume that we are similar to our dog when comparing “our senses”. But did you know that a dog’s senses are just like ours…but not! What are the five senses and what is the most primary sense out of the five? Dogs can Touch, See, Smell, Hear, and Taste but their smelling ability is rated top on the list! My first thought when I was researching the five senses was that dogs should have a backup! What happens if they were not picking up a scent or had an infection...
The Nine Different Types of Dog Personalities
I couldn't wait for this post because I'm so excited to tell everyone that Jake and Maggie passed their TDI test on Friday night. Thomas and I are very proud of them! I now have to submit all of the appropriate paperwork and then wait for their certifications to come in the mail. They said it typically takes 6- 8 weeks! I participated in two separate tests because we had both dogs scheduled for testing and they could not be tested at the same time. The classes were booked solid and the...
Tree Hut’s Brown Sugar Body Scrub
Happy Friday everyone! If you are like me, I love Friday!!! I always look forward to my weekends with Thomas and the dogs. Thursday night I start planning what I'm going to wear, how I'm going to wear my hair, and coordinating my makeup with my outfits. I know...crazy, huh? A girl cannot wear a red top with bright pink lipstick...at least not on me anyway! I try and do posts on Friday of something that I'm loving. I follow a blog called Southern Curls and Pearls and she talked about...
My turkey table!
Can you believe it is November 6th already?!!! I've said over and over that I love the fall weather we have been having but I'm sad now because...guess what...we are getting snow tomorrow :-(. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and what better way to cheer myself up but to decorate my "turkey table". I spent this afternoon putting away my pumpkin decor and pulling out the turkeys!! I got the table done just in time for the sun to set and to get some fun pictures! Enjoy!!! Can you...
TDI Test Requirements
Wow! What a week so far! Jake and Maggie have been training for their TDI test (well, you already know because I've been talking about it so much) and here I go again...it is THIS FRIDAY!!! Jake goes first at 5:30 pm and Maggie is last at 6:30 pm! I'm so excited for them. We had our practice test today and it went well. We will know if they passed or failed as soon as they complete all the test requirements! I'm putting this post out for anyone who is interested in putting their pets...
Holiday Gift Ideas Part 2
I hope you enjoyed my previous post on Holiday Gift Ideas and wanted to share more with you. It all depends on how much you want to spend and how elaborate you want to go, but here are some gift basket ideas that might appeal to you. And we must not forget to give the gift receipts just incase your friends and family need to return anything! I never get offended when someone returns my gift. I want them to enjoy it and if they don’t like it, I want them to get something that they will...
Two Adorable Labs has a new look!
I’ve been hinting about new changes with Two Adorable Labs and I can finally show you!!! Check out our new logo and new look by Kaila Piepkow at www.dox.design.
Kaila has been amazing to work with. She took her time in getting to know me, my vision for the brand I wanted to create and my style first before jumping right into the job. Her process is organized, well thought out, educational, and she is patient especially with clients like myself who are first timers. Her and her staff were on-time, if not early, in completing my requests.
There are three very important members of her staff…her three adorable weens…her Doxins…Finley Piepkow – Secretary Ween, Ferb Piepkow- Chief Secretary Ween, and Felix Piepkow – Office Intern Ween who I had the pleasure of meeting during our web meetings.
I knew in my first meeting with Kaila, she would be loyal to me, smart in helping me create my logo and design, and help educate me in pushing my vision for Two Adorable Labs to new levels. I would like to thank you, Kaila, for helping me and look forward to our future plans for Two Adorable Labs!
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I would like to thank Salene Mazur Kraemer Photography for their quality photography, patience, and fast timing in taking and processing the professional photos of me, Jake, and Maggie for my new website! It was Jake and Maggie’s first time at a professional photo shoot and they did amazing!
Sincerely,
Bobbi Jo, Jake, and Maggie
Decoding Your Pet’s Body Language
It’s not always easy to know what our dogs are telling us. For those of us who have been around animals all our lives, we have a pretty good idea by their wagging tails, growls, licks, shaking, etc. but do we really??? We often don’t realize that “they” understand “us” better than we realize. Researchers in Budapest used magnets resonance imaging to monitor dogs while they listened to human speech. They discovered that the animals processed both the meaning of words and the tone in which the...