Horse Show | Most Shocking News (Part Deux)

I noticed from Sunday's comments that most of you were upset with the golf cart lady who claimed Frankie was "her Lily," so I'm going to get right to it. She did it again, yesterday. Less drama, less dust, less of everything. She took Frankie over to visit her other dog adoption, with who Frankie supposedly had spent a few days. Frankie did not like that one bit. No recognition, zip. That took the wind out of the lady's sails and she promptly returned Frankie to M and me saying she approved of the way we took care of her. Pfffft No comment. Now, if M wants to get Frankie's DNA tested so we can find out her breed, fine. If not, we really couldn't care less. No matter how much I trash talk my sissy, I love her, and that's the truth.

Frankie can't stand being away from M and me

She wants to be close to us all the time

She is MY sister

No lady's gonna change that

(Jazzi, I am watching over her, like you asked)

Meanwhile, back by the horse stalls....

Remember the prisoners?
(Yes, Norwood, that's Holly, the blue heeler, on the top floor)

They escaped!

(I lead them to a burrito)

The horseback riding lessons paid off. Rider-Sister was champion of the equitation division and qualified for a couple of end of the year medal finals during this horse show. M was misty eyed as usual. She's very proud of both her peanuts!

This is Ringo!

There's been a new barn adoption, but I will share that with you next time. I think I'm crazy for the new guy--no worries Gunther, we're just furiends.
I would like to leave you on a happy note. My furiend, Boomer, the chihuahua, would like to sing for you (woo, for the sibes)

La la la

Wait! What's that?

Frankie's praying

I told her to stop worrying. The lady wasn't taking her away, not as long as I was around. We left shortly after this photo was taken. To be continued...

Twink!

GABE for Dummies

As we're nearing the start of our first annual Global Animal Blogging Event, I have the feeling I need to review the rules. There aren't many, so bare with me.
{You're getting very sleepy, you're relaxing your tails, your ears are perking up, and you are getting more focused. Here we go!}

STEP 1

Spread the word!!! It'll make all the difference for all of us participating. 

***I have broken us down into two groups. Group A, the Active participants and Group P, the Passive participants. Both groups get to have fun. Here's how.

GROUP A: Active

STEP 2

Before March 31st: place the badge  on your sidebar linking to the GABE page (you can find the badge, code and instructions inside the GABE page--second tab up top, and that's how you help spread the word)

STEP 3

On or after March 31st, post about GABE and use the badge/logo in that post. Tell us why you're participating and what you're willing to give away. Tell us anything you like. You can have one or more prizes and it's all up to you. Here's a link to one of my posts when I participated in a similar event (start reading after the huge "Thank You") You only post ONCE for our event.
TIP: After your GABE post, life in blogland continues as usual. You keep posting the way you desire, once a day, once a week, Wordless Wednesday... Remember, the participants will only have your GABE post link. After that it's their choice if they wan to explore around more.

STEP 4

Email me the link to that specific post. That's the link I'm going to use for our new furiends to find you. My email: twinkietinydogATaolDOTcom

STEP 5

Visit the GABE page and Start clicking on the participant list of links to find new critters and their giveaways. Leave a comment under each GABE post you visit if you want to be eligible to win.

STEP 6

On April 18th, pick your winner or winners, depending on what you're decided. You can use any unbiased method to pick your winner. I prefer using RANDOM but that's just me. You now have to A. Notify the winner(s) by Monday, April 19th and then mail away your giveaway. That's it!

GROUP P: Passive

Starting April 1st, follow Step 5. That's that!

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Any questions? I'll closely read your comments, as usual, and then, depending on how clear you all are I'll either reply individually or do a Q&A type of post tomorrow.

Let's make this a memorable event!

Twink!

Horse Show | Most Shocking News

I was at a horse show with Frankie having a swell time. I was attached to the chiweenie all day, but we had fun; at least I did.

Attack!

Most importantly, we got to move around and be social, unlike the prisoners below.

POWs

The weather was nice and M didn't even try to put dog clothes on me, an extra bonus. My sister rode most excellently in the horse show, another plus. M forgot our dog food, so we got to eat her food, another positive experience. By now, I bet you're wondering: What was so shocking? 

As we're having a leisurely and fun day, a golf cart approaches, breaks screeching, dust all over the place, and this lady is pointing her finger at Frankie screaming, "That's MY dog. That's MY Lilly." At this point, I was like "Whoa, lady, that's MY sister" but M's interest was piqued. Frankie's kneecaps were shaking.

The lady insisted that she adopted "Lily" out of an animal shelter, but then she changed her mind. She said she does that a lot. She does a dog adoption and then changes her mind and passes the dogs on to others. No judgment on our part, because obviously she makes sure the dogs find homes. Guess what else she told us! Frankie is NOT a Chiweenie. The lady was pretty sure that Frankie is a Chihuahua/Italian Greyhound mix. Is Frankie, Francesca?

SHOCKING!

Have you ever heard of a Chitalian Greyhound? An Italian Greyhuahua? 

What's up with that? I am going to further look into these allegations tomorrow. Wish me luck. And of course, make somebody's life better, adopt a dog!

Twink!

My Pug and An Award Ceremony

And The Award Goes To . . .


Before the awards, something dear to me. I got a card from my pug, Gunther. I love surprises and I loved my card. You can look at it if you like.

What? 

No, you can't look inside! It's private.

Thank you, my pug. I will cherish your card.

Wait a minute! I got another card! Maybe Gunther is courting me in his own special way after all. He even sent me a pug magnet as a memento. 

I love it, but this guy does not look half as cute as the real Gunther. 

Now that's my handsome guy!

What? I said, no peaking inside.

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Look what Huffle passed out! Isn't it cute? It's the "I love you" award. The rules are so simple. You mention who gave it to you, and you spread the love.

 

As I love all my furiends... You get the rest. Please, take it as a reminder that I am your furiend and I love you. I would gladly paste all your links here, but I'm afraid I'm going to be doing a lot of link pasting when GABE starts. Congratulations on your award that you get for putting up with me. You've earned it.
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The next award comes from Tiffy, Cocorue's sister. I was truly impressed at how sweet Tiffy is and how much she's trying to fit in.

How appropriate from a new furiend!

Thank you lil' Tiffane. I didn't need this to be your furiend, but I really appreciate it. As for Coco, you should know that at my home we call you "our good will ambassador" and we love you too. Oh, and please don't keeeeel me if we have any more earthquakes. I'll stay safe, promise. 

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Last on my list, is the gorgeous custom award the talented and prolific Purple Hatter made me. Again, another surprise. What have I done to deserve this? Thank you!

Stunning!

I'm not ready to pass this on yet. Let me explain. I've had it for a while because I wanted to come up with something special to do with it. Well, I give up for now, so I'm asking for your help. Any suggestions?

Congratulations to all. I feel so blessed to have you as my furiends and I'll keep saying it over and over. I'm grateful and intimidated by how caring you all are. 

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Now about GABE. I've been communicating for a while with Delightful Blogs and they are going to be featuring our badge on their home page! We're going to rock blogland!!! Thank you, Delightful Blogs.

Twinkie

Chiweenie Friday (10)

Hello, dear furiends! How was your week? Mine was rocking, or so they told me. What's an earthquake? 

As Twinkie told you, our last visit to the barn was full of naughties so today I'm going to fill you in on some of the events that took place. 

Madie the blue heeler

She's NOT on time-out. She's hiding

There were too many dogs and she needed a break, Tee-hee

Linguini

She IS on time-out

Linguini not only ran across the street, and away from the barn, she also tortured a poor gofer. Mommy was furious with Linguini for both risking her own life and almost-killing the gofer. Mommy had to "finish" the gofer, so she was really really upset. She even yelled at the gofer!!! 

Make this photograph BIGGER

A runaway pony! Yes, we had to deal with that kind of trouble too. Supposedly mommy dropped her camera (unbelievable?) on the grass and went and caught the big red horse, Nathan. The question is, how could she have taken this photo if she dropped the camera? She can't even answer that herself. Tee-hee

Molly

Our regular visitor has turned into a class A horse thief. Isn't that what dogs that steal horses' leg-wraps called? I have heard they used to be punished, but Molly is a favorite at our barn so she didn't even get a scolding. She's going to be so spoiled!

Isn't she gorgeous?

Any day that ends with snacks is a good day for me

All that trouble, and we got lucky. We all went home safe and sound at the end of the day. We all had so much fun. 

Have a fantastic Friday!

Frankie

* * * Twinkie's update on GABE:  Zoolatry has posted about GABE today. I am and have been for a long time now a big Zoolatry fan. If you don't know them, you're missing out. Theirs is a wonderfully creative fun and entertaining blog with a heart. 

3 Doxie Pups, A Pug, and a Chi | St. Patrick's Day Double Date

WE ALL MET AT THE PUB

Gunther, the pug, Frankie, and his girrrrls, Penny and Ruby, the doxie pups, and I, the tea cup chihuahua

We decided to start our celebrations early, fully intending on going to bed at a decent time so that we could get up and work on our blogs the following day, today. Gunther, kept calling me his "hot tamale" and tried to give me a beautiful green clover, but it was too heavy. Frankie wore his special hat to impress his girrrls, even though there's no question about it: they love him already. As for him, he's head over heels. He even told me his dad calls him "kitty paddled" BOL

At first we all felt a bit awkward. We've been furiends for so long, but we had never had a gathering like this one before. Frankie and his girrrls went in the back room, since they're by now familiar with each other, but Gunther and I stayed in the front room in awkward silence. He didn't look at me once, except for when I offered him a piece of stew. Ugh..He also kept sticking his tongue out at me, which I find rude. I'm afraid this date will never end. 

We decided to barhop and ended here. By now I was hiding behind Frankie to get away from Gunther. The doxie girrrls realized that and graciously decided to loan out their date for a short while. They modeled their beautiful collar covers. Don't they look gorgeous? The pug did strike a pose as well. He's so good looking, too bad he's still guarding his real feelings. Maybe he was traumatized by another Chi-girl when he was younger. 

As for Frankie, as you can see, he's so caring that he even brought his oil lamp, fully realizing the risk to his beautiful furs. That is love!

Several bars and pints of green beer later, we finally loosened up. My pug, Gunther was hilarious, a quality I find most attractive in a man. He even laughed at my jokes. After closing, Frankie, the long haired doxie, and I jumped over the bar and kept on pouring. We were all having a blast and did not want the night to end. 

Unfortunately, all good things come to an end. It was early the next morning (today) we finally decided to call it a quits. Frankie escorted the girrrls home--but check out the expression on his face! I wonder what he's got in his mind... Gunther did his best not to get drunk. He started drinking Tequila a while back in preparation; however, he did get a little tipsy and had to sit down for a moment. I called 1-800-GOOD-SAMARITAN and they gave me a lift.

Thanks furiends! I had the best St Patrick's Day ever. What are you doing for Easter?

Twink!

Happy Blue Heeler Day

Did somebody say "Blue Heeler"?

Countdown to GABE: 14 days! 

Twinkie!