Saturday at the Movies

 GLOBAL ANIMAL BLOGGING EVENT: Don't forget to visit the participating blogs. You get to make new furiends and be eligible for great prizes. We will be uploading new GABE posts until April 10th. For those who are getting started a bit later in the game, you can check out GABE for Dummies for user-friendly instructions. Please email me your direct G.A.B.E. post url. Thank you. 

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Off to the movies now. Grab some pop corn, a nice heating pad, and join my canine pack and me, unless you have something better to do the day before Easter, of course. In which case, see you later.

We're waiting for the show to start

I'm not sure about this video. I thought there would be less action.

Can somebody fetch me my reading glasses?

Am I seeing things? 

I'm giving it a paws-down.

The entire movie was upside down!

Tough audience to please. Maybe I should take them golfing. Frankie wants to be not like Tiger Woods when she grows up. 

Have a great Saturday, furiends! And don't forget to check out all the bloggies and free giveaways!
Twinkie

Chiweenie Friday (12)

Hello, dear furiends! Frankie here.

I'm ba-ack, but first I need to say a couple of things about GABE. No, Twinkie's not making me this time. I just like it and hope I win one of the free giveaways. 

Keep your posts and links coming up to the 10th of April. If you want to participate or even pawticipate, you need to email us your post's link at twinkietinydogATaolDOTcom. Twinkie's doing her best uploading the links as they come. If you don't see yours within 8 hours of sending it, try once more. Things constantly get lost in space. Speaking of getting lost, any time you feel lost about G.A.B.E., just click on our badge at the top of the sidebar. Business over. Tee-hee.

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Time to talk about dog obedience training and school. I can't thank you enough about your encouraging comments from last week. They helpeded me so much that I relaxed and even did some soul searching. This is what I discovered. 

The source of my fear

Trixie

Trixie's the one who's been attacking me every time I visit the barn. Trixie's a Chi-meanie and I'm not talking to her ever again. 

A careful analysis of my young soul, as Twinkie puts it, made it clear that I am traumatized. I will not be this way forever though. Now that I know why I'm afraid of small black and white dogs, I can take control. I'm growing up fast after all. 

Not so fast!

My classmates:

This is beautiful and sweet Roxie

I would love to play with her, but she reminds me of a certain Chi-meanie

Adorable, gentle Augie 

He too reminds me of the Chi-meanie

Bright, well-trained handsome Mitch

He's a blue heeler, one of my favorite breeds

He's so well behaved, I shouldn't be afraid of him, but he's also much bigger than I am

Me

As you can see, I was so brave, I even switched chairs

I deserve a tiny drumroll for this next photo

Ta-da! 

Now look who's being brave! It's me!

Mommy was so pleased with me. She kept huffing and puffing, but I could tell she was proud not so deep deep down. 

I have to run now. I want to visit more Global Animal Blogging Event posts and find out about their free giveaways!!! 

Frankie

Global Animal Blogging Event

Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, this year's GABE has been cancelled.

BOL: April Fool's!

Welcome to my blog. My name is Twinkie and I will be your hostess today. I am part of a furry large household that most people refer to as "the shelter" since we're all rescues. I mostly blog about my family and the crazy things we get into. A large part of our activities take place at a horse barn I frequent with my two canine sissies to play with other rescues and the horses. I sometimes rate animal-related products that I review. My sister, Frankie, posts on Fridays about her life as a young puppy in training, and I'm starting a weekly advice column, titled "Dear Twinkie". I am also the organized/coordinator of this event.
If any of you don't see your link up within 24 hours of emailing it, shoot me! (an email)

Here's a photo of our canine pack:

Grab a coffee or some good quality kibble and have a look around my blog. The event was created for the purpose of meeting new friends and furiends and to form international relationships. 

Remember that you can email me your GABE posts at twinkietinydogATaolDOTcom up to the 10th of April. I will keep updating the links as frequently as I possibly can. 

About my free giveaways now. You know the rules, to be eligible to win you must leave ONE comment from which I can link back to you for your prize. I'm afraid one giveaway won't do it for me. Last time I participated in a similar event I got just over 150 comments, so I decided to give out more than one free giveaways, one every 50 comments. On April 18th, I will use random.org to pick the ... winners. 

Free Giveaways

 #1 

My children's read-along book out.

You can read more about my book HERE 

#2

Premiere Twist and Treat Dog Toy

#3

And if I have more than 150 comments...I'll gladly give away more copies of my book because I'll be sooo happy the event went so well. I love getting free giveaways just as much as I like giving them. 

Thank you all for participating. Let's have a great time and make this a memorable event, until next year!

What you're still here? Go on, visit our other participants by clicking on the GABE badge at the top of my sidebar!

Twinkie

Cute dog Pictures

***Global Animal Blogging Event now accepting links @ twinkietinydogATaolDOTcom!!!***

Cute Dog Pictures
dog adoption crew

HUG?

Pit bull

Doxie

Chihuahua

Chiweenie

Dalmatian and german shorthaired pointer, the dog

Chiweenie

Tea cup chihuahua, moi

Twinkie

Surprise Advice

I bet you've all received something in the mail that made your heart skip a beat. I get tons of mail like that. The other day I opened an email from somebody wanting to give me 5 million dollars! Another time, a lady who was old and had no family wanted to give me her estate. Wonderful strangers chose me to offer their drugs to. Heck, one time I even won the Australian International Sweepstakes.

Among those emails I received a note from Stella's World. At first, I though it was SPAM. I had been leaving notes for Ali Zophia all over blogland trying to get her attention. I was so impressed with her advice column that I was dreaming of having my own some day. So I kept teasing and commenting, and out of the blue, bam! Email from Ali Z, titled: Advice Column. Hmmm, interesting, I thought she was giving me personal-personal advice now and I was grateful. Imagine my shock when I read the line: "My Mom, Stella and I would be happy to give you my advice column." I almost fell off my desk (I don't use a chair). I just couldn't believe my eyes. I mean, I can believe I'll be getting a million pounds from London but THE advice column??? 

I quickly replied in case Ali Zophia changed her mind. She hasn't yet. Not only that but she and Stella posted the most hilarious conversation making it official! For the record, Ali Zophia was NOT fired. She has moved on to something TOP secret. I'm so excited to find out what is happening at their blog next. By the end of the post it was official: I, Twinkie Maria Conchita Espenoza Cucaracha Doodle-Bug Chupa Cabra Twinkerson, am honored to take over the famous Ali Zophia Advice Column. I will try my hardest to answer every-furiend's questions regardless of the perils I may be faced with in my quest for the correct response.

Please use my full name when leaving questions, I don't want to be confused with anybody else. Know that every question is important to me and that I will be recruiting the help of many critter-specialists to better serve you. So BRING IT ON! I have a hotline available to take questions 24/7. The number is 1-800-DEAR-TWINKIE

I thought the photo above would be appropriate as a header to the advice column. It summarizes what I stand for: a big mouth and an even bigger desire to laugh.

Ali Z! You are one cool kat! I will miss your column, but I am also looking forward to seeing what you and Stella have in store for us. Dear Abby, beware! Dear Twinkie's on the loose.

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GLOBAL ANIMAL BLOGGING EVENT UPDATE: Wonderful and detailed new post from our furiends The Bumpass Hounds! Even if you're clear on G.A.B.E. I still highly recommend you visit their blog. 

Twinkie

And The Award Goes To

How wonderful to have so many marvelous furiends and to receive so many heart-warming awards! I consider all our awards as acts of friendship and alliance.  Where do I start? Hmm, beauty first:

Wonderful Critter Alley awarded us with the Beautiful Blogger Award. Pat also made some great blog suggestions. What can I say, she's got taste, she's following me. BOL
But Critter Alley isn't the only blog with great taste. I got the same award from Stella's World too. Wow! I'm feeling pretty. Stella's blog is about to get revamped, but they don't say how yet. Don't forget to keep checking in. I sure am!
Okay, to work now. I need to state 7 things about me. Do they really have to be interesting?
1. As a rescue myself, I am an advocate and I try to help any way possible. Most of the time, it feels like I'm making a hole in the water, but I push on.
2. I love my family, but I need to temporarily stop M from taking in any new members. We need a break, mommy. We'll find other ways to help
3. I love my family, and, when I say that, I mean all of them. No exceptions. Trash talk is just a way to show my love. I love you, Bratwurst!
4. I break easily. One time I got dropped and snapped my leg in two.
5. I don't like kibble. Biped food is my favorite. On the food subject, I wish M would get off her computer chair and cook some homemade meals more often and not only when I get sick.
6. I have a stash! It's under ... What am I thinking? I can't tell you where it is.
7. I'm getting more and more excited about G.A.B.E.. First chance I get I'm going to figure out my giveaway.

I have received this beautiful award so many times that I can't keep track of who I've passed it on any longer. If you don't have it, please accept it from me and if anybody asks, tell them I gave it to you.

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The same goes for the Sunshine Award. I am grateful to both Darwin and The Booker Man for re-awarding me. A blog cannot have enough of those! Thank you my furiends. As I said earlier, please add this to your blog and if anybody asks... you got it.

Don't neglect to check out the fabulous job Darwin and Booker Man did posting their award. I'm not giving you the post links because I know you are going to have fun looking for them. 

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My fantastic furiends at Kissa-Bull are having quite a year. So many things are happening at their place. I've followed them every step of the way and I love how they handle even some not-so-easy situations. I was most touched by the latest development with their recent adoption, Tiger. You can read the story HERE (skip over the GABE stuff and get to the happiest part of the post). Kissa-Bull gave me the Friends Forever Award. You said it first, but I'll confirm: Friends forever!

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I was most honored to receive the first ever Feisty Three Award! It is very appropriately called the Extreme Feistiness Award. Indiana, Shingo, and Molly sure are prime examples of exuberance and determination. Check out the one, the only, the first ever (drumroll)

It's sparkly too! Thank you my furiends. I will cherish this forever. 

This concludes this week's award ceremony.

Twink!

OFFICIAL GLOBAL ANIMAL BLOGGING EVENT START DATE: APRIL 1ST

Links accepted as of Wednesday the 31st and will be posted in the order received on Thursday the 1st

Chihuahua Photo Tagged--Again

The photo tag is making its rounds apparently, because I've been tagged again. The rules are as follows:

1. Open your first photo folder

2. Scroll down to the tenth photo

3. Post the photo and tell the story behind it

4. Tag 5 more people

Well, since I only have one first photo folder and it still contains the same tenth photo, here's the link to my last Photo Tag

Have a nice day! (jokey-jokey)

On a second and more serious thought, I was glad I got picked to participate again by Zoolatry, the creator of the G.A.B.E. badge, but I had to pick a different photo. I tried to remain true to the principal, so I arbitrarily picked the tenth photo of  my last photo-shoot; an album I hadn't even had a chance to look at. I was excited to find that my tenth photo was the following:

Coincidentally, I counted 10 dogs in this photo
all are dog adoption pups right out of the streets and the animal shelter
I spot lots of chihuahua pups, a couple of blue heeler pups, and a couple of doxie pups

This was taken yesterday morning. It was taken at the barn I'm always talking about. It was so windy that nobody could go riding so instead they played with us. Who is "us" though?  I noticed many of you are confused by all the dog adoption participants. The bipeds are of various backgrounds and ages, but they have one thing in common: They are all for rescuing critters; mostly dogs, but just about anything alive and in need can find at least a foster home through our barn folks. There are many bipeds that ride at our barn, at least 20 and they're all active in not only giving but also finding forever homes. Each biped's home has between two to over ten critters living in their homes. That's how come you see so many adoptions. I can also tell you that for the time being, M is trying to "be good" and help with placements and donations only--let's see how long this will last. 

Let the tagging continue! 

1. Stella & Ali Zophia--I have much to say about these wonderful furiends but I'll do it some other time in detail.

2. Benny and Lily--BOL! You quack me up.  

3. My beloved XXL furiend Darwin, who is so sensitive and caring. I'm thinking of her constantly recently because she's got a booboo and I hope it heals by itself, fast. 

4. The belles over at Houndstooth. You can help them with their fashion quandary when you visit. 

5. The Feisty Three--They're feisty alright and since I'm ornery, we're a good match. 

Every time I post about the multiple dog adoption barn, I want to scream, adopt a dog, adopt a pet, just ... adopt!!!

Twink!