Awards!

Thanks, Daisy!!

An Award and a Tag

We were tagged a little while ago by our friend Dozer with this award that says "Your Blog is a Beautiful Dream"! Along with the award, I'm supposed to tell you some of Dobby's beauty secrets...

1) Always get petted a lot. It smoothes the fur.

2) Eat plenty of good fats and oils, since they make your coat shiney. And:

3) Have regular baths. (Dobby doesn't really like baths, but he's really well behaved when we have to have one!)

Dozer's beauty secrets are really great, you should all go read them :)

I also want to take a tag from Lexus and Bentley to tell you about Dobby's name. As you might know from our older posts, Dobby really is named after the Harry Potter character!

When I was first "shopping" for a dog on Petfinder and Adopt-A-Pet, I wanted to name my new friend something really human-sounding that had a cutsey nickname that was more dog-appropriate. When I found my little guy online, I narrowed it down to a list of boy names: Edgar, Frederick, Bert, Etc. I still think he would have made a good "Ernie", and he was very nearly "Toby". Then one night, after having him for just a few days, we were relaxing in my room and he was sitting on my chest. From that angle, suddenly his ears looked just like Dobby the house-elf's ears! I knew then that his name was Dobby.

Dobby had a few names before he became Dobby: at his first home, he was called "Baby" and at his foster home he was called "Squirt". Dobby suits him much better! Now he has a lot of nick-names though:

Dob and Dobbs, of course

Dobby-Dobby

Bubba

Buddy

Bunny

Boo-boo

Little Man

Big Man

Baby and Beebee

Goofy Boy

And there are lots more! Many of them are silly and spur-of-the-moment. I also sing songs to him all the time- anything that pops into my head- and change all of the words to be about Dobby. It's fun! I'd love to hear about your names. Please tag yourself if you want to play!

Another Award!

Wow, thanks to Tiffany, Lexi and Bentley's mom! We got another great award! There were some rules and stuff as usual- but I think all of your blogs are "Kreativ" and I'm so glad you all continue to blog, so please help yourself to this award if you haven't gotten it yet!

I hope to have some real updates soon :)

Award

Hi everyone! We are still alive and still very busy. I thought I would write a quick post though- we got an award from Dozer a little while ago!

This award means we are one of Dozer's top 10 favorite blogs. Thanks Dozer!!

Now I have to post our top 10 favorite blogs! (In no particular order!)

1. Jack and Patrick
2. Pedro
3. Rambo and Midget Molly
4. Princess Coco and her sisters
5. Bijou and Banjo
6. Dozer and Star
7. Chloe
8. Lorenza
9. Jemma
10. Nigel, Sola, and Truffles

Hope everyone is having a good week!

S

Woops!

Woah, it looks like I have missed a bunch of tags and awards! Jack and Patrick gave us these two. I'm not really one for all those rules they ask you to copy and paste and answer- let me just say "THANKS!" to J and P :)

EDIT: I just realized Star gave us this International Bloggers Community one, too! Thanks, Star :)

They also gave us this one:

And it came with some questions, too!
Things Dobby loves:
1. Sleeping under the covers.
2. Going for walks!
3. Playing fetch with plushy toys.
4. Belly rubs first thing in the morning.
5. Doing tricks (and getting treats!)
6. Food and eating :)
7. Being with mommy and daddy wherever they are!

Dozer also tagged us with a fun game a looooooong time ago and I promise I haven't forgotten! Maybe I will be able to post about it this weekend.

I also got a little behind on reading all of your blogs- sorry! The weather has just been so beautiful, I have a feeling I will get behind again soon ;)

Special Tag

This tag comes to us from Behr. Thanks!!

It's all about making friends online through our mutual love of our dogs- What a great thing to come out of the internet! I'd like to tag lots of people as good friends, including all of our links in the right panel.

Thank you all for being so friendly!!

Tags!

From our pink friend Daisy, here is an award and a meme! Thanks Daisy :)

EDIT: Dozer, our other pink friend, tagged us for this meme at the same time!! Thanks Dozer!



My 8 favorite foods:
1. Tortilla Chips!
2. Pumpkin (fresh or canned)
3. Home-made frozen yogurt treats
4. Turkey necks
5. Beef
6. Boiled eggs
7. Apple sauce
8. Chicken

8 Things I did today:
1. Slept in late
2. Snuggled beside Daddy while he worked on school stuff
3. Barked at the neighbor dogs
4. Ran around in circles
5. Ran around the house carrying a plushy toy
6. Gave kisses to Mommy and Daddy
7. Sat in Mommy's lap (favorite place!)
8. Snuggled in the couch nest

8 Favorite Stores or Restaurants:
1. PetsMart
2. PetCo
3. WalMart- where the favorite squeeky toy comes from
4. Online stores- where some of the clothes are from
5. Restaurants with drive-thrus
6. The old Port City Java (had a patio for doggies!)
7. Tate Street Coffee (never complained because of a dog)
8. Wendy's somewhere in VA (didn't kick us out when we ate inside!)

8 Things I look Forward To:
1. Waking up every morning
2. Breakfast
3. Snackies with Daddy
4. Snuggles with everyone
5. Playing with toys
6. Dinner
7. Treats
8. New toys

8 Things I Like To Do With Family:
1. Snuggle
2. Play
3. Snuggle
4. Play
5. Snuggle
6. Play
7. Snuggle
8. Play

8 Things on My Wish List:
1. Clothes
2. Dingo bones
3. Bully sticks
4. Plushy toys
5. Love
6. Snuggles
7. Affection
8. Kisses

Wow that is a lot of things!!

Another Award!

Wow, I think this is the prettiest award we've ever gotten! Thanks, Pedro!!

I think we will pass it on to Rambo and Midget Molly (even though they got it from Pedro, too, I do love their blog!), Frau Chloe, The Brat Pack, and The Zoo Crew! I love your blogs!

Awards!

Thank you so much, Gizmo, for these great awards!! Most of Dobby's friends already have these from Gizmo, but I would also like to pass on the "I *heart* your blog" award to:

Fausto and Emma, Jack and Patrick, Gorgeous Jemma, Frau Chloe, and The Zoo and Crew.

I don't know Rusty very well yet, so I'm going to go check out his blog right away!!

Award!

Thanks Jackson and Patrick for the great Arte-y-Pico Award for great blog creativity, design, and interesting material.

I'm skipping the rules and would just like to pass it on to Poppy the Little Blonde Chihuahua for always having great stories and cute pictures!

Another Award!

Thanks, Jackson and Patrick, for this great award!

I'd like to pass it on to The Zoo and Crew! They are so entertaining and always have great pictures.

Have a good Wednesday, everyone!

Our first award!

Kathryn over at 4urpets surprised us with this great award!! We Chihuahua folk like to stick together ;)

I would like to pass this award on to Chloe, who, although she isn't a Chihuahua, is so cute that she really 'makes my day'!!

Thanks again Kathryn!