Gratitude and other Dog Stuff! | Barks and Bytes

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Rudy's birthday was a whole lot of fun and I'll be boring delighting you with more about it in the coming days.  

However, right now thanks are in order!  

A very special gift arrived for the birthday boy that added to the excitement. The mailman delivered a package addressed to Rudy with something very special inside.

Check out this gorgeous paracord dog leash handmade by JoAnn at Sandspring Chesapeakes.

JoAnn made it to perfectly match the paracord collar she sent to Rudy previously.  It's in his favorite UNC Tarheels basketball colors!

Rudy woofs "Thanks!" to the Sandspring Chesapeakes gang

 
I'm barking a whole lot of gratitude to some of my favorite pet bloggers today.  I'm also sorry I haven't been buying lottery tickets because I have been so lucky lately!

Last month I entered a giveaway at Tales from the Backroad for a Righteous Hound t-shirt giveaway.  I won!  I got to chose whatever t-shirt I wanted and couldn't resist the Peace, Love, Woof design.  Thank you so much, Mary, Roxy and Torrey!

Jeffie loves my new Peace, Love, Woof t-shirt from Righteous Hounds.

A couple of weeks ago SlimDoggy had a photo caption contest on Facebook.  I'm usually no good at these, but Rudy took one look at this photo of Maggie and he knew exactly what she was thinking!  (Great Lab minds think alike.)  

I won the cutest SlimDoggy vinyl decal of their logo!  Thanks Kate, Steve, Jack and Maggie!  Couldn't help but notice the decal was created by our pals at Stylish Canine.

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Gotta love our virtual / internet  friends and all the wonderfully thoughtful happy birthday wishes Rudy received, including these picture greetings from Sandspring Chesapeakes and Dakota's Den.  Thanks so much!

Nellie, Glory and Gambler of Sandsrping Chesapeakes

Dakota at Dakota's Den

Be sure to come back for Dog Song Saturday! This week's feature is a music video tribute to Pit Bull dogs and Pit Bull Awareness Month.

I feel compelled to do a little shameless self promotion and remind you:
For Love of a Dog has a huge sale going on right now:  Labrador Retriever dog breed jewelry (in honor of Rudy's birthday, so sale will be over soon),  dog breed Christmas ornaments (hurry, most breeds are already sold out), dog leash holders, and Rainbow Bridge jewelry for dog and cat lovers.

If you hurry, you may still have time to enter Rudy's birthday giveaway!  The lucky winner of the Dog Mom Gift Pack from Dog is Good will be chosen at midnight tonight!

We're participating in the Thursday’s Barks and Bytes Blog hop hosted by 2 Brown Dogs and Heart Like a Dog.  The Barks and Bytes hop is for anything at all and all bloggers are welcome. You don’t have to be a dog blog to join.