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The Friday Five +

Happy Friday all. Here is hoping that you enjoyed a superb week - now let's dig in to some pre-weekend fun!


Our first order of business: another tag we caught (if a bit late) from Dewdana and Moose at Dogtalk.


While our loveliness is very much open for debate, we are no less thankful for the award. You are lovely to have mentioned us. Thank you! And as always, if we have missed a tag feel free to slap us around and make us aware.

Just in time for summer, CrazyCris from Here and There and Everywhere was kind enough to quench our thirst with this, the always refreshing Lemonade Stand.


I think we are suitably bitter, no? Very sweet of you, thanks from our blog to yours.


Another month has escaped us, and it's time to announce a contest winner. Big congrats to Nika and Parker from Woof Talk. You have been randomly selected to receive a new collar of your choice from The Unruly Hound. Say hello to Holly, have fun shopping, and put in your order. We'll get the tab. Enjoy!

Now on to the Friday Five. If you missed us last week, go >here< for the full explanation. Here are five bloggers who have caught our attention for one reason or another this week, and are the newest recipients of our Gold Hydrant award. Copy and paste away if you'd like!


First up this week: Morgan in Pittsburgh. For starters, Morgan has one of the coolest registered names I have seen in some time: Saranac Lunar Eclipse. On top of that, Morgan and family can add AKC's Canine Good Citizen designation to their accomplishment list. Nice going!

Considering a raw diet for your dog? Take a gander at I Eat Raw Meat. Stanislaw and family share some great information, make it a fun read, and may be able to help you decide if a raw diet is a good fit for your dog.

A blog with a cause comes in at number three this week. Dogs Deserve Freedom gets a nod for always putting animals first, and for offering up interesting information in the process.

Ready to put on your thinking cap? Good, because we lost ours a long time ago. Drop by Your Mother Knows But Won't Tell You. A vast range of topics await you - some controversial, some not - but all will get your wheels spinning!

The gang at Fleas Blog has the cute factor turned up pretty high these days. The header pic alone is enough to make you saw awww, but check out Morning snoozin' and tell me you don't want to squeeze those noses.


There you have it, another Friday Five. Another week gone in a flash, but it has been great to set aside time to make our way around and check in on our blogging friends. We hope you will as well.

The Friday Five +

I'm not sure that we're cool enough, but it's probably not easy to find an Insane Blogger award to present us with. ;) Thanks Sam and Marge!

Now back to the Friday Five. Many of you have given or received blog awards of one type or another. It's fun to recognize others and introduce our friends to bloggers they might not otherwise find. We have been tagged many times, and have not been able to keep up or play along due to an outrageous work schedule and constant distractions with animal emergencies.

With that in mind, I thought it might be fun to offer up an award with zero strings attached. No need to "paw" it forward, answer ten questions about anything, or even acknowledge it. Want to print off a copy, set it on fire and give your dog a big drink of water in order to put it out? Go for it, but I'd love to see pics of that one!


Now, for this Friday, the first five. We are happy to offer the Gold Hydrant award to the following this week:

Carolina: for proving that she has a firm pair of...legs! Holy crap look at those bruises, not a broken bone. Someone has been taking their calcium!

Andrea: for taking beautiful pictures, and using a creative, short and sweet concept for presenting the moments she has captured with her camera.

Chester: Truffles would never speak to me again if this did not make it to Chester and family. Love is in the air, and these two choco-labs have taken a serious interest in one another. As funny as he is, I think it may be his groundhog elimination skills that have her seeing hearts :) Watch the count grow this summer!

Lorenza: This little cutie looks like she had her closet designed by Oprah. Look at that pile of dresses!

Ina in Alaska: A kind, generous animal lover living it up in a gorgeous part of our country. Follow Ina as she plans for a June wedding, and keeps things interesting by changing up beautiful or funny header pictures on her blog with frequency. Give her dogs a scratch :)

And finally, AM from It's a Wonderful Life: This family has tackled a puppy rehab project, a very kind deed. Support them from afar as they restore these little furballs to health...


So there you have it, the Friday Five+. I do know how to count, but I could not quite limit myself to five this week. :) That + sign really gets us off the hook!

Feel free to copy and display your award if you'd like. I can e-mail it to you if you prefer: our e-mail address is in our profile. Next week, the Friday Five will include our contest winner for the month, so don't forget to stop by.


Our little way of helping to spread the word and share the love. Happy weekend to all!