Category Archives: The Girls

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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It is that time of year! Time for all the kids dogs to tell Santa what they want for Christmas.  My girls are no different!

Daisy and Rizzie went to Bass Pro Shop to let Santa know what they wanted this year for Christmas. They were perfect angels. They stood and waited in line quiet and calm. They both let the little kids come up and pet them and say hello. I will say I wish the pictures were taken a bit closer in. I know they were trying to get a whole scene but isn’t the point to get a picture of your kid dog with Santa?

Rizzie went first.  Once she realized I was leaving her with this strange man she turned and was trying to get him to pet and love on her. This is why he is looking and laughing at her. We made lots of funny noises to get her to turn her head. If you click on the pictures you can zoom in to see the girls better.

 

Daisy was her typical show-pony self. She knew just what to do and how to pose. The girl can really turn on the charm when she wants to.

My First Product Review!! Chewy.com

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So earlier this year I watched as blogs all over reviewed MrChewy.com. I had received an email but was on a blogging break due to my nerve injury. I felt left out and was disappointed to have to tell them I couldn’t do it.

 

Well, left out no more! So, who is Chewy.com? What do they offer, and most important, how was my experience using them?

 

 

So Chewy.com is not a new website. Many of you will know them as MrChewy.com but they have had a name change this year. I like that they’ve been around a while. I am sure many of us know someone who has been duped by some fly-by-night internet company.

 

Chewy.com offers wide variety of treats, foods, beds, and other pet supplies…delivered fast right to your door. In fact, they carry over 140 different brands. I decided to use my test run to help out dogs in need. My girls had enough food to last a while so I decided to buy food for a local organization that acts as a food pantry for animals in my community. I wanted to make it tough on Chewy.com so I placed my order on the Saturday before a big holiday week. I also bought big, bulky, dry dog food bags. Not that I was setting them up to fail…but I needed to know how they could perform under pressure. Well, to my surprise, I received an email on Sunday with my tracking number! I received my order on Tuesday. The offer quick shipping to the United States.

 

I could not be more happy with Chewy.com! They have free shipping on orders over 49 dollars everyday, even on huge 30 pound bags of dog food! Their prices on my girls’ brand beats most of the other pet supply websites out there. They also have a subscribe and save service. I haven’t tried it, but it sounds great. Automatic delivery of food on a schedule that you choose. No more last-minute trips when you forget you are running out of food!

 

There are couple things I don’t like about the set up of the website itself. I have found it can be a bit difficult to find “new” products by just browsing. Looking at dry dog food you can click “grain free” but the list that comes up is not the entire selection of grain free that they sell. So you miss out, or else you have to look through the hundreds of dog foods they do offer. Basically, they need better categorization and a more thorough organization of their products. However, if you know what you want and type it into the search bar-if they have it, it will find it. I like this for if I don’t want to browse and instead know exactly what I am there to buy.

 

Overall, I highly recommend Chewy.com for your pet supply and especially pet food needs. Great prices, and great service. If you haven’t tried them yet now is the time! If you use this code: TGPO1820 not only will you get 10 percent off your order(first time customers), ten dollars will be donated to charity (at the time of publication, Best Friends Animal Society).

 

However, no matter how great their service is….they can’t keep your coonhound from eating into the box. Thanks Daisy!

 

I was given a 50 dollar gift certificate in exchange for my honest opinion and review of Chewy.com. The opinions expressed are my own.

Microblogs

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So, I used to see various micro-media such as Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr as a burden. Not only did I have to come up with some astoundingly interesting topic for my regular blog, but I was now responsible for entertaining other folks who didn’t want to come and read what I had to say! Oh boy how have things changed!!!

This year has had quite a lot of ups and downs for me. One thing I have learned is that a quick funny thing the girls have done or a snapped Iphone picture allows me to connect to readers without having to take the time to sit down, write out a post, edit, write HTML, and join a blog hop. Some of you out there follow me everywhere possible and for that I thank you! I consider you my core group of blog people. There are others who are just Facebook folks or only Twitter people and that is okay with me too! I have also figured out how to get all my social media to talk to each other. I can make one post and it still gets out to everyone.

Does anyone else getting a little rush as the “likes” and comments come rolling in? I swear its like a hit of a good drug sometimes!

My newest micro-media is Instagram. I have to thank Desmond over at Life with Desmond for this one. I thought for sure I’d hate it, but to be honest, it’s my new favorite!! They say  picture is worth a thousand words. Instagram allows you to take, edit, and post pictures to all your favorite sites and even email to people who refuse to get into the blogging thing.

So.. go like our Facebook page… or find us on Twitter …or on Instagram (theroyalcoonhounds). I update there quite often and there are lots of cute pictures. I tend to also respond a bit more on Facebook.

Plus…there will breaking news later today only on my Micro-blogs! If you aren’t there-you’re gonna miss it!

Daisy’s Delightful Day

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Daisy had a great day hanging out with me this afternoon!  We started off by heading out to Tractor Supply. The closest one to us is about 30 minutes away. I had seen something called rubber horse stall mats. I thought it might be nice to have in the back of the SUV. Even though I have *tried* to cover everything I was thinking a solid surface would be good for cleanup and such. Well, when I saw it in person I did like it, but it was too heavy and would be near impossible for me to cut to size. So, instead, Daisy helped me pick out a new toy that she thought Riley might not destroy in 32 seconds. He seems to not love rope toys…so we bought one! Not loving=lasting longer. Daisy also thoroughly inspected the rest of the pet section, some of the horse supplies, and much of the gardening section. She was highly disappointed that this store didn’t have dog treats for her at the check out desk.

 

Next, we stopped at Lowes. It was her first trip there ever! Did you know many Lowes have chosen to be dog friendly? Before we could even get in the store some lady had pulled up in her car to talk to us. It still amazes me how many people don’t know about coonhounds! Daisy walked around generally looking a bit bored with the whole thing while I shopped. I might have taken a while carefully reading over the qualities of different grass seed. My yard has such differences in sun vs shade that one seed isn’t enough for winter preparation. Since many people don’t know Lowes is dog friendly, the other customers were pretty surprised to see a big dog walking around.

The final joy for Daisy was a treat she almost never ever gets…human food! I bought and let her have about half of a Wendy’s Frosty. I had stopped in a park down the road from me to share it with her and the squirrels were going nuts so we also had some spontaneous squirrel hunting time. She came home very happy and tired from her afternoon out with me!