Lookie What I Got From Hershey and Copper !!!

I must be the luckiest dog in the whole wide world (well, second to Fufu)!! I got MAIL!! It was from Hershey and Copper. Hershey's Mom was sending a painting to my Mom, and Hershey and Copper included a little something for ME! Oh boy, oh boy, I was sooo excited to get mail... the box smelled really good! Hmmm.... what's inside? I had to ask my Mom to help me open the box because I am not as good as Casper when it comes to opening presents (video #1 and #2).


In case some of you can't read too well, the writing on the paper baggie says "TO: Hana (the most gorgeous Eskie we know!) FROM: Hershey + Copper." Oops, was I NOT supposed to let the cat out of the bag that Hershey and Copper think I am THE MOST GORGEOUS ESKIE they know??

Oh boy, oh boy... Look at what I got! Wowie Zowie, those are some BIG treats!! My Mom says they are chocolates!! Yum! Thank you, Hershey! Thank you, Copper!


I am being a REALLY GOOD GIRL in the next picture!


Mom??? When do I get to eat my treats?? And, I don't have to share like Ivy did, do I?

Mmmm, that was quite yummy! Nice and crunchy and BIG! I don't usually get big thick treats. If they are big treats, my silly mom and dad break them up into pieces. This time though, Mom let me have the whole treat! I ate up all the crumbs on the carpet too. I don't need no silly carpet eater to eat my crumbs.

Thank you Hershey and Copper! I think you might be my bestest dog friends now!

Featured Blog Award for April!!! Woo hoo!!

Wowie Zowie !!! Guess what?! Thanks to my woofaful dog pals, I got 2nd place in the contest. This means I get the Featured Blog award for April 2007!! Woo hoo! This is such a great honor! I got 11 out of 52 votes, and there were 6 of us competing. I just feel very lucky to NOT have gotten zero votes. Thank you everydog who voted for me!!! And thank you to my good friend Ivy who nominated me! Thank you also to many of you who I know registered for the very first time with the DWB Discussion Boards.

The winner of the Awesome Blog contest was Wally. Wow, how can I compete with somedog who's been blogging since December 2004. That's like 2 years ago x 7 = 14 years of dog blogging! Congratulations to Wally for winning the contest!

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On a more somber note, PetConnection has said more than 1,300 pets have been reported as deceased in their database. These numbers are self-reported, meaning people have submitted information on their pets to the web site. They have a blog that is updated with information.

I hope none of you were affected by the crisis and that all of you are in good health. Unfortunately, it seems my mom's friend's doggie was affected. My mom's friend put two and two together, and it perfectly explains why her doggie passed. And Ronak knows a cat who was affected. Sigh...

I sure hope everything gets resolved soon. My mom returned all my wet canned food to the store, even though the numbers on the bottom of the can did not match the recall numbers. She said it's better to be safe than sorry. She also said originally my brand of dog food was not on the first recall list, but they added it later, so all of you gotta check and RECHECK the list. So, for now, I just eat kibble and snacks. I cross my paws that things will get resolved soon and that no other dogs get sick from the bad bad food.

2nd Place So Far + Copper The Model

Guess what dog pals?? I am in 2nd place so far for the Awesome Blog Award for March! How cool is that? Not in my wildest dog running dreams did I ever think I could make it to 2nd place with 9 votes!! I am actually just happy that I did not get zero votes. Thank you dog friends who voted for me so far! If anyone else wants to vote, here is more information that will get you started.

The contest ends Saturday March 24th... hmmm, not sure which dog zone that is though.

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I did not know dachsies were such good models until Hershey and Copper modeled my ribbon necklaces! Hershey is sooo handsome, and Copper is ou-la-la!! Copper got my present in the mail today and he was kind enough to model the necklace for my fashion show. He is an AWESOME model. What a natural! You gotta check out all his original poses on his web site!! I don't think I've seen anydog model so well like Copper. I wonder if his photographer gave him any direction.... nahhhhh, I doubt it. You are a natural born model Copper, and I am adding you to my fashion show!!

OK, now which modeling pics of Copper should I put in this post? They are ALL so good! I bet Copper got lots of treats after the modeling session. Ok, ok... I've decided on two of the poses. Tough decision, but be sure you check out his web site for all the poses!

This is Copper's "sun in the eyes" look in his dog house
(hey, cool dog house!)

And this is Copper's innocent sideways glance pose:

Click here if you want to see my Fashion Show with Blogging Dog Models

I Got Mail From My Boyfriend and My Mom Got Nothing

My Mommy has been expecting a package to arrive, but today on our front porch steps, I GOT MAIL!! Not her!! I got a package from my boyfriend, Casper D Dog. Oh boy, oh boy! This was a Wowie Zowie! Casper's Mom made me a picture of Casper and Me on our 2nd date. It's such a cute picture of us, one of my favorite dog pictures of us together! And Casper made us stars, purple stars. Boy oh boy, we are gonna be famous together with the stars on the picture frame! Only a true boyfriend would remember my favorite color. Does your boyfriend know what YOUR favorite color is?



For those of you who are new to my bloggy, here are pictures from my 2nd date with Casper AND here are even MORE pictures from Casper's Blog. This is where Casper stood up for the both of us... he is my hero.

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Hershey told me something very sad today. He sent me this article titled "Iditarod Musher Disqualified for Hitting Dogs." It starts like this:

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Two-time runner-up Ramy Brooks was disqualified from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for abusing his dogs.

The 38-year-old Brooks hit each of his 10 dogs with a trail marking lathe, similar to a surveyor's stake, after two refused to get up and continue running on an ice field, race marshal Mark Nordman told The Associated Press from Nome on Sunday....."

There is more to this article if you are interested. One of his dogs died the next day on the trail. They do not think she died because of the abuse, but they are still performing tests.

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Oh, one last thing. If you haven't voted in the March Awesome Blog contest, be sure to vote, even if you don't vote for me! (but you'd better pick me.....)

Pick Me, Pick ME!!

Opy has confirmed that I've been nominated for the Awesome Dog Blog Award!!! I am very happy to be nominated since this is the first time I have been nominated for anything. Hmmm, just my luck that I was nominated with a bunch other dogs. If I do not win, I will still be happy because I am a dog, and dogs are usually happy-go-lucky, and that's me. Well, if you're so inclined, please pick me!! You do have to be registered on the Dogs with Blogs Forum though. Right now I have 100% of the votes because I am the only one who has voted so far.

While that voting goes on, I am taking a poll on feet. I do not know why pulsepoll is not displaying correctly, but Oh Well! You can still take my feet poll though.

Hershey is SOOO Handsome!

My Mommy bought a beautiful painting from Hershey's Mom, and when she sent Hershey's Mom the greenies for the painting, I sent Hershey a very masculine ribbon necklace! Oh, Hershey looks SOOO handsome, don't you think? The ribbon colors match his eye color and fur tones so well. He is naturally handsome and when you add a ribbon necklace, boy, he sure is doubly gorgeous! I have added Hershey to my Fashion Show. I think he is the main star of my Fashion Show. Hershey makes that necklace look good!


Hee hee.... Hershey says the necklace fits perfectly. You wanna know what my mom used as the model when she was making the necklace? Here the model is... she thought maybe Hershey and Elmo were the same size. I guess she was right! Well, the ribbons look MUCH betterer on Hershey!


Here is a close up of the ribbons:

Guess what Ivy did.... she nominated me for the March Awsome Blog Award!!! It is an honor to be nominated. I have never been nominated for anything before. Ivy says she nominated ME because she was so impressed with my masterful look!

Celebrities and Iditarod

This must be the week to meet new dog friends. I met Izzy earlier this week. She was the doggie who was wearing a fabulous home made ribbon necklace. (see photo to the left)

Then, yesterday I met Eskies Stryker and Gypsy who live up in Alaska! It turns out they know my great great uncle Sitka. Is that cool or what? On my Mother's side, my Grandfather and Sitka's Grandfather were brothers. Also Juneau Arnold is full brother to Sitka.

Do you all know who Juneau Arnold is? He is the celebrity in the family. Ch Silveroaks Juneau Arnold won at Westminster for Best of Breed last month and his son Primo (Ch Silveroaks First & Foremost) won in February 2006. Here is a little bio on Juneau Arnold copied from the AED Showcase.


It sure is nice being related to a famous dog, isn't it? Yeah, Juneau is related to famous ME! Haha! Hey, I'm the one who started the ribbon necklace fad, didn't I?!

Guess where my new friends in Alaska went last weekend!!! They went to see the start of the Iditarod 2007 in Willow, Alaska!! That is so cool, isn't it? It's like going to the Oscars so I hear. (Hey Zach, have you seen the Iditarod before?) Stryker and Gypsy even got a picture of themselves at the starting line. They told me I could post their picture on my bloggy, so here it is:


Boy, I sure wish I could go visit Alaska's Iditarod Race. But, I'd be afraid the Mushers would want ME to pull the sleds! You can betcha I'm not gonna let THAT happen! I'm a happy house dog, not a sled dog.

Hey, is the Iditarod race still going on? I think it is! I'd better check the race coverage to see what's happening.

Updated: hey, hey. There is a local newspaper article about a keychain geocaching it's way from here (San Carlos, California) all the way up to Alaska, to the Iditarod, and it is on a sled right this very minute!! It's being held by Martin Buser, a four-time Iditarod winner.

p.s. The article is also here on the Iditarod web site.

Fashion Show

I have recently learned from the statistics at Site Meter that I am getting a bazillion hits on my bloggy from dogs doing searches on phrases like “how to make a ribbon necklace”, plus dogs are coming into my site from Craftzine’s link to my bloggy telling the world about my original necklace tutorial. So, I think I really AM Famous now. I even ran across a dog named Izzy who had a link to my bloggy and it showed a picture of Izzy in her new necklace. AND, to add to it, doggies on my Eskie.Net board are trying out the new necklace craze.

FASHION SHOW!

This group of pictures show handmade ribbons.

[Click on pictures to enlarge]

By the way, as more pictures come in, I will be adding them to my fashion show.

(3/20/07) Ou-la-la, this is Copper! He is a natural born model, as I'm sure anyone who knows will know. Take a look at all his poses! He looks like he just stepped out from Dog Fancy. What a creation Copper is! Girl dogs, calm down pleaseeee!! There is enough Copper to go around!

This is Copper in his "sun in my eyes" look in his doghouse:

And this is Copper in his favorite innocent sideways glance pose:

You can see all of Copper's poses right HERE!

This is my mom's newest creation (3/12/07). Hershey looks SOOO HANDSOME in the ribbon necklace. Girl doggies, what da ya think? Hubba hubba hubba! I think he is the star of my Fashion Show:

Here I am modeling my very first handmade ribbon collar which started the ribbon craze:

And this is a close-up:

My half-sister Mika had one made by her mom at the same time my mom made me my first ribbon necklace:

And, we made one for my little niece, Happy:

This is my favorite ribbon necklace. My mom made it for my birthday last month when I turned 7 years old. I still have the energy of a pupster and look the part with my dazzling head-turning ribbons:

A close-up of my beautiful necklace:


Comet sporting festive holiday colors to go with his big holiday smile. Made by Comet's girl:

BLU wears a beautiful red and white necklace that offsets her fur quite nicely. Made by BLU's girl:

Comet and BLU look ready to party at the Mardi Gras parade. Made by their girl:

Casper frolicking in his blues and greens before he takes a cool dip in the pool. Made by Hana's Mom:

And a close-up. Made by Hana's Mom:

Luna has a very special necklace crafted by her mom. For those of you on the go, Michael's craft store has a selection of boxed matching ribbons so you don't have to pick and choose individual ribbons. It makes the process extra easy, especially for those people who have no color sense and get dizzy looking at the aisles and aisles of ribbon. Made by Luna's Mom:

Shasta and Gypsea are twins modeling twin necklaces. This was just in time for Valetine's Day! What better way to say "Happy Valentine's Day" to your furbabies. Made by Shasta and Gypsea's Mom:

Taz and Kodi are overwhelmed in ribbons! Made by Taz and Kodi's Mom:

Casper looks dashing in his red birthday ribbons. Made by Hana's Mom:

Here is a picture of a ribbon necklace for a fancy formal black-tie event. I gave this to Casper for his birthday, in addition to the red ribbon above:

Close-up:

Here I am sporting Casper's red ribbon, but I am making a face at the camera person. Also note that when Casper wears it (3 pics up above), the ribbons stand out more on him because he is smaller and has less fur than I do:

A close-up:

And this is what it looks like when you layer two sets of ribbons together (the red ribbon necklace and the gold formal ribbon necklace):

This is my new friend, Izzy. Izzy's mom found my famous bloggy and made Izzy this dazzling unique yellow and green necklace. This gives you a good example of how a ribbon necklace looks like on a short haired pup. Made by Izzy's Mom:

Store-bought ribbons

This will give you even more ideas, plus if you are not crafty, these are perfect for you.

Gypsy's modeling festive holiday colors with little bells attached! She got this ribbon at the online VIPoochy store. They are $8 at this store, and is the best deal online! I think you can get up to 7 or 8 ribbons and still stay under the $8 shipping cost. VIPoochy has a wide selection of ribbons to choose from:

Mona shows her delicate shy side with these pretty pink ribbons with little stars/snowflakes along the edges:

If anydog would like to have their picture included in my now famous bloggy, drop me a comment with your info and a link to your picture, and I will add it to this fashion show!!!

Before and After Pics

I had dogpromised I would show my before and after teeth cleaning pics. Here they are. Sorry the "after" is so dark, but when my mom would take the pics with the flash, everything came out too white. At least you can see the stains have been removed. My gums weren't actually that red... the darn camera!

"Before" (Dec 2006):

"After" (Feb 2007):

And hey, look what my mom came back with from the store. She says they are body parts and that she plans to operate on my stuffies. My stuffies will be good as new after surgery. Oh boy, I can't wait!!
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