tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465552546958626842024-02-07T04:59:14.285+00:00Paws around the worldHelping anipals who can't help themselves and having fun along the way.FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-36656271646219650952012-09-14T17:51:00.001+01:002012-09-14T17:51:11.243+01:00Dogs Dinner Pawpawty Vital Info<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10px;"></span><br />
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Here is all the vital information you need for the Dogs Dinner PawPawty</div>
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You can see all of the great prizes on offer on the</div>
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You can check out the Menu created for the event by @flicka47</div>
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<a href="http://flickadacookie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/welcome-to-twitter-dogs-dinner-pawty.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #58803f; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dogs Dinner Menu</a></div>
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The Barktender and DJ Schedule so you can see who is on Duty is here</div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArRXe9IOoupKdGZuNi02YXJ2ajU2RWo0Q0ZtYW9vWGc#gid=0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #58803f; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Barktender and DJ Schedule</a></div>
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If you can spare any pennies to donate to our charity this is the link</div>
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<a href="http://www.justgiving.com/dogs-dinner-pawpawty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #58803f; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dogs Dinner Pawpawty Donations</a></div>
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To read more about the Dogs Dinner Charity check out the link</div>
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<a href="http://www.houndsforheroes.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #58803f; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Hounds for Heroes</a></div>
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We hope you have fun at the event, if you want to be in with a chance of winning prizes please make sure you are following <a href="https://twitter.com/frugaldougal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #58803f; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@frugaldouga</a>l who will be quizzing and our<a href="https://twitter.com/dougalsden" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #58803f; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@dougalsden</a> account as we will be acting as backup if Dougal gets thrown in twitterjail!!</div>
FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-22611922429865183322012-03-26T14:10:00.000+01:002012-03-26T14:10:44.574+01:00When will it stop?Due to the continuation of accusations and postings from people who just seem to want to keep the recent issues going on and on I have been forced to remove all comments from my blog.<br />
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I have also been threatened with legal action if I do not remove specific comments so I have decided to remove them all.<br />
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All of this on the same day as sweet @petiethecat went to the bridge.<br />
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I would like to thank all those who posted positive messages about wanting the pawpawty to continue, right now that looks extremely doubtful.<br />
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I am not posting this to get a response from anyone on any forum so please let this go now for everyone's sake.FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-27748008474581784932012-03-20T13:49:00.002+00:002012-03-20T14:07:45.064+00:00Sad day for the Anipal CommunityThe events of the past 48 hours have left me sick to my stomach, having been accused of many things in my time I find myself in a very difficult situation.<br />
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The anipal community is one that I have loved and treasured over the past few years but recent events have made me question the rights and wrongs of my actions.<br />
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It tears me apart to see friends hurt and upset by thoughtless and unthinking tweets which once said can never be erased.<br />
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The pawpawty movement stood for a community united in one belief!<br />
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"that we could make the world a better place for those who had been forgotten or neglected or mistreated"<br />
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Yet I have been faced with a torrent of abuse in my quest of trying to resolve a situation that had already got way out of hand.<br />
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I have never stated that anyone has stolen or misappropriated funds from any of the #pawpawty events, indeed it is impossible for anyone to do this as the funds go direct to the shelters. Or in rare occasions to my paypal account via chip in before being transferred over to the shelter or charity in question.<br />
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What people choose to promote on their own time lines with or without the #pawpawty hashtag is nothing to do with me and I cannot be accountable for any of that.<br />
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And so it is with a heavy heart that I am calling a halt to all #pawpawty activity for the near future. I am not at all sure if there is any future for the #pawpawty events and all they stood for.<br />
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What I do know is that things cannot continue the way they are. We all must take time to reconsider our involvement, commitment, motives and values.<br />
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people from all over the world who have supported the #pawpawty and the anipal community, you all know who you are and without your support none of the great work we have done would have been possible.<br />
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Life is too short to spend it fighting, I have no energy left to fight with anyone about what I choose to believe to be right or wrong.<br />
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A wise old man once said something to me that has stayed with me ever since:<br />
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"Do you know what you believe in? Do you know what you stand for and do you know what you want and how you can be a part of it?"<br />
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I know what I believe, I know what I stand for and I know what I want to be a part of.<br />
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I know all of that, and my open question to the anipal community is what do you want to be a part of?<br />
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Just to be clear there will be no official #pawpawty events until notified on this blog.<br />
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I sincerely apologise to all of the organisers who have been busy getting things ready for the March #pawpawty and to all of the DJ's Barktenders, Security and Prize Donors.<br />
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This is totally my own decision right or wrong based on what I as an individual am feeling following the events of the past 48 hours.<br />
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I hope that we can come back from this stronger, wiser and more determined than ever to help all of our pals everywhere who desperately need us.<br />
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Until then mai pals.FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-55550174750105568412012-03-19T13:31:00.000+00:002012-03-19T13:31:14.010+00:00PawPawty ProblemsWe have not been on twitter much this weekend, as it was Mothers's Day in the Uk we decided to take care of mum as she was having a tough day thinking about Grandma.<br />
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This morning we checked twitter and saw a number of messages about some suspected fake chipin account where someone is asking for funds. I have not had the time to go through all of the details but suffice to say the usual amount of issues have reared their ugly heads.<br />
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Former friends not trusting each other, accusations flying all over twitter and blogs giving various sides of a story. In the end we may never know the truth about any situation where someone asks for funds. <br />
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It is all to easy to set up a fake website, make it look real and con trusting people into donating funds for what seems like a worthy cause. It is even easier to set up a chipin linked to a paypal account and tell the world of how you may soon have to have your dog or cat put to sleep or be homeless because you cannot afford your rent or pay your vet bills.<br />
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From my point of view all pawpawty events have been for totally legitimate shelters (NOT INDIVIDUALS) I made this point a long long time ago when I was asked to create an event for an anipal I do happen to know personally who had found themselves in an unfortunate situation being unable to pay large vet bills.<br />
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As hard as that was to refuse I did, the events run under the banner of #pawpawty have never supported an individual, always an organisation which has been researched before to ensure it is legitimate.<br />
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I have watched the situation which has unfolded over recent days time and time again on twitter, it always ends in tears as hurtful words once tweeted can never be removed totally. It is very sad that this happens and people who were friends are no longer friends and members of the community are driven away because of views they expressed supporting one side or the other.<br />
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Chip In was only used by the pawpawty events when the shelter or charity selected is not on one of the registered charity donation sites. This can be down to a timing issue in that the charity are not set up yet on one of the properly vetted and registered sites or it can because the charity did not even know about the likes of firstgiving or justgiving. <br />
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Many of the shelters we have helped are very small organisations so we have used chip in to get funds to them as most of them will usually have a paypal account set up to receive donations. In doing this we have demonstrated to many people the ease at which funds can be requested. Unfortunately there will always be some people who spot an opportunity to con people. Chip in is a great tool but in the wrong hands it can be misused for personal gain.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">For this reason it saddens me to announce that from now on no pawpawty events will be able to support a charity that is not legally registered in the country of origin as a charity. This means we will no longer be able to lend our support to smaller charities which are not registered with either First Giving or Just Giving or the equivalent in the country of origin.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">For the same reason we will no longer retweet requests for help for any fundraising that is being carried out using a chipin as a means of donation.</span><br />
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This action will of course do nothing to stop individuals setting up their own chip in, asking for support and being open to answering questions when raised about the legitimacy of their fundraising. At the end of the day anyone who has a paypal account can utilise the services of Chipin to ask for whatever they want. It should not be wrong for anyone to do this. But if you choose to donate to any non registered charity or individual then that decision is yours.<br />
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However it should also not be wrong for anyone to raise a question about this and voice concerns about possible issues. After all no one would be happy that their hard earned cash had been donated to some scammer, and if one of your friends thought something was wrong would you not want them to tell you? And anyone who is falsely accused should be more than happy to supply any additional information to confirm the legitimacy of their situation. Actions such as leaving twitter and engaging a wider community in a witch hunt against the person seeking clarification do nothing to assist their case in my opinion.<br />
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I was once accused of being a scammer by a group of individuals who said they thought it was 'funny' that the pawpawty events came round once a month when money might be getting tight and they were suggesting that I was using the funds to top up my own bank account. I was very hurt given the amount of time I have spent helping charities all over the world. However I had to get over that hurt and demonstrate that all of the funds raised went to the charities. Anyone who is legit should be willing and able and able to do the same.<br />
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Pawpawty is a great way for like minded people to get together to raise some funds for animals in need. It was never and will never be about helping individuals who have money problems, however heart breaking their story may be. <br />
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If you see a request for help being tweeted using any of the recognised hastags then it has to be up to you to check if it is for an organisation that has been mentioned on any of the pawpawty or nipclub blogs. We cannot control the use of hashtags and therefore as individuals we all must be responsible for checking ourselves.<br />
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Nothing can put right the current situation and I am very sad that some friends who have supported the pawpawty events in different ways will either leave twitter or at the very least never take part in a pawpawty event ever again.<br />
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I hope that we can move on from this situation and continue to support the great causes who need our help so very much.FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-45011080198143696462012-02-14T15:04:00.010+00:002012-02-14T15:36:23.931+00:00InfoGraphic from Dougal's DenLove this infographic from Dougal's Den!<br />
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<img src="http://www.dougalsden.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Popular-Doggy-Google-Stats-third.jpg " alt="Google Pet Searches” title="Google Pet Searches" /><br />
Google Pet Searches Infographic created by <a href="http://www.dougalsden.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jasmine Bould at Dougal’s Den</a> for <a href="http://www.dougalsden.co.uk/blog" target="_blank">Dougal’s Den</a>.FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-9841107866203357012012-01-18T14:50:00.000+00:002012-01-18T14:50:30.788+00:00James Bond PawPawty Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTToSWP4sqNRdPnqHlWE6uW2d5SmoiCz9eNh8HelrNoVI8kRV7bSfWckPjAAP4BJGZkE89XlkgiS0fz-uyHASWW4XE2mw91mQe6IlJAVH4IE3nekcoQ9YVm5XYxNCuBaRVVIAlc9Q4B0/s1600/dougalG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTToSWP4sqNRdPnqHlWE6uW2d5SmoiCz9eNh8HelrNoVI8kRV7bSfWckPjAAP4BJGZkE89XlkgiS0fz-uyHASWW4XE2mw91mQe6IlJAVH4IE3nekcoQ9YVm5XYxNCuBaRVVIAlc9Q4B0/s320/dougalG.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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Mai pals it is with a very heavy heart that I have to give you the news that I will not be able to take part in this weekend's PawPawty. My mum got a phone call early this morning telling her that her mum has passed away overnight.<br />
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It has been a tough morning for us all because my mum's mum (grandma) lived over in Belfast so mum is having to sort out some flights and all of the usual things that need to be organised. It was a real shock for us all because mum was only just talking to Grandma yesterday afternoon when she was complaining about the tennis results ( Grandma so loved to watch tennis ).<br />
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From what we know she went to bed and just passed in her sleep so at least we can take some comfort in the thought that she went peacefully.<br />
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So Mum will probably have to get on a plane sometime in the next 24 hours to go over to help sort things out.<br />
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Now you know she is always running late with #pawpawty organising and she has not had time to sort out the quizzers and the quiz schedule so we thought maybe if we just asked everyone who wants to be in with the chance of winning a prize to leave a comment on a blog post that we will organise later today we could then pick the winners totally at random sometime after the pawpawty when mum has some more time to do things.<br />
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Mum will try to say hello at some point during the PawPawty this weekend but if she cannot make it please do not let that stop you from having some fun and raising some money for our shelter. We will organise another blog post for the #pawpawty prizes later on today.<br />
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Grandma loved dogs and cats so we are sure that she will be surrounded by a whole crowd of loving anipals over the bridge.<br />
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Thanks for understanding mai pals.<br />
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Dougal and LynnFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-71885857029885601162011-07-17T14:47:00.000+01:002011-07-17T14:47:11.525+01:00July PawPawty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlWbBFu66BaVr4ykdYJWLoMr9ImOYmluHN9mMs-YV6wWdBiv3mVJ6H4sdn_CyO6hROs0mwnjgHq2HMgvtO57Y_foqXrw5ivtVfDu3Tq6HazqAB0rLlzMX96AHvbBB73FwdgO5HHl7i2Y/s1600/fdwebsite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlWbBFu66BaVr4ykdYJWLoMr9ImOYmluHN9mMs-YV6wWdBiv3mVJ6H4sdn_CyO6hROs0mwnjgHq2HMgvtO57Y_foqXrw5ivtVfDu3Tq6HazqAB0rLlzMX96AHvbBB73FwdgO5HHl7i2Y/s320/fdwebsite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Well mai pals another month has almost passed since the last PawPawty. I hope you are all having a lovely summer time. We have had some really hot weather but cause it is England of course it always has to rain and as I help da staff get ready for da pawpawty it is pouring wif rain outside. I say never mind cause whatever da weather you can come along to the Pawpawty next weekend where the theme is 60's Beach Pawty. I am sure there will be lots of fun and games as usual and of course we will be helping another great charity.<br />
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This month we will be helping a great new charity in the UK who are doing some fantastic work with dogs and people! <a href="http://medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk/">Medical Detection Dogs</a> are helping people who have life threatening health conditions by training dogs who can sense changes in their conditions using their amazing sense of smell. They also have some special doggies who can smell when a person is suffering from cancer and these doggies are helping to provide an early warning so poorly people can be treated faster. You can follow them on twitter too, they are <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/cancerdogs">@cancerdogs</a><br />
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I know how special we all are to our hoomans so I am very happy that we are helping a charity that helps train these special animals.<br />
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<b>This Month's Nominations</b><br />
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As always I wish we could help every charity or shelter who gets nominated, this month we had the following nominations.<br />
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<a href="http://www.humanesocietyofpolkcounty.org/">Humane Society of Polk County</a> nominated by @Unchat<br />
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<a href="http://www.humanesocietymiami.org/">Greater Miami Shelter </a> nominated by @maebellepup<br />
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<a href="http://australiancattledogrescue.net/">Australian Cattle Dog Rescue</a> nominated by Rob<br />
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<a href="http://medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk/">Medical Detection Dogs</a> nominated by @wildpaw and @goldenceaser<br />
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<a href="http://www.terrierrescue.co.uk/">Terrier Rescue</a> nominated by @marleyterrier and @TerenceT<br />
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<a href="http://www.darcysarc.ca/">D'Arcy's Arc</a> nominated by @petiethecat<br />
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<a href="http://www.wearethecure.org/friends/bridget">National Canine Cancer Foundation</a> nominated by @midgethemutt<br />
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Perhaps you can have a look at their websites, you never know one of them might be right around the corner from you and maybe you could go help them out by volunteering or donating some old pet items or a few tins of pet food. Every little thing really does help save lives mai pals.<br />
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I hope to see you all at the PawPawty next weekend, have a fun week and make sure you have your costumes ready for the beach! I'm off to dust off my umberella so me and Ozzy can go for a wet walk!<br />
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More Soon<br />
@FrugalDougalFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-32457905109154879652011-04-23T15:24:00.001+01:002011-04-23T15:24:58.727+01:00Royal Wedding PawPawty Give AwayWell mai pals it is almost time for the Royal wedding PawPawty and we have been very busy getting all of the prizes and schedule organised.<br />
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We have a lot of lovely Royal Wedding commemorative gifts to win as well as some special pieces from the wedding of Charles and Diana, the last really big Royal Event.<br />
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But do not fear if you cannot attend the PawPawty this weekend then you can still win some Royal Wedding Goodies.<br />
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Take a look at this little lot a right old Royal Bundle which you could be in with a chance of winning.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">All you have to do is tell post a comment on this blog telling us what name you would give to a Royal Dog or Royal Cat. ( we have no idea if they will be having royal pets but we can pretend!)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We will pick a winner at random and you can enter right up until the day after the Royal Wedding. So get your thinking caps on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">See you all Soon</div><div style="text-align: left;">Frugal Dougal</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to @daneray for donating the lovely Wedgewood Dish!</div></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-27088284406944328142011-04-20T11:13:00.000+01:002011-04-20T11:13:04.770+01:00Royal Wedding PawPawtyMai Pals so sorry it has taken us so long to get details of this month's PawPawty published I blame the staff! However as some of you may know we are moving house so I guess they have had a few things to organise.<br />
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They tell me the new house has some fields of our very own with a river, I have not been there yet but little Ozzy McDougal has visited and he says it is fab. We will be all moved in the next few weeks so I hope to have lots of new pictures and stories to share with you all.<br />
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Anyhow enough about me! On to the Royal Wedding PawPawty!<br />
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This month the shelter selected to have a PawPawty in their honour is the Animal House Shelter in Huntley Illinois USA.<br />
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<a href="http://animalhouseshelter.com/">Animal House Shelter</a>, Inc rescues abused and neglected dogs and cats and rehabilitates them mentally & physically in order to place them with the best new family.They rescue 98% of our dogs from high ‘kill’ shelters, pounds and various animal control facilities in which they are usually listed as strays, and almost always scheduled to be euthanized.<br />
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The best possible veterinary care is always given to those at Animal House Shelter.They never decline treatment, whatever it may entail, if it means that the animal has a chance at a new and healthy life.<br />
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They strive to go above and beyond when caring for and socializing our animals. They understand the importance of getting to know each and every animal available for adoption in an effort to place them in the most perfect home possible. All dogs are walked 4-5 times a day and socialized with each other and volunteers. The cats are housed in a large ‘free roam’ cat room so they can socialize all day with each other, staff, volunteers and potential adopter.<br />
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We hope that we can raise some funds for this great organisation as well as having some fun in the run up to the Royal Wedding of Kate and Wills! We have some great Royal Wedding prizes for your humans ! as well as lots of prizes for mai anipals!<br />
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<b>Nominations</b><br />
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We had a lot of nominations this month from all over the world and I really wish that we could help each and every one of the organisations nominated. Thank you so much to all of you who have taken the time to nominate a shelter. We select the shelter to benefit at random as there really is no other way to make such a hard choice. You can <a href="http://web.me.com/lynnh/PawPawty/nominate.html">nominate your shelter</a> or organisation on the PawPawty site.<br />
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Please take a minute to have a look at the nominations. Who knows they may be in your local area and maybe there is something you could do to help them. Perhaps donating some of your time or maybe some unwanted pet items. Shelters all over the world need our help.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cathouse.bravehost.com/engleski.htm">Cat Shelter Zenka</a> in Serbia, Belgrade nominated by Ljubica<br />
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<a href="http://www.fairfieldcountycares.org/">Fairfield County Cares</a> in Ohio USA nominated by @care2hope<br />
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<a href="http://inkas4pets.blogspot.com/">INKAS</a> Ivins No Kill Animal Supporters in USA nominated by @INKAS4pets<br />
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<a href="http://www.janeiro-emmy.blogspot.com/">Dogs in Brazil </a> in Brazil nominated @emmydib<br />
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<a href="http://cats.wolseleygirl.com/">Craig Street Cats</a> in Winnipeg Canada nominated by Linda<br />
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<a href="http://www.tigerworld.us/">Tiger World</a> in Rockwell NC USA nominated by @tigerworld<br />
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<a href="http://www.northmeckanimalrescue.org/">North Mecklenburg Animal Rescue</a> in Charlotte USA nominated by @citygirl9817<br />
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<a href="http://www.mayocatrescue.org/Mayo_Cat_Rescue/Home.html">Mayo Cat Rescue</a> in Ireland nominated by @MayoCatRescue<br />
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<a href="http://www.olddoghaven.org/">Old Dog Haven</a> in Lake Stevens WA, USA nominated by @selkie319<br />
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<a href="http://blindcatrescue.com/">Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary</a> in St Paul NC, USA nominated by @selkie319<br />
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<a href="http://www.pap911rescue.org/">Papillion Rescue</a> in Marietta GA, USA nominated by @strongirl41<br />
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<a href="http://www.redlandsanimalshelter.org/">Redlands Animal Shelter</a> in Redlands CA, USA nominated by @cassar11<br />
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<a href="http://rolda.org/">Romanian League in Defence of Animals</a> in Romania nominated by ammahew<br />
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<a href="http://www.irvinghouse.org/">Irving House Animal Sanctuary</a> in New York, USA nominated by @irvinghouse<br />
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<a href="http://rainbowanimalrescue.net/">Rainbow Animal Rescue</a> in Norfolk Virginia, USA nominated by Ester<br />
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<a href="http://www.bonecancerdogs.org/">Bone Cancer Dogs </a>in New Jersey, USA nominated by @rottnred<br />
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<a href="http://www.hcws.org/">Heaven Can Wait Animal Society</a> in Las Vegas, USA nominated by @grizzlythepup<br />
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<a href="http://www.arf.net/">ARF foundation</a> in Walnut Creek California, USA nominated by Powellregina<br />
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<a href="http://www.animalhouseshelter.com/">Animal House Shelter </a>in Huntley IL, USA nominated by @HuntleyAHS, @klyon68<br />
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<a href="http://www.apsa.org.es/">Animal Protection Society Albox</a> in Spain nominated by dgcundy<br />
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<a href="http://www.dreamrescue.org/">DreamRescue</a> in Atlanta, USA nominated by @srdoxiesmom, @barkelina, @vikkilong<br />
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<a href="http://www.almosthomefoundation.org/">Almost Home Foundation</a> in Elk Grove Village IL, USA nominated by @TrixieLilySammy<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kindness-Ranch/113202312088908">Kindness Ranch</a> in Hartville WY, USA nominated by @gin2772<br />
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<a href="http://www.911ruff.org/">911RUFFORG</a> in Walton Beach, Florida nominated by @sadlovelyheart<br />
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<a href="http://www.spcacanterbury.org.nz/">SPCA Cantebury</a> in Christchurch New Zealand nominated by @emmythecat<br />
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<a href="http://www.secondchancepetadoption.org/">Second Chance Pet Adoption</a> in Illinois, USA nominated by Second Chance<br />
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<a href="http://www.animalsanctuary.org.uk/">Woodlands Animal Sanctuary</a> in Lancashire UK nominated by @ladygreydina<br />
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<a href="http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/">Small Paw Rescue</a> in Oklahoma, USA nominated by @PetCareBev & @FlatTyler<br />
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<a href="http://www.acall4paws.com/">A Call for Paws</a> in New Jersey, USA nominated by @CathyKeisha<br />
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<a href="http://www.pdsa.org.uk/">PDSA</a> in UK, nominated by @MrPie<br />
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<a href="http://www.candyflossanimalsanctuary.webs.com/">CandyFloss Animal Sanctuary</a> in Ireland nominated by @henryandfriends<br />
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<a href="http://www.bassetrescue.org/">Guardian Angel Basset Rescue</a> in Dwight, IL USA nominated by @GABR_Bassets<br />
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<a href="http://tierheim.eu/en/start.html">MADAT</a> in Tenerife nominated by @tenerifedogs<br />
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<a href="http://www.ccaweb.org/">Concerned Citizens For Animals</a> in Spartanburg, SC USA nominated by @JennyMariePhoto<br />
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<a href="http://www.greenpetsamerica.com/">Green Pets America</a> in Georgia, USA nominated by @javathecat<br />
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Thanks again for all your support for the PawPawty Events.<br />
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See you all soon mai pals<br />
Frugal DougalFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-71956304972309550812011-03-31T13:10:00.002+01:002011-03-31T14:09:15.860+01:00Save Lennox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/VOrM7hVk6ts?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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Can you imagine if someone came to your house and said that they were going to take your dog away because of how he or she looked? How about if they kept your family pet in a concrete pen for 11 months and did not allow you or your family to visit him? You had no idea of how he was being treated, apart from a photograph in which your dog is sitting in sawdust with no visible signs of toys or even a bed to sleep on.<br />
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And then what if a <a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/lennox-after-10-months-locked-up-judge-rules-dog-must-die-15130806.html">judge ruled</a> that after all of this time your dog was to be destroyed.<br />
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It is hard to imagine how you might feel, heartbroken, angry, frustrated and utterly sick to your stomach, well this is exactly the situation that a family from Northern Ireland find themselves in today. On Tuesday this week all of twitter held it's breath for the update from <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/SaveLennox/">@savelennox</a> who had been in court to receive the sickening news that their boy Lennox who is a cross between an American Bull Dog a Pedigree Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a Labrador has been sentenced to death.<br />
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All of this is because he was declared a "Pit Bull Type" by the Belfast City Council dog wardens. This is as a direct result of the flawed Breed Specific Legislation.<br />
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In the mainland Great Britain, four breeds are currently subject to BSL under the Dangerous Dogs Act (DDA):<br />
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The Japanese Tosa<br />
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However, also be aware that 'types' of these dogs are also affected. This means that your dog doesn't have to be a Pit Bull or Tosa to be subject to the DDA: it simply has display physical and behavioural characteristics similar to those displayed in breeds covered by the act.<br />
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The current legislation does nothing to protect an honest dog owner who takes all of the steps necessary to comply with exemption conditions ( which do not apply in Northern Ireland).<br />
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Lennox is Micro chipped, Neutered, DNA Registered, Pet Safe Registered, Insured and Licensed every year with the Council. Lennox's owners have taken all of these steps and yet their boy was taken.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Lennox has never harmed anyone, he is looked after by a responsible loving family, he could be your dog or mine. He has been away from his family for almost a year. </span></b><br />
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</b></div>Of course the council will want to show that they have been acting within the law and that all they are doing is simply 'following orders' but what ever happened to common sense? Why spend thousands of pounds creating a case against a dog who is so clearly loved by his family and now his case is supported and being watched all over the world. Why deliver a death sentence on a dog who has NEVER harmed anyone.<br />
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Imagine if you were a happy dog enjoying life with your family and then one day some people you did not know came to your house, appeared friendly and then took you away from everything and everyone you had ever known. I can not begin to imagine what Lennox must be going through.<br />
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The family are trying to get even more support and media attention to highlight their case and are gaining a huge following on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/savelennox">twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Lennox/125005200853097?sk=wall">facebook</a>. An <a href="http://www.savelennox.co.uk/">On line petition</a> has over 25,000 signatures , you can show your support <a href="http://www.savelennox.co.uk/">here</a>. Time may be running out for Lennox so please take action today.<br />
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As a further show of support I would like to invite any bloggers to join this Blog Hop to show their support for Lennox.<br />
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All you have to do is write a blogpost showing your support for Lennox and link it to this blog. If you already have a blog post about Lennox then simply link it as well. Show the world the massive support that Lennox and his family have.<br />
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The animal community across the world is very powerful and has a voice , we have helped thousands of less fortunate animals with out fundraising efforts.<br />
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Now is the time to raise a paw in support of one lonely dog who needs to be reunited with his family, not sentenced to death.<br />
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This video shows two dogs, in amongst the rubble, one is injured and the other refuses to leave his side, when a film crew happened to find them.<br />
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It is hard for us to imagine waking up one morning and within 24 hours have our whole life change. The extent of the destruction and devastation in Japan is still emerging and each day brings sad stories to our screens across the world. But we also see stories of hope like the one with the dogs above who were rescued and are now safe and being looked after.<br />
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Imagine if you where this dog owner who happens to live near the quake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant having to have yourself and your dog scanned for possible radiation.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the past two years the anipal community have come together on twitter to help anipals less fortunate then themselves. We have helped animal rescue across the world and made sure that animals in disaster areas are not forgotten. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today of the 2nd anniversary of the PawPawty I urge you spare what you can to help <a href="http://worldvets.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203">World Vets</a> who are an organisation from the USA who are already in Japan. They are working with local rescues centres and organisations to coordinate resources. You can make a donation using the widget on the right or directly <a href="http://worldvets.chipin.com/japan-animal-aid">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am proud to be part of a worldwide community who do care and who have, time and time again responded to a plea for help from their fellow man. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I had a little word with the staff and also the guys at Blogpaws <a href="http://www.blogpaws.com/2011/03/helping-the-people-and-pets-in-japan.html">Be The Change For Pets</a> who came up with a great organisation <a href="http://worldvets.org/">World Vets</a> who we can all help support who will ensure that aid goes to animal relief that will be so desperately needed over the coming days, weeks and months.<br />
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You can get lots more info on the Paws for Japan events <a href="http://www.pawcurious.com/2011/03/paws-for-japan/#more-6858">here</a> and see exactly what World Vets are doing <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Here%20is%20more%20info%20on%20World%20Vets'%20efforts:%20http://worldvets.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203">here</a>.<br />
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So this year instead of celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the PawPawty on St Patrick's day 17th March with a pawty we will be supporting a day long Paws for Japan event which will take the form of blogging, tweeting and facebooking to raise awareness of the work carried out by World Vets.<br />
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So wear your St Pawtrick's day outfit with pride but also please consider donating to this worthy event which will help the anipals in Japan. We all know that animals play a large part in the healing process after any kind of stressful event so right now the anipals and the people of Japan need all of the help they can get.<br />
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1. Grab the badge(s).you can find the code you need <a href="http://www.yourdailycute.com/p/japan-animals.html">here</a><br />
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2. On March 17th, post, tweet, or share on Facebook about the World Vets effort for animal relief in Japan. Be as creative as you wish in promoting the cause!<br />
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3. We will create a blog hop using Linky Tools. Please add your blog link.<br />
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4. You can also add the World Vets Chip in Widget to your blog or website the info you need is <a href="http://worldvets.chipin.com/japan-animal-aid">here</a>. <br />
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We really hope that the anipal community will come together once again on the 17th to show the world the extent of PawPower!<br />
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FrugalDougalFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-4736237939706136842011-02-16T12:06:00.000+00:002011-02-16T12:06:12.306+00:00WCK PawPawty What A ResultMai pals thank you all so much for your support of the special Westminster Dog's Show PawPawty last night. It was a 1st for us doing a Tweet-A-Long so we were all so pleased so many of you managed to make it.<br />
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Special thanks to the <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/shibberingc">Shibbering Cheetos</a> for kicking off in style and getting us all in the mood to watch the show. I think we have a reporter in the making with <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/cosmohavanese">Cosmohavanese</a> who managed to get some exclusive photos and he was a great commentator telling all of us who could not watch exactly what was happening!<br />
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We had a few little competitions throughout the event so thanks to prize sponsors @i_am_fuzzy, @mizzbassie, @barkworldexpo, @maggieTkat and @pedigreeUS.<br />
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We had some fun with some of our own competitions for Best of Pictures and in case you missed it here were the winners.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Best Dog in the Bath or Shower</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b> </b></span><b> Winner </b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b> </b></span><b>Airbeardie </b></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally mai pals we are waiting for the totals from <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/pedigreeus">@pedigreeUS</a> so we can tell you how many dollars they will be able to send off to @saveapetil so keep your eyes peeled for the announcement sometime soon.</div><br />
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Mai Pals I do hope you can join us tomorrow night between 7pm and Midnight EasternTime when we will be having a Tweet-A-Long viewing pawty for the <a href="http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2011/show/info.html">Westminster Dog Show</a>. We have lots of fun and games and prizes to be won as we will be having out very own best of competitions.<br />
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We know that lots of you will be watching the show live today and tomorrow and we are very excited to be having our Tweet-A-Long during the The Sporting, Working, Terrier, and Best In Show competition which will be televised live Tuesday on USA Network from 8-11 PM ET.<br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/PedigreeUS">PedigreeUS</a> we will also be raising funds at this event for Save a Pet Illinois and for every one we see tweet with the hashtag #WKCpawpawty <a href="http://www.pedigree.com/Default.aspx">Pedigree</a> will donate 1$ to Save A Pet, so at this event we don't need you to donate anything more than a tweet! So while we are watching all of those lovely pure breed pooches we will also be helping some of the less fortunate anipals who are in a shelter still waiting to find their forever homes.<br />
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We will kick off the event an hour before the televised show starts so that we can all be sitting comfortably waiting for the event and finish an hour after so that we can have some fun tweeting the about the show.<br />
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The famous <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ShibberingC/">Shibbering Cheetos</a> twitter band will be entertaining us for the 1st hour so be sure to pop in and have a dance before we settle down for the viewing pawty!<br />
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We will be running a few competitions at the event and the Quiz Schedule will be published on the PawPawty site later today. You can also be in with a chance of winning a great Pedigree Dog's Rule pwize by entering a picture of your furry friends in one of our categories below so get your pictures ready and be sure to tweet a link to your pic when we when we ask for the pictures!<br />
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We are also having a potluck TV dinner so be sure to post pics of what you and your pooch or kitteh are munching as you Watch-A-Long, there might even be a pwize for the best Nom Nom Nom Nom's!!<br />
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Best Dog in the Bath/ Shower<br />
Best Dog at Dinner<br />
Best Cute Puppy<br />
Best Agility Dog<br />
Best Sleeping Cat<br />
Best Dogs at Play<br />
Best Dogs with Pals ( dogs with any other anipal)<br />
Best Cat in Hat<br />
Best Dog on a Beach<br />
Best Dog in the Snow<br />
Best Bossy Cat<br />
Best Nommed Dog Toy<br />
Best Cat Climber<br />
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Keep your eyes open for more updates tomorrow and we hope to see you all there!<br />
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I know that a lot of you have been very concerned about how the animals in Australia have been coping with the awful flooding and cyclone and now bush fires so I wanted us to be able to find a way that we could help one of the shelters over in Australia. So I had a chat with mai pal <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/pepismartdog">@pepismartdog</a> and he told me that the <a href="http://www.awlqld.com.au/">Animal Welfare League in Queensland</a> would be a great organisation for us to support as they have been working so hard over the past few weeks to try to help all of the animals caught up in the floods.You can read more about how they have been helping anipals over the past few weeks <a href="http://www.awlqld.com.au/files/AWL%20FOOD%20DROPS%202.pdf">here</a>.<br />
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So at the Love is in the Air #pawpawty we will be raising funds for <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AWLQ">@AWLQ</a>, but that is only half the story because thanks to our pals <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/PedigreeUS">@pedigreeUS</a> we are able to help out TWO shelters this month!!<br />
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This month's shelter drawn at random is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.saveapetil.org/index.php">Save A Pet</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> GraySlake, Illinois, a great organisation who are currently responsible for the over 500 animals who may have been the subject of abuse, neglect, loss or relinquishment. On a daily basis, Save-A-Pet faces two basic challenges rescue and education. The rescue cycle includes the process and costs of intake, vaccinations, surgeries (i.e., spay/neuter), prescription food, preventative medications, chronic illness medications (i.e., for FIV, heart murmurs, allergies, IBD, arthritis, etc.), and the emotional healing of the residents. The educational cycle includes the process and costs of rehabilitating the residents before and after adoption, as well as the costs for training adopters in preventative care and solving behavioral problems. You can read more about this great organisation on <a href="http://www.saveapetil.org/about.php">their site</a>.</span><br />
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Thanks to the guys at @pedigreeUS every donation made to the Australian anipals at the #pawpawty will be matched by Pedigree who will donate the equivalent funds to Save A Pet.<br />
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<b>Yep that's right for every $1 donated at the #pawpawty another $1 will be donated to </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.saveapetil.org/index.php"><b>Save A Pet</b></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b> GraySlake, Illinois.</b></span><br />
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As if that is not enough <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/PedigreeUS">@pedigreeUS</a> will also donate an extra dollar to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.saveapetil.org/index.php">Save A Pet</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span> for every anipal/person who attends an extra special event which will be held on the 15th Feb which is a special viewing / watch along party for those of you who will be tuning into the <a href="http://twtvite.com/wckpawpawty/">Westminster Dog Show</a>. You can find out more about the Westminster Viewing Pawty <a href="http://web.me.com/lynnh/PawPawty/westminster.html">here </a>and we will post more details over the next few days!<br />
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So there really is a lot of Love in the Air this month, just imagine how much difference we can make to the anipals who need help in two countries.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Nominations Received for this Month's PawPawty Event</span><br />
Thank you all so much for your nominations for a PawPawty Even remember you can nominate your shelter more than once and every nomination goes into the draw.<br />
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We do a random draw as there really is no other way to select the recipient, each of the shelters, charities or organisations listed below are all very deserving and I wish that we could help them all.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.teneriffa-tierheim.eu/en/start.html">MADAT</a> Tenerife nominated by @tenerifedogs</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.ccaweb.org/">Concerned Citizens For Animals</a> Spartanburg South Carolina, USA nominated by @</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">JennyMariePhoto</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.apsa.org.es/">ASPA </a>Spain nominated by many non twitter friends of the shelter</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.greenpetsamerica.com/">Green Pets America</a> Woodstock, Georgia, USA nominated by @javathecat</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.slonchs.org/index.html">North County Humane Society</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Atascadero,California, USA nominated by @flicka47</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.castaway-critters.org/">Castaway Critters</a> Blairsville Georgia USA nominated by @snowiewestie<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://wearethecure.org/friends/bridget">Canine Cancer Foundation</a> USA nominated by @midgethemutt</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/avalonguineapigrescue/">Avalon Guinea Pig Rescue</a> Nottingham UK, nominated by @cassyandco</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.animalcenter.org/">Helen Woodward Animal Center</a> Santa Fe, California , USA nominated by @perrythebirman</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.thornberry-animal-sanctuary.org/">Thornberry Animal Sanctuary</a> Sheffield ,UK nominated by @poppy_dog</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.norcalgsprescue.com/">NorCal GSP Rescue</a> Menlo Park California, USA nominated by @norcalgsp</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.bathcatsanddogshome.org.uk/">Bath Cats & Dogs Home</a>, Bath UK, nominated by @marleyterrier </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Please also remember that if you shelter or charity is in the USA and helps cats or cats and dogs then you should also nominate them every month on <a href="http://www.romeothecat.com/">@romeothecat 's</a> website as he has a furpower challenge every month so it is another chance for your shelter to be in with a chance of receiving much needed funds.<br />
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Hope to see you all at the PawPawty this weekend.</span><br />
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Mai pals a change from the usual twitter tributes just to be a little different this month, so we are remembering our pals on the blog.<br />
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Tribute from @cjdoggirl PepiSmartDog - the dudiest dudedog of them all. A hero to anipals everywhere! We'll miss you forever Pepi!<br />
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Tribute from @smokeypoodle to @smokeythedog Today is 1 year since he went #OTRB. :-( always in our thoughts<br />
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Tribute from @smokeypoodle to @SwtGeorgiaBrwn almost a year since she went #OTRB, Loving wishes to her mom<br />
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Shoofly, sweet cousin of Honeybell @wildboutbirds fought a brave battle with cancer but passed over the bridge, sadly missed by all<br />
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Iniki the cat, @angelicinsights older kitty made the journey to the bridge, veru much surrounded by love always<br />
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Our pal @Mulder_Cat is at the Bridge after a brave and courageous fight with cancer,much love to @scully_cat and @staffpurrson<br />
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@CuteKittyWillie has passed to the bridge. He was loved by everyone who knew him, and will be missed by all his family<br />
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Tribute to one of mai 1st twitter pals Woody @pixies_mum 's boy who went to the bridge and is sadly missed by all of his family<br />
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@duchesscrabtree very much misses her pal @sydneyaquino who passed over the bridge, until we meet again mai pal<br />
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The biggest furry of them all @CaplinRous suddenly went to the bridge a super star who will always shine bright #dudefest<br />
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Until we all meet again mai pals, you will be in our hearts always and furever.<br />
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FrugalDougalFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-72662824598295589352010-12-06T17:59:00.000+00:002010-12-06T17:59:38.362+00:00Festive PawPawty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHiRVoSKx4-KJB6gd4qc7ul8jAamzhyphenhyphenWp-lu3hMBxx1mOECcBeBmmJoIuLcxBEkvmiX7G056hdmktJPr1gd9YW1vju7iea_pXJuMilcDsmjFs5QiKDbz2TacmfpaPET-AoehLjVKgfpnI/s1600/dougalxmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHiRVoSKx4-KJB6gd4qc7ul8jAamzhyphenhyphenWp-lu3hMBxx1mOECcBeBmmJoIuLcxBEkvmiX7G056hdmktJPr1gd9YW1vju7iea_pXJuMilcDsmjFs5QiKDbz2TacmfpaPET-AoehLjVKgfpnI/s320/dougalxmas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Mai pals I cannot believe it is almost the end of the year again! I have been dusting down my crimbo decorations and getting ready to trim the tree! So for the final #pawpawty event of 2010 what else could we have but a festive theme!<br />
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So get your favourite santa, angel, or elf costume ready and join us this weekend for some festive fun and games! You can even come dressed as your favourite christmas decoration!<br />
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Instead of helping just one shelter this month we will be helping 6 shelters who are all part of the wonderful <a href="http://www.santapawsdrive.com/index.html">@santapawsdrive</a> project created by <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/YourDailyCute/">@yourdailycute</a> and her helpers <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/babypatches">@babypatches</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/thekittencrew">@thekittencrew</a> and yours truly little old FrugalDougal!<br />
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We have already raised an amazing $1825 for the six shelters but we need some more help to meet our goal of sending each of the shelters $800 as well as a big bunch of toys and treats for all of the anipals who will be spending christmas in a shelter.<br />
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You can read all about the <a href="http://www.santapawsdrive.com/shelters.html">shelters</a> we are helping at the SantaPawsDrive site, there are three in the USA ,one in Canada ,one in the UK and one in Tenerife! All of these shelters were nominated by the anipal community on twitter or facebook and we would love to spread a little christmas cheer to all of the anipals in their care.<br />
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You can expect the usual great selection of prizes at the PawPawty and you can also be in with a chance of winning one of the great <a href="http://www.santapawsdrive.com/raffle.html">raffle prizes</a> on offer from Santapawsdrive.<br />
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Hope to see you all at the weekend, I will make sure we have a huge supply of the Catnog and Dognog we have been serving at the SantaPawsDrive events so go on drag yourself away from the christmas shopping and help us help some shelter anipals one more time in 2010!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Please note : All of the shelters nominated for a PawPawty in December will be included in the selection process for the January PawPawty so you won't miss out on a chance to be the recipient of PawPawty funds in 2011!</span>FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-9749614565690080042010-11-15T11:48:00.001+00:002010-11-15T12:22:56.456+00:00November PawPawty RecipientWell mai pals all of the nominations have been received for the November Pawpawty and we have put all of them in a hat and picked the recipient of this month's funds.....Drum Roll.....<br />
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The Harry Pawter event will benefit <a href="http://www.thelastresortrescue.com/">The Last Resort Rescue</a>, who are a great organisation in West Milford New Jersey. This is a little bit about them you can see more on <a href="http://www.thelastresortrescue.com/">their site</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: small;">The Last Resort is a Non Profit 501c3 Animal Rescue dedicated to saving the lives of homeless, neglected, abandoned, and abused animals. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #92500a;">Our mission is to provide a safe refuge, rehabilitation, and </span><span style="color: #92500a;">permanent </span><span style="color: #92500a;">re-homing for all the animals that we rescue. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: small;">Thousands of beautiful creatures each year are abandoned, neglected, abused and left to die by the people they trusted. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: small;">Our team of rescuers, vet techs, trainers, foster homes and volunteers work diligently to bring these animals to safety where they can learn to love and trust humans again. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: small;">Through fund raising, education and community support, we can all make a difference in the lives of these beautiful creatures. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: small;">They need our help!!! </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="color: #92500a;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #92500a;">We are animal rescuers, this is our burden and our blessing!</span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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They were nominated by <a href="http://twitter.com/snowywestie">@snowywestie</a>, thanks so much for nominating them Snowy mai pal!<br />
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Remember you can nominate your shelter more than once and every nomination goes into the draw. We do a random draw as there really is no other way to select the recipient, each of the shelters, charities or organisations listed below are all very deserving and I wish that we could help them all.<br />
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<a href="http://www.haveaheartfl.org/index.asp">Have a Heart</a> Inc Palm Beach Florida nominated by @haveaheartfl<br />
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<a href="http://www.animalrescueneworleans.org/">Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO)</a> New Orleans nominated by @DoggieDog<br />
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<a href="http://www.hopeforpaws.org/">Hope for Paws</a> Los Angeles nominated by @cokiethecat<br />
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<a href="http://www.thoseleftbehindfoundation.org/about.html">Those Left Behind Foundation</a> Las Vegas nominated by @golden_books<br />
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<a href="http://www.campcocker.com/">Camp Cocker</a> Los Angeles nominated by @campcocker<br />
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<a href="http://www.duncansplace.org/">Duncan's Place</a> Loveland Colorado nominated by @pumpkinpuddy<br />
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<a href="http://www.casadelosgatos.org/">Casa De Los Gatos</a> Tucson Arizona nominated by @puppyaguineapig<br />
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<a href="http://www.spayneutersos.org/www.spayneutersos.org/Welcome.html">Spay Neuter SOS</a> nominated by Spay Neuter <br />
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<a href="http://ssasi.org/">Southside Animal Shelter </a> Indianapolis Indiania nominated by @doggiesandstuff<br />
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<a href="http://www.healingheartsanctuary.org/">Healing Heart Sanctuary</a> Kanab Utah nominated by @hemmingwayscat<br />
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<a href="http://www.stcharleshumanesociety.org/">St Charles Humane Society</a> St Charles Missouri nominated by @heartprintspets<br />
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Please also remember that if you shelter or charity is in the USA and helps cats or cats and dogs then you should also nominate them every month on <a href="http://twitter.com/romeothecat">@romeothecat</a> 's <a href="http://www.romeothecat.com/contact/">website</a> as he has a furpower challenge every month so it is another chance for your shelter to be in with a chance of receiving much needed funds.<br />
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Hope to see you all at the PawPawty this weekend.<br />
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We have a Harry Pawter theme so get your best costumes ready for a spell binding Pawty. <br />
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FrugalDougalFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-64611920245871409402010-10-27T18:20:00.000+01:002010-10-27T18:20:22.864+01:00Happy Howl-o-weenWell we never ever had a happy halloween card before so I was very pleased to get this lovely card from mai pal<a href="http://twitter.com/hemmingwayscat"> @hemmingwayscat</a>, it is so cute.<br />
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We are almost all set for halloween, staff got a CD from the vets which has firework noises on it so we have all been listening to that to make sure that we do not get too scared when it comes to big bangs and spooky things later this week!<br />
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Staff have been so busy with work that they have been neglecting MY blog so I have given them a strict talking to and I expect to see some improvements over the next month!FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-87556163910548218042010-10-11T20:47:00.001+01:002010-10-13T10:29:05.261+01:00Montreal Critters - Sponsor Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUpYqOj6Q-eldtYEZrt4WU3bs1UPyYKH7XmmCkYwAMarWv5Ya1kZyzQV4M_beiSV37f6XKEsyjnyKqdYBy9KjZYxWELTQ8FNfA5furxQGrEfrdpyYy_Zl-XHcosZ2yUNp8B2UwVRITQ0/s1600/logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUpYqOj6Q-eldtYEZrt4WU3bs1UPyYKH7XmmCkYwAMarWv5Ya1kZyzQV4M_beiSV37f6XKEsyjnyKqdYBy9KjZYxWELTQ8FNfA5furxQGrEfrdpyYy_Zl-XHcosZ2yUNp8B2UwVRITQ0/s1600/logo.png" /></a></div><br />
Thanks for waiting for the 2nd Sponsor Sunday update, I am blaming that new puppy Ozzy for taking up so much of the staff's time this weekend he is a big handful for such a little pup! Anyhow more of that little baby terrier soon, he has been taking up so much time already so lets get on with telling you all about <a href="http://montrealcritters.com/">Montreal Critters</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/mtlcritters">@mtlcritters</a> as they are known to many of you on twitter.<br />
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<a href="http://montrealcritters.com/">Montreal Critters</a> are the on line store for all things small and fluffy based in Montreal Canada they are caring pet owners and have years of experience with small exotic pets.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">How long have you been supporting the PawPawty Events as a Sponsor For?</span><br />
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Montreal Critters has been sponsoring <a href="http://web.me.com/lynnh/PawPawty/PawPawty_Home.html">PawPawty</a> events for over a year. We initially discovered St Patricks' Day PawPawty and we were moved when looking at the Green Wall entitled "Bark if you're Irish!". It was such an amazing idea, with such a great potential (or should I say paw-tential :-). We participated in the following event and from then on we became a happy regular sponsor.<br />
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In times where every company is jumping into the social-media wagon, we are trying to be authentic. We created <a href="http://montrealcritters.com/">montrealcritters.com</a> from the ground up with the intention of supporting animal shelters and rescue organizations — that's one of our core values, not an afterthought. PawPawty events are a perfect match for companies and individuals looking to have a direct impact in the lives of many animals in need, both around the corner and all over the world. Plus, you get to have fun and meet the most diverse and interesting anipals in the Twitterverse. It's great!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What is your favourite PawPawty Memory?</span><br />
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There are so many good memories... I tend to get emotional when I look at the PawPawty walls and when a PawPawty finishes with <a href="http://twitter.com/frugaldougal">@FrugalDougal</a>'s Champagne Chicken © . That's when you know that, as a group, we've made a significant difference. I also remember getting super excited when a local animal shelter that we nominated was accepted as a recipient for one of the events. It felt great!<br />
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Anipals are so creative — there are many inspiring moments at every event. I often catch myself laughing out loud while looking at the avatars or at the event menus. And a few days after the events, when we receive our PawPawty mugs, memories come back and we laugh some more.<br />
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We currently have 3 cats, 5 guinea pigs and a fish — all of them adopted. On top of that, we regularly foster small animals while we find a permanent home for them. We usually end up keeping the ones that have been seriously neglected or need time to be re-adapted, so our home is constantly being modified to host new fluffy critters.<br />
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Note from Dougal - Check these beauties out !!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tell us a bit about what your store? </span><br />
Montreal Critters is an online store specialized in products for small pets, serving pet guardians all over Canada. We started montrealcritters.com with the intention of helping animal rescues while offering a nice selection of healthy, specialized products for small pets. We help rescues in many ways: we regularly donate food, toys and treats to many shelters in Canada. We also to increase public awareness and subtlety promote animal adoption through our monthly newsletter, Twitter and Facebook. And of course, we participate in every PawPawty event!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What do you love most about twitter?</span><br />
Twitter's best feature is without a doubt its 140 characters limitation. Such a constraint forces us to be very creative. PawPawty events would not have the same rhythm and interactivity on other social networks, I believe. Another great example of what can be done within such a constrained framework is <a href="http://twitter.com/ZACKRABBIT">@ZackRabbit</a>'s cooking show – isn't it inspiring?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What do you hate most about twitter?</span><br />
Having to rely on many different tools to participate in an event is sometimes annoying. But the new Twitter seems to provide a much better experience. We'll give it a try at the coming PawPawty event.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What is your favourite animal charity and why?</span><br />
We don't have a single favorite animal charity. We've worked closely with a few local no-kill shelters such as <a href="http://jiggleypiggley.com/">Montreal's Jiggley Piggley Farm</a> and Ottawa's <a href="http://ferretrescue.ca/">Ferret Rescue</a> . We've also collaborated with <a href="http://www.secourslapinsquebec.org/">Quebec's Rabbit Rescue</a>. Montreal's <a href="http://www.elevenelevenanimalrescue.org/">Eleven Eleven Rescue</a> is also worth mentioning — we admire their energy and dedication.<br />
We keep on discovering new great groups at every animal adoption event we participate in. Our hope is to be able to help them, so we'll be nominating groups for upcoming PawPawty events!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What is your ideal PawPawty theme</span>?<br />
There have been so many incredible themes already. Our favorites were the Halloween, Sci-Fi, and 80's PawPawtys. Future themes? Maybe there should be a Back to the Caves PawPawty! Whatever theme ends up being selected, you can count on us being there. :-)<br />
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A big thank you from me and the staff goes out to Montreal Critters for all of their continued support of the PawPawty events and for taking the time to share their story with us, and for showing us all of their lovely furries!<br />
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Woof Woof<br />
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FrugalDougalFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-23382194183394439652010-10-04T17:36:00.000+01:002010-10-04T17:36:42.379+01:00Howl-o-ween PawPawty CompetitionWell I cannot believe it is this time of year already! The leaves are falling from the trees and the shops are full of pumpkins! Yep that's right it is almost time for the Howl-o-ween <a href="http://web.me.com/lynnh/PawPawty/PawPawty_Home.html">PawPawty</a> all the details about the charity will be on the website soon as well as the links to the donation site. We are supporting <a href="http://twitter.com/romeothecat">Romeothecat</a> 's charity this month so we will let you know the details as soon as he announces the recipient!<br />
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I know how you all love to dress up and so do mai pals at <a href="http://twitter.com/petsmart">Petsmart</a> and when the staff met up with them at Blogpaws they had some great costumes with them because they are having a special competition for the 6th Annual Halloween Photo Contest. You can enter the competition via their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PetSmart">facebook page</a> so be sure to check it out they have some great pwizes.<br />
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As a special treat they donated two costumes to the staff and you can see me below modelling both of them, honestly do I really look like a fairy tail princess cheerleader? Oh the shame...the only saving grace is that the outfits are both pink which as you all know is one of my favourite colours.<br />
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The things I do for charity !! I think I need to get myself a new agent, a dog of my standing should not be asked to do such things BOL!<br />
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Anyhow to be in with a chance of wining the cute pink hat or the pink cheerleaders outfit which is an extra large ( it will fit a less rotund, larger pup than me!) in size all you have to do is post a comment on my blog telling me what your favourite scary film is! We will then pick a winner at random and get the fancy dress costumes send out in time for the #PawPawty on the 16th + 17th October.<br />
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You have until Friday 8th to get your comments in !<br />
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Right I am off to look for a manly Howl-o-ween costume!<br />
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Woof Woof Arooo!FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-85166354400876337672010-10-03T23:22:00.000+01:002010-10-03T23:22:57.245+01:00Lucky Dog Treat Company - Sponsor Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDxNBr6f6HShGoXjuyzyi5HoiCV1yhbLdDkkNs61Y_ZmGjgLYPabCszJOnJfbF1OVrG81DE9vIVjhjdK2rklSc82R8ONFD5T5FhHmHKqegjvdoMSORzHfPUXQedbi5McPzXTSkKI-UY4/s1600/luckydog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDxNBr6f6HShGoXjuyzyi5HoiCV1yhbLdDkkNs61Y_ZmGjgLYPabCszJOnJfbF1OVrG81DE9vIVjhjdK2rklSc82R8ONFD5T5FhHmHKqegjvdoMSORzHfPUXQedbi5McPzXTSkKI-UY4/s320/luckydog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Welcome to the very 1st Sponsor Sunday update, We decided to start these regular updates so that you could meet and find out a bit more about the fabulous people and companies who sponsor prizes for the <a href="http://web.me.com/lynnh/PawPawty/PawPawty_Home.html">Pawpawty Events</a>. We have had such great support for a long long time from our generous sponsors so it is great to find out a bit more about them and their life away from the PawPawty!<br />
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So here goes with our very 1st guest <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LuckyDogTreatCompany">Lucky Dog Treat Company</a> who make delicious narural treats for doggies (drool) and kittehs ( double drool). They are based in Willow Grove Pennsylvania and are you can find them at the Glenside Farmers Market most weekends. And just look at all the lovely anipals they have can you believe they have five!!<br />
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So on with the questions!!!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">How long have you been supporting the PawPawty events as a sponsor?</span><br />
Well, I believe it has been about a year now. It's hard to keep track with so many of them!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Why do you like to support the PawPawty events?</span><br />
That is easy! Animal rescue work is really at the heart of why I opened my business. It allows me to reward others for the wonderful work they do to make a difference in the lives of so many needy animals. I also really enjoy how much fun the events are to participate in and meeting all of the fun anipals in the process is just icing on the dog treat!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What is your favorite PawPawty memory?</span><br />
Well, there are so many! I think I will just say (*to protect the guilty, and I'm talking about YOU niptini drinkers!) I really enjoy looking back at the sekurity report. It's a great snapshot of a fun time and sometimes too much fun had by all!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What animals do you have?</span><br />
Right now I am the proud slave, er, owner of 5 wonderful pets. First there is Dixie, aka "Biggie Fats" our oldest cat. She is very selective with her affection. And no, you wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley! Second, is my sweet kitty Sadie. She is my little love bug! Soft as a bunny and so very kind to me. Third came our youngest cat, Mimi, a real trouble maker! She has single pawedly chewed every pull cord from every window treatment we have in the house! Next is our Pitbull/German Shorthair mix Maggie. That girl is always tuned up and ready to go! So much energy, she is always keeping us on our toes. Lastly is our Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Krozby. Such a gentle soul. At the least sign of confrontation from another dog, he will turn around and waddle away as quickly as he can. He is a lover not a fighter! We are so proud that all of our pets are rescues and couldn't love them more.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">A bit about what we sell</span><br />
Lucky Dog Treat Company make and sells all natural, mostly organic dog and cat treats. Something for everyone! We also make select natural grooming products. Rubba dub dub! We started our business because of the growing concern over tainted pet foods and ingredient safety. Plus we wanted to be sure that whenever we can, we include ingredients that not only taste good, but are good the pet.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What do you love the most about twitter?</span><br />
It's fast! and easy, to get your point across! And obviously it is a wonderful platform for pawpawty's!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What do you hate most about twitter?</span><br />
Sometime I run short a few words in a tweet and with that tweets could be just a little bit longer.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What is your favorite animal charity and why?</span><br />
I adore <a href="http://www.pinupsforpitbulls.com/">Pinups For Pitbulls</a>! They are a fabulous group of ladies in the Philadelphia area that raise money for pitbulls/bully breeds for medicine, transport and other necessities as well as for pitbull breed awareness and education. Their main fundraiser is an yearly calendar, each picture featuring a tastefully dressed "pin up girl" and a pitbull! They have done much to change the face of the Pitbull as a breed and to teach people not to be afraid of them or discriminate against them simply because of their breed.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">My ideal pawpawty theme?</span><br />
Hmmm, we have already done so many good ones! Maybe a Beatles theme!<br />
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What a great 1st Sponsor Sunday, thanks so much to Lucky Dog Treat Company for taking part and a special big thanks for donating your pwizes each and every month. It is because of people and companies like yours that we are able to carry on with the PawPawty events and keep on helping more anipals all over the world.<br />
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Woof Woof<br />
FrugalDougalFRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-1395608771442092672010-09-21T11:53:00.000+01:002010-09-21T11:53:26.327+01:00Save this PupI am not sure if you guys remember when mum 1st met the <a href="http://savethispup.wordpress.com/about/">Save This Pup</a> guys, it was way back at the 1st <a href="http://www.blogpaws.com/">Blogpaws</a>. The guys have come up with a great idea to let people (who can't actually give a home to a shelter pet) sponsor a pet who is in a shelter until they find their forever home.<br />
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</div><div>We think it is a great idea for people who cannot give a home to a shelter animal because of where they live, or maybe just because they already have lots of pets. When they met last time the staff did a very funny video to try to help the guys get on the <a href="http://savethispup.wordpress.com/the-ellen-quest/">Ellen Show</a>, I think maybe they had one or two barkeritas before the video was shot.</div><div><br />
</div><div>This time they had a fun tweetup and met some great new pals! Oh and they promised to show up somewhere special wearing the Save this Pup T shirt.</div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Any idea where the are yet? Looks like they are looking for something?</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> what is that thing behind her, is it smoke? is it steam? have to say that is one Hot T-Shirt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now then that is one Hot Geyser - Old Faithful at YellowStone National Park </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lots of people at Yellowstone saw the staff wearing the shirt so we hope that they have done another little bit to spread the news about <a href="http://savethispup.wordpress.com/">Save this Pup</a> and their mission. By the way they have a great competition at the moment, you can be in with a chance of winning a full years exposure for your blog just by making a $10 donation all the details are on their site so check it out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More T-Shirt Wearing soon!</div>FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-76482249437384095482010-09-18T13:50:00.000+01:002010-09-18T13:50:24.573+01:00Help JoeyWhen the staff were at <a href="http://www.blogpaws.com/">Blogpaws</a> they met so many great people who care about animals, it really was an inspirational event in so many many ways. Pals old and new got to meet in the flesh or fur.<br />
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The staff made a promise that if they got a T-Shirt from anyone at the event that mum would wear it on part of the extended visit to the USA. The first guys to give her a T-shirt with possibly the brightest shirt where the guys behind the new and exciting <a href="http://www.helpjoey.com/">Help Joey</a> initiative. These guys presented a bright orange shirt and explained that their mission is to quite bluntly stop anipals having sex! This is a new take on the please spay and neuter your pet message that we have all been hearing about for years and years so it is kinda cool to see some guys saying it like it really is and we wish them great success with this fun and slightly tongue in cheek approach to the age old problem of reducing the unwanted pet population.<br />
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So without further ado here is mum as promised wearing the great bright orange shirt!! whilst fly fishing at Big Sky Montana!<br />
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They all had great fun wading through the Gallatin River in Montana and even caught a few small rainbow trout!<br />
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Great news is that if you want a chance of winning a <a href="http://twitter.com/helpjoey">Help Joey</a> T Shirt the guys gave the staff a whole bunch that we will be giving away at the next <a href="http://web.me.com/lynnh/PawPawty/PawPawty_Home.html">PawPawty</a> events. Who knows the guys may even show up at the next event.<br />
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Watch out for more T-Shirt wearing antics soon.FRUGALDOUGALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410381077013851038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1346555254695862684.post-78123208916345049102010-09-01T16:26:00.000+01:002010-09-01T16:26:23.140+01:00Every day feels like my birthdayMai pals thank you all so much for the special Happy Birthday wishes you have all sent me today, it is actually my birthday in June but I think mum mixed up the dates on the facebook thing!! You know how rubbish she is on facebook but I will let her off because she is generally very good on technical things!<br />
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Then again maybe I am a bit like the Queen of England who has two birthdays. One is her official birthday and the other one is a special holiday celebration day, typically in summer when the weather is better so the whole country can celebrate.<br />
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What ever the reason I am very lucky to have more than one birthday and would you believe that today was even more special because mum came home with a package which was at the post office waiting for us.<br />
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When she opened it she had to go and get a tissue for her leaky eyes, at first I thought it was something bad, but she read me the words that some of mai pals had written and I understood why she went all leaky in the eye department.<br />
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Inside the package was the most beautiful painting of me by the talented @zaziart as you can see I am wearing my favourite red bandanna!<br />
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So I say a huge big thank you to mai pals <a href="http://twitter.com/pepismartdog">@pepismartdog</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/jazzydacat/">@jazzydacat</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/zaziart">@zaziart</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/smokey8">@smokey8</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/holliecatrocks">@holliecatrocks</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/mouseholecat">@mouseholecat</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/mattiedog">@mattiedog</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/mariodacat">@mariodacat</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/maggietkat/">@maggietkat</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/danapixie/">@danapixie</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/henryandfriends">@henryandfriends</a> for this beautiful portrait and your lovely words.<br />
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Mai pals called me the Pawty King so I think it is kind of fitting that we had my 'extra birthday' today when this lovely gift arrived. You guys are the best pals in the world and your continued love and support is an inspiration to me. I am richer than any king could ever be just for knowing you all.<br />
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We will treasure it forever, and it is a pleasure to know all of you and to call you Mai Pals!<br />
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More Soon<br />
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