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On my walk this morning I saw



A freshly ploughed field, all ready for some barley to be planted. We cannot believe that it is this time of year again. Makes us glad to have seasons so we can appreciate the changes throughout the year. It is also easier for me to spot the rabbits in fields like this even if I cannot catch them. Hope you all have a thoughtful Thursday and appreciate what you have today.
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FrugalDougal
Thursday, October 22, 2009 | , , , |

Great time at the Farm


We went for a lovely walk at the Farm this weekend, we love going to visit my Brofur and all the other Farm Anipals. But I was not so sure about these two cows, they looked very mean with their horns and staring eyes so we walked quickly through that field















Me and Scooby liked these cows a lot more, can you see how they were coming over to have a look at us. We had the good fortune to be on the other side of a little river so that kept those inquisitive cows on the other side on the river bank. 















We got to the canal at the bottom of the farm and my Brofur Scooby decided to do some swimming, that's Pip the old lady farm dog next to him. Pip rounds up the cows, and I think she would like to round up me and Scooby as well but we keep her on her paws, chasing two Cairn Terrors round the fields!











Look at Scooby he got the stick, he loves swimming, I had a little swim myself boy was that water cold!


We had a lovely weekend at the Farm it is a beautiful place to visit and we loves to go and see our Anipal friends and of course our Human friends. We all had a lovely weekend, playing in the sun and enjoying time with out special friends.




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FrugalDougal
Thursday, October 22, 2009 | , , , , , |

On my walk this morning I saw

Rose Hips, the seed pods of roses, they look like very autumnal, it was raining today so only a short walk maybe I will have a longer walk later, if the sun comes out to play.
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FrugalDougal
Thursday, October 15, 2009 | , , , |

On my walk this morning I saw

A beautiful tree with leaves just starting to change into autumn colours, if you look close you can see me in the picture as well. It is a lovely sunny day here so I hope you all have a sunny sunday.
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FrugalDougal
Sunday, October 11, 2009 | , , , |

On my walk this morning I saw

Autumn leaves, look at the great colours, we gather these soon to dress up our sitting room for halloween they look so great next to the pumpkins! I can't wait.
See you all soon at the Halloween PawPawty
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FrugalDougal
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | , , , |

On my walk this morning I saw

Some cows in the field next to my favourite smelly field. At least I think they were cows? I hope it's not any of you guys still wearing your Down on the Farm #PawPawty outfits! This one was very curious and looked like he was leader of the pack.
Hope you all have a great Farm Friday
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FrugalDougal
Friday, October 09, 2009 | , , , |

On my walk this morning I saw

A man on a roof of a lovely thatched cottage, he was putting new thatch on to the roof to make it all warm and cosy for winter. We have lots of cottages like this in the place where we live.
Happy Thatch Thursday to you all.
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Frugal Dougal
Thursday, October 08, 2009 | , , , |

On my walk this morning I saw

Blueberries and it made me think how much I like blueberry pie, muffins, jam, cobbler, in fact anything with blueberries at all. They are almost past their best, I saw them on the way to smelly field, I call it smelly field because there is a boggy bit in it which is all squishy under my paws, it is my favourite field.
Blueberry Dreams to you all mai pals.
Hope you all have a great day.
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FrugalDougal

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 | , , |

On my walk this morning I saw

A silly Pheasant who did not want to run away, but I chased him off, didn't catch him though.
Hope you all have a great day
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Frugal Dougal
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 | , |

Farm #PawPawty

Well mai pals another successful pawpawty has come and gone, we are just about recovered here at pawpawty central. I have to say I did wonder at first about the farm theme, but it seems that you guys loved it, lots of cow, sheep, chicken and duck outfits sometimes it was difficult to recognise you all in your fancy farm wear.


Pwize Donors
As always I want to say a huge thanks to all of the prize donors who help make the events possible with their generous donations, so a big woofy bark out to

@babypatches @emmythecat @smokey8 @mizzbassie @henryandfriends @mtlcritters @shawneeshep @sherrydole @ladybonessa @flicka47 @babyharoldk @georgetheduck @theotigsy @health4uandpets @pandafur @petiethecat @furminator_inc @Jasmine_woo_woo @neotigress @cheshirek @bakinboyz @neotigress @bestcatlitter @sanjeethecat @scoutthedog @henryandfriends brewskiebutt & @romeothecat


Some of these guys donate every month so a special thanks goes out to them for their continued support of the PawPawty events.


DJ's

What wonderful songs you guys played for us while we were down on the farm, and even blip.fm failure did not stop us having fun, you really are a creative and clever bunch of anipals, now we have an alternative music source in the event of things going wrong with the usual site. So a big play it again sam howl to

@Mattiedog @Flothecat @Kittehboi @HanseeBundee @Bunnyjeancook @Georgetheduck @BuddyBentley @Fergusthedog @Chevy_Boo @Theotigsy @Loupeb @Apollo_frenchie @flicka47 @dobie_evgeni @Morriscat @cosmohavanese @CathyKeisha @Rustythecat @Sanjeethecat


Special thanks to @fergusthedog for arranging the DJ schedule so well.


BarkTenders

Lots of tasty food and drink was in a never ending supply thanks to the clever @MizzBassie and @Javathecat in the Jaba Jazz Bar and e-cafe, with all of the great barktenders who served drinks and collected lots of tips for the pawpawty charity. A big PawPawty toast to


@JinJinDoggy @Mulder_Cat @bdgrlaw @BadAndy_KityKat @Georgetheduck @katieboocat @Sydpie @PollyPuss11@Meow_Girls @smokeythedog @Oatiedog @Herbie_Cat @sanjeethecat @MizzBassie @JavaTheCat @DreamerDiary @SirFrancisduck @Scully_Cat @BuzzLucas @Pierrethepoodle @HenrytheCat2002 @LadyBonessa


Special thanks to @georgetheduck and @javathecat for arranging the Barktenders schedule so well.


Quizmasters

I had lots of help asking the quiz questions from a great team of helpers so thanks to

@cosmohavanese @sylviedog @romeothecat @jinjindoggy @yibberj2 @mishakidd @emmythecat @brewskiebutt @mizzbassie


Soi Dog

And Finally a huge thanks to everyone who donated to Soi Dogs Phuket, the total raised as of today is $1383 which will make a huge difference to all the animals that Soi Dogs Phuket look after.



Monday, September 28, 2009 | , , , , , |

Old McDougal had a farm....


Well mai pals you have voted for a down on the farm theme for this month's Pawpawty, as you can see I have got the tractor out and will make sure it is all working so we can have some tractor rides at the weekend.

Now all you need to do is to reply to the Twtvite (on the sidebar on my blog) to let us know if you are coming to the PawPawty, and of course get your outfits ready for the weekend!

PawPawty Costumes
Mai great pal @georgetheduck gave me this great information about where you can go to get some cool bling for for the PawPawty, and also some helpful instructions on how to change your avatar on Twitter

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You can get bling for your costumes free at different places like these


Sometimes other anipals can help out too. You can always ask :)

To change your Twitter avatar:
  1. Make sure you have a copy of your original avatar (download it if you need to and give it original name)
  2. Have your costum avatar picture ready. Twitter restrictions: Maximum size of 700k. File type JPG, GIF, or PNG.
  3. In Twitter, click "Settings"
  4. Click "Picture"
  5. Click "Browse" and find the costume avatar picture.
  6. Click on file of costume avatar picture
  7. Click "Save" then Twitter will upload and when it is done, it will say "That's a nice picture" and you can now see it.

We are busy getting everything ready for the weekend so keep your eyes peeled for more information coming very soon.

Frugal Dougal
Monday, September 21, 2009 | , , , , , |

#PawPawty September 26th-27th


Well mai pals the voting has ended and I would like to say congratulations to SoiDog who had an amazing 150270 votes. I have been blown away by the amount of votes that have been cast, I am sending out healing licks to all your paws I think there might be some new cases of RPI, repetitive paw injury!

I really wish that all of the shelters and charities could have won, they are all very worthy causes. We are investigating ways that we can help more shelters with bigger events in the meantime you can help us by tweeting about the PawPawty, telling your pals on Facebook and other sites, generally help us spread the word. More supporters means we can help more anipals around the world one paw at a time!

Special Donation
In honour of all of you who took the time to vote I will be donating the following to all of the charities who took place in this mammoth vote.

$75 Winging Cat Rescue
$50 Sunny Harbour
$25 Bideawee
$25 Friends of The Pound
$25 Best Friends Animal Society
$25 Diana Brimblecoombe
$25 Mid Hudson Animal
$25 SPAC
$25 Lonely Miaow

September Theme
Now all we have to do is sort out a theme for this event. So you know that we will need another short vote for your favourite theme, the voting ends on the 20th September. (You can only vote once per IP address with this vote so use your vote wisely).








New Site
We are working on a new PawPawty site for this month's event, it will be packed with information, all the usual schedules as well as some helpful hints about how to have fun at the PawPawty. Details of how you can donate to Soi Dog will be available on the new site very soon.

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Frugal Dougal
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 | , , , , |

Pals across the RainBow Bridge

It is with much sadness that I write about the passing tomorrow of another one of our pals @puzthecat. A lovely kitteh who lost the battle with cancer. Such a brave sweet kitteh who will be sadly missed by all.

The passing of an anipal is one of the saddest times for everyone, so many memories of happy days gone by, so many funny stories to recount mixed with the pain of knowing that you will furever miss the kitteh nosetaps or doggie kisses

Since my time on twitter I have seen many anipals cross the bridge, and the support and love shown by all of my anipals in these difficult times is something which gives me hope in a world that is sometimes torn apart by pain and heartache.

I have never known such a great bunch of anipals who stick together, offer words of comfort, a shoulder to cry on, or a *soft paw* or *gentle nosetap*. Not just when an anipal is in pain, poorly or sadly passing over the bridge, but also offering support to our hoomans who also need some friends and love in difficult times.

We have created memorial pages, held pawties, lit candles, played songs, shared photos, cried, laughed, hugged and smiled together and I hope that it will continue for many many years. As long as there are people in this world who care enough to help out a poorly anipal, offer shelter, food, or even just a kind word or thought we will be here for all of our anipals and hoomans.

Good bye sweet Puz we will miss you but all our lives are better for having had you in them even if it was only for a short while. Say hello to all our other pals across the bridge, until we meet again.

Frugal Dougal


Thursday, August 20, 2009 | , , , |

August is a busy month

July #pawpawty
First I must say a big thank you for all of your support for the July #pawpawty, as you all know we like to help anipals across the world and this was the first #pawpawty we had for a Canadian shelter. The grand total as of today is $1356 canadian dollars which is great and will be put to good use by the guys at D'arcy's ARC.

Pawpawty Donors
Thanks so much to all of the great pals who donated pwizes, @mizzbassie, @henryandfriends, @babypatches, @petiethecat, @laddiethemutt, @boriskitty, @kritterkondo, @luckydogtreatco, @theotigsy, @sinkdrink, @doggedpursuit, @cattotscom, @pkthecat, @neotogress, @health4uandpets, @brewskiebutt, @shawneeshep, @manxington, @sidthecatahoula, @poppydog, @cheshireK, @dogtoyscom and me! We sure had some great competitions and pwizes.


All the lucky winners
You all loves to try to win the pwizes and here are all the lucky winners, @health4uandpets, @petiethecat, @gabby_da_tabby, @parrisreddog, @shawneeshep, @manxington, @Zoieness, @cosmohavanese, @badandy_kittykat, @mzjulie79, @spoiledminpin, @romeothecat, @katieboo, @mishakidd, @dingodadog, @sylviedog, @smokeythedog, @flicka47, @rockumsockum, @cokiethecat, @perrythebirman, @milolabradoodle, @zeddog, @pawstoupdate, @monkeysbrother, @sadlovelyheart, @jasmine_woo_woo, @pasta_the_cat, @fergusthedod, @buddythereddog, @misspoofy, @lilypup, @arazi, sidthecatcahoula, @pkthecat and @ladycat3. Remember to take a photo of your pwize when it arrives so you can show all your anipals

Sekurity
As usual we were looked after by captain @snick_the_dog and the rest of the #pawpawty sekurity team there were all of the usual goings on that you would expect from mostly the usual suspects ( @mugsydog passed out again!!) you can read the full report for more details. So a big woof and meow to all of the team.

DJ's
@fergusthedog did a great job organising the DJ schedule and all of the DJ's provided some fantastic tunes for dancing, chasing and even some smooching!! Thanks to @flothecat, @dobie_evgenie, @totallylamont, @cosmohavanese, @bunnyjeancook, @chevy_boo, @hotMBC, @theotigsy, @flicka47, @morriscat, @dogstories, @morriscat, @hanseebundee.

Quizmasters
So that I could get some napping time in I had help from the quizmasters team who made sure that all of the competitions ran while I was Zzzzzing, so big woofies to mai pals, @sylviedog, @Zoieness, @mishakidd, @cosmohavanese, @health4uandpets, and @fergusthedog.

Next #pawpawty
So on to the next #pawpawty, this was scheduled for the 1st August, but that might be a bit too soon and as August is a really busy month for holidays in the UK, I have an alternative date for this pawty. But I needs you guys to help decide when we should have it. So the choices are the 1st-2nd (Sat-Sun) or the 28th-29th (Fri-Sat). Please vote (on the poll on the right) for the date you would prefer so we can get things organised. The August #pawpawty will support the charity selected by @Romeothecat so if you want your charity to be in with a chance then please submit the details, and get you pals to vote for your charity.

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Frugal Dougal


Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | , , |

Surfs Up well almost #Pawpawty

Ok Mai Pals we are almost ready for the pawpawty tomorrow and I am so so excited. Look at the beach it really is beautiful here at @babypatches island , I heard there are some exotic animals in the rain forest in the middle of the island. Maybe we will see some of those angry gators, elephants, giraffes, or even some of the big cats at the #PawPawty. I arrived last night on the jet powered by @mugsydog 's ears, he sure has a great set of propellers.

Donations
So mai pals I have some final preparations to do I need to confirm the final pwize schedule and I also need to let you know about another option I have just set up so you can make donations.

As the charity is in Canada the charity donations page has been set up in canadian dollars, just be mindful of this when you are donating, the latest exchange rates (google) are
1 Canadian dollar = 0.858443 U.S. dollars
1 Canadian dollar = 0.530492523 British pounds
(The actual rates at the time of donation may differ)

If you want to see how much we have raised via the Charity Page please

Non Credit Card Donations
I was alerted to the fact that the charity does not accept payments by paypal,
which makes it hard to donate if you do not have a credit card. So I have set up
a button on my facebook page which allows payments to my personal
paypal account.

If you are making a donation in this way please be sure to click the PERSONAL
tab choose GIFT when making a donation, this should mean that fees are
not deducted from your donation.

I will post details of the donations made in this way throughout the pawpawty
and at the end of the pawpawty I will make a donation to the charity for the
total amount of donations received in this way. If there are any fees payable I
will pay the fees as part of my donation to the charity so that the charity will get
all of the benefit of your donations.

Remember to put the word Clarins in on all of your donations if you want to be
included in the raffle for the great pwize donated by @manxington, you got to
check out what you could be in with a chance of winning.

This time tomorrow the pawpawty will be in full swing!!!

See you all there

Frugal Dougal
Friday, July 10, 2009 | , |

Surfin Safari July #PawPawty

Well it is nearly time mai anipals for another fantastic #PawPawty, as you can see I already have my beach gear on and I will be packing the doggie bag that @buddythepuggy made just for me with all my beach essentials.


PawsWall
As most of you know @emmythecat has allowed her staff to go on holiday so we needed a volunteer to create a Paws Wall for us, and the lovely @cheriswan is gonna do a wall for us. To be on the wall you need to change your twitter avatar photo by 8am UK time on the 11th. You also need to respond to the pawpawty twtvite so we can see your photo on the invite and get your fantastic outfit on to the wall.


Pwize Schedule
The Pwize schedule is almost complete, there are a few changes that I need to make and a few extra pwizes I need to add in. But just have a look at all the great pwizes that all on the generous anipal and anipal lovers have donated. Thank you all so much for supporting the #PawPawty. Remember to be in with a chance of winning a pwize you need to be following the quiz master and watch out for the questions they ask.

Raffle
We are trying a new idea at this pawpawty and the founder of the Duckie Club @Manxington has some fantastic Mama Pwizes that you could win in the Raffle.
You can purchase a chance for the Raffle Prize by donating $5.00 to the July Pawpawty charity D'Arcy's A.R.C. You can purchase multiple chances. For example: If you donate $20 dollars for the CLARINS Raffle Prize, you will be entered 4 times. Remember when you donate to add the word CLARINS on to your comment so that we know you want to be entered into the raffle.
You really need to check out the great options on offer for the winner of the raffle.
And you can enter right now up until the end of the #pawpawty.

DJ Schedule
A great big woof out to mai great anipal @Fergusthedog for arranging the DJ schedule, once again he has done a fantastic job. And I just can't wait to hear all the great songs that all you DJ's are gonna play for us. Thanks DJ's you guys rock.

PawPawty Sekurity
We will have our very own security team led by Captain @snick_the_dog, these guys keep any undesirables out by putting the bitey on any spammers who try to gate crash the event. They also help keep us anipals in line, you know how it is sometimes, one to many barkeritas or niptinis.
If you want to help out with sekurity then please contact the Captain, there are a few slots still available.

Charity
Please remember that while we are having fun the serious side of the PawPawty is about raising funds for charity and you can read all about D'Arcy's A.R.C., the great charity we are supporting this month. Remember every $ helps anipal charities so if you have some spare pawket money please consider making a donation.

Help and Support
Finally I just want to say a big thanks to everyone who helps out with the PawPawty, this month had been a little bit harder for me to sort out as me and my staff have been busy with pesky work tasks, so I really do appreciate all the help that I have had this month organising the PawPawty.

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Frugal Dougal






Thursday, July 09, 2009 | , , |

July #pawpawty charity

Mai pals I am so pleased to announce that I did the draw with the staff this weekend for the July pawpawty charity and the shelter we will be supporting is the D'Arcy's A.R.C


Animals Rescue Centre which is a shelter that is dedicated to rescuing cats and dogs from situations of abandonment, homelessness, neglect and abuse. All animals are given the veterinary care they need and a safe and comfortable place to live until they are adopted for life.

This charity was nominated by @petiethecat so a big thanks to petie for nominating the shelter.

The shelter is a Canadian shelter so we really are helping anipals across the world, first it was America, then the UK, next is Canada, who knows where we will help next.

You can start donating now before the pawpawty starts by visiting the secure donation page. At the moment you will have to go to the donation page to see the amount raised.

With so many deserving causes it is really is very difficult to decide which shelter or charity to help and I really did just put all the names into a virtual hat to pick the lucky recipient. I am so very sorry that the other charities who were nominated this month could not also be the winners.

In future months I will implement a voting system which will mean that you have a greater say in which charity we support. I do not want this to turn into some sort of competition like tweeterwall, and I am not trying to get you all to come visit my blog, but I feel that some sort of voting system where the anipals who contribute to the charity events can have a voice on who we help is important.

I will be busy over the next few days getting all the pwize details entered onto the site, so keep your eyes peeled for new information.

In particular look out for the chance to win some fantastic Clarins products for your mama's or your mama's pals.

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Frugal Dougal

Friday, July 03, 2009 | , , , , |
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