Z is for Zzz - A-Z Special of Wordless Wednesday & Last A-Z Day!

The time has come. Its the very last day of the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge for the year 2014. But don't fret too much! As far as I am aware, it will be back again for more action next year! We've thoroughly enjoyed our first experience, and huge thanks to SlimDoggy for hosting the link-ups. So today, in a WW special, Z is for Zzz - Zzz to the A-Z Challenge for one year!

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The Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop is hosted by THE BlogPaws themselves! Remember, try not to speak too much…

BTW - We have included first the WW linky list, then the original A-Z list, and then the half-way point A-Z list, so you can keep track of all A-Z posts now its over.

Oh thank you…

Y is for You - A-Z Special of YOU! (Blaise and Lena) & Tasty Tuesday

Today, we have a very special post for y'all. It is the very first report of the EW special, just for readers, their pets and their blogs, YOU! Therefore today in A-Z, Y is for You. We are featuring a PAWsome team today - May I introduce to you Blaise and Lena, a new friend of mine and new to blogging themselves…

YOU! Reporters

Owner: Blaise
Pet(s) - Lena (dog - Beagle)

Lena makes Blaise less sheltered

Look at that adorable, irresistible face! She knows she's pretty.

They love time together walking at the beach

Lena, proudly showing off new new find

Blaise Moten-Mills granted Earl's World! the permission to use these photos.

Pet Blog

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Story

Hi Blaise! What do you love to do with Lena?

Walking is our number one pastime. Whether it's in the city or along the canals and through fields, it's something we do everyday and spend the majority of our weekends doing. Lena's a really active dog!

Why did you choose to set up your blog?

Because I remember seeing Earl in the Pets at Home magazine and then decided to take a look at your blog and that set the ball rolling. Lena is a beautiful dog (aren't they all?) and being a rescue dog I thought it was a good idea to show her first few months settling in an showing her development. In addition to this, I love photography and since Lena is my favorite muse I figured I could compile it into a blog :)

How does Lena inspire you in your day-to-day life?

I was very sheltered before I got Lena, I didn't go out much or talk to people much. But when you've got a dog people always stop you to say hello and fuss over the dog. She gives me a reason I can't ignore to get out of the house. And I just generally get joy out of being with her, even if she is being a pain ;)

Wow! It seems you and Lena make the perfect team. It was lovely talking to you Blaise!

I would highly recommend you following Blaise and Lena's blog, the link shown above. It is truly great!

I recently awarded the blog with the Yoo-Hoo Award, to help spur it on, keep it going and encourage it more.

Thank you so much to Blaise for nominating herself and Lena to be YOU! reporters at Earl's World! for the first time ever! Guys, you'll go down in history as the first ever EW YOU! reporters!

Our next YOU! report will be coming soon… and I won't reveal exactly who it is yet but I'll give you a hint just to get you going… The owner has a pack of loveable Siberians!

Remember, when you're featured in YOU!, you can display the following badge on your blog!

Click here ( YOU! ) to find out how to write in yourself!

EW YOU! Badge, for my use, but you can spread the word with this!

I would also love to show you some of Earl's prize booty for being featured with me in the Dogs Monthly Magazine HiLife Best Friends Trophy, as part of Tasty Tuesday! (Because its a load 'a foooood….):

Clever lad!!

The Tasty Tuesday Blog Hop is hosted by Sugar The Golden Retriever and Kol's Notes - thanks guys! :-))

X is for X Marks the Spot - A-Z Special of Monday Mischief

Well woofin' hellos there! Its the THIRD TO LAST day of the Blogging from A-Z Challenge and its damn scary how fast we've got through! Both Earl and I have had a little discussion luckily free of any debate, and decided that you will sure like today's topic! X marks the spot for most… but for ONE wilful and humorous Border Terrier I serve, X marks the spot… or the pyjamas!

You will see why we're also joining the Monday Mischief blog hop this Monday if you just GLANCE at the below photo. Don't be afraid to splutter!

X marks the spot - OR the pyjamas, in this case, the X!

So how was I supposed to get prepared for bed THAT night?! That's right! Go and do something else until Earl decided to move!! Move, meaning hear some sort of foodstuff rattling around, begin dropped, or packets crunching. OR, of course, a knock at the door, meaning little, hardy, funny, 'mean' (?!) willing guard dog mode's switch being flicked automatically. Ah! Finally, I can pull on my wrinkled, hairy, and a little pongy PJs for bed… Oh! Earl, that's my bed! I think our little co-blogger has gone a paw-step too far this time! Cushions and all!...

Well, at the end, start, and middle of the day, one of these does have my photo on it! Surely that is telling me its all mine! You know, in my humble doggy opinion, one's best portrait should be displayed on their property, making it easily to tell who it belongs to. 

Nah, of course he hasn't. He's my little soulmate - and soulmates should always share their bedding and the bedding's bedding, e.g. the cushions and little stuffed fellas, too!

Yes, stuffed fellas, made out of only typical material and that fluffy, irresistible stuffing stuff. In fact, this one is the Andrex Puppy version!! 

Myyy bedfellows...

Earl has claimed his bedfellows. It seems he wins again. Not that there ever was a competition, but guess who used to be the one posing with those there? Your's, flipping truly! Well, what is mine is Earl's. He'll only POSE with my belongings, never actually USE them like he uses his own belongings however. Yes. Thrashing all those stuffy ones and even those plastic or rubbery ones around and slapping whoever's unfortunate, red and stinging bear legs he happens to do it right next to. 

Anyways, you really ought to see this funny animation of Earl blinking whilst on his/my cushions:

Anyway, back to the X concept. 

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There's nothing else to say on this matter I have decided, so here comes goodbyes until tomorrow. Boy, I cannot WAIT until tomorrow, because tomorrow… well, tomorrow, is the first ever EW special, YOU! report from a reader! Can't wait! Remember, you can still write in, and let us help bring traffic to your blog for free! Visit our official YOU! page and write to borderterriersruleOK@gmail.com (the address is true, y'know…).

We're over the cheesy moon to be joining Alfie's Blog, Snoopy's Dogblog, and My Brown Newfies for the Monday Mischief Blog Hop!

Black & White Sunday & Polls - The Yoo-Hoo Award Ceremony

Welcome to this week's edition of Black And White Sunday! Well, don't we have some exciting stuff for you today?! Not only can you feast your eyes on some beautiful B&W, but you may be in the newfound possession of a blog award!!

Remember, Sunday means we have a day off from the Blogging from A-Z Challenge - come back tomorrow to see what X stands for to us!

Today, we'll be handing out the Yoo-Hoo Award that we were kindly given by Love Is Being Owned By A Husky only a few days ago - thank you so much, guys! 

This new award was created by Nerissa from Nerissa's Life, after she received her first ever 100,000 page-views!! Well done Nissy! Now it is being passed around BlogVille to some of the most deserving, lovely to read and follow blogs. PAWsomely, we were chosen as one of them!

Here is Earl enjoying the glory of his new award… (and look! Its in B&W!)

So, lets get onto the rules of accepting this award:

~ Post the award on your blog, and thank the person who gave it to you.

~ Visit at least THREE other blogs who also had the award passed to them.

~ Tell your readers THREE things you celebrate (like things you are thankful for).

~ Last, pass the award onto SEVEN other bloggers!

OK. So I posted the award (above) and displayed it on my sidebar and blog awards page, plus thanked Jenna for it (above).

I have visited three other blogs. The blogs I have visited are:

~ Molly The Wally - about a Little Dog with a Blog!

~ Dory's Backyard - Dory, Jakey and Arty's adventures.

~ The Chronic Of Woos - some adorable big dogs share their life as just that!

If you haven't already, I urge you to drop by their blogs!

So, three things I celebrate?

1. Earl's birthday! I always splash out on new gifts and goodies for my best friend, because I an incredibly thankful to have him by my side. Every birthday celebrates his birth, and his being.

2. Every holiday possible. Even if I don't celebrate it hugely with family and friends like I do the big ones like Christmas, Easter etc, I still like posting a little something online to celebrate.

3. My own and other people's Blogiversaries! We haven't even had our first one yet, but I enjoy celebrating other's with them. A Blogiversary just gives the blog owner a chance to reflect on the success and fun had on their blog after so many years posting.

So there are my chosen three things for today.

Lastly, the exciting part! Who will be receiving the Yoo-Hoo award to keep forever and pass on at the same time?! 

This was an increasingly hard decision, that grew the more I thought about it. It was really something to sleep on, and I love all your blogs out there. You all do a fab job, but I must round them down to only seven, now.

So here we go:

1. Oh My Shih Tzu

2. Imogen And Millie

3. His Muddy Paw Prints

4. Barking From The Bayou

5. Spencer The Goldendoodle

6. Ted's Blog

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I would really like to encourage these blogs on - I really enjoy them and they're just great! Keep posting guys!

If you haven't already, please check ALL of these blogs out - for your own sake!

If you are the owner of one of the blogs listed above, you can save the award to your own computer and post following the 4 simple rules stated. 

Enjoy your award :-)

We also have Poll 20 to update you about!

The question posed was: 'What is your dog obsessed with, if anything?'

The answers came as usual:

Food - 4 (100%)

Toys - 0 (0%)

The Sun - 2 (50%)

The Grass - 1 (25%)

Water - 0 (0%)

People - 3 (75%)

Other dogs - 2 (50%)

Other different animals - 0 (0%)

The sand - 0 (0%)

The car - 1 (25%)

A certain friend/family member - 0 (0%)

You :-) - 2 (50%)

Nothing! - 0 - (0%)

Other? - 0 (0%)

Color key:

Red - 1st

Blue - 2nd

Yellow - 3rd

Green - 4th

Black - No place/votes

Can dogs really be obsessive?

Good question! They can be obsessive, however as far as I am aware, not seriously! It may even be as simple as loving something seriously. 

My dog has a negatively obsessive behaviour. What can I do?

If your dog is obsessed with something to the extent of this having a negative impact on his/her life, your's, or the relationship between you and your dog, then ask a qualified behaviourist! In the meantime, try and limit your dog's access to the obsession itself, and distract your dog with other stimulating activities. If the problem is at home, spend a sensible amount of time out and about having fun with your dog.

What if I want my dog to be obsessed with something, for training purposes?

I would probably advise against this! You want your dog to love something, e.g treats or a special toy to motivate in training, however obsessed is the wrong term. If the item motivates your dog and he/she loves the item but not obsessively, that is fine, and you should find success with this. Obsession could lead to stressful, crazy training, and problems when you're out of the training ring!

The wrong things

Your dog could even be obsessed with the wrong things, e.g. the children's toys, or belongings. He/she needs to know what's his/her's, and what isn't to be touched. To solve this, isolate your dog from the item and sought professional help before it leads to more trouble.

Keywords learnt:

~ Obsession

~ Items

~ Isolate

~ Serious

~ Negative

~ Stimulating

Your dog could be obsessed with the wrong things.

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Poll 21 will be opening NOW! It will have 2 weeks as usual before info is given.

Remember to vote and share what you think should be in place in the dog world!

*Always refer to a vet or behaviourist before coming online. This is only my best opinion for the hopeful minor benefit of readers.

Poll 21 is on the subject of Agility.

The Question posed is: 'What is your Dog Agility status?'

You can vote more than once.

And WAIT! Before you think 'I don't do agility…' there is even a 'I don't do agility' status available for votes! Scroll down to the bottom of the page now!

What is your Dog Agility status?

Enjoy!

The 2 Weekly Dog Polls are seen only at EW! A special all round!

And have a chilled out Sunday!

W is for Winnings - A-Z special of Sepia Saturday

Its day W of the Blogging from A-Z Challenge - which means in a few days it'll all be over. But, shall we just smile because it happened rather than cry because its over? We shall. Anyway, theres still a couple of days left, so lets enjoy it while its here! Today, on the other hand, we were competing at one of the hardest agility competitions we've ever been to, and did so well. So W is for Winnings!

Today, at LAE, we got a 2nd in agility, and 3rd in jumping! Both were excellent clear rounds. Another, Earl decided he wanted the weaves, but on the bright side, he did almost all of them on his own with me not even near!!! The last one was lovely and clear, but we got some time faults due to the course time. Its still a clear to me though - he didn't get anything wrong whatsoever in that! 

For our placings, we got 2 lovely big, colourful rosettes and 2 gorgeous, glass trophies.

I just LOVE the way Earl puts his paw on the 3rd place rosette! Adorable.

And for our winnings Sepia style…

Oh, and do y'all want to see Earl's trophy?!

Yes? PAWsome.

A squeaky, crinkly octopus stuffy!

And Sepia...

I also bought some practical gear too. A jacket with our names on to support ourselves in competition was one of them (they all have them!) which I love.

Earl with his goodies:

Another was a new treat bag (the other had a hole in) from PetGear:

And a tick picker, for grassy walks this warm season and beyond, from Mikki:

Great day all round! So fun, so successful. At the end of the day, its about having a good day out ding something good fun with your doggie pal(s)!

Just check out our updated displays…

Don't forget to check out our official Awards page - we have many more awards and displays that we haven't displayed above!

We're joining the Sepia Saturday Blog Hop hosted by Ruckus The Eskie. Thanks Ruckus!

V is for Vibrant - A-Z Special of the Pet Parade and Paws Up! Its Friday!

Hi, y'all! Today is V day of the Blogging from A-Z Challenge. Now I couldn't really come up with an astounding topic to parade and put our paws up at, so I just decided to stick to the obvious. Today, we're putting our paws up and having a VIBRANT PAWty with the Pet Parade and the EW special, Paws Up! Its Friday!

Earl, take it away with the streamers, hats, cake and most importantly, paws!

Everyone enjoying our vibrant PAWty?!

There's nothing like celebrating nothing, is there?! Why? Well why not is my answer!

We're also highly excited to inform you that we have just received an award from one of our favourite doggie blogs! We will be posting about it soon and handing it out to SEVEN other blogs… could it be you? Check back and find you! We've also had our first YOU! report sent in, and this will be featured very soon! If you want to talk about yourself, your pets and your blog, then visit our page (YOU!) to send in a piece plus pics via email to borderterriersruleOK@gmail.com - we can and will encourage our traffic to your blog in the most fun, easy and FREE way possible when people visit us and see your piece posted here! Looking forward to it.

Keep pawtying! 

We're proud to publish Earl's World!'s most vibrant ever post!!!

We're joining host Rascal And Rocco and their co-hosts Jan's Funny Farm, Basil The Bionic Cat, M.K Clinton: Barking From The Bayou, and Love Is Being Owned By A Husky for the Fridaily hop, The Pet Parade, which is open to strut your stuff all week long! Join up!

We're also, of course, enjoying another EW special, Paws Up! Its Friday! Friday series. *This isn't a public hop at present, but we enjoy posting in it's theme.

Have a great weekend! Remember, we're competing again tomorrow, so come by later on in the day to see how we did!!! PAWS crossed for us to have some W wins!

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