We Have Some Awards

We are very honored and would like to thank Wayward Dogs for nominating this blog for the Blog on Fire Award. They have a great blog so drop in and say HI  

 

The rules for the award are to share 8 unusual things about yourself and/or your pet and pass the award along to other bloggers.

1. We love being part of the blog world!

2. Cheyenne barks more as she gets older, maybe she just has more to say

3. Maia loves her Aunt Cheyenne.

4. Riva makes Maia tow the line.

5. Titan is doing awesome with his training and loves to work!

6. This is hard since I have told you all so much over the past year or so.

7. Maia, Titan and their siblings will be a year old in a couple of weeks.

8. I love dark chocolate!! I probably have told you that before but chocolate always bears repeating

Okay as I read these none are all that unusual but it’s the best I can do!

 

For this award I would like to offer it to anyone who would like to have it. You are all so wonderful and are truly on fire!! And again thank you Wayward Dogs for this awesome award we greatly appreciate it!

 

We were also awarded The Addictive Blog Award by Dogdaz, she has a wonderful zoo of animals so check them out and say HI!

And as with most awards on the blogosphere, there are some rules that one must follow to accept:

1. Thank the giver who has bestowed on us this award – so, thank you again DogDaz.

2. Link back to the blog that awarded you, DogDaz Blog, Done!

3. Talk about why I blog and why I started blogging (see below).

I started this blog as a way to follow my adventure in breeding Riva, I really had no idea what I was doing and still don’t some days…LOL I feel like it has helped me become a better writer, which was not my goal but a nice perk I guess that happened along the way.  And as it turns out I have made a bunch of friends that I would soon become addicted to reading their blogs and feel like I am part of the adventures they have!

4. Post the Award (see above).

5. Nominate 10 other bloggers for the award.

I read so many wonderful blogs and I know some of you have recently received this award so I will try not to repeat so those who may not have received it can share in the LOVE

Sand Spring Chesapeake’s Blog

Will and Eko

Paws to Talk

Doggone Artsy Photography for Dog Lovers

fostrickson

Easy Weimaraner

tylersat99

Gone For A Walk

Georgia About

Long Life Cats and Dogs

Wayward Dogs

Okay I can’t count but any way these are my pics in no particular order and there are many more I could add to the list because you are all to wonderfully addictive!

Yeah Another Award!

Our friends Chuck and the Collie’s have nominated this blog for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.

We are so humbled to receive this award and honored that they think we are inspiring. If you have never visited the Collies of the Meadow I urge you to do it very soon. There are a lot of wonderful stories of the Collies told not only by Chuck but the Collies too with great photos of everyone.

I don’t see any rules to this award except to share so here are a few blogs I have been following that I find very inspiring…

The Lonely Dogs she shares her life with 23 rescue dogs and tells their story through photos.

Spiderpaw’s Blog he is a fabulous photographer that captures some pretty cool stuff and shares with the rest of the world.

Midwestheaven this is a new blog so everyone pay her a visit and say HI, she writes very passionately about her topics and she has a bulldog, a kitty and a horse, I’ll let you discover the rest.

So there are my picks and I hope if you haven’t already checked them out pop over and give them a look see.

Blog on Fire

What a wonderful surprise, we were awarded the Blog on Fire Award, well Cheyenne was for her birthday! This award comes to us from our new friend Easy Rider, who is a Weimaraner that lives in Brittany and has great adventures with his staff in tow, so pop over and check him out! The rules are pretty simple for this award, share five things about yourself, pass it on and link back to the blog that awarded it to you.

Since this was a birthday gift for Cheyenne I think it is only fitting that the five things are about her…

1. She used to be very quiet but then Riva came and she found her voice.

2. Loves to retrieve ducks and geese!!

3. Would like to get rid of the new additions

4. Wishes she had her own pond.

5. Loves watermelon

 

And now for our picks, the rules do not say how many so we have a few in no particular order…

2 Brown Dawgs these brown dogs are on fire with training!

Bassas blog a Caucasian Shepard that’s on fire with her observations of aliens in her neighborhood!

Bongo dog blog is on fire with his keen observations on their trail walks!

bumpy road to bubba is on fire with visitors to their blog!

Collies of the Meadow is on fire with his stories of his wonderful Collie’s!

Georgia About is on fire with the magnificent photos and recipes of their country!

Jodi Stone life with Sampson and Delilah…the 411 well Jodi is mock 10 with her hair on fire!

Raising Poppy Seed is a wee little puppy on fire growing up!

Tylersat99’sblog these are two very beautiful Newf’s on fire…well because it is to darn hot with all that hair!

Congratulations to all of you!

ABC Blogger Award

Another catch up post…awards. This one was shared by Laurie Bartolo quite some time ago, it is the ABC – Awesome Blog Content Award. Laurie, who if you don’t know is an amazing photographer, you can check her work out at Doggone Artsy – Photography for Dog Lovers and awesome blog content is what you will find on her blog. This is a fun award and we thank Laurie for sharing it.

The rules of this award are  simple:
There is no limit to how many fellow bloggers you pass this on to.
Share some things about you, but alphabetically, just a word or two starting with each letter of the alphabet…..

Animal lover

Baker

Care giver

Dogs

Enthusiastic

Fun

Generous

Helpful

Independent

Jovial

Kind

Loving

Motivated

Nice

Optimistic

Positive attitude

Quiet (sometimes)

Reliable

Strong

Tenacious

Understanding

Visual

Wacky on occasion

Xuberant (okay I know that’s not the correct spelling but x is hard )

Youthful (in my head )

Zany (yea well same as wacky but running out of words)

Now comes the real fun part…sharing! I would like to share this with everyone so we all might get to know each other just a little better, so help yourself to the award and I hope to be reading some of your ABC posts very soon. If you have already done this award don’t feel the need to repeat (unless you want to) just give a link to your post.

HAVE FUN!!

Playing Catch Up

Well I am finally finished with school, I am now officially a college graduate with my Associates of Applied Science as a Medical Insurance Specialist. Commencement was this past Friday evening and I ended up graduating with honors; Summa Cum Laude. It consumed a great deal of my time but all worth it in the end!

Hopefully I will be able to get back to blogging more regularly and get caught up on reading everyone’s blogs. I have missed this more than blogging myself, I feel out of the loop and I have missed all the wonderful posts and pictures

I am anxious to really get busy on training with Maia and Titan and blog all about it

First thing I would like to do in playing catch up is to thank Just Ramblin for bestowing upon this blog the “Creative Capture Blogging Award”. What a great surprise and honor that we can display this award in our sidebar.

Second is to thank Bassas Blog for awarding us their wonderful “You Make Me Shine Award” this award will also be a great honor to display in our sidebar. Happy one year anniversary of blogging Bassa and tall person!  

Both of these are wonderful blogs and if you haven’t visited them I encourage you to do it soon!

Now I hope I haven’t forgotten how to add pictures to my sidebar…lol

One Last Award

I mentioned in my post More Awards to Share that I had one more award to share. This one is a little different than previous awards and it was given to us by the Island Traveler, we are so humbled and honored by this particular award and I think you will see why when you read about it here. It is the Hope Unites Globally Hug Award

One particular paragraph really jumped out at me

“These people use their available resources–a smile, a hug, a helping hand, a listening ear, a voice, time, money, possessions, education, personality, talent, websites and blogs—to make a positive impact on the world and make the world a better place to live.”

Since I have started bogging I have read some amazing blogs and although I have not met most of you in person I feel like I have through the stories you write. All of you open up your part of the world and share it with the rest of us and I just want everyone to know how blessed I am to have the opportunity to share with such a great community of friends. So I am passing this award on to everyone I am currently following.

2 Brown Dawgs

bassasblog

AKG Inspiration

Basset Momma

browndogcbr

bumpyroadtobubba

Collies Of The Meadow

DogDaz

bongodogblog

Doodlemum

Dr Rayaa’s Online Veterinary Journal

Dusty Rose Chesapeakes

Gravel Creek Chesapeakes

jodistone-Life with Sampson and Delilah….The 411

joelle

Just Ramblin

Laurie Bartolo

Dogs Rock!!

My Brown Newfies

rumpydog

Monica’s Tangled Web

The (mis) Adventures of Sage

The great thing about this award is you can share it with as many people as you like, you can find all the guidelines here.

Thank you again for this wonderful award Island Traveler, if you have not visited his blog you really must he has wonderful stories and pictures to share of his family.

God Bless all of you!

More Awards to Share

This has been a long time coming but a while back we received the prettiest award from 2 Brown Dawgs, the One Lovely Blog Award, see it over there on my side bar isn’t it pretty! Thank you so much for the lovely award and your wonderful comments, I enjoy your blog very much. So today I have finally gotten around to sharing it, the award is to recognize the work of fellow bloggers and to let them know that their work is appreciated and I do appreciate everyone’s blog. All of you put so much time and effort into everything you post.

So my picks for this award are…

Jodi Stone-Life with Sampson and Delilah….The 411 Jodi writes about her two labs and all the fun and adventures they have and you will get a real laugh out of some of the stuff Delilah does.

Basset Momma We are new to this blog but I can tell it is going to be fabulous, check out her wonderful Basset’s

Collies Of The Meadow This is a very lovely blog packed with what else…very lovely Collie’s.

Laurie Bartolo Laurie is a fabulous photographer and I enjoy looking at her photos, plus she is a fellow DKC attendee

DogDaz We are also new at following this blog but she posts some pretty cool stuff.

Bassasblog Well what can I say about this blog except Bassa is a beautiful Caucasian Shepard so you really should check her out.

Again thank you 2 Brown Dawgs for sharing this award with us.

I still have one more award to go so stay tuned!

Versatile Blogger Follow up

A few weeks ago (yes I am very behind) I posted about the Versatile Blogger Award given to us by DogDaz, you can find the rules here.  So without further ado here are my picks for this award:

Just Ramblin She has some wonderful pictures and of course two wonderful dogs, a Chessie and a Newfie.

The (mis) Adventures of Sage She has great adventures and oh yea she loves mud.

My Brown Newfies She writes about her kids, the Newfies and all kinds of interesting things going on.

I hope you will drop in on these wonderful blogs and see what they are up too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Versatile Blogger Award

What a wonderful surprise I had in my  inbox the other day, The Versatile Blogger Award from our new friends at DogDaz. Her blog is all about her wonderful dogs, cats, and other critters and she has some very wonderful photos so please drop in and say HI! We are so humbled and honored that they have bestowed this award on us. It is always so wonderful to find new friends in blogville and this new friend is so sweet to think of us for this award.

The rules of the award are as follows:

1. Thank and link to the person who awarded you.

2. Share seven random facts about yourself.

3. Pass the award on to as many as 15 more blogging friends.

4. Contact those friends and congratulate them!

Now the hard part, share seven random facts about yourself…hmmmmm

1. I am a Chocoholic, specifically dark chocolate~yum!

2. My dream is to one day have a house in the country so I can have a cow, chickens, a goat, a pig, a horse or two and many many Chessie’s.

3. I like to bead my own jewelry, and two summers ago I taught my niece and nephew (9 and 11 years old then) how to bead and they made their mother some beautiful jewelry.

4. All my children have four legs.

5. I teach toddler church once a month, love that age.

6. I am very active in my dog club, Michigan Chesapeake Bay Retriever Club.

7. In ten weeks I will finally graduate with my Associates of Applied Science with my major in Medical Insurance Specialist.

Check back to see who I will pass this award on to.

Again thank you so much DogDaz for this award!

New Friends

You may have noticed we have a new award on our side bar, The Collies Choice Award, we received this from our new friends at Collies Of The Meadow. This is a wonderful blog full of beautiful Collies! They have honored this blog with their award and we are very pleased to display it for everyone to see. I must tell you how we happened to find this gem of a blog, it was through Bassas Blog, another new friend with a wonderful blog and we found them through another gem of a blog jodistone who I found through a great blog, 2browndawgs. I guess what I am getting at is how the blogging community is such a great place to find new friends through each other. These awards are the perfect way of saying how much we appreciate each other. If you haven’t checked these blogs out yet you must, they are just wonderful and I enjoy visiting each one to see what they are up to.

The rules for this award can be found here, and now I would like to pass it on to a couple of very deserving blogs that I have already mentioned.

First one goes to one of the very first blogs we started following, 2 Brown Dawgs, this blog is all about the adventures and training of two Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Thunder and Storm, don’t you just love their names. Very soon they are adding a third little Peaker to their family.

Second award goes to jodistone-Life with Sampson and Delilah….The 411, Jodi writes about her two labs. Sampson is the more sensible one and very much the gentleman and Delilah is the outgoing one. They are wonderful dogs and Jodi tells such great descriptive stories of the antics that Delilah pulls, you can just picture it.

Please stop by to see what they are up to and say Hi!