Holiday Giveaway/Contest! ENTER NOW!

Hey furry following friends!

Please all followers KEEP READING THIS POST, you have a chance to enter to win some cool prizes (furry fun dog toys, treats, and something cool for your humans too)! That's right:

It's time for the HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!!

Though the dog toys my raiser ordered for the giveaway haven't come in the mail yet - my raiser has decided to start this giveaway/contest TODAY on December 1st 2010! Pictures of items in person will be posted upon arrival - pictures below of prizes were taken from the online store.

At first I was going to just do a giveaway (one fur the humans & one fur the dogs), but my raiser gave me a furry fun idea - and I'm now doing a CONTEST instead! (a very easy contest at that!).

Instead of picking the winners at random... my raiser will be picking the 5+ best contest entries - then letting her family pick the 2 grand winners of my contest!

So you have a furry good chance at winning... if you enter the BEST entry in this contest :)

Wanna know what the furry cool prizes are?? ...

Giveaway One: Dog Fun Pack (pictures below)

The Dog Fun Pack will include a leopard squeaker "mat" dog toy (a stuffed toy with SIXTEEN squeakers in it!), a set of 3 puppy face squeaker dog toys, some store bought treats AND homemade dog treats straight from our kitchen (won't be made 'til right before the prize is sent out), and maybe some other surprises along the way!

Giveaway Two: Humans Only

The humans Only prize includes a very cute (pictured below) cooking apron; my raiser does owns one - and would wear it to town if she could! This would be the perfect addition to your kitchen; and you could even cook your furry cute fella a dog treat or two! My raiser also may include some of her homemade Goat Milk Soap (which would be dog themed), but more on that later though.

Ready to see what you furry fellows have to do to get those AWESOME prizes??

Rules by my furry cool Raiser:

1. In order to be entered in 1 or both giveaways all you need to do is write a very short poem that is Christmas/Holiday & DOG (or pet) themed!

**Please note the poem can be AS SHORT or AS LONG as you want! It won't change you chance of winning!**

2. Once you write the poem (long or short) please either post it in a comment on THIS POST or email it to me at guidedogawareness AT yahoo DOT com (please make sure to include your blog address in the email), if you do email me the poem - Rudy would still love for you to leave a comment on this post!

3. If you email the poem to me I'll be sure to email you back to let you know I've received it; some of you may rather choose emailing the poem - unless you don't mind others seeing your poem BEFORE the contest ends

4. If you are considering entering this contest please be sure to do so - the more entries the BETTER! It won't take long at all to write up a fun little poem. I'll even be sure that Rudy posts reminders about this contest repeatedly through the time it's "open"!

**Depending on how many entries I get, decides whether or not Rudy will (or won't) be doing another giveaway/contest!**

5. Please note in the comment you leave on this post (with your poem or without) what prize pack you'd like to win (either or both!). By writing a poem & entering it in this contest you can be entered into BOTH contest prizes - or you can choose to just be entered into one. But please note that in the comment!! (Whether you'd like to be entered in the Dog Lovers Pack, the Humans Only pack, or BOTH)

6. Whether or NOT you enter this contest PLEASE pass this post along; publish the information on your blog & let all your blogging pals know! We want Rudy's first Holiday Giveaway to be a huge hit!

7. Please make sure to email me with ANY questions pertaining to the contest (guidedogawareness AT yahoo DOT com) we want all of you guys to participate!
I know I have OVER 200 followers - so Rudy better get a WHOLE bunch of entries :)

8. Contest starts TODAY (12-1-2010) and will be ending in 2 weeks (12-15-2010)

I'm handing the post back over to Rudy now -

So do you guys understand the rules? Make sure to email my raiser with any questions you may have, I want ALL of my furry friends to participate in this contest, it will only take like a minute to write a poem - so make sure to enter! Post/email me your poem NOW! (please!)

Enjoy the pictures below of some of the items for prizes - they look soo cool!

Rudy

The dog with a blog

Dog Lovers pack includes:

Tasty Treats

3 puppy face dog toys

1 leopard "mat" 16 squeaker dog toy

Humans Only includes:

1 awesome apron

And maybe some Goat Milk Soap too

A Furry New Blogging Pal!

Hey furry friends!

A lady in our guide dog group - that puppy sat me last weekend (while my raiser and her family were at the Dairy Goat Show) has just started her very own blog.

She will be receiving a little puppy in just a couple days (the beginning of November) from the guide dog school.

That's right, she is starting to raise... us awesome guide dogs!

I would love for all of my awesome furry followers, to please stop by her blog for a quick visit! (feel free to follow her while your there!)

I love seeing more guide dog bloggers out there - even better for "my" guide dog school, so the more friends she has - the better!
She will be receiving a furry cute female puppy, named Waffles; I can't wait to meet her :)

So make sure to check out her blog, furry please!

My raiser hopes to take me outside for some picture taking tomorrow, so I may be posting some pictures she took - and maybe a couple movies of me doing obedience/commands, so stay furry tune!

Rudy

The dog with a blog

Pet Blog Hop

I read about this fun idea over at Life With Dogs. The "Pet Blog Hop" is a way to meet new furry blogging friends AND get new followers!
What to join in? Check out the post Life With Dogs did today to learn more.
If you are joining in - make sure to add your link below.
Now go start blog hopping!


Toby's Raiser & Tracker's Sitter
The human sometimes with a dog that has a blog

Quick update and love you guys!

Hey guys!
Thought I would do a post real quick.
Cassie (my sister) showed up at my house tonight. Tomorrow morning we head off to FL. We plan on making a quick stop to pick up another doggy - Duchess (my other sister). Then with 3 dogs in the car we make our way to FL.
I hope to do a last post while in the hotel room. If something goes wrong and I'm not able to do the post then GOOD BYE! Thank you so much for following, reading and commenting on my blog!
If my Raiser doesn't get around to visit any of your blogs in the next week or so that's NOT my fault :) It may be because she is "so" busy with all the new baby goats and such.

My Raiser has taken 100s of pictures in the last couple days, they will all be posted over time when my Raiser gets back from FL.

I'm off to sleep, to then wake up & have a long car ride with 2 other doggies :)
Picture below was taken today, enjoy :)

Toby
The dog with a blog

I've made it! (and play time...)

I have OVER 100 followers!
Thank you so much to all who are following me and leaving comments! I also reached 22 comments on Saturday's post - that is the most comments I have ever gotten from different blogs on 1 post! (please note that I don't mind getting 20+ comments on more posts - so do keep commenting when you can!)

On to PLAYTIME!
My Raiser has been wanting a dog fence so she could let me play off leash outside - but as of now we won't be building one anytime soon :(
My Raiser decided to try me in one of her GOAT fences... and see if maybe I would leave the goats alone and just play. Well I've been in the fence 4 times now and I LOVE IT!! (see pictures below).
I tried to chase the goats - but once my Raiser told me "no", I decided chasing toys is much more fun! I'm enjoying exercising daily off leash, and I'm soo happy my Raiser decided to try me in a goat fence!

I hope all my pawesome followers have/had a good Tuesday!

Toby
The dog with a blog

Your help...

...is needed!!
Some of my newer followers may not have seen the post I did back in December, with the goals I hoped to achieve BEFORE returning back to the school.

My top 5 were -

1. Get 100 followers on my blog (!!)
2. Get over 20 comments on 1+ posts (20 comments from 20 different blogs)
3. Update my blog frequently
4. Obey my trainer and learn as much as possible
5. Become the BEST guide dog I can!

YOUR HELP is needed for the first 2, if you are a current reader that isn't following my blog, please do so. If you are one of my pawesome followers and you LOVE my posts, please leave comments.


I would love to fulfill most (if not all) of my goals - you may not be able to help with me obeying my raiser, but you CAN (and hopefully will!) follow me & leave comments!

Updates on my goals:
1. I have 88 followers, only 12 more to go!
2. The most I have gotten on a post is 15 comments, please keep commenting!
3. I have been very busy with blogging lately, adding Wordless Wednesday posts on too.
4. My Raiser said I'm doing a GREAT job with this one, and learning as much as possible!
5. I'm trying... I guess will find out in a month!

If you can help me at all with reaching my goals PLEASE DO!!

All comments I receive from you guys are greatly appreciated :)
THANK YOU!

Enjoy the 2 photos of my shopping trip today, I had some more comments on what a great "GUIDE dog" I am... :)


Toby
The dog with a blog