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At The Food Bowl, Heather’s got a frosty
treat to help your dog beat the heat with
a home-made, doggy-approved ice cream recipe, and she wants to know how
you calm
your upset pet when it comes time for travel and vacation.

Linette at Mother Earth’s Garden shares photos of her
target="_blank">four legged garden companions. Robust
Cooking has target="_blank">9 Healthy Treats you can make for your dog And, it’s
target="_blank">dog party planning time at She Knows
Parties, with target="_blank">dog party invitations, and target="_blank">dog party games.

When you write for Simply
Thrifty, even your dogs have thrifty habits and it sounds
like Katelyn’s dogs are well on their way.

Peggy at Tree
Hugging Family explores reasons to choose a hemp dog collar
and looks at a company that specializes in them. At Junk
Creation she features some tutorials from various crafters
– including making a dog bed from a skirt to recycling old dog collars
into new ones.

Susan at PlayLibrary
shares news of the Little Tikes Dog Days of Summer Sale which includes
pools, playgrounds, bounce houses and more. Check out the pics of her
basset hound getting in on the bounce house fun at her triplets’ 4th
birthday party!

Tracee from BlogFabulous
to her kids - “Heck yeah, you can have hampsters if it only costs me $5,
and there is virtually no maintenance involved,” while visiting country
garage sale.

Colleen at Drinks
After Dark shares the story of her dog Jackson. Jack was
an adopted via her local SPCA. It’s great to hear and read heartwarming
success stories.

Chloe at Tangled
Thread has been sewing easy & inexpensive bandannas for
her dogs to dress them up for summertime.

Noreen’s small dog keeps her hopping as he grabs and runs with yarn and
other treasures in the studio while she authors Hankering
for Yarn.

Christina at SoloMother
tells of the tales she shares with her son, of the beloved pets of her
youth while looking forward to the day when they can welcome a new dog
into their own little family.

Mary Emma Allen at Quilting
and Patchwork shares some pattern and design ideas in
Quilting Goes to the Dogs.

And then there is our CE Gayla’s contribution on Supernanny
Rules - the latest picture of Gayla’s precious tiny Yorkie,
Molly, who has had a very rough summer battling parvo and adverse
reactions to vaccinations. At 2.9 pounds, she has a very strong will to
live.

If you or someone you know is thinking about adding a pet to your
family, I urge you to check the internet. There are rescues that
operate on just about every breed - or check the SPCA or local animal
shelters. It’s been my personal experience that unwanted or abandoned
pets seem ultimately gracious to their new homes and masters.

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I’m allergic to cats and my husband says “NO” to a puppy.

So I was at this garage sale way out in the country and they were selling their hampsters.

For a mere $5 they sold me two hampsters and this cool orange and blue cage that looks like Apple designed it, plus a bag of shavings and a bag of food. I’m a bargain pet shopper. No maintenance pets. Heck yeah, you can have hampsters if it won’t cost me more than $5.

Ainsley named them Charlie and Lola.

Zack loves them and often pushes them around in the bed of his giant dump truck or in his tool box or a bucket.

I never have to remind them to feed Charlie and Lola, I will just happen upon Zack - when he’s being too quiet - and I’ll find him pouring food into their cage and 3 feet around it too.

It’s too bad they bite.

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