Our dogs smell so good!

We have found what we consider to be the absolute best dog shampoo and conditioner, Lambert Kay's Oatmeal and Baking Soda. We have used these shampoos and conditioners for about a year now and haven't been disappointed. Not even on the stinkiest and messiest dogs! In fact, we have a cabinet full of puppy and doggy shampoos. Even that scented stuff that's supposed to make them smell like green apples. But, this shampoo has the perfect ingredients if your pet likes to stay outside (and roll around in the grass and dirt) like ours do. We have 5 dogs, you know, so we are usually giving a few baths every week! :)

These shampoos and conditioners have oatmeal and baking soda which make them perfect for us. The oatmeal is great for skin allergies (and most of our dogs have some kind of problem during the year) and baking soda is the best deodorizer you could ask for. The fresh smell seems to last a lot longer than with most other shampoos. You can find them at most pet stores and online. They are pretty reasonably priced too.

Our first Blog award! Yeah!!

Gosh, we received this award a while back and got so busy we forgot. Ooops! Sorry Karen! :\

I received this award from a real sweetheart who loves cats just as much as me! :) Her blog is about her dad and all the cats he loved. Thanks Karen at My Funny Dad, Harry.

Here are the blogs I am nominating:

1. The Cat / Dog Log
2. Nytro Girl
3. Feathers, Fins and Fur
4. Chihuatude
5. Paws 'n' Claws
6. Why Everyone Should Train Dogs
7. K9 Chronicles
8. Casto Creations
9. Stylin Pup Pillows
10. Tatum Tot Spice

Decisions Decisions

I had planned on posting about our favorite dog grooming products today. (check back for those in a couple of days) But I saw this and just had to let everyone know. This is a great cause and fun too!

I'm adding these links to my sidebar so we can all play daily trivia and feed the hungry dogs and cats. They will even send you a daily email. Isn't that fun!?!

So, I'm encouraging, or maybe even challenging, you to add these to your pet blog as well. I know we all love animals. So lets support their effort! Thanks! :)

If you add one or even both of the links somewhere on your site, leave me a comment and let me know. It would surely bring a smile to my face. And I Love to Smile! :D

Life in the Country, with other people's horses (and cows)

After last weekends events, I started to think about what I had imagined this place would be, our cozy little farm house.

I never imagined that we would have vicious wild animals that would be a danger to our pets. In fact, one of the reasons we moved here from the suburbs was for our dogs to have more room to run and play. That was actually the main reason. :) I guess I'm just naive, having grown up in the suburbs myself. I'm not afraid to admit that I was very sheltered as a child.

But growing up in our house was tough. So, I've always considered myself a strong person. My mother never liked for us to cry. It was a sign of weakness. But, along with other recent happenings and the incident with Bobbi, things seem so scary to me now. I cried a lot after Bobbi died. Now I am very skittish whenever our dogs are outside without our constant supervision. I'm always running to the windows if I hear any kind of ruckus at all. To top things off, our neighbors have a Pit Bull puppy. Don't get me wrong, I love Pits. We almost adopted a very loving 6 month old girl. (She loved everyone one of us, except the Jack Russel! That was scary!) But I can see that these people don't care for their animals. Which will most surely lead to a bad outcome with that breed. Pit breeds can be the most loving dogs in the world, if properly raised and cared for. They need a human's love and attention. I can feel that the dog will be trouble and it scares me.

The people who live near us have been here for 20+ years and, well, they fit in. I never thought I would feel like an outsider here. This was going to be our lovely country home. Where we could look out our front door and see horses in the pasture (the neighbors horses, of course). I imagined the neighbors would be friendly country folk and always wave and want to chat. But they are not. They never wave or say hello and will rarely speak at all if we see them out by the fence. My vision of a cozy friendly country home has been shattered. So, what now?