This or That? Link Up

The lovely Candra, over at Camo & Lipstick has come up with a great new link-up called This or That?, and she has graciously allowed me to co-host with her, Jodi, and Kristine.

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This week's theme is Parenting. Along with Kristine, I am a momma of two adorable furbabies so I will be answering her questions.

1. Dog boarding or having someone house/pet sit? (or sending them to grandma and grandpa's for the weekend)
The hardest part of going away is having to find a place for your furbabies to stay while you are away enjoying yourself. In a perfect world, I would have to go with sending them off to grandma and grandpa's for the weekend (even though we know they would come back spoiled rotten). In reality, we have found an amazing kennel in the area that the pups love going to because not only do they get to play in a huge yard together like they do at home, but they also get to play with all the other dogs that are staying there at the same time.

2. Dry food or wet food?
Kaiser gets a mixture of Authority dry and wet food and Bailey gets Iams Puppy dry food soaked in water. We eventually would like to get them both on the same food so we aren't spending an arm and a leg to feed these precious pups, but for now it works.

3. Cleaning up vomit or the squirts?
 Oh gawd! I literally lol'd at this one. Unfortunately I had to clean up both not too long ago (Bailey girl broke out of her crate last week and got into the Halloween candy while I was at work so I came home to poop, vomit, and pee all over my house!), and would much rather clean up pee. I know it's not a choice, but I do what I want.

4. Grooming yourself or take them to the groomer?
 This is an easy one...take them to the groomer. Kaiser hates when I put him in the tub to give him a bath and Bailey is afraid of the brush I have so I would much rather avoid the headache. I did just invest in a furminator so we'll see how that works for them.

And because I hate posts without pictures...my sweet furbabies!

 

That's all I've got for you today folks, but be sure to grab the button and join in on the fun!

 

Next week on This or That?....90's Edition! I can't wait!!!

Bailey's Story

As you all know, we have recently adopted another boxer named Bailey. Our sweet little girl came from a pretty crappy home, and I felt it was necessary to share her story with you all.

Here is her story written by Jennifer at Montgomery County Friends of the Shelter...

August 15, 2013

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October 1, 2013

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"FINALLY, we are able and soooo ready to share Jaimie’s (Bailey's) story with all of our MCFOTS supporters! Jaimie (Bailey) was taken from The Grove Apartments in Clarksville, TN after the apartment manager turned the owner in to animal control. She was tied to a couch with a two foot rope and was hungry enough to ingest non food items. When MCFOTS took Jaimie (Bailey) to foster from Animal Control six weeks ago, she weighed a mere 27lbs. Within 12 hours of being in our care, Jaimie (Bailey) vomited a sock, a toothbrush and other unidentifiable objects and had severe, bloody diarrhea. She was rushed to St. Bethlehem Animal Hospital where Dr. Whitford performed emergency surgery for obstructions resulting in the removal of her lower intestines due to old punctures throughout the organ. Jaimie’s (Bailey's) chances of surviving through the night were slim….but she is a fighter and she pulled through. For six weeks now we have fattened her up and began teaching her how to play (she caught on to that one quickly!). Today she had her day in court and her previous owner was found guilty of animal cruelty, fined and had to surrender her. It truly took a community to save this baby girl, from Animal Hospital, to The Grove Apartment Manager, Animal Control and of course all of you that donated to help pay for her medical bills. The result? A healthy, very happy, baby boxer girl who has found her furever home. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!"

Words cannot express how happy and grateful we are to have this little girl become part of our family! A special thanks to all those at MCFOTS and the donors that contributed to helping with Bailey's surgeries. If anyone in the FTCKY/Clarksville area is looking to adopt, please take a minute and visit MCFOTS and their amazing staff!

Kaiser is super happy as well to have a little sister and cuddle buddy join the family!

Busy Little Beaver

Happy Thursday! I've been a busy little beaver over here in these neck of the woods lately, and I'm sorry for neglecting all of you but I'm back!

So over the last month we have...

...expanded our crew and adopted another boxer. Everyone meet Bailey! Her and Kaiser are the best of friends and love playing all day long. She came to us from a horrible home, and thanks to a local rescue in the area, MCFOTS, we are so excited to have her as part of the family.

 

 

...celebrated 4 years of "official" marriage with my hubby. The traditional gift for the 4th anniversary is fruit and flowers. Obviously, most men don't like a bouquets of flowers so I made a man bouquet! It consisted of cigars, a Starbucks gift card, and booze.

 

 

...ran in my first trail race. All I have to say is, oh boy! This race really made me realize how out of shape I am after not running for a couple of months little while. I guess I will really have to start getting back into the swing of things before my next race in November. Maybe a new challenge next month?!

 

 

...threw a surprise birthday party for my good friend Jill. If any of you know Jill, it's hard to keep secrets from her, so that we were able to pull this off was a huge accomplishment. We even got her hubby involved who is overseas!

 

 

...went pumpkin picking for the first time outside of NY. We found this great local farm where we got to feed animals, ride on a hayride, go through a corn maze (or as Matt calls it, "a maize maze"), and pick pumpkins from an actual pumpkin patch! Of course we had to hit up Cracker Barrel before we went. ;)

They are two peas in a pod

 

Grinding up the corn and feeding the farm animals

Hay ride!

The little ones leading us through the corn maze. 

 

  

Picking out the best pumpkins we could find

 

...and last, but certainly not least, celebrated two of our best friends getting married. We drove up to Chicago this past weekend to celebrate at the Drake Hotel. It was such a beautiful wedding, and the bonus was that we got to see our families and friends!

 

 

Well thanks for sticking through another marathon recap, and enjoy the rest of your Thursday, it's almost Friday!