Teeny's Friends' Pink Turkey Toy

I was in a rolling and squeaking mood tonight...and the object of my "affection" was my pink turkey toy.

Wore myself out with all of that rolling, so I had to rest for a bit with a turkey toy pacifier.

While I was resting I realized that I never actually told you about my pink turkey toy and where it came from. Shame on me! It's a good story...

A couple of months ago, I won a squeaky toy from Bijntje in the monthly Twitter PawPawty. And if you know me, then you know that's the true way to my heart -- squeaky TOY!!!

Now that's super cool by itself...but here's where it gets even cooler... Instead of sending me a toy from a big store, Bijntje actually got me a toy from Teeny's Friends. When you get a toy from them, they also donate a toy to a needy dog in a rescue or a shelter or something like that. That means that because of Bijntje and Teeny's Friends, I got a toy and a needy dog got one, too!

Here's a pic of me when mom took the pink turkey toy out of the package for the first time. I think you can see the crazed look in my eyes...

And of course I plucked away after Mom gave me the toy.


We played a lot of tug and fetch, too. I wonder if the needy doggy had as much fun with his/her new toy...


After getting upset with Mom for taking so many pictures of me playing, I retreated to my tent with my new toy.


Here's a non-slobbery close-up for you of my pink turkey. Well, we think he sort of looks like a turkey. Anyway, he's FUN.


So thanks so much to Bijntje for donating my PawPawty prize, and thanks also to Teeny's Friends for donating toys to doggies that need them. Big hugs and squeaks to both of you!

Packages in the Mail!

The other day, we got THREE packages in the mail!

You know what packages mean around here...TOYS!

One package had another pretty package inside it...

Look at the cool stuff! I won a pendant from my friend Marjorie during a Twitter party, but look at the cool cards and stationary she sent with it!

And do you see that pendant? It's got ME on it!

Mom tried to get a pic of me modeling the pendant, but I was a reluctant model. (OK, so I just really wanted to nap!)

So the cool stuff from Marjorie was in one package, but that leaves TWO more, right?! You know what was in them???

NOTHING! That's right. I got robbed. Both of those boxes had stuff in them for MOM. That's totally not fair.

I gave Mom my stink eye...

And I guess my look must have really helped because Mom felt bad and got a toy out of her secret stash for me!

I forgave her...

Rescue Mom

Guess what...I got mail! That's right. I won another prize at a PawPawty and it just came in the mail. I made sure I got to check it out before Mom did. (It is MY mail, after all...)

Romeo the Cat sells magnets that say "Rescue Mom" and "Rescue Dad" on them. His sales help him raise money for rescue organizations. He donated one of his magnets to the PawPawty, and that's what I won. Take a look at it...

Pretty cool, huh? Mom says we're gonna put it on our car. I told her I was o.k. with that. I don't really know much about magnets, so that sounds good to me!

If you're interested in getting a magnet like mine, be sure to head over to Romeo's store! And when you're at his website be sure you read all about the organization he's raising money for this month.

Romeo is also known for his great "wake-up tactics." He posts all sorts of ideas about how he wakes up his staff to serve him breakfast. Guess what...one time he even posted a wake-up tactic that I emailed him!

Thanks for the cool magnet, Romeo!

Party Prizes

Yes, that's right...the mailman brought me more stuff!

But before I tell you about that, I've gotta tell you about two other prizes that I won at recent Twitter parties...

At the May PawPawty I won a donation in my name to the party charity. Isn't that cool? The charity was the North West English Springer Spaniel Rescue. Smokey donated the prize, so when I won the quiz, he made a donation in my honor to help those doggies.

And then at the DudeFest party that was just last weekend I won another donation in my name! The charities that benefited from that party were The Hounslow Animal Welfare Society and Kaninchenrettung. So when I won THAT quiz, my friend Mario made a donation in my name.

Aren't those awesome prizes? We helped out all of those other animals and shelters! Very cool in my opinion.

At the May PawPawty I also won a gift certificate to NipAndBones.com. Smokey donated that prize, too! (Smokey rocks!) So I ordered myself some TOYS and some COOKIES. I guess that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, though. He he he!

I ordered myself this squeaky starfish toy.

It was SO much fun to roll on!

Oh...I suppose that wasn't very ladylike. Here's a more appropriate pose:

I also ordered a cool pink squeaky turtle toy.

Mom and I decided that the turtle toy would go on my seat in the car so that I can play with it on trips. Now I can't wait to go someplace!

Thanks for the cool prizes, Smokey and Mario!

Another Prize

I won two prizes at the Blog Party. I got the goody bag from I Love Dogs, and I also won a calendar from Amazon Cares. Cool, huh?

So...that means I got more mail!

Mom was taking too many pictures when she should have been opening my mail. So, I was forced to bark at her.

The calendar was wrapped up in pretty green paper. Mom was STILL taking too many pictures, though, and not opening the paper, so I had to bark some more.

OK, so maybe I just got on a roll with the barking... Mom finally opened the calendar up, but I just kept barking at her. Yes, I'm ornery.

Thanks for the cool calendar, Amazon Cares!

Goody Bag

At the Blog Pawty a couple of weeks ago, I won a goody bag from I Love Dogs!

So lookie what the mailman brought me the other day...

It was definitely my goody bag! They even put the goodies INSIDE a bag. Very cool!

And just look at all of this loot. There's a shopping bag and tennis balls and Frisbees and magnets and a pen and vitamin samples and a leash and so much other stuff!

Those red things are luggage tags. Mom thought they were really cool. I'm gonna hide them, though. She doesn't need luggage, 'cause that would mean that she might be going someplace. Personally, I think she needs to stay right here with me.

Thanks for all of the cool stuff, I Love Dogs! I love all of it. Well, except maybe for the luggage tags that Mom's excited about...

Prize from Dougal

Mom found a package today that came back when Grandpa was sicky. Things were so crazy that she completely forgotted about it...but the package was for ME so I just don't understand how that was possible...

Anyway, remember the Sci-Fi Pawty where I got all those cool prizes? Well I won 2nd prize in the costume contest for my Ewok outfit.

The package that Mom "forgot" was my prize for the costume contest! It came all of the way from England. Frugal Dougal, the doggy who started all the PawPawties, donated my prize. Cool, huh?

Here's me waiting and waiting for Mom to put the camera down and OPEN MY PACKAGE!

Look at what Dougal sent me! It's a cool doggie toy and a kit all about how to make cookies!

Mom had trouble getting a good picture of the toy. She had to trick me and steal it just to take this picture...

I played like crazy with that toy!

And you know I had to roll on it to squeaky it that way, too!

Yeah...that was fun!

I investigated the kit for a while, too. It's got a cookbook and treat baggies and cookie cutters!

I found a recipe that sounds yummy, and I politely asked Mom to make them for me. (OK, so maybe I just barked...)

Eventually, I gave up on those cookies...but I'm still dreaming of 'em.

Mom said she'd make me some soon. I'm gonna hold her to that...after my nap...

Thanks for the really cool prize, Frugal Dougal!

My New Fire Hydrant

Ta dah! Got a super big box in the mail!

At the Sci-Fi Pawty I won a gift certificate for DogToys.com. Mom helped me use it to order some stuff! Since I have so many toys, Mom and I thought that maybe I should get another toy box. We found this super cool one...

Isn't that awesome?! It's a toy box...but it's a fire hydrant! (A note to my doggie friends: no peeing on my toy box, please.)

Mom got me a squeaky toy sheep, too! It's cool.

But even though I had a new hydrant and a new sheepy, my toy radar was still going off like crazy when I was standing there beside the hydrant. I knew that there was something inside that toy box. I just KNEW it. So I barked.

And I barked.

And I barked some more.

But Mom rudely refused to open the hydrant. So, I took matters into my own paws. I jumped on it and knocked it over.

When the hydrant fell over, the lid came off. That let me get at what was inside!

Sure enough. There was a HUGE rabbit toy in there!

That rabbit was practically as big as me. I played with it for just a bit, but then Mom rudely took it away from me. She says that we got that toy for my cousin Hoss and he doesn't need me to pluck the fur off or get it slobbery for him. What?! A toy comes to MY house and Mom says it's not for me?! That's just not right!

So then Mom put a ton of toys in the toy box and I thought maybe she hid that new Hoss toy in there, too.

Naturally, I knocked it over once again and started pulling all of those toys out.

Sadly, I couldn't find the rabbit. I'm still looking for it...and I won't rest until I find it! I'm very persistent. Just ask Mom. He he he.

Oh -- and before I forget...BIG Buttons thanks to DogToys.com for donating the gift certificate for the Sci-Fi Pawty! Thanks for my cool new not-to-be-peed-on hydrant!