Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Tuesday Talk and Thanks

Today is a day of the sweet and the bittersweet. It was wonderful to hear the good news report about Max and his surgery. You can read more about Max at Petey's. And Butchy gave us an update on his sister Miss Snickers that sounds promising. We are so happy to hear the upbeat reports. If you haven't read about these two special pups, please check out the links.

But it is very sad for us to hear that our furiend, Dakota of the East, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Not too long ago, we dubbed the two Dakotas with special names referencing their locations, Joni's sweet Dakota of the East and our own Dakota of the Midwest.

Dakota of the East fought a hard battle to try to beat her kidney issues, but in the end she just couldn't do it any more. Here are a couple of beautiful photos of her that we pulled from her blog.

Loving the warmth of the sun during a comfy nap.

Snuggling with a furry furiend and getting a gentle caress from her Mom.

Please stop by and send some good wishes to Joni and her family at Dakota's blog, It's A Sibe Life. Dakota was very fortunate to live the good sibe's life with her family.


Saturday a very large box arrived at our front door and it was addressed to Phantom and Thunder. It was filled with lots of fun things from White Dog and her Mom as our prizes for winning in Hansel's Halloween Spooktacular. Siku Marie and her mom sponsored this portion of the contest.

Here is a photo of all our loot. Phantom's goodies are on the left and Thunder's on the right.

Here is a closer look at what Phantom won. There is a very nice certificate for winning first prize in the Best Excuse for Not Wearing a Costume, a bag of yummy treats from Dugan's Bakery, two very nice toys, and a gorgeous 2010 desk calendar filled with art and photography by Lisa Manry.

Thunder also got a beautiful certificate for winning second prize in the Best Dog Costume, some more treats from Dugan's Bakery, and two very nice toys. There is also a very lovely photo, also by Lisa Mantry, of a beautiful black-eyed Susan flower and bumble bee. It is magnetic and looks wonderful on our refrigerator.

Lisa Mantry is the mom of the kitty cats Hansel and Tesla and the mini Schnauzer Benny, who hosted the Halloweeen Spooktacular Contest. You can see more of her beautiful work at http://www.wix.com/thelovelylesil/lisaphotography.


Thunder checking out the loot, admiring that big bone.

And quickly discovering the scent of delicious treats.

Thank you to the beautiful White Dog, Siku Marie, and her mom for our prizes. We love everything.

And Siku Marie's mom told us this: "Glad you like the gifts. Just wanted you to know that portions of each gift included donations to the Humane Society, our local no-kill rescue, and dogs for vets. " That makes the gifts even more special since some others less fortunate benefited from the contest too.

Don't believe everything you hear on the news. They said WE got snow overnight.

Snow??? What snow???? Oh, you mean that white stuff on the tiretracks of the mower? Looks like we are in for another disappointing winter of no-snow:(

Woos, the OP Pack

42 comments:

  1. Wow!

    What a post!

    Furst of all, we were so sad to learn of Dakota of the East's khrossing last night - Mom and I are furry happy we had the honour and pleasure of meeting her in Gettysburg several weeks ago! She was furry special!

    I am sure she's zooming and then snoozing with Dakota of the Midwest!

    Khongrats on your pawesome wins too!

    Furry nice stuff - tank woo fur sharing!

    *SIGH!*

    SNOW!!!

    Please pass along some H&K from Merdie and me to your mom - I'm thinking she'll appreciate it!

    Hugz&Khysses,
    Khyra & Merdie

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  2. Wow. Dakota was beautiful!
    Thanks for sharing her pix.

    And congratulations to Thunder and his loot. Will he be sharing it with anypup special?
    ~wags-n-wiggles~
    wild dingo

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  3. Thunder and Phantom got a lot of goodies and deserved them too.

    We didn't know the other Dakota but we will go do a condolence visit.

    Kisses,
    Stella

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  4. What a beautiful tribute to such a beautiful girl!
    And look at all the loot you two got! My sweetie, Ruby sent me one of those multi-color balls and I just love it!

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  5. Hi ya. Thanks for sharing the updates of our wonderful pals.
    Heavy hearts over here about Dakota of the East.

    Congratulations on the winnings. Enjoy!

    Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,
    Sierra Rose

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  6. We are sorry to hear about your friend Dakota. She was beautiful!

    Congrats on your pressies! Those treats and toys look pawsome!

    Sam & June

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  7. We will leave our love at her blog. We did not know her but she is certainly beautiful and based on what her friends say, has a wonderful soul.

    Glad you like the gifts. Just wanted you to know that portions of each gift included donations to the Humane Society, our local no-kill rescue, and dogs for vets.

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  8. We were sad to hear about the crossing of Dakota from the East too.
    It has been some weeks of sadness all over the world.

    What wonderful treats you all got!
    How fun is that?
    love
    tweedles

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  9. Hi there Thunder & Phantom,

    So sorry to hear about Dakota. We did drop by their blog to send hugs. Mommy will also read the posts to learn more about her and what beautiful life she had before crossing to the rainbow bridge.

    We also want to congratulate you for winning the Halloween contest! So happy to see your photos with the pressies and treats. Weeeeeee

    - Fudgie, Princess & the Piappies

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  10. Great prizes. You are lucky pups.

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  11. I'm very sad about Dakota. But congratulations to you two on your contest winnings!

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  12. Too many of us have had to say good-bye to our beawootiful furiends these past few months. So its nice to hear there are a couple good updates too.

    And look at all those prizes! A-roos, that's so khool! Enjoy them, pups.

    a-roos & woos,
    jack n' tori

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  13. Lots of good news and bad. We are so sorry to hear about Dakota.
    Glad to hear our other pup friends are doing better..
    What only a little snow. What is that about. Mother-nature needs to get busy so we can see you all playing in the snow..
    Yepper Callie and Marley are best buds now. Callie found out she likes to chase and Callie can stay way ahead of her.. Of course Marley runs out of energy long before Callie does..

    Big Sloppy Kisses
    Gus, Louie and Callie

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  14. We are sad about the passing of Dakota. She was very beautiful.

    Congratulations on your gifts! I'm sure everyone was happy to get them! Thunder looks happy with the big bone!

    Snow? That's what they always say here. We either get no snow or rain and ice!

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  15. Goodness, what a wonderful selection of goodness you both got! Congrats to you both!

    We were very sad to read about Dakota of the East.

    take care
    Clive

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  16. hi all of woo!
    oh what wonderful prizes you won!
    we are so sorry for the loss of your dear friend dakota.

    we are sending you huge hugs!

    xoxoxo
    m & e

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  17. Mixed news both sad and glad today.. So sad at Dakota's passing. I didn't know her butshe sounded a lovely woofie and I feel for her family.
    Brilliant prizes you got from White dog's mum, I think all are lovely and the picture extra special. Mum will take a look at the website. The bonus of other not do lucky one's benefitting is brilliant too. HUgs Gj x

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  18. We loved those two pictures of Dakota of the East and almost used them in our post. Very sweet. We are betting the Dakotas are now joined and having fun together.

    Snow - sigh.

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  19. Hi guys!
    A bittersweet post indeed. We never met the other Dakota, but she looks like a great pup. So sad that we doggies can't stay young and healthy furever, it's so hard on the humans when something happens like that.

    On a brighter note - nice prizes!! Oh, and mom wants me to tell you there is a Sibe in the agility class before ours - she will be going to a trial with us in January.

    Sorry about your snow... Keeps being summer here, so I know how you feel!

    Snorts-
    Brutus the Frenchie

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  20. Hi guys!
    A bittersweet post indeed. We never met the other Dakota, but she looks like a great pup. So sad that we doggies can't stay young and healthy furever, it's so hard on the humans when something happens like that.

    On a brighter note - nice prizes!! Oh, and mom wants me to tell you there is a Sibe in the agility class before ours - she will be going to a trial with us in January.

    Sorry about your snow... Keeps being summer here, so I know how you feel!

    Snorts-
    Brutus the Frenchie

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  21. Hi guys!
    A bittersweet post indeed. We never met the other Dakota, but she looks like a great pup. So sad that we doggies can't stay young and healthy furever, it's so hard on the humans when something happens like that.

    On a brighter note - nice prizes!! Oh, and mom wants me to tell you there is a Sibe in the agility class before ours - she will be going to a trial with us in January.

    Sorry about your snow... Keeps being summer here, so I know how you feel!

    Snorts-
    Brutus the Frenchie

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  22. miss this blog... it's Kimberly.. sad to say I'm not living with Bell girl anymore. I broke up with her daddy so I haven't seen her for a couple weeks. It's been complicated otherwise I'd be still seeing her. I'm very heart broken but hoping and praying she'll be WELL TAKEN CARE OF WITH HIM. Please take a moment to stop by my blog. if you haven't already, I just posted a dedication blog to a Weimy we met a lil over a month ago. just learned she has cancer..
    anyway - take care of them dogs and they will take care of you... send them huggies from me.. thanks so much for being our friend..
    kimberly <3 always

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  23. I don't know about you, but that doesn't look like snow to me. Maybe we should run away together and find some.

    Steve says all of your winnings look wonderful.

    Kat

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  24. Terrific Tuesday post guys!!
    Thanks for sharing Dakota's pics with us.
    Those are some goodies you've got!
    Have a great day!

    Cheers,
    Maxx

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  25. We were sad to hear of Dakota's passing and we wish we would have known her better.


    On a happier note, great pressies you all got!!

    Smileys!
    Dory

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  26. Oh no, I won't tell Tsar you said that about o snow. He's waiting so patiently.

    We're sorry to hear about Dakota East and will stop by to say hello.

    Lots of sick doggies out there these days. We're thinking about all of them.

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  27. Hi, friends!
    I am so sorry to hear about Dakota.
    You two got very nice prizes!
    Congratulations!
    Kisses and hugs
    Lorenza

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  28. We are sorry to hear of Dakota of the East's passing - what a special pup. And it looks like you pups loved your package. How furry special! I know you will get snow this year - trust me - I also have weather vibes hehee!
    Huggers and Love xo
    Sammie

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  29. Sorry to hear about your furiend Dakota of the East crossing the Bridge.

    Congrats on your winnings though! And hopefully you get some snow to play in soon too!

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  30. We are sorry to hear about Dakota of the East. She was so pretty.

    Cool box of stuff!

    And snow!! We aren't sure what that is!

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  31. We stopped by Dakota's blog, so sad. We like all your winnings, congrats!

    love & wags,
    River

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  32. It might not be snow, but at least the ground is cold, right? A little bit?

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  33. We are so sorry to hear about Dakota. She was very beautiful.

    Congrats on your cool stuff! You guys deserved it!

    Can I come over when you get your snow?

    Mochi

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  34. Great loot you both got!! Pressies are the best. I am sorry to read about Dakota, she is running free now with your Dakota. I bet you will get some snow pretty soon. I don't like it, it is too cold on my paws. If we get some first I will send it to you.

    licks and sniffs, Sasha

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  35. We didn't know Dakota but she was sure a beautiful girl! Our hearts go out to her family.
    What a haul you guys got!

    Love ya lots,
    Maggie and Mitch

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  36. Wow y'all hit the jackpot!!! What a sweet post!

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  37. We are very sorry to hear about your friend Dakota's crossing. I bet the 2 Dakotas are now having a blast over the rainbow bridge.

    Congrats on your prizes, that is some good loot!

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  38. Wow Guys!

    You really cleaned up! So happy for you! But very sad about Dakota. Thanks for sharing a little bit of her with us.

    Luv,
    Riley and Star.

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  39. Wow Guys!

    You really cleaned up! So happy for you! But very sad about Dakota. Thanks for sharing a little bit of her with us.

    Luv,
    Riley and Star.

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  40. Hi guys,

    We were sorry to read about pretty Dakota, but a good life is the best we can ask for so we're sure she's running free and happy at the Rainbow Bridge.

    What a great load of loot you won!! Very well deserved - and how wonderful that lesser fortunate dogs will benefit as a result! Well done, that was a fun competition!

    Big schnauzer snuggles - JD and Max.

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  41. Hi Guys, I am so sad about Miss Snickers. What a sweet girl. I feel bad for her family also and all her friends.

    I am very happy you received some nice gifts! Isn't that fun! I just received some gifts from Brutus the Frenchie, I am going to show them on Monday!

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