November 15, 2015

Works On The Dog-Daddy Every Time!

Pretty much all Rita has to do to get a treat out of the hubs is to stand there with her head in the pantry where we store the treats.
He will pretty much always fall for this and give her at least a little something.
Works every time. She has him wrapped around her little dewclaw.

 Winners of the Walmart Giveaway!
I have winners to announce!
Photo credit: Rebekah of My Rotten Dogs
The randomly selected winners who hunted for my books at Walmart and each won a $25 giftcard for Amazon are:
Taryn of Tail of Two Cardis and
Rebekah of My Rotten Dogs

 Congrats to the winners! I'll email you both!

 In Other News...
An essay I wrote on "7 Ways You Can Help a Dog in Need" was published on the popular Popsugar site. I know you Big Time Dog Lovers already know all of this stuff, but hopefully there are some ideas here that some folks hadn't thought of, including some easy-peasy ways to help!

Thanks to My Brown Newfies for hosting Monday Mischief! Visit My Brown Newfies to see the other blogs in the hop!

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52 comments:

  1. TarynNovember 16, 2015 at 4:29 AM

    WOOHOO! I'm rich! When you are unemployed even $25 dollars sounds like a lot! How exciting to win the gift card. Thank you.... I'm still going to keep looking in Walmarts!

    PS Our dogs pull the same thing on us....It's no wonder they had both gained weight at their last vet-check!

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 7:13 AM

      Yay! Glad you won and are excited! I need to keep looking too. I only looked at one so far. Need to go see what I can find at the other Walmarts in town.

      Glad to hear the dog-daddy is not the only one who caves! :)

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  2. Talking-DogsNovember 16, 2015 at 4:58 AM

    Congrats to the winners! Rita is such a smartie. I keep dog treats in a cookie jar on the kitchen counter and my dogs like to look at that cookie jar expectantly, then at us. Repeat (as many times as it takes to get a treat.) LOL

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 7:14 AM

      lol. They're excellent communicators, aren't they?!

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  3. 2browndawgsNovember 16, 2015 at 5:16 AM

    LOL Rita is a smart cookie. Congrats to the book winners. My Walmart is lame. They did not have your book. Phooey.

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 7:15 AM

      Oh, phooey! It's weird. I don't know how they picked which ones it would be at. My sister's friend found the book at her Walmart and they live in a fairly small town.

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  4. Mary HoneNovember 16, 2015 at 7:37 AM

    We keep the treats in a cupboard. If they only had thumbs....

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 12:06 PM

      Right?! That would be so dangerous! There would have to be padlocks everywhere.

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  5. Groovy GoldendoodlesNovember 16, 2015 at 7:45 AM

    Harley's got Doodle Dad wrapped around his little paw. He scratches Lee's leg like a cat and Lee is programed to go to the treater. #sosad #socute

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  6. JanNovember 16, 2015 at 7:58 AM

    I love how dogs can learn how little effort it takes to train some humans.

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  7. UnknownNovember 16, 2015 at 8:34 AM

    Cocoa has Rodney wrapped around her little paw too :) So funny. And yay on your article on PopSugar!! That is awesome. I tried to comment but couldn't so I'll try back later.

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 12:07 PM

      Funny how these pups know how to get their dog-daddys' numbers!

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  8. Talent HoundsNovember 16, 2015 at 9:25 AM

    Rita's got your husband well trained! You go girl!
    Congrats to the winners as well, we loved your book.

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 12:08 PM

      She does have him very well trained. I wish I had him trained so well....

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  9. acd6packNovember 16, 2015 at 9:26 AM

    That's one advantage we have - no regular treat location. However, if tomatoes are being sliced in the pantry, there is a small stampede!

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 12:08 PM

      That's so funny that they love tomatoes. Rita probably wouldn't eat a tomato if it was the last thing available!

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  10. UnknownNovember 16, 2015 at 9:27 AM

    I can see how!

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 12:09 PM

      She is awfully cute. And he is pretty easy to train....

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  11. Sheltie TimesNovember 16, 2015 at 9:43 AM

    That was one of the first things they warned us about when we took Bailey to dog training in his puppy years. Learn to resist the cute looks or he'll rule the roost.

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 12:09 PM

      Luckily she doesn't rule the roost - only the daddy! :)

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  12. UnknownNovember 16, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    We are LOVIN House Trained, the hubby and I are reading it together. :-) Shasta has his dog daddy wrapped around his little paw as well!!

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 12:09 PM

      As Shasta should!

      Yay! Glad you are loving the book! :)

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  13. zoepheedogsNovember 16, 2015 at 12:31 PM

    Rita is too clever! What a funny girl! Congrats to the winners! :D

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  14. CATachresisNovember 16, 2015 at 1:48 PM

    Trust me! Cats to the exact same thing!! :)

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  15. Tenacious Little TerrierNovember 16, 2015 at 1:58 PM

    Mr. N knows we're pretty strict about treats but he also knows that strangers are more willing to give into his wiles!

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 5:54 PM

      He's so smart! He must love it when you have visitors!

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  16. Hailey and Zaphod and their LadyNovember 16, 2015 at 2:03 PM

    Congrats to the winner. Love Rita's way of getting treats!

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 5:55 PM

      She should be working for those treats! Beast! If only I could train the daddy....

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  17. Cat and DOG Chat With CarenNovember 16, 2015 at 2:04 PM

    that works on my Mom too! Congrats to the winner they will love it! Barks and licks and love, Dakota

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 5:56 PM

      Well, the daddy will be glad he's not the only one!

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  18. Blueberry's humanNovember 16, 2015 at 2:22 PM

    Bahahaha - that's funny! Blueberry likes to stick her head in the fridge (that's where the treats are) and as the door makes its slow way towards the closed position she will very very s l o w l y back her head out, hopeful til the end that she will get a treat before the door completely shuts. I'm pretty sure she'd like it if I cleared some room on the bottom shelf so she could just climb in next to her treats. I am so mean - I keep them in an open container on the bottom shelf so whenever the door is open, that's the first thing she smells.

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 5:57 PM

      That's so funny! Rita is only interested in our fridge when the cheese drawer gets opened!

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  19. Idaho PugRanchNovember 16, 2015 at 3:04 PM

    Good trick Rita! Mom was in Walmart Saturday and went by the book section and saw Rescue Me Maybe on the shelf! she took a picture but now can't figure out how to get it off her phone - sheeesh! Congrats to the winners!
    hugs
    Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 5:58 PM

      Oh, that's nice that you looked for the book! Too bad you couldn't get the pic over to me to enter! Shoot! Thanks for looking!

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  20. LA PaylorNovember 16, 2015 at 3:32 PM

    daddies and their little girls....

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  21. My GBGV LifeNovember 16, 2015 at 5:01 PM

    We dogs know who the weaker humans are. My gramma is one of them so we hang out by her treat cupboard when we visit.

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  22. UnknownNovember 16, 2015 at 6:37 PM

    Oh yes dog daddy is an easy target at our house too! Love Dolly

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  23. JoAnn StancerNovember 16, 2015 at 7:24 PM

    I cave too and give my gang treats when they sniff the treat drawer. Congrats to the winners!

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  24. M. K. ClintonNovember 16, 2015 at 8:10 PM

    Bentley is the world's worst at looking for the treats and being pitiful. They really can make suckers out of us, can't they? ☺

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    1. Jackie BouchardNovember 16, 2015 at 8:36 PM

      Oh those hounds! Our beagle was great at pulling the pitiful look too. She would literally suck her cheeks in so she looked emaciated!

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  25. jenNovember 17, 2015 at 6:42 AM

    Rita has that down! Sherman is like that too, all he has to do is flash his big brown eyes!

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  26. Tails Around the RanchNovember 18, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Pretty clever of these so-called dumb animals to do that rather on cue! :)

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  27. jank1961November 18, 2015 at 3:19 PM

    Ahhh...Rita has the hubs well trained!

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  28. LetterstoAndrewNovember 19, 2015 at 7:59 AM

    Dogs have a way of knowing. My dogs sit in front of the daddy because he lets them lick his plate. They also sit in the kitchen because he feeds them cheese. Many times you hear this in our house, "I'm the Mama, not the Daddy, I don't share my food." LOL

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