| Fido's Freebie Friday Blog Hop Welcomes Giveaway Listings Posted: 30 May 2011 10:00 AM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB 
All Things Dog Blog has created an event to announce our pet blog giveaways right here on All Things Dog Blog. Pet product reviews and giveaways help my readers find new solutions to their pet problems, and even when they don't win, we all have fun joining in the fun.
YOU are welcome to join in too. In fact, I encourage you to. If you're not a blogger, that's just fine. You can still hop and shop for fun giveaways to enter. You'll find a nice list of blogs that have giveaways in progress right here every Friday, so stop by and enjoy a leisurely look. All Things Dog Blog hopes to become the perfect, deep discount shopping mall for you to locate and enter to win free pet products.
Bloggers will find this hop an easy fix to locating more pet lovers that are seeking their information and product giveaways. Best of all, it's a great way to get new readers to visit. Grab the badge that you see above from my sidebar where I have offered the code to make it easy for you to load to your own site. The plan is to keep this as simple as possible. There are only 2 rules:- The Fido's Freebie Friday Blog Hop is open to posts about giveaways, drawings, sweepstakes, and freebies of all pet products or services, including pet-related items for owners.
- Please post the badge in your Fido's Freebie Friday blog post and invite your readers to visit their host, All Things Dog Blog. Comments are encouraged!
The Fido's Freebie Friday Blog Hop will open each Thursday afternoon by 4 PM and close at midnite on Fridays. During these hours you may add your pet related products to the hop with a link directly to your giveaway post at your blog. This blog hop is ONLY for free pet products or services, and may include any contests that involve a free pet-related prize (photo contests, guessing games, etc). If you have multiple giveaways, feel free to post each of them. Bloggers may wish to share information about this weekly event with their readers, so they will begin to develop the habit of checking in to see what's new on Fido's Freebie Friday.
Let your Facebook fans know about the event and feel free to Tweet it to the masses with the hashtag #FidosFreebieFriday. If you follow me on Facebook and Twitter you'll be sure to to keep up with any news about the Fido's Freebie Friday event.
Let's work together to grow our blog traffic, and offer our readers the benefit of our joint venture. I know my readers will be thrilled to see your giveaways listed for them to check out, and this means more traffic for you. I look forward to seeing you soon. Happy tails!
         
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| Organix Busy Bones a Big Hit Posted: 30 May 2011 05:52 AM PDT |
| Busy Bones Go Organic with Organix Posted: 29 May 2011 09:08 PM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB  | © Carrie Boyko
Ready to Make Busy Bones? | Have you been entering the drawing for our 12-bag giveaway of Organix? Your options for entering were shared at the giveaway post here. Today I'm here to share Tanner and Oliver's favorite Busy Bone recipe. It's organic and super tasty. In addition, it keeps the boys busy for 20-30 minutes whenever I need to be free of pup responsibilities. Here's how it works: Ingredients: - Several sterilized beef bones. You can purchase these at pet supply stores or on Amazon. Choose the sizes based on your dog's size. As you can see, I have 2 short ones for Oliver and 2 longer ones for Tanner's much lengthier tongue. These bones may come filled, but can be washed in the dishwasher to clean thoroughly before re-use.
- Organic sweet potato leftovers, mashed. Other options that work well are banana, cooked carrots, green beans, broccoli, leftover bits of cooked chicken or turkey, or even grated cheese, yogurt or a little peanut butter. We choose organic, but it generally comes from leftovers to help use them up and save us money.
- Organix dry kibble
- Organix canned food
Instructions: - Using a table knife, you'll be able to insert some canned Organix into the opening of the sterilized bone. Press it down into the bottom of the hole. This procedure works well with Kong toys, as well.
- Next sprinkle a layer of kibble to offer a change in texture. This keeps the pup's interest when they discover new tastes as they work through the layers.
- Finally, add your leftovers and fill the bone to the top.
- Place in sealable containers and freeze.
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Step One
Canned Organix in the Bottom | - Serve when you need a few minutes of dog-free time to attend to a visitor, phone call or other activity that requires your full attention. I love to use Busy Bones on Thanksgiving to keep the pups occupied while dinner proceeds without the boys drooling over our feast.
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Step Two
Add Kibble in the Middle |
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Step Three
Delicious Sweet Potatoes |  | © Carrie Boyko
Ready for the Freezer | Is Fido drooling now? Mine did while I made these. I'll have to spoil them with a snack shortly. Give this a try and find out how well it works for you.
Have you missed any of the earlier posts in this series? Check them out here: Tanner and Oliver are offering up their tips on how to dig out the goods over at 5 Minutes for Fido. When you stop in for a visit, feel free to leave them a comment too. I don't want them feeling left out. Don't miss tomorrow's post on tips for saving money at the pet superstores. Happy tails!
Full disclosure: All Things Dog Blog has not been compensated to provide this review of Castor and Pollux and Organix. We have not been paid to provide our opinion of these products, and the opinion provided is our own. 
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| Organix Lover Marilyn Plays to My Heart! Posted: 29 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT |
| Small Dog Issues: Tear Stains Reduced with Organic Foods Posted: 29 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB  | © Carrie Boyko
No More Tear Stains! | It seems I could go on and on about the benefits of organic food. One of the advantages that I found early on was the end of Oliver's tear staining. If you own a toy-sized dog, you may be familiar with this staining that occurs from oozing, tiny tear ducts in these pint-sized pups.
The stain is caused by residues from their diet that collect and discolor the light fur beneath their eyes. Oliver had tear stains when we adopted him. I was told to use over the counter products that were expensive and questionable in terms of his health. I am ever the skeptic.
When we switched to Organix, Oliver's tear stains disappeared within weeks of beginning his new diet. With a little more investigation, I learned that the colors, preservatives and other additives in traditional pet foods is often at the root of this staining. Oliver is now stain free, and has been since our switch to Organix.
Not only does he look and feel better, but we don't have to spend money on products that we have concerns about, just to help get rid of these stains.
Are you interested in trying Organix? All Things Dog Blog has been running a product review series about this company and their organic foods. I'll post the links to the other articles below. I highly suggest you consider entering the giveaway for the 12 free bags, if you'd like to give it a trial run. Watch for our NEW Fido's Freebie Friday blog hop debuting this Friday, and feel free to enter your blog's giveaways as well. You can enter the Organix giveaway here. Entries close at 5 PM on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Happy tails!
Check out the rest of this series: 
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