All Things Dog Blog

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• Fido's Freebie Friday Debuts
• Dog Toy Giveaway:Hol-ee Rollers Roll Out
• Gradual Dog Food Changesfor Calm Tummies

Fido's Freebie Friday Debuts Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB Welcome to our first Fido's Freebie Friday Weekly Blog Hop! We hope to get the word out about this event so that you will soon find it to be the go-to place for all your pet product giveaways each week. Be sure to pop in every Friday or over the weekend to see what's available out there from Pet Bloggers who have products and services to give away. 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.  © Carrie Boyko Two Totes, 1 Sling, 1 Small Handbag Today, I'm going to dangle a little carrot. I have 4 adorable, dog-themed handbags that I will toss out as prizes to be drawn from entries into the blog hops today and next Friday, as well as for readers who leave a comment sharing their thoughts about the fun place to shop for free pet goodies.  Now I'm going to kick this off in a big way. Friday I'll have the pleasure of announcing a 12 bag giveaway of Organix Dog food. Watch for the post Friday morning. Now it's your turn. Bring it on!

Dog Toy Giveaway:Hol-ee Rollers Roll Out Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:45 PM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB Hol-ee mackerel! Is Oliver having fun or what? He's got a new ball from JW Pet called a Hol-ee Roller. We're reviewing it tomorrow in the Saturday Pet Blogger Hop, so don't miss Oliver's chance to share his opinion. Today's slideshow is simply a commercial to show you how much fun Oliver is having. Check out our review tomorrow to learn more about this great ball. If you think your small pup will enjoy this unique ball, you may want to enter our giveaway. Next Friday, June 10th, we'll be announcing the winners of 8 of these adorable little balls. Or...you could just enter right now! Here's how: Leave a comment below at the COMMENTS link and be sure to tell us about your little dog's toy challenges. Send us a picture of your little dog to share on the blog or our Facebook page. Send it to LetsAdoptaDogPark@gmail.com and don't forget to give us his name. We take comments via Tweet. Send them as an @Tweet to @AllThingsDog so we'll be sure to collect them for the drawing. You can keep up with all of our goings on at our Facebook page. Stop by and hit the "Like" button to get our news as it happens. And don't forget to visit tomorrow for the review to find out all the cool features of this amazing little ball. Happy tails!

Gradual Dog Food Changesfor Calm Tummies Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:01 PM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB (c) Carrie Boyko Is the Message Clear? Whether or not you've decided to change your dog's food, it's always good to know how it should be done. Dogs cannot change up their diet without a reaction. That reaction may not please you when found in the yard. And I'm sure it's not much fun for Fido either. So today, we're going to share some of Organix's tips on making the changeover to a new food.  © courtesy Castor and Pollux Pet I'm one of those visual type folks that needs to see things to understand them. Graphs like this may not thrill you, but for me they make the process very clear: For a few days, serve only 1/4 of your dog's total food using your new food selection. By now, he's ready to move up a bit. From day 4 to 6, serve him half of his previous food brand and half of the new brand. If all is going well, around day 7 you can switch up to about 75% new food, with just a smaller 25% of his old food mixed in. Finally, at about 10 days your pup's tummy will be accustomed to his new food and ready to go solo. I'm sure you'll be celebrating the easier meal prep, just as he is enjoying his new cuisine.  Shall we celebrate with a fun treat? How about an Organix Pupsicle? Sound silly? My dogs love these easy-to-make frozen treats. Here's how: (c) Carrie Boyko Organix Pupsicles (c) Carrie Boyko Ready for the Freezer Grab the stuff you'll need: an ice cube tray, a container of organic broth, some Organix kibble. Yup; that's it! Sprinkle the kibble evenly into the cube compartments. Pour broth evenly into the compartments till about 2/3 full. Freeze and pop out. Seal in a container to serve one at a time. (c) Carrie Boyko We Always Wait Permission Before Snacking Because these do melt, you'll want to serve them on the back patio or in a newspaper lined crate. Tanner and Oliver enjoy them on the porch before a swim. Then their splashing manages to clean off the pool deck of any melted broth, so the clean up is super easy. It's the perfect way to end a hot afternoon. (c) Carrie Boyko Chow Down Boys! Did you miss any of our series on organic food?  Our Pet Food Pantry: A Little History Your Dog's Food: Why is Organic Healthier? Our Dogs' Food: The Big Decision Dog Food D-Day: The Big Reveal Surprise Dog Toys Awarded to Observant Winners Organix Dog Food Giveaway: 12 Bags of Healthy Goodness Busy Bones Go Organic with Organix Organix Busy Bones a Big Hit Small Dog Issues: Tear Stains Reduced with Organic Dog Food Organix Crumb Cookies Get Kudos 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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