| Dog Pack Snacks Gain Loyal Following Posted: 08 Jul 2011 12:05 PM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB I hope you will join me in applauding our Treat Review Team for their diligent analysis of Dog Pack Snack's delicious assortment. Each of their respective owners spoke highly of both their dogs' enjoyment of the yummies, as well as their digestion results. That's always an important factor when selecting a new snack or mealtime food for your Fido.
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Tanner with Attitude | Of course the quality is first priority, so our team's treat reviews have to pass my opinion of the ingredients list. Tanner put up a bit of an argument over that, insisting that he didn't much care what was in the treats, until I reminded him of the once long ago reaction he had to a not-so-healthy snack. Case closed.
The Team is now on to a new challenge. Watch for an upcoming Review and Giveaway soon.
I suppose you're reading this to see if your dog is one of the lucky winners. Today's winners are especially lucky in that Dog Pack Snacks is being extremely generous. They've pledged 2 bags of treats for each winner, and are allowing them to choose from the following flavors: Chicken Jerky, Liver Snaps, Turkey Chips or Mac-A-Doodles. Of course this assortment prompted the question of which to choose, so I got Oliver and Tanner's input: - Oliver gave a tail wag to Turkey Chips and Mac-A-Doodles for your smaller pups.
- Tanner offered a high five for significant chewing pleasure to the Chicken Jerky and the Liver Snaps.
- If I get a say in this, it's only to tell you to go with your instincts about your dog's enjoyment. Tanner's choices are for more vigorous chewers, but can be easily enjoyed by a small dog. It just may take him a little longer to finish. All the treats were a big hit.
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Coco the Model | After another visit to Random.org to select the lucky Fidos, the resulting winners are Katie M., cstironkat, Roxy, and CRFreebies. Now each of you have a big decision to make on flavors before you can get your package. Yet time is of the essence. Please respond with your flavor preference ASAP. Your treats will come freshly made from Deb's kitchen after you respond with your flavor choices and address to AllThingsDogBlog@gmail.com.
Before I sign out I have to share a couple more photos. First, Deb's Dog, Coco, has a challenge for Tanner. It's the sunglass face-off. Aren't these two silly dogs a hoot!
The final photo is one that was submitted as an entry. Skipper and Schooner, two Vizsla brothers have been quite active here lately, and we're enjoying their fun photos:  | © S.G., reader copyright on file
Sorry You Didn't Win Today.
Keep Trying! |  Full disclosure: Dog Pack Snacks provided samples of a number of products for our Treat Review Team to try. We were not paid to do this product review and the opinions provided herein are our own. 
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| Petstages Mini Nesting Mat Blows Out our Comments Record! Posted: 08 Jul 2011 12:00 PM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB  | © P. Smith
Paxton Pleads for a Prize! | I'm really proud of you guys this week. You brought out the big guns! As of this writing to prepare for the winners' announcement we have over a hundred entries for the 3 Mini Nesting Mats from Petstages. I am relatively sure Petstages is quite happy about that. Thanks!
 | | © courtesy Petstages | Oliver thoroughly enjoyed reviewing this cozy, snuggly bedding and has decided it is definitely the place to hunker down when we have our afternoon thunderstorms here in Central Florida. BTW, did you see his slideshow over at 5 Minutes for Fido? He and Tanner have their own blog where they enjoy being silly. But this wasn't bad. Let's show it off here:
This adorable mat is made with a cushiony center and four flaps that all are different colors made in deliciously soft fabrics. They certainly appeal to my sense of enjoyment of color. Both times that Oliver has been "on camera" with the mat, he seemed to be clueless that i was taking photos and just set his sights on checking out all the layers and figuring out what was under each one. I think he would call it the 'mystery toy'.
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It All Started Like This | I particularly loved the shot when he got himself all wrapped up inside the layers. He had no idea this was coming! I got a great laugh at his expense. First he got underneath the whole blanket, and then when he realized he was covered, he began to spin around. The next thing you know, he looked like this:  | © Carrie Boyko
Swaddled Oliver | If you're wondering whether Oliver disliked this swaddling, think no more. He actually seemed to enjoy the feeling and we've found him looking much like this on several mornings after loud thunderstorms. I think Petstages may be onto something here.
I suppose it's time to announce the winners. Three of the 113 entries we got at our Mini Nesting Mat Review get to have one delivered to their door. The competition was fierce, diligent and hard-working. Bravo for Petstages lovers!
 | | © C.M. reader copyright | The winners are Claudia and YoYo (that's Yoyo at left), Rebecca H. and Sharon A. I will notify you sometime on Friday by your method of contact. You will need to get back in touch at AllThingsDogBlog@gmail.com with your shipping address within one week. Petstages will send out your packages. You may want to stop by their Facebook page and say Thank You! They have been absolutely wonderful to work with.
Join us next Friday for our weekly collection of pet giveaways that we call Fido's Freebie Friday. I'll be featuring another Surprise Grab Bag, as well as more dog books. In addition, I have some new, very timely products to review that some of you may need. Don't miss our next round of great stuff!
If you had your heart set on a Mini-Nesting Mat, take heart. You can still order one through Amazon for a reasonable cost. Just click this ad and it will be on its way to you in no time:
Before I sign off, I can't wait to share with you some of the adorable "I Love Petstages" photos that our readers sent in or posted at our Facebook page. Two were displayed above, but I've got more to share below. We surely did enjoy all this enthusiasm; keep it coming folks!  | © P.S., reader copyright
Smudge |  | © K.M., reader copyright
Roxy |
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Sully |  | © M.S., reader copyright
Sarah |
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Skipper and Schooner
|         Full disclosure: All Things Dog Blog has been provided with a free sample to do this review of the Petstages Mini Nesting Mat. We have not been paid to provide our opinion of this product, and the opinion provided is our own. 
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| Dog Lovers Win Poetry "From the Doghouse" Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:50 AM PDT by Carrie Boyko, CEB  | © Carrie Boyko
Oliver Shows Off
Poems "From the Doghouse" | Today's kids' books giveaway will absolutely melt the hearts of our winners. As soon as you open the cover, your senses will be aroused to the visual pleasure of totally adorable illustrations to go along with the fun poems on dog themes. Not only will you enjoy them yourselves, but the kids you read them to will find them fun and inventive. Congratulations to our winners: Unforgettable Dreamer, S. Gilbert, and C. Richman. Thank you all for participating.
Your books will be mailed to you sometime within the next week, after your address is received at AllThingsDogBlog@gmail.com. Meanwhile, don't miss this week's Fido's Freebie Friday, where we're cooking up some new pet giveaways. You are all welcome to come, sit, and fetch some great goodies for your fidos. Happy tails! 
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