From #10 below: "Splish Splash: A Photo Essay"
I lied. I said my last post, “Dogs Themselves”: 3 Hours of Great Dogful Radio” was my last post for 2010. Then today as I was perusing my favorite blogs I found Edie Jarolim’s “Ten Favorite Posts I Wrote in 2010…” Dr. V. over at Pawcurious issued a challenge to pet bloggers to share their favorite top ten posts for 2010. Edie answered the challenge and now I am. And, so can you! After you write your post, go to Pawcurious and link your blog to all the others sharing their top ten posts for 2010.
Without further ado and in no particular order………
1. I love “Dances with Poodles.” It makes me happy every time I watch it.
2. I wrote letters to Sadie from APDT. This one is my favorite. Short and sweet. “Dear Sadie: Love Letter #1 to My Dog from APDT.”
3. As you know my Sadie girl is shy and fearful. She especially doesn’t like people reaching out to her without her first initiating contact and “asking” to be stroked. In anticipation of a dog-loving house guest I wrote “Thank Your for Ignoring My Dog.”
4. I wrote “My Dog, Sadie, Is a ‘Who‘” after cursing Word’s grammar checker for telling me that I should change “who” to “that” when referring to my dog.
5. I’m in the midst of watching Kathy Sdao DVDs so I am reminded to “Commit Random Acts of Positive Reinforcement!”
6. It was a pleasure to showcase Sadie’s veterinarian’s, Dr. Candy Sayles, new non-profit V.E.T.S. (veterinary equipment, technology, and supplies) in “Blog the Change: Healing the Planet One Animal at a Time.”
7. Once in a while everyone needs to run a victory lap. This was one of ours, “Mom! I Want an iPaw!”
8. If I could I would erase “pack” from the English language when used in reference to dogs. I explored why in “Is Pack a Four-Letter Word?”
9. I wrote several posts opposing shock collars. This one is my cri du coeur, “It’s Shocking!” (updated)
10. My one and only photo essay of the year featuring sweet Ira and Sadie, “Splish Splash! A Photo Essay.”
This top 10 excercise is so much fun, glad you decided to write your “last” post once more.
Your APDT love letter series where really special, and I enjoyed reading them, glad you have them in your top 10. The other one that stands out for me is the “Pack” post. I have it in my rebuff library if anyone would dare mention that word to me again !
One of my other favs would be “don’t SMOOCH your pooch” … argh, the limitations of a top 10 🙁
Thank you! I’m glad you like the Don’t Smooch Your Pooch post. You know, I had that one on the list! But, I then switched it out for another. Oh well……
I think it was your “Pack” post that brought me to your site initially. I still have a lot of catching up to do!
As hopeful and awesome as it is, “Mom! I Want an iPaw” made me tear up a little because I’ve been there and am still there in a lot of ways. Sadie, and all of the work you have done with her, is an inspiration. I can’t believe I used to think I was alone. Where were blogs like yours two years ago? Or rather, where was I??
Thanks for coming back for one last post!
Aw, thank you. And, you are soooo not alone. Surely you know about Debbie Jacobs and Fearfuldogs.com. She’s wonderful and an inspirational too.
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I too am glad I prodded you into one last post. It was fun to revisit some of my faves and I missed one: “My Dog, Sadie, Is a Who.” How could I not love a post that deals with two of my favorite topic, words and dogs? And I learned a lot from it, including the information about Jane Goodall (Geez, many editors suck; I’m embarrassed to be counted among them).
So thanks! I won’t tell you to write more in 2011 lest you start feeling bullied by your blog; let’s just leave it that I always enjoy reading your posts.
Thank you Edie. That’s so nice of you to say.
i like dogs ,they are so cute and royal,actually i have two in my home