Yummy Treats!

Hi everyone!

I have been asked by DogTime Media to review three dog treat samples from VitaLife. And I have to say that these are wonderful!

We received three different treats to sample. VitaLife Duck and Sweet Potato Twists, VitaLife Chicken and Banana Wraps and VitaLife Healthy Hips and Joints. We were sent full size packages.

VitaLife Duck and Sweet Potatoes were just that. A piece of dried duck wrapped around a real sweet potato stick. The three dogs were each given one treat after their regular dinner. I knew the pugs would gobble these down as they love fruits and vegetables. Honey is not a huge fan of either. However, they all loved these!


Later in the evening after performing some easy obedience work we tried the VitaLife Chicken and Banana Wraps. Again, the ingredients were easily identifiable. A piece of dried chicken wrapped around a banana chip. All of our dogs like banana chips so these were quickly eaten up.

Just before bed we gave everyone the VitaLife Healthy Hips and Joints treat. These are strips of chicken that have been supplemented with glucosamine and chondroitin. These treats look like chicken jerky, fairly large and flat. I am really happy to try these treats as both Honey and Ollie have joint pain. I have personally used a glucosamine and chondroitin supplement and felt some joint improvement.

(This is the image I was sent, but the product received was the Healthy Hips and Joints. The chicken strips look the same.)

All three of the products we tried are free of added salt, glycerin and preservatives. You can really identify the ingredients. They all looked like something we could eat. Good quality ingredients.


Our three doggies loved each of these treats. Their review is three wags up out of a possible three wags. :o)

I have not received any compensation to write this review other than the free samples. DogTime Media asked me to review the product and I agreed. I looked at the VitaLife website before I agreed and what I read impressed me. I would definitely buy these treats for our dogs again.

If you would like more information, including where to buy these yummy treats please check out http://www.vitalifemadewithlove.com/.

Thank you for taking the time to read my product review. Tomorrow more true tales taken from the adventures of puglette and hubby!!
hugs,
puglette
:o)

Vicious Pug Attack!!

Hi everyone!


Happy Friday! I hope you all have wonderful weekend plans. My plan is to stay home and recover from a wild pug attack!


Yes, I was attacked by a pug! And it was my pug, Charlie, the sweet innocent puggie you see in the header photo. HA! Looks can be deceiving.

Last night after dinner I was sitting in my comfy leather recliner playing a computer game on my laptop. Ollie jumped up to join me and we snuggled up together. I was playing a hidden object game and sometimes I need to use my reading glasses and hold my laptop kind of close to my face. So there's the setup, me and Ollie all snugly and my laptop on my chest / lap, all warm and cozy. So cozy, I started to doze a bit.

The next thing I know Charlie had jumped on my lap and starts zooming up my chest and shoulder to sit on the top of my chair. And she needs a nail trim! Owwie! Now remember, Charlie is an agility dog, so when she wants to jump and run she can really pour it on.

Charlie made it to the top of the back of my chair, but with her full speed momentum she caused the chair to get out of balance. The recliner started to lay back and just kept going. Ollie is flying, my laptop is flying and worst of all, I am flying backwards! Charlie jumped off the chair when it started to go over but Ollie landed on my tummy...Ooff! My laptop landed on my face, with the corner going right into my eye socket.

I screamed and hubby jumped up to help right my world. I handed him my laptop while hollering "My eye!" "My eye!" "My computer poked my eye out!" Poor hubby was trying to calm me down and get the chair back on its feet. I was flat on my back with my feet up in the air. I was looking up at my pink slippers thinking "How the heck am I going to get back up!?" Do I roll over and off the chair? But my sweet hubby had other ideas and started pulling on the arms of the chair and got it and me back up.

Back to my eye, I was still freaked out that I really had hurt my eye. It was all blurry and sore. Hubby informed me that the blurriness was due to the blood running out of a nick and a blood blister. (Sorry if this is too gross!) After cleaning up the blood and a good look at the damage, all I had was a small cut and the blister. By the time I woke up it had calmed down to a lovely bruise in the outside corner of my eye. It looks like I went a bit heavy on the dark purple eye liner.

Charlie and I made up later in the evening and even resumed our normal night time snuggling. However, when she tried to jump up on the back of the chair again, she was soundly told NO! Hmmm...now that I think about it, I think she tried to attack me again while I was trying to fall asleep! I remember she stuck out her paw and tried to poke me in the eye...again! She sleeps on my pillow every night. Maybe she is hatching an evil plot???

Have a great weekend everyone. And don't turn you back on your pugs!

hugs,

puglette

:o)

The Terrible Tale of Rainbow Falls

Hi everyone!

As you all know, I really enjoy Lolcats and Loldogs. I love the animal pictures and some people are so very clever with their jokes. This one today reminded me of a family vacation. And in this story I am not the one that falls!





About ten years ago we bought a very old motor home. We had so much fun with that old thing. We went camping and fishing all over Washington and Oregon. One year we drove down to California to see my family. We drove up the coast towards home, stopping to camp along the way.


The last place we stopped was fairly close to home. We still had some time left on our vacation so we stayed out one more night. We stopped at Rainbow Falls State Park. Rainbow Falls is a fairly small state park but it is in a lovely old growth forest. This picture is from the park web page, but is several years old. Last year we had severe flooding in this area and the bridge was washed away.




So, here we were, parked in a nice state park, just two hours from home. The weather was exceptional for Washington, nice and hot. The river was slow and looked inviting. Daughter wanted to go swimming so I sent hubby to keep an eye on her. I stayed behind at the campsite to read so the rest of this story is hearsay.


Daughter got down to the river and started splashing about. She was thirteen at the time. Hubby was walking along the bank and joking around with daughter. He asked her if there were any fish in the water and should he get his fishing pole. She started looking around and was swimming and floating and joking with her Daddy. She was having so much fun that she did not notice the approaching waterfall.


And you guessed it, swoosh! over the falls she goes. Now remember, this is the middle of summer and the water level is low. And Rainbow Falls is not a very tall waterfall. It's really just some large boulders in the river. But is surprised daughter and bumped her around a bit as she was not prepared for her trip. Her dad was watching her and did not feel alarmed by her trip over the falls. Poor daughter, however was frightened by the event.


The next thing I know is here comes daughter, bawling at the top of her lungs and her Daddy following behind laughing. Pandemonium ensued. Accusations flew. "Daddy let me go over the waterfall!" "I nearly died!" She was furious and shocked. (It was really kind of funny.) Of course I had to settle her down and listen sympathetically. I put a bandage on her scuffed elbow and we sat and had a cool drink. Hubby explained that he didn't think the waterfall was too high and that he thought she intentionally went over. It was something he would have done at her age.


Now you may think this was the end of the story. That after calming down and relaxing that daughter could laugh about the experience. That she and daddy could share a chuckle over this misadventure. Well, you would be wrong.


This is the one family story that is sure to get Dear Daughter sputtering and twitching in anger to this day! She still holds a grudge that her daddy did not stop her from going over the waterfall and that even worse, he does not feel sorry for her. So of course, when I saw this Loldog today, it reminded me of this tragic tale. And of course, being the loving mother that I am, I sent it to Dear Daughter with a note asking her if it made her twitchy. :o)

Talk to you soon!
hugs,
puglette
:o)

Happy 2010!

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. We just stayed at home and had a quiet day. It is so nice when the holidays give us a three day weekend.

I have some old photos to share with you, but I need hubby's help with scanning them. Just wait until you see these! I look so funny!

Take care everyone!

Hugs,

puglette

:o)