Daily Tip

If your human is sleeping in and keeping you waiting for your morning walk and you have pulled out all the tricks:


licking face

whining

barking

Try chewing very loudly on the doorframe outside the bedroom. I guarantee that will get them up! Just make sure to belly up and look real cute when they come to scold you for being such a brat.

Count Tonkula

From the castle in "Pyrsylvania" Count Tonkula arrives:

Pretty Scary Looking Isn't He?

Peanut

I met a new friend at the beach. His name is Peanut and I got down really low so that he would know I was a dog and not a bear because he is a little guy.

FUN!

I started off today playing on the beach wearing my new visor that Carolyn from http://carolynsoriginals.weebly.com/ made for me. It's really awesome an AP made me wear my sunglasses because it was really windy.

I had a great time chasing and attacking CM we played 1, 2, 3 and duck, duck, goose.

Then we had breakfast at the bandstand and went shopping. It is CM's birthday so we went to Silver Works because that is her favorite jewelry store. I like it there since I get to go in the store and hang out.

Then we went to Odysea to find me a new beach collar to go with my new visor. Rick was working and he and I are great friends. I always stop by to see him and say hello (and get a treat or 2).

I was so tired when we got home I didn't want to get out of the truck.

A Look Back

AP here.
Tonka has been very busy traveling quite a bit this summer. You can read all about traveling with your dog and get some great tips from our friend Raja's blog at http://www.traveldogbooks.com/
Raja was even nice enough to let us tell Tonka's story on his blog to perhaps help others dealing with canine blindness.

Thanks to all of you that are voting to help us win money for the rescue that Tonka came from. They are such a wonderful organization with truely awesome volunteers. If you need a daily reminder you can email me at bigdog@myatuk.info and I will send you a daily email and if you need a quick shortcut to the page to vote it can be found here: http://www.petfinder.com/best-pet-parent-contest/gallery/finalists?entry_index=13&offset=16&limit=16

It has been a great 2 1/2 years with the Tonk Man and here are some of my favorite pictures from when he was just a little guy.

Master of the Doggie Door - thanks to Cathy with the chicken strip in her back pocket crawling in and out repeatedly.

Master of the Stairs - thanks to Cathy cheering the little guy on everytime he attempted and completed a step down.

Master of the Rodeo!

Pen Pals

This is my pen pal Auggie - well we dont actually write but our humans can type!
He lives in another State and hopefully one day we will get to meet and play.
He's a Goldendoddle and this picture was when he was real little.

Such a cute little guy

Now 4 months later he is getting taller

I wonder if he will be as tall as me someday?

Petfinder Contest Part 2

Voting has started again for the Petfinder Best Pet Parent Contest. New rules this time around state that you can only vote once a day so every vote from every person is a huge deal. Please help us win some $$ for the Appalachian Great Pyrenees Rescue. You can vote for us at
http://www.petfinder.com/best-pet-parent-contest/gallery/finalists?entry_index=13&offset=16&limit=16

Thanks for all your help!

Tonka and the Councilman

When we were at the beach I met a really nice guy and his wife. AP says that he is a Councilman for New Castle County in Wilmington Delaware and he is a friend to all dogs. His name was Robert S. Weiner and he was key in getting a dog park called the Bark Park built and we are going to go visit it next time we are going to the beach http://www.bobweiner.com/photo_bark_park.asp
He was also talking to AP and CM about legislation to help stop puppy mills. I really liked him because he was scratching my head and petting me :)