PSA - To Aire is Divine

December26th

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Sunny Seat As Seen on Kafka

Posted in: Airedale Fun, Feline Friends, PSA

Around Chez Bogart, you know that we test out a lot of doggie products – I always give my honest opinion, and I just LOVE to get packages – but despite sharing my home with 4 kitties I don’t often get them involved in the testing. Today that will change as we’ve received a Sunny Seat to try.

Now. We don’t normally do the “as seen on TV” stuff no matter how intriguing they may be. Firstly because Kafka (the short-haired orange tabby) won’t let us get the remote, but also because we don’t have cable, damnit. And our antenna is one step above rabbit ears, so basically we never really see the stuff. And at first look, we didn’t have much hope that this would be all that great.

Sure, mama thought, there is no way this can hold even one cat, much less 50 pounds worth. The pieces looked uninspiring.

But it was indeed really easy to assemble – taking the 5 minutes that the box said it would. Whew!

After assembly, we attached it to our window with the big suction cups. Hm. It’s staying. We were pretty sure this was the moment it would fail, that the suction cups wouldn’t do their job, and that it would fall off of the window sadly in a heap of plastic. But we were wrong.

How best to test? With our un-shy-est cat, Kafka.

Kafka is a sound 15-pounder. He’s not afraid of much, and once promised some chicken liver treats in exchange for posing for photos, was completely on board with our testing.

This holds! It does what it says it does! Thumbs up (is this the part where the chicken liver treats come out?)

Kafka – still waiting for those treats. But damn, this window seat HOLDS.

A little lovin’ for our fine, feline product tester. Your butt for science, Kafka!

After the initial testing phase, Kafka took over the seat as his own. We even caught him napping in it. No sign of it coming off of the window. As we said earlier, we thought that this wasn’t going to work but this window seat really performed! No tools needed, nothing that has to be screwed into walls, this just sticks on a window. For us, it’s big enough for one kitty, so we can’t speak as to the holds-50-pounds-of-kitty claim, but it really does hold and Kafka seems quite content in it. AWESOME!

Love,

Bogart

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November13th

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Do Your Doody (uh, I mean duty)

Posted in: Airedale Fun, PSA

Have you done your daily doody (uh, I mean, duty) today? Click and vote for the Northwest Airedale Terrier Rescue folks in OR on the Animal Rescue Site each and every day! Lets help ‘em win some cash to help rescue Dales!

1   http://tinyurl.com/2b5na43
2   http://tinyurl.com/2c9vee8
3   http://tinyurl.com/24qlmxf
4   http://tinyurl.com/2a25t55
5 http://tinyurl.com/399lrqr
6   http://tinyurl.com/325mohh
7   http://tinyurl.com/3amdtlo
8   http://tinyurl.com/2vtjqa5
9   http://tinyurl.com/362m6e5
10   http://tinyurl.com/dlwdh5
11   http://tinyurl.com/27t9lt7
12   http://tinyurl.com/2dfskxq
13   http://tinyurl.com/25nxbfg
14   http://tinyurl.com/2fvryuu
15   http://tinyurl.com/2cncuyo
16 http://tinyurl.com/3q8r2lb
17   http://tinyurl.com/4yhgaa8
18 http://tinyurl.com/3s494tl
19   http://tinyurl.com/3dbhocz
20   http://tinyurl.com/3mhc8me
21 http://tinyurl.com/3v6uthu
22 http://tinyurl.com/43l95s7
23   http://tinyurl.com/3hyasqo

Love,

Bogart

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November12th

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Barksters

Posted in: Airedale Fun, PSA

As you may already know, I am always pleased when packages arrive with my name on them. You want an opinion? YOU GOT IT

Today a box of treats arrived from the fine folks at Barksters. But these weren’t treats like anything I’ve ever seen before – they’re “krisps”, mama says that they have the texture of Munchos (all of the gourmet humans with fine, exotic taste will understand this). They’re all-natural, wheat-free, glute-free, low in fat (take note pups who have been told they need to shed some poundage – get your humans to buy these!), and made in the good ol’ US of A.

I got a brown rice and chicken package and a sweet potato and beef one. I made my choice of which to try first…

And then tried to open the damn thing myself.

If the beef one won’t open, try the chicken one, I thought to myself as I used my mighty paws to destroy the packaging.

So here is a closeup of the texture – they’re light and crispy as opposed to the crunch of a traditional dog biscuit. Different, indeed. This is the very last thing that this particular Barkster will ever see…

They come in a plain inside bag that doesn’t look that interesting…

Until you get your whole nose inside. Then… INTERESTING

The bag is well-sized for the mighty Airedale nose. Some of you with smaller schnozolas may encounter more difficulty getting into the bag. For you I suggest grabbing it, and shaking violently from side to side – a Barkster snowstorm!

At first I wasn’t sure – that texture sure was something I had never experienced before – but after a few tries I was convinced. Thanks Barksters!

Love,

Bogart

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October9th

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Airedale Mission: Entirely Possible

Posted in: Airedale Fun, PSA

Wanna do some good for Airedales needing rescue without spending a dime? Without getting up off of the couch (or wherever you are presumably sitting whilst reading this)? Well… The next round of voting has begun at The Animal Rescue Site and we’ve been very successful on the last few go-rounds at winning for Airedale rescue groups.

Your Mission – should you decide to accept it – is to click on each link to vote for Northwest Airedale Terrier Rescue in OR each and every day.

1 http://tinyurl.com/2b5na43
2 http://tinyurl.com/2c9vee8
3 http://tinyurl.com/24qlmxf
4 http://tinyurl.com/2a25t55
5 http://tinyurl.com/399lrqr
6 http://tinyurl.com/325mohh
7 http://tinyurl.com/3amdtlo
8 http://tinyurl.com/2vtjqa5
9 http://tinyurl.com/362m6e5
10 http://tinyurl.com/dlwdh5
11 http://tinyurl.com/27t9lt7
12 http://tinyurl.com/2dfskxq
13 http://tinyurl.com/25nxbfg
14 http://tinyurl.com/2fvryuu
15 http://tinyurl.com/2cncuyo
16 http://tinyurl.com/3q8r2lb
17 http://tinyurl.com/4yhgaa8
18 http://tinyurl.com/3s494tl
19 http://tinyurl.com/3dbhocz
20 http://tinyurl.com/3mhc8me
21 http://tinyurl.com/3v6uthu
22 http://tinyurl.com/43l95s7
23 http://tinyurl.com/3hyasqo

This blog will *not* self-destruct in five seconds. Unless you don’t click on at least one of the links. Then it might. But it won’t. Because you are cool – obviously, you read an Airedale blog everyday – and I know there will be some clicking happening. So go on, SPREAD THE COOLNESS.

Love,

Bogart

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August7th

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Hail Cesar!

Posted in: Airedale Fun, Feline Friends, PSA

Whoa, Nelly! Lookie what arrived for me!

Ok, stop looking at it – MAMA OPEN THE DAMN BAG OR I SHALL BE FORCED TO OPEN IT MYSELF

Goodies! Goodies! Goodies!

The kind folks at Cesar dog foods sent over a care package chock full ‘o goodness for me to sample. Dog food, dog treats, and yeah some silly t-shirt for the humans. GIMME THAT!

Yeah, yeah t-shirt, yada yada yada. These smell awfully darned good…

Anything with the word Treats on it is fine in my book. These are really cute, a sweet mixture of shapes and flavors. Semi-soft for those times when crunchy just won’t do.

Not just one bag was inside but two – making me believe that a dog was responsible for sending out this package. A human might put in one little bag of treats, but a fellow dog KNOWS that ONE IS NEVER ENOUGH.

But this is what I’ve set my sights – uh, paws – on. I could smell these through the box. And I generally don’t care for cans of dog food – mama makes my dinner in the crockpot each night (when she’s not breaking them, that is) – but this is INTOXICATING.

All different flavors – this one is filet mignon – yeah JUST OPEN THE DAMN THING MAMA!

Hm. I don’t think that even when I was a puppy I was a particularly small dog. Maybe compared to now. But it’s a cute t-shirt. Kinda looks Westie-ish to me (woo-hoo fellow terriers!).

I have to say that mama wasn’t expecting this – I generally turn up my substantial nose at store-bought dog food. I suppose I’m a bit of a foodie (i.e. snob) about what I eat – a boy does get spoiled when he has a home-cooked meal every night after all. But I went NUTSO for these and while one may be a satisfying meal for a little dog, 5 might be more like it for a mighty Dale of my impressive stature.

And a side benefit? Guess who cleaned out the containers for easy recycling? Thanks Behemoth!

This Cesar dog food gets a mighty 8 paws up (4 canine, 4 feline). Every single flavor was gobbled. I took the majority while my feline friend did the back-up work. HAIL CESAR!

The kind folks at Cesar sent us two of these lovely bags-of-goodness and I’d love to share one with one of my blog readers! The kit had a whole bunch ‘o Cesar wet foods, two – count ‘em, two! – bags of semi-soft treats, and a purple Small Dog, Big Love t-shirt. Mama also wants to pass along the hot pink Small Dog, Big Love t-shirt as well, I’m not a small dog. So rather than make this difficult, how about two folks who leave a comment on this blog including the words “ET TU, BRUTE?”, add something amusing of their own, and provide their email address get one? Before next Wednesday (August 10)?

Thanks again, Cesar! DEE-LISH!

Love,

Bogart

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June6th

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Drink Well with Pets and Beyond

Posted in: Airedale Fun, Philadelphia, PSA

Well, well, well. Mama’s photography skills seem to have failed her. Big time. I fully realize that this photo looks like I’m peeing. But it must be some sort of visual trick because I never pee in the house. So what is it then?

The lovely folks at Pets and Beyond sent us a new Drinkwell fountain to try out. Aha, that explains it!

It has been some time since I had the privilege to drink from a Drinkwell. I love ‘em, the kitties love ‘em, but apparently in the past they have been a bit, well, of a pain in the butt to keep clean. Mama mentioned something about my fine beard as being an all-purpose crap catcher… and since the kitties all lose fur in a puff whenever they move a muscle (which isn’t that much, thank goodness, wouldn’t want bald kitties), well, lets just say that keeping the Drinkwell clean was a real challenge for my cleanliness-challenged mama.

Behemoth wanted to try it out first, but I really had to insist that I get to do it. So he ridiculously gracefully moved over to the cat food bowl – pretending that HE MEANT TO DO THAT. That’s fine with me Behemoth, as long as I get first dibs on the new Drinkwell!

This is the Drinkwell Platinum. It’s much more compact that the previous Drinkwell fountains I have had, which mama says bodes really well for the keeping-it-clean issue. The back pitcher where the water is kept is easy to remove and easy to fill without as much spillage as the old ones did. Don’t ask how she manages to spill kind of everything, she’s just very talented in her own way.

So this is me taking my first sips from the new Drinkwell. It looks small compared to my big manly, muscle-y manliness, but honestly it’s really a great size for us all. I can get the full beard in, and the kitties can slurp easily. Win-win!

Yes sure, there’s a bit more spillage when I drink than when the kitties delicately lap up the water, but hey, I’M A DOG

Refreshing. Cool. AWESOME.

The free-flowing water is just dandy. I enjoy drinking from the waterfall as well as dipping in for a good slurp in the pool.

There isn’t much that’s better than a Drinkwell. Drinking from the hose is awesome, taking a couple of slurps while swimming is cool, but a Drinkwell has the added benefit of being able to do it inside, and all the time. Do not underestimate the convenience. Getting the humans to pull out the hose or take you to the pool, lake, or what-have-you takes up valuable cuteness, energy, and time. Why not just have it ready to go in your kitchen?

Really, there are only two choices. You can have the most amazing dad in the world like I did, who set up this in my favorite back yard in the world in Mareike-land a few years ago:

Yeah that’s right. MY OWN DRINKING TOILET. This is the ultimate for ANY dog.

But we are not all lucky enough to have such intelligent humans with crazy ideas and mad skills to make them come true. So really, a Drinkwell is truly the very-next-best-thing. And highly recommended by all four of my furry kitty friends, so it’s bi-species-al!

Want to buy your own Drinkwell? Visit the fine folks at Pets and Beyond – they have ‘em ready to rush to your house as well as a whole lotta other cool stuff for you dogs and your feline friends. Oh, and mama recommends that when you buy your Drinkwell that you also invest in the cleaning kit and some extra filters – trust her on this, cleaning is easy with the right tools!

Love,

Bogart

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March14th

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Helping Japan’s Animals

Posted in: PSA

We have been so moved watching all of the devastation that has happened to the people of Japan during the recent earthquake, tsunami, and reactor breakdowns… and have been looking for ways to help. Being very focused on animals and animal issues, we were searching for how to donate to help Japan’s animals and the search and rescue dogs that surely will be lending their extraordinary talents to helping find humans in trouble.

We found this post on Pet Captain with some info on how and where to donate to help the animals of Japan: http://petcaptain.com/blog/cat/help-save-animals-japan-tsunami-disaster

Animal Refuge Kansai
Postal Account:
Large Scale Rescue Fund
No. 00970-2-267840

PayPal – Please add “for earthquake animals”
http://www.arkbark.net/?q=en/taxonomy/term/17

Japan Cat Network
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_204822102863541

World Vets
http://www.worldvets.org/

Search Dog Foundation
http://www.searchdogfoundation.org/zcom/donation/display.do?compid=98&prodid=8173

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911df43181aa0/?vgnextoid=bfc13a56d35ae210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

Love

Bogart & Lulu

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February21st

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Hot and Hairy Passions

Posted in: Airedale Fun, PSA, Video

This is the first video from the folks behind the Clean+Green sprays…

It made mama laugh – all I could see were kitties fighting (and hey, I see that at home all the time!). And all of the Clean+Green sprays we’ve tried (the carpet and upholstery one, the litter box one, and the furniture refresher one) have all done the trick so we are fans.

Love,

Bogart

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February9th

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Taking the Eukanuba 28-Day Challenge

Posted in: Airedale Fun, PSA

The 40-pound bag arrived to much fanfare here at Chez Bogart. Both Bogart and the cats were absolutely FASCINATED by the box. Sniff sniff sniff, scratch scratch scratch. I was just tired from dragging the large package up 3 flights of stairs, and they used my tired-ness to their advantage – while Bogart’s mighty front paws held the box down, Kafka and Willie (the two orange tubby tabbies) began chewing on the box. I’m sure they would have gotten inside if they had had more time – but it was time for the creature with the opposable thumbs to step in and open the box.

Eukanuba Natural Lamb & Rice for Large Breeds – this is right up Bogart’s alley! The bag design looks fantastic – I think it sends a message of serious nutrition – and Bogart thinks it sends a message of DELICIOUSNESS. It’s not often that he whines when food is involved, he is not a fan of most commercially-made dog food, but this caught his attention. Gingerly I ripped open a corner of the bag so that he could sample his new food… but then that mighty paw came out of nowhere, ripping open a much larger hole (easy access, I’m sure he was thinking). Pieces scattered all over the kitchen floor. But then, like a game of connect-the-dots, they were gone. Bogart had hoovered up every one. Fantastic for me – no cleanup! – but I was also so happy that he likes the food!

Bogart gets homemade food supplemented with occasional kibble. Chicken or turkey soup with vegetables and rice, made in his very own slow cooker. I am particular about what I feed him, and always nervous about food recalls and contamination. We have never tried Eukanuba food before (I don’t know why, I think we’ve tried almost every food in the pet store at one point or another). It looks good, it smells good, there isn’t a lot of crap in it, and most importantly, my super-finicky-used-to-having-everything-homemade dog LIKES it.

So Bogart will be embarking (pun intended) on the 28-day challenge. A little something crunchy to go with his daily soup (croutons, anyone?).

Lulu & Bogart

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February8th

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Pearl’s Puppies are Here!!!

Posted in: Airedale Fun, PSA, Pup Pals

Aw, I just know there is going to be a happy ending to this story – a big THANK YOU to all who have donated to the care of Pearl, Lily, Crockett, and their pups!

JUST BORN – Pearl’s Pups! 12 healthy Dale babies! 7 boys and 5 girls…

Updates on these sweet OK Airedales

Love,

Bogart

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