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Thanks for the shout out, Pooch Smooches and Just4MyPet!

Jackie Bouchard, of Pooch Smooches fame (she wrote “What The Dog Ate” and blogs about her wonderful pooch, Rita on a daily basis), gave me a shout out in yesterday’s blog post.  I had suggested she check out Jimmy Fallon’s rendition of “Whip My Hair Back and Forth”, in response to her blog posting “I Whip My Ears Back and Forth”  (and honestly, if you have not seen Fallon’s performance, with special guest Bruce Springsteen as “himself in the 1970s” you will LOVE it!)

Here’s Jackie’s blog including the shout out to k2k9: http://poochsmooches.blogspot.com/2013/06/follow-up-friday-replies-awards.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PoochSmooches+%28Pooch+Smooches%29

And Just4MyPet sent out this morning’s email blast featuring Hobie as their pet of the day!
Here’s what Just4MyPet had to say about Hobie (ok, they got it slightly wrong, but that’s ok).  And the picture of Hobie they used is below.

“Featured Pet of the Day Hobie is 13 1/2 years old, and has accompanied his mom, Kathy of North 

Eastham, MA, to work for his whole life. Because of their short commute Hobie is able to walk to work.”



Blogger’s note: Hobie was able to walk to work with me years ago, but we didn’t do it very often.  He certainly can’t do it anymore, with his arthritis and other medical issues 🙁   It’s 3.9 miles and huge San Francisco-type hills.  But we can dream, and remember the good old days when we walked 8-plus miles a day.  I need to get back to that, with Charlie Brown!

Thanks again for the shout outs!

Wordless Wednesday

On vacation in Tobago and we don’t have any dogs here at the house anymore, so the animal amusement comes from these little chicks that are only a couple of days old, and their hen who is fearful of all humans.  It is hilarious watching them run around the yard all day long… you can hear them coming cheep! cheep! cheep! “The cheepers are out here!” and I run with my camera, and they run away.  This is the best shot I’ve gotten so far.  Natural entertainment value.  Not exactly “wordless” Wednesday, sorry.

Subaru: Dog Tested. Dog Approved. Celebrate the love

Subaru of America enjoys celebrating the special bond between Subaru drivers and their dogs with its annual “Dog Tested. Dog Approved.™” advertising campaign.

This year’s ads with Subaru Canine Sales Associate, Grant Weber, are priceless! When they introduced Grant Weber to viewers, Subaru described him as “simply no better friend to man’s best friend”, and touted his abilities to find just the right Subaru for any dog’s needs!

 The company intro’d Weber using four 30-second television spots with varied messages for canine car buyers. The first one, the Subaru Dog Tested Intro is my favorite. The two dogs driving the car, where they shake hands with Grant Weber, resemble a combination of my various hounds Hobie, Hector, Charlie Brown and Cooper, and I love the new slogan “Once you sit in a Subaru, you’ll stay.”

But there’s more great stuff where that came from!

“On the Lot” is a great teaser video that shows a cat driving off with the last blue Forester on the lot! (It was a hard choice deciding if this was my fave, or the other one, but one is a commercial and the other is just a teaser so I like both!)

Weber on kids (uh, the furry kind)  
“They’re cute and cuddly, and a source of tremendous joy, but in the end they’re 
just a whole litter of work.”  
But as Charlie Brown will confirm, “It’s easier to chase cars if you’re in one.”  
And safer, too (especially if that car is a Subaru!)
This post is sponsored by Subaru. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about the Dog Tested. Dog Approved.™ campaign, but 
k2k9/K.S. Mueller only shares news for things we support.  We are huge fans of Subaru, and have always said we should be in their commercials!