Life is Like a Box of Nuggets

Friday, February 4, 2011

My First Blog Award

This post has little to do with dogs and everything to do with my very first blog award - the STYLISH BLOGGER AWARD! Thank you to Lesley over at Five Seconds From Crazy for bestowing this honor upon me. Since I'm a good sport, I'll follow the rules (shown below) for accepting this award.

7 things about me:

1. I'm an animal lover. All animals. Period. The more people I meet, the more I prefer the company of animals.

2. I'm studying to take the CFP exam in November. Prayers, please. LOTS of prayers!

3. I attended law school for a year. It wasn't for me... but unfortunately, schools don't offer refunds if you don't like them.

4. I have 800+ pictures on my phone. 799 of them are of the dogs. I've only had my phone since last summer.

5. Nicholas Sparks is my favorite author and I've read ALL of his books. Every time he publishes a new one, I buy and finish reading it on the day it's available in bookstores.

6. I know nothing about farming, but I'd love to live on a farm one day. With LOTS of rescued animals (See #1).

7. If I had to eat pizza everyday for the rest of my life, I would not be sad.

15 Blogs I Love:

Dog Tails: The Diary of a Distinguished Dog

A Dogs Life, the real story

A Wiener Dog Blog

Adventures of Simba the Golden Retriever

better off wed

Bring The Rain

Dog is God in Reverse

Dogs for the PAWS

Hyperbole and a Half

MODG

My journey with Endometriosis

Two Goldens and a wannabe

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF STYLISH BLOGGER AWARD:
1. Thank and link back to the person(s) who awarded you with this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Award 15 recently discovered bloggers.

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

I Am a Proud Puppy Momma!

You can probably guess from the post title that Nugget's first test and observe went very well! B and Nugg ventured down to York, SC to the White Oak Manor this afternoon. The first order of business was his test - which he ACED! Next was the hour-long observation in the nursing home for which he was on his best behavior. We still need to work on leash pulling, but he received all positive scores. I'm so proud of my handsome man! I couldn't wait to get home from work to give him a big hug! (He also got a special peanut butter bone treat for being such a good boy since I'm such a cool mom.) Our next test and observe is a couple of weeks out, but he is well on his way to becoming a newly registered therapy dog ~~and I'm preparing mentally for one more calendar to keep!~~

Here's what the ham bone is up to tonight:

BALL HOGGING!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

So Much for Wordless Wednesday...

I simply cannot keep this to myself - not only because I'm excited, but also because I hope our family, friends, fans and followers will cheer us on!

That handsome man pictured above (Nugget!) has his first official "test and observe" tomorrow for Therapy Dogs, Inc. B is taking him to a nursing home in York, SC to meet with one of the observers where they will first run through the test and then he'll be observed in the actual nursing home setting. During the test, they will score his ability to follow basic commands, how well he walks on a leash and his physical appearance, etc. (Let's hope he's having a good hair day! ha!) During the observation, he will be evaluated on his temperament in the nursing home setting and his ability to follow commands with the normal distractions of that environment and how well he interacts with strangers and other dogs.

I know he did great last week at the nursing home in Chapel Hill, but there weren't any other dogs present and tomorrow, there will be at least 2. That could go either way, really. So again, I'm very nervous but also very excited to get this ball rolling. Please send prayers, bow-wows, paw-fives and good vibes our way! We'll post an update tomorrow :)