Daily Dose SmartPaks provide a convenient, customized daily dose of the supplements and/or medications your dog needs, in a package sealed for freshness and labeled with their name. We'll ship you a 28 day supply every four weeks. Change or cancel anytime - there's never a commitment - only convenience! Great for multi-dog households, and dogs requiring multiple supplements per day.  The little packages are labeled with your dogs name and you can pick and choose the supplements and medicines you need to put in each little cup.    

Isn't that a cool idea?   You can spend a lot of time at the SmartPak people's web site and learn all about them.

This is what these wonderful and generous people donated to our Raffle:
A Ruff-Wear Canine Float Coat, which I wanted but did not win.  I wanted this because last year I tried to swim and sank to the bottom of the pool.

A Pink Packable Bowl, A Bottom's Up Lifter Device that is seriously cool if you have a dog that needs a boost, A Safety Seat Belt Harness, Organic Cotton Collar, Bags on Board Set, Water Wooba Kong, Leather Coupler, A Pooch Pouch (Fanny Pak)
and....................... a Tug A Jug.   I really wanted to win the Tug A Jug, but Mom says she promises she will buy me one.

If you do not know what a Tug A-Jug is it is a "see-through jug and scent holes allow treats to stimulate a dog's sense of sight and smell. Unique rubber wrap serves as a chew toy and cleans teeth. Base unscrews for easy loading of treats or kibble. Non-toxic plastic (bullet-proof material!) is virtually indestructible. Stands up to even the most aggressive chewers - we know, we've tested it! "

However..... with our theory of one picture is worth millions of words, this is what it looks like and I WANT IT.
                                                                           
I suspect that the dog in this picture is one of my PitBull friends, by the way.

SO A BIG THANK YOU FROM THE WONDERFUL SMARTPAK PEOPLE, and please, please, please tell them how much you appreciated all the raffle items AND the 100 bags of SmartPak Kibble that they donated to the Goody Bags too.

AND MOVING ON:  Our wonderful friend Ms. DanaMarie Hossler of GreenStar Studio   sent a little Knitimal and he found a very good home with Ms. Mary Harper who is also a BIG Supporter and Voluneer for our Dog Park.   I can't think of a better home for the little Knitimal, who had the name of Sprint.

If you don't know what a Knitimal is then you better fly away to DanaMarie's studio and visit with them cause they are little hand knitted works of love and art.   Here is a pile o' them but you can custom order and help create your own special style.  We love DanaMarie.  I think the little Sprint Knitimal was a greyhound.

                                                  

Let's see.  Who is Next?

Well, we had two very special new products from The Inventor of Port-A-Poo, which an amazing thing and one which we are going to give to a lot of friends and use ourselves.   Check them out!  

                                                                       In case you can't tell, this is a very handy little item, that snaps onto your leash, once the little bag is full of poop.  (or poo) (or whatever you would like to tastefully call it)    and then you DO NOT HAVE TO HOLD THE BAG WITH YOUR HAND WHILE YOU ARE WALKING.   Is this not an amazing invention? 

And BTW if you are at the 9th annual Pet Fiesta in Reston on May 2 then you can visit the Port-A-Poo People

Wonderful Dr. Strickland and his Staff at Leesburg Veterinary Hospital donated a fantastic gift of 6-months supply of Frontline, so there "ain't no ticks on me"...... remember that song?  The people at Leesburg Vet are building a fantastic new facility in our town and they brought very beautiful pictures to show everyone.

                                                                  

And The Great People at Blue Ridge Vet Clinic in Purcellville donated TWO HUGE GIFT BASKETS:  One for a doggie family and one for a kitty family.

That was very special indeed:      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           


And the biggest and most beautiful gift basket with Human Things and Dog Things and Cat Things came from TLC (The Life Center) our amazing new speciality practice and emergency hospital in Leesburg.  It was really, really, really heavy.