Pet Pride

Ok, this is from last Halloween. Why do you want me to wear it now? Well, as long as I have it on, do you like around my neck?

Or do you like it around my waist, like a skirt? Me? I don't like it anywhere, but in the garbage.

Please go and visit Bozo at Pet pride for more great photos.
Love, Sasha

Camera Critters # 68

Camera Critters Meme Please go and visit for more Camera Critters.
My tunnel is a very good place to rest. I am on my own, but not too far from Mommy. I never like to be too far away from Mommy.

I hope I dream of a magic place, where the bubbles take me to visit all my friends. In my dreams, it would be so fun to play with my friends.

Have any of my friends found the magic dream bubbles yet? Please tell me what they look like. I will keep searching.

Have a nice weekend

Love, licks and sniffs, Sasha

I am playing tag with Mango!!

Yahoo, Mango said I am tagged. Run around, run around, BOL, BOL, you can't find me. Wait, I guess it is a different tag, it is just as well, if Mango found me, he might want to play that bitey face game and I never played that one before. Please go and visit Mango at
Mango's Great Adventures , it is a very fun, very cool blog. My Mom would love to give Mango a big squeezy hug.


1) open the folder that has your pet pics in it
2) choose one you haven't posted before
3) tell its story
4) tag 5 friends

Ok, here it is. I would never allow this to be shown before, but I am giving in. My Mom and sister bought me a Halloween costume with devil horns and tail! Me, can you believe it. The sweet angelic Sasha, a devil. Well let me tell you the devil in me came out that night! They were sorry, but I did get a lot of treats and people did kind of give me a lot of attention. Still!! A devil!

Is this the face of a devil?????? I think not, it is the face of a doggy that just got a haircut and was not happy about it!

I tag:

1.Mona & the Mommy Too!!

2. The Daily Oskar

3.We love Luna

4.THE BUMPASS HOUNDS (and Kitties)

5.Raising Addie

Have fun, love, licks and sniffs, Sasha

Sasha's News Report

Hello my friends, the weekend is almost here. It has been raining here, so I am a little down, because I haven't been to the park or out for long walks. I got to thinking as I was watching the news recently that big dogs are very nice to look up to. They can do some things that us little squirts have trouble with. Paws up to my big friends out there. Little dogs also have talents, other than circus tricks I mean. We can bark very fiercely and when someone is on the other side of the door, we sound huge. We can get into small spaces, under beds, etc. My Daddy found this cool article in the Milwaukee newspaper. Milwaukee is someplace on the other side of the world where Mom and Dad were born. So I am going to share my post today with a little dog hero. Gracie may not sniff out drugs or track down criminals, but she has a gift and she is doing her part to make the world a better place. Paws up high for Gracie

Gracie is a terrier specially trained to sniff out bedbugs in the city.

Gracie, a 12-pound Parsons Jack Russell terrier, has come to Milwaukee with a mission.
Sure, a lot of canines are trained to sniff out bombs, drugs or dead bodies.
But as the newest member of the Housing Authority's environmental services department, Gracie's job can literally be described as: Don't let the bedbugs bite.
Acquired from a specialized canine training center in Florida for $10,000, Gracie can go to an apartment door and smell if there's a bedbug or live bedbug eggs inside, said Bill Klein, the supervisor of the Housing Authority's environmental services. He introduced the dog Wednesday at the annual meeting of the authority's board. For her public debut, Gracie wore a light blue jacket with an official Housing Authority logo and a uninterested look.
"The dog can find an insect the size of a pinhead and can then get to the spot on the chair or the bed or whatever," he said.
"Bedbugs are a horrible problem all around the world because they are hard to control because they have extreme tolerance to most pesticides," Klein explained in an interview later.
Bedbugs also are hard to detect, he said.
Some people can have an allergic reaction to the bug bites, which can cause them to scratch. In some cases, they can then develop an antibiotic-resistant staph infection that can be "very dangerous," he added.
Bedbugs travel widely and can be picked up on suitcases, in hotels and motels, dorm rooms, day care centers, just about anywhere, he said. "By the time you know you have them, you have a large infestation."
Klein believes Gracie is the only dog in the state doing bedbug duty and the first at a public housing authority. He's rather sure of that because he said he's the only handler listed as passing the certified training in the National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association.
Pepe Peruyero, CEO of the J & K Canine Academy in High Springs, Fla, where the housing authority purchased the dog, said in the last 2 1/2 years, some hotels and businesses have started using dogs for bug detection because bedbug outbreaks have reached "epidemic proportions."
He said he knows of no other public housing authority that's done so. "It speaks volumes of the Milwaukee Housing Authority that it's taken the initiative to go above and beyond what any other housing authorities in the country have done to provide services using the latest state-of-the-art technology in the detection of bedbugs," he said.
If the $10,000 price tag seems steep, Klein defends it as an efficient investment in public health. By comparison, dogs trained to track narcotics and as patrol dogs cost also cost about $10,000, which includes the dog, training and certification, said Larry Filo, who coordinates the Fox Valley Technical College canine training program and owns the Steinig TalKennels in Campbellsport.
Gracie's been sniffing out bedbugs for the past month and has gone on more than 150 inspection missions, he said, although he declined to give a bug count.
She's a key element in the authority's "war on bedbugs," he said. "We think it's prudent and cost-effective because it can take five hours or more to go through a unit looking for bedbugs where there are no visual signs."
In all, the Housing Authority oversees 5,300 units of public housing, says executive director Tony Perez. The funds to acquire Gracie came from fees the housing authority has generated, such as developer fees attached to the housing tax credits used to build Convent Hill, and an environmental service contract that the Housing Authority has for City Hall, and other revenue streams the authority has developed to pay for additional services, he said.
"The advantage is that the animal can pinpoint bedbugs without having to go through all the units in a building, or trying to treat a whole building with various methods like raising the temperature in a building to 120 degrees," he said.
For example, bedbugs were found in one chair in a management office in one building and the chair was removed within minutes, he said.
Klein has to constantly keep Gracie up to snuff with her training, which is reinforced three times a day. And he also now has a constant companion, since Gracie lives with him and goes everywhere he goes - even on vacation.

Licks and Sniffs, Sasha

WoRdLeSs WeDnEsDaY

http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/

An award from my friends

Thank you to my friends Sassy, Zach and Buddy over at Dog Daze and also to Dory and Bilbo too over at Dory's Backyard for passing on this award to me. I love you all and please go and visit both of these very fun blogs.

The translation is: Your blog is a dream
Wow, how cool is that??

Ok now the rule things: Give 7 beauty secrets and then pass it on.

Beauty secrets makes me giggle just a little, because if you follow my blog, you know I don't much care for water or being brushed or groomed in general. I have posted this picture before, but I think it pretty much sums up how I feel about grooming.



I do, however have beauty secrets to pass on to doggy friends. My human friends may not agree, I know my Mom doesn't, in fact she breaks my first rule much too often.

1. Don't take baths, maybe only once or twice a year, but no more. The stinkier the better.
2. Brush your teeth every day, even more than once a day. We need our teeth for many things.
3. Roll in the grass whenever possible, every day if you can. The grass is cleansing, the smell wonderful.
4. Eat lots of treats, they are good for everything.
5. Drink plenty of water, also good for everything.
6. Chase your tail, it is good exercise and let me know if you ever catch yours.
7. Real beauty is found within. There is no need for all that grooming nonsense, it is what is on the inside that counts. Ok Mom did you get that NO NEED FOR GROOMING!

I will pass this on to:
Checkers The Peek A Poo , Checkers just got back from vacation and may have some grooming tips.
EL DIARIO DE LORENZA Lorenza certainly knows about beauty, she will have some great tips, I am sure.
Honeygo Beasley Another dog who knows a lot about beauty
I need a Sugar fix I have to give a shout out to my twin sister Sugar, she is also beautiful.
Martha and Bailey's Blog Martha and Bailey are also beautiful and I am sure will have tips to share.
Corgi Country There has been a lot of recent grooming here, so these beauties should have tips, I hope.


I tried to pick different blogs than my friends who gave me the award picked. I love you all.
Sasha

Pet Pride

All day I waited and waited and finally I got my ice cream! Way to go slow Mom, but late is better than never.

Look I eat it so fast that you can't even take a good picture of me and then...

...right back in for more. Yom, yom, yom.

Hey wait a minute, this bowl is no regular bowl, it is a bowl I can eat. I am going to sneak off to someplace I can eat in private, just in case they try to take it. It might be a trick.

Oh man, this is the life, ice cream and I get to eat the bowl. I will have sweet dreams tonight.

Love Sasha

Camera Critters #67

http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/ Please Mom, I am not in the mood today. Love to all my friends Sasha

I got a package from my Corgi friends!!

My friends over at Corgi Country celebrated their 100th post!! Yahoo and congratulations to all of you. They had a contest and BG picked my name out of the papers on the floor. Thanks BG you are the best. Thank you to Dott, OC and BG and of course their Mommy for sending me a nice pressie. I was so excited. Please go and visit them, they have great adventures and help keep us safe from squirrels.

Mommy, Mommy, I got a package. Open it, hurry. Come on I can't wait. Today please!!

Never mind I will do it myself, now how do you get into this paper shell, I smell something good.

Woohooooooooooo! It is my prize for winning the contest over The Corgis. Yahoo, Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
First I will read the book about Dott, oh it is so cute. I love the pictures, these are my blog friends. Its like they are here with me. I am going to sleep with this.
Oh my, someone is taking Dotts brothers to a new home. Dott are you ok?? I can't wait to read on.
Whew I love a happy ending, thank you so much for that great book. Look I also got a new toy and it squeaks!
But wait, this one smells really good. Ummm, hey up there , a little help please. No thumbs, remember.
Thats what I am talking about. Yummy in my tummy. It tastes so good. I am trying to be ladylike but I can't control myself, it is so good. Yom, yom, slurp.

Thanks again to all my Corgi friends, Dott, BG and OC. Paws up and I love you all. Sasha
Corgi Country -Please go and visit.

eYewatch Friday # 5 -7/17/2009

Norwood Unleashed Check this out, how fun is this! We were over visiting Maggie and Mitches blog at Maggie and Mitch the Airedales to wish them a happy 600th post. Wow, that is a lot of doggy news and love. Thank you! Anyway they told me about Norwood and today is his birthday . Happy Birthday! Norwood has this fun meme Eyewatch Friday Norwood Unleashed so we are going to give it a try. The pictures are older ones of me, because my big sis has the camera right now, but I think they work for the theme. Have a great weekend!! Love Sasha

Sasha's Friday Diary

Hello my friends and welcome to another Friday. As we embark on another weekend, I have some news and information I feel the need to share with you. First Petfinder.com http://m.petfinder.com/ is a site that is near and dear to my heart. My Mom found me there and I found my forever home. They send us newsletters and we would like to share some of the information with you.

Not all of our pet friends out there are easily finding homes. To help with this there is a special day coming in August:
:
A "SPECIAL" DAY Big black dogs. FIV+ cats. Senior pets. Special needs pets. Many factors can make a pet seem "less adoptable." To promote these animals, Petfinder has designated August 12 as "Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day."

Mom and I like this, so even if you are not interested in adopting right now, maybe you can pass this on to a friend or just have really good thoughts and paws crossed that these special pets find homes. We all need a home as you my friends well know.

Angels walk among us. You won't have any doubt when you read Opie's story. First, a good Samaritan rescued him on a cold January night, then Debby at Short N Sweet Dog Rescue nursed him to health, and finally Lori adopted him, a dog that wouldn't win any beauty contests. They all saw beyond that to his beautiful soul. Another angel is Betty, who adopted a blind Dachshund, Phoebe. We honor everyone who adopts a homeless pet, but special thanks to those of you who open your hearts to "less-adoptable" ones.

And this is kind of cool:

Do You Have a Happy Tail?Send us your Petfinder pet's happy ending story. It will be entered in our monthly Happy Tail drawing, and you may win a Man's Best Friend Fun Pack and a baseball cap from our friends at The Animal Rescue Site.

Check this out, you can go and vote for your favorite rescue site and that site could win some money to help other dogs.
Yorkshire Terrier/Maltese/ Petrealtorz now RetroDoggyRescue, this is the group that found me and we vote for them every day.

Keep voting daily for your favorite group in The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge! Voting ends July 26.

Have a good weekend everyone!!

Love and licks and sniffs, Sasha

Sasha's Thursday Thoughts

If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.~
Mary Engelbreit

Be who you are and what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.~Dr. Seuss

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.~Confucius

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.~Author Unknown

No one is listening until you fart.~ Author Unknown

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.~David Carradine


My friends, I hope you have enjoyed these random thoughts. I have been resting in my tunnel, just having some "me" time and looking forward to a nice weekend. Mom's back continues to bother her, so she can't play with me very long, but I am attending to her and doing my best to pass the time. God bless you all.

Sasha

WoRdLeSs WeDnEsDaY

http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/

Thanks Sugar for spreading the love!

Look what my friend Sugar at I need a Sugar fix gave me! Thank you Sugar. Please go and visit Sugar's cool blog. Sugar is such a cutie and has fun stories to share from her forever home. She was rescued and is in a home full of love now. We love Sugar and all of our friends.

I recently listed 7 things that you might not know about me for the award at the top, so I am going to just do the 2nd award. The rules for this one are: Name 7 things that make me awesome. Wow thats going to be fun.

1. I am a shih tzu and that is awesome.

2. I was rescued and had lived in 2 other homes before my forever home now.

3. I am my Mom's constant companion, whatever room she is in, I am there with her.

4. I am very protective of my family and bark at anyone who comes near them.

5. If my Mom goes out in that big riding car thing, I will lay by the door that she left from and stay there until she comes home.

6. I brush my own teeth everyday with a junior toothbrush, both sides up and down. If my Mom can ever figure out how to put a video on here, you can see.

7. I can pounce things like my toys just like Simba in The Lion King. I lean back with my back arched and leap forward attacking the unsuspecting toy ha-ha, take that you toy. My Mom has a video of this too but oh well.

I would like to pass this on, I tried to spread the love to different doggy bloggys than Sugar picked and different ones than I picked the last time. That way the love gets spread more and more.

Brutus the Frenchie

Dog Eared

Dory's Backyard

Eduardo The Snuggle Puggle

Honeygo Beasley

Ike's Life

KOOBUSS

Martha and Bailey's Blog

THE LIFE OF A RESCUED POUND PUPPY IN HER OWN WORDS

Spread the love, if you want to if you don't thats ok, just know that you are loved.

Sasha