A Fun Game to Play

My new friend Jasmine who happens to be a goat tagged me to play a fun game. I have never met a goat up close, but Jasmine seems really cool. Mommy showed me a video of her talking and singing I think and wow, does she have a voice. Please go visit her and watch her video at

Jasmine's Goat Jargon . She is a beautiful goat.

For the game I need to name 6 things that make me happy. This will be fun.

1. Sleeping anytime but especially with my Mommy. She is the best snuggler.

2. Eating. I do love to eat. I can be somewhat picky at times. I can never say no to cheese.

3. Playing. I have a whole big toy box full of toys. They are all my favorites, but my mostest favorite is my squeaky hot dog and blue elephant and my stuffy mango.

4. Snack time, not to be confused with eating, these are 2 totally different events. I am a big fan of pupperoni and Zen treats.

5. Walky time. My Dad and my sis mostly take me and I love to go, but I am also very excited to come back. I don't like to be away from Mommy for too long.

6. Nap time, not to be confused with sleeping, totally different. Naps are shorter and more frequent.

I always have a hard time tagging people to play as I don't know where to stop. I am going to tag

1. Olive , Olive is a newer blogger and I would like to know more about her.

2. Burnt Chicken Republic I would like to know more about Coffee and Oreo

3. I need a Sugar fix Captain and Candy are just babies so I think it would be fun to read what they like so far.

I tag anyone else who would like to play this fun game.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Pet Pride and an Award

Thank you to my friend Coco at Cocorue for this beautiful award. Coco gave it to all her girly friends. I am proud to be a girly friend of the beautiful Coco. If you haven't met her, please go and visit her soon. The awards means "Your blog is like a pearl, rare, delicate and charming. I think that would describe Coco.

Thank you to Bozo atPet pride for sponsoring another edition of Pet Pride, check it out, its cool. I am a Daddy's girl and proud of it. Nobody gets between me and my Daddy!I love you Daddy.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Camera Critters

Its Camera Critters, time to show off your critters. Please visit Camera Critters Meme for more. I am having a bad hair day. Have you ever had one of those days, when your hair just isn't right?

Please stop with the flashy beast, not today!

Ok, thats it, give me the beast! Now!

Alas, I always lose that argument.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Eyewatch Friday and Sasha's Important Tip of the Week!

Please visit Norwood at norwood unleashed! for more eyes to watch.

Hello my friends, as you may know there have been lots of home changing things going on around here lately. Mom found the info below from the ASPCA and we both thought it would be good to pass it along. I don't normally eat glue myself, but I do sometimes chew on furniture and areas that may have glue, so we felt it was good for my pet friends to be informed. Hope you all have a nice Labor Day weekend and get lots of goodies and no tummy aches. Pet Poison Alert: Accidental Ingestion of Wood Glue on the Rise

Our country’s new-found thrift has lead many homeowners to save a penny by tackling do-it-yourself home improvement projects. But take care, pet parents—you may be exposing your furry friends to dangerous tools and tricks of the trade. Polyurethane glue, a water-resistant adhesive and favorite of woodworkers, is highly toxic if ingested by cats and dogs.
According to data from the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC), pet poisonings from wood glues—and other adhesives containing the substance diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI)—are on the rise. In the past 12 months, the APCC handled more than 170 cases of pets who ingested expanding glues. Of those incidents, the majority involved dogs and were evaluated at high or medium risk for developing severe, life-threatening problems.
Polyurethane glue—also known by brand names like Gorilla Glue and Elmer’s Pro-Bond—is prized for its ability to bond to wood. If eaten, however, the glue expands in the stomach’s warm, moist environment and forms a softball-sized lump. A dog who eats even a small amount of MDI-based adhesive can experience severe gastrointestinal problems resulting in blockages and requiring emergency surgery to remove the mass.
Pet parents should treat any expanding adhesive as a potential hazard, since the offending chemical MDI is not always listed on product labels. Like all toxic household products, wood glue should be stored in a secure cabinet to prevent your furry beloveds from coming into contact with it. If you suspect your pet has ingested polyurethane glue, please call your vet or the ASPCA’s 24-hour poison hotline at (888) 426-4435. And for more information about keeping your pet domestically sound, check out our handy online guide to creating a poison-safe home.

New Kitchens are EVIL

Hello my friends. I always had a bad feeling about this new kitchen idea from the start. I am sad to say that I was right. My Mommy got a new sink with a new sprayer thingy(the old one was broken) and to celebrate I get a BATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ask you how is that a way to celebrate. Mommy needs to look that word up in the dictionary. Oh the horror of it all, she kept spraying me and spraying me, I tried to fight, but in the end I am clean. It took me days and weeks to get this good smell on me and its gone, just like that for no reason at all. I think she even held my head under water at one point and I blacked out. Sasha, I did not you take that back!! Oops ok maybe she didn't but she looked like she wanted to. I am defeated and I need a nap.

Beware sink sprayer thingy's my friends.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Camera Critters

Please visitCamera Critters Meme for all kinds of cool pictures Things are slowly getting back to normal around here. I found the box with my toys in it! So far they are all safe, I will get back to you after a complete inventory.

Mommy is having problems with her back again, so far she had 2 shots in it and it hasn't helped. She hasn't been able to take many pictures so we are using this older one, it was right after one of my horrible haircuts. Mommy is moving a little slow on blogging, but she knows her bloggy friends understand and we will keep up the best we can.

Licks and sniffs, Sasha

An Award and EyeWatch Friday!!

Look what I got from Martine at I need a Sugar fix . She is my friend and I love her, Martine has new puppies that she rescued, they are so cute and technically I am related to them(Sugar and I were twins, separated at birth), so I am very protective. Please go and visit her. The only rule is to name 5 bloggers who visit at least once a week. Most of my friends visit often(I am a lucky pup) so this will be hard. I will send the love this time to A Wiener Dog Blog aka Twix, she has been under the weather, I hope it cheers her up. Next my pal Jan at Animal Talk who is an animal lover and children's author had someone steal one of her stories(butthead). I hope this will make her smile. Checkers at Checkers The Peek A Poo has been out working hard with his Mom(I hope he is getting lots of yogurt drops) so I think he deserves an award. My Mom is getting the insurance that his Mommy sells for me, it was a good deal and will be nice in case we might need it. Mango at Mango's Great Adventures always makes me feel safe, just knowing that there are Mango doggies makes the world safer for us little dogs(plus he is sooooooo handsome).Finally to one of my best pals ever Tweedles at http://tweedles-georgie.blogspot.com/, Tweedles and I go on many magical adventures together. I will have to stop, I love you all but that's 5 for today. Thank you again for the award.

Please visit the very cool Norwood at norwood unleashed! for more good eyewatches!! Look at this eyes, how can you not love this face?? This is my Mommy, I didn't mean to be sassy face. It works every time.

Have a nice weekend everyone, it is raining here, but at least it isn't making boom-booms so I don't have to hide yet.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

My battle with the new floor ends!

Lets start with a quick game of "Where's Sasha?" Can you find me in the messy jungle, I used to call home. If you follow my blog(and I hope you do) you may know that our kitchen had a flood and evil men have been coming here every day FOREVER to fix things. When they are here, instead of protecting my Mom, I get locked upstairs in a bedroom. Mommy does come and play with me a lot, but how can I protect her if I am locked up??

Next the potty thing the humans use broke when the men were fixing the floor, so that made a mess and more men had to come and more time locked up!Will my house ever get back to normal?

Well, guess what? I lost the battle of the floor, in spite of my constant objections, crying, barking and whining, somehow a new floor got put in along with a new potty. Next my Daddy was nice enough to surprise my Mommy and took some money from a special account and bought her a new stove and microwave oven. Mommy had the same stove for almost 30 years. One of our friends bought a new house and already had a dishwasher, so they gave Mommy the Maytag dishwasher that came with the house for free and it is almost brand new! Ours was broken.

My Mommy is about the happiest Mommy in the world right now, with her new kitchen, so I guess I will be happy for her too. Especially now that it is all over. The new floor is pretty cool, it feels good on my tummy and I can do good zoomies on it. I just hope nothing else goes wrong, I can't take anymore, and I hope all my toys are going to come back now. I think the evil men might have taken some.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

p.s. Mommy doesn't want you to think she is bragging, it has just been a really long time since we have had anything like this done and she is soooooo excited to have a new kitchen. We were kind of lucky that insurance will cover some of the damage.

WoRdLeSs WeDnEsDaY

More Wordless Wednesday athttp://www.wordlesswednesday.com/These are some of Mom's favorite sleepy pictures of me. SHHHHHH.

Sashas Awards

I have some awards from friends that I would like to share with you. I like awards, I think they are fun and make me feel special. The first 2 didn't have any rules that I could see, and the last one did have a fun rule.

I got this one from my friend and neighbor the very handsome Oskar at The Daily Oskar . Thanks Oskar, us Michiganders have to stick together. I pass this one on to Brutus the Frenchie . Brutus is a handsome boy, who is having a said time in his family right now. I hope this will cheer him up. I found this one on Martha and Baileys blog atMartha & Bailey's Blog, they offered it to anyone to share so I took it, since it is one I don't have . Thank you Martha and Bailey, my beautiful basset friends. I pass this one on to Al and his animal friends at Burnt Chicken Republic . Al is a great lover of animals and takes in kitties and dogs that need loving homes.

This one is from Dory at Dory's Backyard , thank you my beautiful Dory. The rules for this one are as follows:

When accepting this award, you must blog about the food you have stolen when your humans were not watching. If you have never stolen any food, you must have been a really good pup! You can accept this yummy tray of cookies as your reward! Next add the logo of this award to your blog (optional), then nominate at least 5 other furry blogs and let them know by leaving a message on their blogs."

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Well I think we all know that I am not a really good pup. I am a food thief, whenever I get the chance. Don't get me wrong, my family feeds me very well and healthy food. It is just that these silly people leave so much within reach, whats a little angel to do? I have so many stories but I will go with this one. One time last Christmas, Mommy(who is an outstanding baker) was frosting some cookies at the kitchen table. The noisy box made a silly noise and she went to talk into it ( how nuts is that,talking into that little toy box). I jumped up on her chair, nobody said anything, so I assumed the delectable cookie at reach was for me. I ran off, but unfortunately because it was freshly frosted, I left a trail and was caught. I did finish the cooky first though. This one I pass on to my new friend Frodo at Sixteen paws . Frodo is a shih tzu like me and a puppy so I don't know how much food stealing he has done so far, but I would love to read about it.

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Thank you all for the awards, I will just leave it open to anyone else who wants to take and post on any of them.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Pet Pride

Please visit Pet pride for more great pet photos and storiesMom got over to Target and unfortunately they had some pet costume supplies already in the dollar area. Mom loves the dollar area, she can spend forever there I am told.

This is how I choose to wear my princess hat. It is my interpretation and I think it looks better this way.

Now if I could just get it off and hide it somewhere.

My Mom wants me to tell you that I have been a good girl lately and am improving in some areas. When the bad man was here to check on the kitchen progress, I did bark at first, but after Mom made me sit and told me to shush a few times, I did give in and sit quietly next to her. This is progress for me. We have also been playing a game called "targeting" Mommy puts her hand out and calls me, I touch her hand and I get a small treat or a scratch behind the ears(my favorite). Well now when they open the door and I accidently(on purpose) run out without my leash, Mommy just calls me and puts out her hand and for the past 2 weeks, I come right to her or my sis or Dad. I can't go out without my leash in the front because I have this crazy obsession with chasing cars or bikes or anything going past me fast. Mom is afraid to ever let me out without a leash because I might chase and get hurt or worse. I did get out once, when I first came to live here and it was very scary for her. She just wanted me to show you I can be a good girl and not sassy all the time.

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licks and sniffs, Sasha

p.s. I do still like sassy though(giggle)

Camera Critters

Hi my friends, its Camera Critters! Please visit Camera Critters Meme for lots more critters. This week, Mom has chosen to show some older photos of me in a favorite pawsition of mine that my family likes to call, simply"paw-foot-paw-foot" or "foot-paw-foot-paw" depending on how you look at it.

A furrier version

Standing at attention

More relaxed, chew bone at my side.

Mom has a question for all of you: I want to buy a new camera. We have been relying on my daughters camera phone for a while, but as you know the photos are not as good a quality as they could be. Our other camera died. Do you have any suggestions for a camera brand? I look at your blogs and the photos are so good and clear. I can't afford a huge lot, but I have seen some around $100.00 or just a little more or less is even better. Please let me know what kind of camera you use and what you suggest. Thank you. Anne

Have a paws up kind of weekend my friends and sweet dreams.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Eyewatch Friday

Its Eyewatch Friday! Please visit Norwood at norwood unleashed! for more great eyes. Shhhhhhhhhhh please be very very quiet. Not a sound.

I am watching out for "The Scarlet Puppynickel". So far he has only struck schnauzers, but the last known attack was just minutes from my house at my friend Oskars
http://thedailyoskar.blogspot.com/2009/08/scarlet-puppynickel-strikes-again.html. He also tormented Sasha in Australia. So since my name is also Sasha and I live so close to Oskar, I am afraid, he will attack me just to throw everyone off his usual pattern. So far he has caused severe damage to other friends, which they in turn probably got blamed for. There is nothing that this fiend will not do to cause mischief.

I am the queen of mischief and sass and no one is going to take that title away from me. I am certainly not going to get blamed for the mischief of another. For now I will keep vigilant watch and hope that he has chosen another victim far from Michigan.

Beware all and thanks for the heads up Oskar

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Thursday Thoughts

This has been a very exciting week for me. It started with my friends helping me write a story. It turned out so good, thank you for helping me. Next there was a huge party over at Tanks house. I ate so many cookies and now I am tired. So far my "layout" is working cause we still have the old floor. Yahoo. Mom said something about rotten wood and men coming to fix it next week, but I am not buying it. I am winning and that is that. Ok, Mom and big sis both say my feet look like bunny feet and they call this position "training wheels". I don't think so.

My feet are perfectly fine, thank you.

I am going to play Twix's name game. My story isn't very exciting though. My name was Sasha when my Mom and Dad rescued me and they didn't want to confuse me more so they kept it. My Mom really likes the name anyway. She says it suits me. I do have lot and lots of nicknames.

Babygirl

Babydoll

The Baby

Sassafrass

Sassenheimer

Momma's girl

Pookie

Pookster

Bunny feet

I don't care as long as I am loved as much as I am, they can call me anything they like.Tonight while I sleep I am wishing for a lonely doggie to find a forever home. Good night everyone. Sweet dreams.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

Sasha and the Magic Unicorns

Hi my friends, this is the final edition of the story we all wrote together(see my previous post). I tried to include everyone who helped, but if I accidently missed someone, please tell me and I will fix it. I know it it kind of long, but I wanted to include everyone's great lines. Thank you
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The day began like any other day, a nice early walk outside with my Dad, heading for my favorite spots, when all of a sudden out of the blue a beautiful unicorn stepped in front of us.
My Dad called me to his side, afraid that the unicorn would harm me." I told him not to worry because unicorns have magical powers and are sent to those who need their help." What is your name unicorn?" The unicorn said his name was Uno and I am looking for some most yummers foodables." Sasha wasn't at all sure what unicorns ate and had to ask her Dad. Dad told Sasha," I don't want to tell you but you must know for your own safety. Unicorns eat small dogs and then he burst out laughing, I don't know but lets ask Uno." In a shy voice with an unmistakable southern drawl Uno said "I eat Unicorn chow of course, do y'all have some?" Dad said "no we don't have any, would gum be of any help?" Uno looked at Dad and then Sasha and said"only if its special unicorn gum."" We magical creatures must be very careful what we accept from strangers, even kind ones like you. It could affect our powers. So whats a unicorn to do for fun around here? "Then all of a sudden appeared another unicorn named Dos. Daddy said "oh no now there are 2 of them". Dos said"what could be more fun than 2 unicorns? "Next he stomped his hoof and shook his rainbow colored mane causing glittery stars to scatter. Sasha ran over to the unicorns, just as the stars fell, she was covered with them. As she stood there trying to shake the stars off a wonderful thing happened...she finally saw her magic bubble. She climbed into one and headed off to see all her bloggie friends. "Ohh magic bubble I have finally found you. Where will I go first?"
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"I know I will visit Tank, the best dog in the world. Oh now that is going to be a tough act to follow. Who wants to fight over that title? I know it must be Lassie. Maybe Tank knows Lassie, I will ask him when I get to Kansas. I must remember to follow the yellow brick road and bring my red shoes." Sasha was riding happily along in the magic bubble, she thought she could almost see Kansas, when suddenly a big wind came along and started blowing the bubble towards Missouri." My friend Twix lives in Missouri, I see her, she is outside in her beautiful yellow dress."
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I started singing, "Somewhere over the rainbow", but just as the words came out of my lips, the bubble began to spin and started sailing higher into the sky right before Sasha's eyes she saw the most splendid colors of all , it was the rainbow. Every one's wish is to go over the rainbow, isn't it? Higher and higher the bubble went until the Sasha and her magic bubble landed right on top of the rainbow.She thought the rainbow was nice, but knew it would have been way more fun to go see Tank." Wizard, hey Wizard! Where are you??"
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The rainbow was nice for sure, but what was nicer was that somehow, the two unicorns, Tank, Sasha, and Tweedles were suddenly all together again. And right before their eyes they saw something that was better than even the rainbow itself. The two unicorns gasped. Tank looked at Sasha and Tweedles. Sasha said, "How did Mango ever find a big enough bubble?Look, we ARE back in Kansas, it's Phantom and Thunder of the OP Pack. Sasha smiled her cute smile, "I think I know what makes this rainbow special. It's coated with bubbles that are made from bubble gum and not soap."Tweedles said, "I think that means the bubble won't pop for a very long time." We can travel this rainbow until we find the pot of gold and then we can take it home to play with!"But what is gold and anyway, who's home should we take it to?" This magic bubble is very strong, we could go very far together even all the way to California to see Martine and her new puppies and then we will ride like the horses below toward the great state of Texas to see Dory, and my kindred spirit BILBO!!Tweedles whispered shyly,,,,well I think we could maybe donate the pot of gold to somewhere special that helps feed hungry animals around the world. And then, I would just love for us to let this bubble rise high above the roaring ocean. What a site to see!and then, because all bubbles are magic," said Sasha, "Tweedles, Tank and I are going to use the gold to help other dogs who aren't loved as much as we are.""That's right, said Sasha. "The first dog I want to help is scrawny 11-year-old at the shelter. No one wants him.""Our strong magic bubble can take us anywhere at all. Let's go," said Tweedles.Sasha, Tweedles and Tank got to the shelter. They found the old dog and put him in their bubble. "We're taking you to a new house we built just for you," said the two friends. "You will be loved in your new house." The old dog smiled. Sasha and Tweedles had lots of work to do. After they got the old dog settled into his new home they began to ride on the Unicorns Uno and Dos," oh my it is so beautiful up here."" We have seen so many of our friends so far Tweedles". "Wait down there, I see a some dogs in a pen, do you think they would give us some foodables if we visited them?" I am hungry now. "Oh look it is our friends, "what are you doing here?" Twix said "We have been brought together by the magic unicorns to help animals that need homes, but first foodables to give us all strength." Phantom and Thunder what did you bring, that looks good "It is steak and kibble, now lets eat." While we ate Uno told us a story. "Do y'all know that there was a time when there were lots more of us unicorns?" But then we became fashionable and humans started painting us on vans and made us into Barbie toys and put us in a book series." "We got totally overexposed, so we thought it was high time to skeedaddle for a spell." " Now we only come out when we can help other animals who need homes and love. The need is very great now and that makes us sad, now we only have a few more hours and then we have other animals to help so we best get moving."" First lets go find your friend Clive because he does actually know some unicorns."
Clive stepped forward and said "I never wanted to tell anyone because I was afraid no one would believe me" Riley and Star are here now too "We believe you, can we go with you now please. "Well of course you can, the more the better. We only have a few more hours and then Dos and I have to move on to help another group of pets, kitty cats this time."Just because the 70's van means peace on earth to all animals and humans." "Perhaps we can pile foodables in the van for all the hungry animals, along with some peace, love and understanding." Uno gave direction,"Now listen to me carefully. We will split up, we have the van full of food to deliver to all the shelters we can until it is gone."" Is that Mango fellow big enough to reach the peddles and drive? ""Sasha and Tweedles will ride on our backs with any other smaller dogs. ""Dory, Bilbo...please don't growl Bilbo, this will be fun." Riley and Star, can you ride up by Dos's horn?"" Tank, Brutus, Twix, Lorenza, Martha and Bailey and Eric, Sedona y'all climb on me. Now there is plenty of room and you will be safe, I haven't drop anyone yet he-he-he. Oh look its little Miss Cindi Lou Who, the kitty, why I can use you on my next adventure to rescue cats. All you big guys, the OP pack, Clive, the Blue Heelers, Sadie, Norwood, Dexter, Khyra please get in the van with Mango." "I sure hope the tires don't pop." Tweedles said with glee" I have never seen so much food in my life and so many willing to help." Star said" I can see the whole world from up here" "Oh my something just fell on my head" said "oh my it is a gumdrop, yummers." For the next few hours, Uno and Dos took the dog friends over the homes of people willing to adopt a stray and marked the houses with rainbow glittery stars which made them stand out in a magical way to the rescue helpers. The rainbow van worked hard also delivering food to needy shelters. That pot of gold we found sure went a long way. Uno and Dos told us it was almost time for us all to go back to our homes. Tweedles and I looked at each other and all of our friends and smiled. We have done a good thing and now we were tired and ready to go home. I think this calls for a celebration! Sasha said, you mean like a party? Dos said yes in deed! But first we will need everyone to pitch in and help plan it. Tank said, I'll make the place cards I'm good at writing. Star said I'll bring the paper lace doilies for everyone to tear up! And I make a mean desert said Norwood, "Chicken Ala Mode"! Then Sasha said, Oh, this is going to be so much fun and Oskar will greet everyone with party favor dog toys, love & extra kisses! The whole gang then headed for little Mango, Chubs and Ximui's pool to dive in for fun and make a big splash. What a hot and cool party at the same time!"
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"Tweedles", said Sasha, "what a great celebration this is, but I am afraid we do not have enough foodables for Mango so I think it is time to go home. I miss my Mom and I bet you do also."
"Yes I do "said Tweedles" and I am tired." Uno and Dos delivered all the doggy friends back to their homes one by one and I, Sasha was the last to be dropped off. I was sad to see them go, but anxious to see my family. Tweedles and I hugged and promised to visit each other soon in magic bubbles. I saw Tweedles running to greet her Mommies. My Dad was frantic, he had been looking for me for a long time and my family was most grateful to see me again. I was tired and went to sleep and dreamed of my friends. Uno and Dos went off into the night and left me some special gumdrops for very special occasions, not to be used too often. "They have a power that you will need sometime, when the time is right you will know" said Dos. As I drifted off to sleep I thought "Look at all the good we did in just a few hours, we did have the help of magic unicorns I know,but if only humans could spend a few hours helping animals in need, perhaps they too would feel the magic. I think the magic fills your heart with love and you want to keep doing more. " Always believe in unicorns and the power of magic, (oh boy I have gassers I wonder what was in that kibble.) Good night all Love Sasha
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Thank you everyone for playing with me.Thanks to Jan Mader for this great idea. Thank you to Mara and jabblog and Karen also
Love Sasha

I hope I didn't miss anyone, if I did tell me and I will put you in.