Sashy's College Football Friday!!!

Hello to all my friends. It is another football Friday. The Wisconsin Badgers will be playing Fresno State tomorrow in a non-conference game at home in historic Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. At our house College football means a lot of yelling and good food. Mommy always makes a tailgate party which always makes my tail wag. Here are some suggestions to pass on to your families for the party.

1. Cheese and crackers, you can never go wrong with this and I always end up getting my share. They are from Wisconsin, no respectable tailgate would go without this.

2. Grilled brats and hot dogs, this is a Wisconsin have to have it food. I usually can mooch some hot dog, if I am lucky. Try to persuade them to make sandwiches, more chance for meat.

3. Jalapeno Popper Dip, I don't care so much for this, it is a little spicy but if you are interested, Mom has the recipe on her comfort food blog.

4. Watermelon, need I say more, there is always room for watermelon.

5. Cookies shaped like Bucky Badger with red and white sprinkles, oh my these are good.

Well that is it for this edition. I will be back next Friday with more tailgate ideas and suggestions. Have a fun football Saturday, wherever you are(sorry Brutus you have to watch Ohio, I hope they don't lose too badly). On Wisconsin.

licks and and sniffs, Sasha

"Ear"risistible Contest Entry and Awards

Bentley and Lexus at Munchkin Memoirs are kind enough to host a contest called The"Ear"resistible contest. The deadline is September 16, so you still have time if you haven't entered yet.
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I let Mommy and big Sis choose. They went through older pictures of me and they both like this one. It was right after a bath and I look all clean and shiny. I approve.

Thank you for the following awards: Oskar at http://thedailyoskar.blogspot.com/ my very handsome pal and neighbor is sharing this cool award he got from the Purple Hatter at Purple Hatter . Please visit them both.
Coco at http://luvbeingachihuahua.blogspot.com/ shared this very cool award she got from The Purple Hatter also. He is very cool and fun to visit and Coco is my gal pal. Thanks Coco!

Another gal pal of mine Dory at http://dorysbackyard.blogspot.com/ shared this cool award with me that she got. Guess who made this one, you got it the very cool Purple Hatter.
Check my side bar for his badge. Please visit Dory if you haven't, you will be happy you did.
Thanks Dory my chicka!

Next my new friend Olive at http://olivecutedog.blogspot.com/ passed this award on to me. Thanks Olive and you know who made this award?? Do you ?? Do you?? The Purple Hatter!!! Purple Hatter

Thank you to all my friends for sharing the love and awards with me. I love you all. I have seen these awards on some blogs and I don't remember who, so I am going to pass them out to anydog who doesn't have them yet. They are very special and if you take them pleases give a shout out to Purple Hatter for making them.

Please visit my friends if you haven't already.

licks and sniffs, Sasha

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