New Years Resolutions for Dog Owners

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

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As many of us take pen to paper during the holidays, setting out their plans for the New Year, I hope you'll consider your pets as well. Building them into your lives is especially important to making your life with your dog easier and more enjoyable, so I hope you'll consider some ways to bond more deeply.

Join us here each Saturday for the Weekly Wag series, articles on inspiration, ideas, and activities for bonding with your dog. Want to read up on some of the earlier Weekly Wags? No problem; simply click here and you'll get a stream of our latest. I hope you'll enjoy and find some ideas that work for you.

Linked up below are some topics you may want to consider for this exercise. Bloggers are invited to join in with their ideas and topics. I'll leave this Blog Hop open through the New Year so that you can revisit and see what's new. Happy holidays!

Mutt Monday Prepares for the Holidays

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

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So much to do! Are you feeling the race to finish line already stressing you out? I certainly am.  Today I'm sharing some posts on preparing your dogs for the holidays. Choose the ones that sound most applicable to your situation. You can help me encourage other blogs to link up their archived posts on this topic by RTing this message:

Join @AllThingsDog to read/share tips for preparing Fido 4 the holidays: http://t.co/2ZgmGAjaft
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) December 9, 2013

Next week's Mutt Monday will take a slightly different approach. Rather than renewing it each week throughout the latter party of December, I'll leave the hop up until Sunday, January 5, 2014. I'll be looking for linkups from #pet blogs that have posts to share on 

New Years Resolutions for Pet Owners Topics that would fall into this category could cover things like regular walks or exercise with your dog, healthier eating, helping Fido trim down, or building your dog into more of your daily life activities. There's plenty of room for variety here, so jump right on in! Please help me invite other pet bloggers to join in:

#MuttMonday @AllThingsDog 12/16-Jan. 5: Bloggers link up topics 4 New Years Resolutions 4 #Pet Owners: http://t.co/TIKWasAOQ5
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) December 9, 2013

Mutt Monday Gifts for Pet Lovers

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

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The race is on to find the perfect gift. Each person on our gift list is unique, making each one a different challenge. You may find some ideas below for pet lovers on your holiday gift list. We hope so!

We invite bloggers to link up any reviews that may assist our readers in locating items for pet lovers on their holiday shopping lists. Link up and share! And give us a paw up with a quick RT before you head out:

Shopping for #pet lovers? Check out #MuttMonday 4 great ideas: http://t.co/093Xpc74iF Bloggers link up & readers learn!
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) December 2, 2013

Next week's theme will be loose. Whatever fits this general topic will work: 

Holiday Preparations for Fido

Be sure to stop back throughout the week to see what's new. We hope your holiday pet parents will all enjoy the thoughtful gifts you find for them.

P.S. If you have an idea for a topic you'd like us to share on Mutt Monday, please leave a comment with your idea below. I'd love to hear your input. Thanks!

Mutt Monday Camps with the Dogs

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

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courtesy llja via Flickr.com
Where Will You Take Fido?

Last week we shared some posts on boredom busters for our dogs, and got a few linkups. Thanks to those bloggers who joined in. This week we're specializing. With the weather finally out of the 90's here in Florida, this is a terrific time to take the dogs camping.
Despite a couple of mishaps, we're generally having fun and enjoying new places and smells, walks and scenery. So join me if you're a blogger, by linking up your adventures with Fido that even remotely resemble camping. Hiking in the woods works! :)
As usual, I'm going to announce next week's theme so that  interested bloggers can dig into their archives and locate posts that match our next theme: Dog Lover Gifts for the Holidays
I'm reasonably certain next week bring in a nice group of bloggers who are looking to show off their most recent reviews. Keep in mind that these reviews are often coupled with a giveaway. We hope to see you here, shopping and enjoying some fun ideas.
Happy tails,





P.S. If you have an idea for a topic you'd like us to share on Mutt Monday, please leave a comment with your idea below. I'd love to hear your input. Thanks!

Mutt Monday Shares Boredom Busters

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

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It's officially that time of year when we all begin pushing our dogs aside, at least somewhat. We're so busy with upcoming holiday preparations that we find it difficult to fit our walks, playtime and training exercises into each day. I'm guilty as well.

This is the time when you need to use those tools we talk about that keep your dog's mind and body busy while you're occupied with turkeys, gifts and guest lists.

Remember those treat balls, frozen kongs, nose work and hide-n-seek? Time to bring them back out to play!

I'm highlighting some earlier posts that will refresh your memory and am inviting other bloggers to join in with their own archived articles that follow this same Boredom Busters theme. Help me get the word out so we'll get more ideas. Click the RT button and I thank you!

ATTN Pet Bloggers: Join #MuttMonday Blog Hop w/your archived posts on Boredom Busters: http://t.co/yT61edxVda
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) November 17, 2013

With the weather turning moderate, we're getting outside more and enjoying the temperatures here. We'll be moving on to: 

Next Week: Camping with the Dogs

We look forward to seeing other bloggers posts on this travel-related topic. Have a great week!

Mutt Monday Introductions: My Other Blog is 5 Minutes for Fido

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

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Welcome to Mutt Monday. Last week I announced that we'd offer pet bloggers an opportunity to share information about their other blogs here today. They needn't be pet blogs; we'd simply love to know what other topics you enjoy sharing in the blogosphere. So link up a post that shares something about your other blog, and feel free to share multiples if you're like some of my friends and are a multi-tasker. I'll go first:
My Other Blog is  5 Minutes for Fido,  edited by Oliver
Although Tanner is the goofy cover model for this blog that is embodies silliness, Oliver is clearly the Pack Leader. He writes most of the posts and is in charge of keeping track of Tanner's nonsense. Occasionally he lets Tanner write, but these occurrences are rare. Tanner is very obsessed by his much more important tasks like playing Fetch and swimming. 
I'm fairly certain that Oliver could use your help in getting a few listings here. Can you give us a quick RT below:

#MuttMonday is looking 4 #pet bloggers to share posts from their OTHER blogs. Join the Blog Hop thru 11/17: http://t.co/de7RRAmXxl
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) November 11, 2013

Enjoy exploring the other blogs that link up here and please do leave comments, questions and your thoughts.
Next week I'm going back to more banal topic just to make it a little easier on all of us. Let's share some archived posts on: Boredom Busters for Dogs This is a fun topic that will give you all some ideas for dealing with the holidays ahead when you're busy, busy, busy! See you next week!