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Mom, I’m Hungry!

So yesterday at work, I’m sitting at my desk, typing on the computer. Sadie has had her office snack and I thought she was asleep on the other side of my desk. Then all of a sudden I feel something knock into my foot. I look down and find Sadie’s empty treat dispensing ball resting against my foot and Sadie staring up at me with puppy dog eyes. It was perfectly clear that Sadie wanted me to fill her ball with food. I couldn’t believe the smart and adorable way she was telling me she was hungry. I got up right away and filled her ball with her dry food, and Sadie immediately began playing with it. She ate every last crumb of her kibble! I still can’t always predict when Sadie will feel like eating, but it makes me feel good to know that Sadie can and will tell me when she’s hungry.

This post is part of the Tasty Tuesday blog hop hosted by Sugar the Golden Retriever and Kol’s Notes.

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I’ve Gotcha Sadie!

Today is Sadie’s Gotcha Day! I can’t believe it’s been two years since I brought this wonderful little pup into my home! This is the very first picture taken of the two of us, two years ago today. And that is a day I will never forget. It was definitely full of mischief, but mostly the kind that your mind can play on you when you worry too much and over-prepare for a situation.
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Puppy’s First Pillow

One day, not long after Sadie came to live with me, my little puppy decided to take a nap in her crate. She was so new and adorable that I couldn’t take my eyes off of her for more than ten minutes at a time, so I kept going into the room to watch her sleep. (Now, two years later, I can go almost a whole hour without checking up on her, lol.) At one point I noticed that Sadie had stuck her head out of the crate, so she was basically sleeping with her head on the hardwood floor and her body in the crate. It looked really uncomfortable to me and I decided that she needed a pillow. So I got one of her soft, bone shaped toys and put it on the floor in front of the crate.
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Broadway Barks 16

Over the weekend I attended the annual Broadway Barks animal adoption charity event in New York City. This event pairs Broadway stars and celebrities with local animal shelters and charities to help raise funds and promote adoptions. This year there were 27 shelters and charities involved. The event takes place outdoors, so there are lots of dogs, cats, people, and craziness. Handlers walk some of the dogs through the crowds to meet and greet with potential owners, while cats lounge in air conditioned transport vans waiting for potential owners to come to them. Each charity/shelter has a table where you can make a donation, purchase products for sale, and meet some of the adorable animals up for adoption.

If visiting the tables and meeting the volunteers and cuddly critters isn’t enough to draw you into the crowds, there is also the main event that takes place on a stage erected in the middle of Shubert’s Alley: the presentation of the animals. This year the event was hosted by Bernadette Peters (founder of Broadway Barks along with Mary Tyler Moore) and James Franco. A song from the cast of the musical Beautiful kicked off the presentation, complete with an appearance of an adorable puppy available for adoption. From there it was a steady stream of Broadway celebrities talking about adorable adoptable animals. It’s almost like a dating auction, with each celebrity describing the age, breed, gender, likes, dislikes, and history of the animal they are in charge of showing off.

Here are a few of the photos I took during the presentation. Keep in mind that it was really crowded and I’m really short; not a great combo for high quality photos.

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The cast of Bullets Over Broadway.

Bebe Neuwirth advocates for cat adoptions while snuggling adoptable kitten Totes Adorbs.

The cast of Matilda plays with a dog up for adoption.

James Franco and Bernadette Peters laugh over the antics of the Rocky cast.

Karen Ziemba and her Bullets Over Broadway costar Trixie with dog trainer Bill Berloni.

Audra McDonald coos over an adorable puggle.

James Franco and Zach Braff bond with an adorable pup while Vincent Pastore hangs out with another adorable dog.

This was the 16th year of the Broadway Barks event. Because of last year’s event, over 200 cats and dogs found forever homes. Hopefully this year was even more successful and many of the amazing animals I met this weekend will soon be living in new homes. You can visit broadwaybarks.com and broadwaycares.com for more information about the event and charity.

This post is part of the Blog the Change for Animals quarterly blog hop.

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Flashback Friday #15

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In this flashback photo my adorable little puppy is posing with one of her butterfly toys. I must confess that I’m a little obsessed with all things butterfly. I don’t actually like the bugs themselves, but I love everything and anything with a butterfly design or in a butterfly shape. So when I was puppy shopping in preparation for bringing Sadie home the first time, naturally I sought out every dog-related butterfly product I could find. Sadie must have had at least ten butterfly toys waiting for her when she arrived. Unfortunately not a single butterfly lived past those first few weeks. Turned out my new puppy loved eating stuffed toys, including butterflies. I still can’t help but buy Sadie butterfly accessories like collars and dresses whenever I come across them, but I’ve learned my lesson with the stuffed toys. All stuffed animals now live well above Sadie’s reach. Occasionally you’ll find her staring longingly up at a stuffed animal, whining at me to get it down for her. But since I know she’ll only play with it for five minutes and then start to eat it, I now skip ahead and go straight to the eating: I distract with a healthy snack.

This post is part of Rascal and Rocco‘s Pet Parade blog hop.

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