Lost and Found

                    

 Hi everyone! Happy New Year!!

 Today's topic is short and sweet. You see, I’ve developed a little habit of running away lately.

My humans are NOT impressed. I find the best time to take off is in blizzard conditions. 

This makes it especially hard to find me because I blend right in. I’m a master at camouflage.

We did a little digging, figuratively #lame, and wanted to talk about how helpful tags actually are in recovering a lost pet.

According to ASPCA 

”Forty-nine percent of dog guardians found their dog by searching the neighborhood, and 15 percent of the dogs were recovered because they were wearing an ID tag or had a micro-chip;”

We decided if it helps at. all. then we need it as a precaution. 

So Let’s talk accessories! 

Well…sort of. We’re talking ID tags specifically. You see, my girl human has an obsession about me wearing my tags NO MATTER WHAT! My other human doesn’t see the big deal. We live in the country after all and I have a micro-chip sheesh. Well today while taking some photos of me (because why not) she got to wondering about the personalization of ID tags.

My human spent TONS of time picking the perfect tags for us.

My feisty sister has this tag

This one is mine

So we want to know what are your safety precautions and do your ID tags express your personality? We can't wait to hear from you! 

This Canine Community

Aside from the fact that we LOVE all things cute, cuddly, and canine; supporting friends and small business is dear to our hearts. One of the visions for this blog is to honestly get to know our readers and support them.

The body shop we’ve referenced on occasion is much more to us than just our last place of employment. Alpine Body Shop is our family owned and operated business for over 30years. I (the girl human) grew up there.

Everyday was "take our kids to work day"

This girl loves her tools

I remember putting our handprints in the concrete as the foundation was poured for the office. As I grew, so did my parents business. Anyone with self-employed parents can probably attest to the ownership and satisfaction we to take part in as a family.

Without writing an entire novel on the life of a child of self-starters, I’ll sum things up by saying that supporting local and small business means a lot to me.

You might be wondering what has to do with the Particular Puppy?  We’ve been fortunate enough to become acquainted with numerous small businesses through our dog community. We’ve often been able to give input and discuss with friends as they begin the journey of starting their own business.

As I watch and encourage those whom I’ve grown to care about, I realized that the community we’re a part of is a special one. We do so much more than post photos and “like” to display our support. We have evolved to become a different kind of family. We rejoice together in personal achievements, reaching milestones, birthdays are celebrated, losses are mourned and sorrow felt more deeply than I would have ever imagined. We share our dogmas…and this has been done through our dogs.

As humans we’ve created unique bonds through the act of displaying and sharing our animals’ lives.

That’s an amazing thing! We share so much together.

I realized that we know a lot about each other through the eyes of our beloved pets, but we don’t know the human behind it all on a personal level.

I think we can do so much more together by learning about the friends we’ve inadvertently made through our pets.

I’m excited to get to know the professions we have represented. It would be a dream come true to work with you professionally, brought together by our mutual passion!

I’m excited to show off the talents you have to offer, support you in your business endeavors, and simply get to know who you are as a person, not just the human behind the dogs we love.

Feature articles are underway. Send us an email to be in a feature post, we’d love the chance!

Motor City

Buckle-up my friends we’re about to let you in on some super secret deal making information.

Today is short story 2 of 3 in our “Zoom Zoom” Follow-up mini series.

·      How deals are made in Motor City

We’ve been thrilled about creating this post since the day it actually happened!

You see, before Gracie had the plush life as an event dog she spent her days working at Alpine Body Shop in Ogden, Utah. If you can believe it, she was a shop dog in a family auto body repair business.

A trip to Michigan meant journeying to a Holy Car Mecca, and these Knight girls were fired up for the epic adventure to begin!! (Please excuse our over use of exclamation marks in this post. We’re just SO excited about cars!)

Gracie checking out the showroom models

We got down to business right away… Aunt Kristen was in the market for a new Jeep. We KNEW we had to accompany her if she was to do this car buying thing correctly. Yippee!!! Things were about to get exciting!

Gracie recommends all canines accompany their humans on such trips. It's critical that you can personally sniff out important features, this includes: ample room for causing mayhem, space to store ALL your toys when you travel, dual climate control, four wheel drive (for adventuring obviously), a media package (we can’t be expected to miss Animal Planet or Ceasar Milan when travelling) , and most importantly the right seat height to window viewing ratio.

Once a car has been found that meets all the canine criteria then we close this deal.

 "How does one close a deal?" You ask...

Gracie taking charge

Aunt Kristen for the Win!

 PINKY PROMISES!!!                   
Take note, fur friends, pinky promises indicate a highly lucrative deal and are obviously more legally binding than any paper agreement! As an expert contract negotiator Gracie insists on finalizing all contracts in the most secure fashion.  My friends, never forget the pinky promise!

Are any of you fellow Gear-heads, aka: Car Enthusiasts?  We’d love to know who you are!

Adventure Series

In today’s super exciting news we’ve got story 1 of 3 in a follow-up series from our "Zoom Zoom" post.

 

Hopefully you all remember that post. If you don’t remember it then, stop yourself right now and go read it. We aren’t terribly subtle are we?

Today’s Topic:

·      How many layers does it take to keep a Bichon warm

As many of you already know Gracie lives in Sunny South Florida, where, traditionally the belief in clothes isn't all that important. Er, I mean a belief in wearing clothes doesn’t seem all that important.

We looked on as cute pups on Instagram were sporting their fabulous winter attire.  Life, it seemed, was just unfair for the Knight Pack.  Then one-day things started looking up really quickly; we were going to visit friends in Michigan. 

(Translation: It’s now time to buy those cute, warm clothes we’ve been coveting!)

Being Utah natives, we’re no strangers to snowy conditions. The trick to warmth is all in the layers.  We packed up our base layers first, this included Gracie’s @lucyandco as well as a personalized #knightpack hoodie from  the Etsy shop of It’s Pawsonally Yours.  We finished the ensembles off with a faux fur trimmed vest from the Martha Stewart Pet Collection.

Before you even have to wonder, yes, she has a snowsuit and boots, but we went with the much cooler hipster look this year.

The Result: Pure Snowy Bichon Bliss

Let's not forget out @wagaware charm. 50% of proceeds support rescue dogs and dog charities.

Temperatures were frigid to say the least, but I don’t think Gracie noticed. I’m pretty sure she would have spent our entire stay out in the snow if I’d let her.  I’m afraid we can’t be sure exactly how many layers it takes to keep Gracie warm, but a snappy hoodie and vest combo certainly can’t hurt.