<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037434934696651571</id><updated>2024-09-05T14:50:37.323-07:00</updated><category term="travel"/><category term="Westin hotel portland"/><category term="canine friendly"/><category term="cool"/><category term="dog drool"/><category term="dog friendly"/><category term="dog tricks"/><category term="dogs welcome"/><category term="drool"/><category term="drooler of the Universe"/><category term="drooling"/><category term="dumb dog tricks"/><category term="epic"/><category term="good places for dogs"/><category term="how to play with your dog"/><category term="love"/><category term="mountain"/><category term="mountaineer"/><category term="mountaineering"/><category term="neighborhoods"/><category term="nice"/><category term="nice places to stay"/><category term="oregon"/><category term="pavlov&#39;s dog"/><category term="portland"/><category term="positive reinforcement training"/><category term="ruler"/><category term="ruler of the universe"/><category term="snow"/><category term="teaching a dog to drool"/><category term="vegan shoes"/><category term="west coast"/><category term="zoozoo and sheep"/><title type='text'>TRAVEL MANIAC</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takes2totravel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7037434934696651571/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takes2totravel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mike McKenzie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02993640569201421275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037434934696651571.post-2540301936326433952</id><published>2012-12-29T14:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-12-29T14:11:40.249-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dog drool"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dog tricks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="drool"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="drooler of the Universe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="drooling"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dumb dog tricks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="how to play with your dog"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pavlov&#39;s dog"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="positive reinforcement training"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ruler"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ruler of the universe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="teaching a dog to drool"/><title type='text'>Drooler of the Universe (Dumb Dog Trick #296)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s Red Dog&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;back once again with another Dumb Dog Trick. &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Using treat rewards is all fun and games until the silly Red Dog goes all Pavlov on us and drools all over the place. &amp;nbsp;Yes, that instantly transformed him into the &quot;Drooler of the Universe.&quot; &amp;nbsp;Now when the Martians come to overtake the Earth, when they ask to speak to our droolers, we can direct them to this video. &amp;nbsp;Here he is, the drool master himself.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Red&#39;s super power was to cover everything in drool.&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;Some have said that my super power is the ability to perfectly barbecue chicken. &amp;nbsp;We each and all of us have a special power. &amp;nbsp;Do no harm!&lt;br /&gt;
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Peace and love to all. &amp;nbsp;Jimmyjumpnjive 2013&lt;/div&gt;
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It is not entirely unusual to see a sign like this -- &quot;Dogs Welcome&quot; -- on a shop in Portland, Oregon. &amp;nbsp;This was, if I recall correctly, a hippy women&#39;s shoe store. Vegan shoes.&lt;br /&gt;
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It&#39;s tough to throw a rock in the Portland metropolitan area without hitting a park or a hippy or a dog. &amp;nbsp;That&#39;s what rocks about Portland.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jimmyjumpnjive soon to be 2013&lt;br /&gt;
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