Kol's Notes

Confessions of a Raw Fed Dog: #2

2012-02-16T00:01:00.000-08:00

Wordless Wednesday: Brush-a Brush-a Brush Your Teeth

2012-02-15T12:05:00.000-08:00

I'm writing my Wordless Wednesday post a little early this week (and I seem to be using a whole lot of words in it. I never did grasp that whole "wordless" business. I'm a bit of a mouthpiece.)

It's almost bedtime at Casa de Kolchak.

Except that the Mama says I have to brush my teeth first.

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We got these fancy Triple Pet Toothbrushes and we love them.

The Mama likes that they cut our brushing time down by a third.

We don't brush every night ~~(because the Mama is lazy),~~ but we do get the brushes out on a regular basis.

Sometimes the Mama uses them to scrub my teeths with yummy chicken doggy tooth paste.

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I like to get my teeth brushed. The Mama always rewards me if I'm good.

Sometimes, the Mama just spreads some liver paste on them and lets us eat the paste. She says it's important that we love our toothbrushes.

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I think it's safe to say that we do, eh?

Do you have a dog that is a little uncertain about a toothbrush?

When we were first learning to let her brush, the Mama used to wrap strips of towel material around her finger, put a little doggy toothpaste on and brush out teeth with her finger. She said it worked better than those plastic finger brushes and felt less awkward. Back then, we only got our toothbrushes with yummy meat paste on them, then she slowly started using toothpaste sometimes and brushing sometimes and before you knew it, we were getting our teeth brushed! It's not so bad once you get used to it and it sure is good for your health.

How about you? Do your people brush your teeth?

Brushing Your Dog's Teeth

2012-02-14T23:27:00.000-08:00

a guest post by Kelly Marsh

Keeping your pets healthy also extends to their dental hygiene care. Like humans, pets can get gum infection or suffer from cavities if proper dental hygiene is not administered. Apart from the normal veterinary checkups, your pets need a dose of dental health care at home, which you can perform regularly. It may seem like an impossible task of introducing your pets to dental hygiene, but with practiced care, you can train your pets towards better tooth health. There are certain techniques, which you can follow gradually, although it is best to start training your pets when they are very young.

Tasty Tuesday: Hearts for my Valentine Chicken Dog Treats

2012-02-14T13:19:00.000-08:00

You probably can't tell, but I am blushing under all this dark fur.

The prettiest bichon around asked me to be her Valentine!! SQUEEE! Lookit:

silvie· 4 hours ago

off topic here... but would a puggle, would a puggle consider a Bichon for his Valentine? Because... Kol, I would love it for you to be MY Valentine...

Do you know who that pretty girl is?

That's 'Vie, the smart, sassy funny little fireball who rules the roost over at Silvieon4.com. Isn't she sweet? I am so excited to have a Valentine, especially one who is such a an activist for less fortunate pups and with such a highly elevated palate. This girl knows good food. I like that.

And so, my dear 'Vie, these are for you

Valentine Hearts Chicken Dog Treats

Tasty Tuesday: Grain-Free Liver Whoopie Pie Dog Treats

2012-02-13T23:27:00.000-08:00

the Mama is so woofing excited.

Now seriously, you guys. She is practically giddy. You ought to see her. Every so often she does this weird little jig that is embarrassing as woof and that gives off one of those squeals of hers that is ridiculously high pitched and obnoxious.

The weirdest things excite her.

Things like a pan. Tonight she finally got to use her new pan. You would think she won the lottery.

She bought this pan like 6 weeks ago and immediately knew what she wanted to make with it, but she had to wait for the right occasion.

Patience may be a virtue, but it is not one the Mama possesses.

But really? Can you blame her? Wouldn't you be really woofing excited for Valentine's Day if you had this pan?!

Wilton Nonstick 12 Cavity Heart

Whoopie Pie Pan

Yeah. That's a whoopie pie pan.

Confessions of a Raw Fed Dog: #1

2012-02-13T12:28:00.001-08:00

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They Call It a Double Standard

2012-02-13T00:05:00.000-08:00

The Felix is a troublemaker.

No, for serious.

He may look all sweet and innocent and fluffy, but beneath that fur he is pure mischief. I have no idea how he fooled the Mama and the Daddy and all of you, but y'all have been snowed.

Take yesterday, for instance.

The Daddy went to the store for an illicit milkshake. Now I know better than to stick my snout in anything the Daddy is eating, but Felix? Felix, that bold little turkey, just waltzes right up to the shake and sticks his tongue in it.

Does he get in trouble?

No.

the Daddy laughed.

He thought it was cute. Apparently, just because Felix was a timid little guy when he came to live here and he was kind of afraid of men, it's apparently a good thing that he feels comfortable and safe enough to steal food from the Daddy.

Do you know what would happen if I pulled that kind of stunt?

Weekly Woof: February 12

2012-02-12T12:43:00.000-08:00

It's time for your Weekly Woof: bits and barks from all over the interweb.

Do you have a woof-worthy post that you'd like to see featured here? E-mail us the link at kolchakpuggle (at) gmail (dot) com. Now, with no further ado...

Kickin' it with Koly

what we've been up to at Kol's Notes this week

Ask Kolchak: We've Gone Coco-nutty at Casa de Kolchak

2012-02-11T18:41:00.000-08:00

Ask Kolchak is a new feature where we will do our best to answer your questions about your kibbles, dog food, dog treats and anything we think we can help with. All names have been changed, mostly for our amusement. Do you have a question for Kolchak? e-mail us at kolchakpuggle (at) gmail (dot) com

Dear Kolchak,

Say, Mom & Dad started using coconut oil, in place of butter, cooking oil and even hair care. It smells divine! She even let me lick the spatula when she put some in a tiny jar to use as lip balm. Mom was reading up on all the benefits of coconut oil…as good as, if not better than say fish oils. She is considering giving us coconut oil as a supplement for the dry winter coat itchies. What is your take on this?

- Cuckoo for Coconut

Pet Project 365: Week 3/52

2012-02-10T00:35:00.000-08:00

Day 21.

The Mama is still flashy-bulbing us at every opportunity. I think I'm developing some sort of weird eye disorder from the flash. My eyes appear yellow or blue in a lot of pictures. Mama calls it "pet eye", but let's call it what it really is: Flashy Bulb Syndrome.

Be My Valentine

2012-02-09T08:09:00.000-08:00

We see a lot of cool stuff over on that Facebook place.

Last night something really stinkin' adorable caught our eye! It's doggy Valentines. SQUEEEE!

How cute is that?! Of course us dogs should get our own Valentines! We give out more love than all the humans in our house combined! I'm a woofing love machine.

My friend Truffle's Mom drew them by hand - how cool is THAT?! I wish MY Mama was talented like that. She can't draw worth a woof. It look like someone threw up all over the page when she tries. Stay in the kitchen, Mama.

Want to know what's even cooler? Truffle's Mom is selling her special Valentines to raise money for one of our very favourite rescue, The Lucky Dog Rescue. They're trying to help Ashley save a senior pittie. How awesome is THAT?!

Do you want to help and score a super adorable Valentine of your own?

Duh. Of course you do! For ust a minimum $3.00 donation, Truffle and Mom will send you one of their special Valentines! To order, just send your PayPal payment to 4dogsake@gmail.com with your address.

We're going to order a couple for ourselves and we want to send some to you too!

Do you want a special Valentine from Truffle & Koly? We're sending out five special cards to five special friends. Just comment below to enter! If you share Truffle's Facebook page, leave us a comment with the link to the share and we'll give you and extra entry! Contest closes at midnight tonight - open WORLD WIDE.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Check out Truffle's Facebook page here!

You Had Me at Woof: Reason #178

2012-02-08T23:39:00.000-08:00

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Felix, I love the way you celebrate

all the most joyful moments in your fluffy little life

by grabbing a toy and shaking it.

For a dog who didn't even know what to do with toys five years ago,

you've come a long way baby.

I'm so glad I get to be a part of it.

♥ the Mama

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Wordless Wednesday: A New Snack

2012-02-07T23:59:00.000-08:00

This weekend, the nice lady at our favourite pet shop introduced us to a new chewy snack.

What is this things?

Beef trachea, eh? That sounds tasty...

I should hide this and save it for later.

Stupid Puggle. He should chew this right now!

How can he resist the yummy taste?

I'll show him. Now that I'm done mine. I think I'll swipe his and finish it off too. Don't tell the Mama, OK?

Treat of the Week Giveaway: the Real Meat Company

2012-02-07T00:41:00.001-08:00

the Mama is picky as woof.

Not when it comes to what she feeds herself. the Mama will eat whatever is easy. I've seen that lady hoover a bagful of McCrap that even I wouldn't eat in 2 minutes flat. No no, she's isn't picky about her; She is picky about me.

There is a lot of gross stuff in dog treats!

I guess I'm a very lucky pup because I have the Mama ~~to use as slave labour~~ to make my treats, but we know not every doggy is that lucky. One of our Kol's Notes missions this year is to sniff out all the best treats and report back here.

The Real Meat Company is the real deal.

Tasty Tuesday: Monster Mutt Muffin Dog Treats

2012-02-06T23:31:00.002-08:00

the Mama has a very rude name for me.

Sometimes, she calls me "Monster Mutt". I know, right? That is just such a hurtful thing to say to a Puggle. I may be a little...boisterous sometimes, but really? "Monster Mutt"? She calls me that awful name whenever I am having a particularly large amount of fun. She usually throws it out after I've just run the Puggle500 Race around the house or when I'm practicing my WWE moves on the Felix.

A Monster Mutt needs a Monster Snack.

Do you hear me Mama? I want muffins! Meaty muffins! And I want them to be monster coloured! Get your two-legged butt into the Kitchen and make me some homemade dog treats, PDQ.

Delicious and Nutritious

Monster Mutt Muffins are made with some pretty darn nutritious ingredients. The main ingredient in these grain free dog treats is Quinoa. Though it is commonly referred to as an "ancient grain", quinoa is actually a seed that is a relative of leafy green veggies like spinach and swiss chard. It packs a great protein punch and it's a good source of lysine. And it's tasty. It makes a great basis for a muffin.

The quinoa in this recipe makes the muffins extra nutritious, but they could be made just as easily with brown rice and regular flour, if your dog happens to be wheat-tolerant.

Monster Mutt Meaty Muffin Dog Treats

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Cookies for Kaiser Winners

2012-02-06T13:12:00.000-08:00

So, um....You guys like cookies, eh?

I Would Walk 500 Miles

2012-02-06T00:11:00.000-08:00

I should have known today was going to go south.

It all started when those Scottish Twins with the awkward glasses woke the Mama up with their ridiculous idea that walking 500 miles was in some way a romantic gesture. I mean really, it doesn't even make sense. When the first guy was all ♫ I would walk 500 miles ♪, the other guy shouldn't have offered to ♪ walk 500 more ♫. How is that even helping the situation? Do you even want the kind of girl that makes you walk that far? You know what he should have said?

"Really? I'm going to drive my car, so it looks like I'll beat you there.."

Now that would make sense. Whatever the reason, after waking up to a song about walking, the Mama felt a need to take us on a little walk of our own.

I think she was actually planning to make us walk 500 miles.

Don't get me wrong. I love a nice walk as much as the next dog, but this walk was verging on the ridiculous. It lasted...forever. The Mama and Auntie Brenda are in training for two very serious sporting events: The Warrior Dash and the Run for Your Lives. To start training they wanted to do a quick walk. You know. to see how long 5 km really is.

Um...it's far, Mama. Really far.

Did I mention that we live in "the hole"? All around our house in pretty much all directions have hills. This abundance of elevated land often lead people in our neighborhood to ask "Do you live on the Hill or in the Hole?", but I digress. That meant that at least a portion, a large portion, of this leisurely walk would be uphill. Both ways? Yeah it's like that awful stories that your grandparents used to tell.

I thought I was going to die.

No Joke. I learned a valuable lesson there, too. Next time the Mama asks if I want to go for a walk, I'll ask ask how far the Mama is going!

Rumour has it that we are doing that K9 Fitness thing again,

And the Mama claims that next time we do this.

She is going to run run run! *le sigh** I don't wanna...

Wish us luck!

What about your dog? Would they be ready for a 5 km walk/run??

Weekly Woof: February 5

2012-02-05T15:45:00.000-08:00

It's time for your weekly woof: bits and barks from all over the interweb.

Do you have a woof-worthy post that you'd like to see featured here? E-mail us the link at kolchakpuggle (at) gmail (dot) com. Now, with no further ado...

Kickin' it with Koly

what we've been up to at Kol's Notes this week

SuperDog Sunday is Here!

2012-02-05T10:24:00.001-08:00

It's Super Dog Sunday, yo!

It's time to get our game on and play some...wait?! What sport are we playing? Footall, you say? Alright.

Let's play some football!!!!!! Anyone up for a little Puppy Bowl?

The Puppy Bowl has become one of the best parts of Superbowl Sunday. This ridiclously awesome game features adorable rescue dogs from great rescues and shelters across the US. Check out the full puppybowl line of of rescued dogs here.

If rescue dogs can be Puppy Bowl All-Stars, just imagine all the great stuff you could do with them. Next year you could have a Superdog of your own! Just head on down to your local rescue and adopt the Quarterbark of your dreams.

Super Dogs raising money for a Super cause!

Today's Super Dog Blog Hop is about more than just cute dog photos. This game day event, hosted by All Things Dog Blog & DogTipper, is a fundraiser for one of our favourite charities, the Petfinder Foundation. Join us today and help raise money for this worthy cause. In honour of it being Superbowl, XLVI we're donating $46 to the Petfinder Foundation.

Will you match that donation?

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Contribute any amount you feel comfortable with at this link. You can even opt for regular donations in variety of intervals.
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With no further ado, here are our very own Kol's Notes Super Dogs!

But Mama? I thought the Superbowl was all about the snacks?

This football doesn't taste like anything good. I want a Puptato Bite!

Football eh?

Tell me more about that chicken chewy in your hand.

Whether you're watching the Superbowl or the Puppy Bowl or headed out for a 5 km walk in the sun (like we are), we wish you a very Super Sunday.

Want to join in the Super Dog Sunday fun? You can help raise money AND maybe win some great prizes. You can get all the details on how to join in here!

Super Sunday Snacks

2012-02-04T17:00:00.001-08:00

Game Day is almost here!

Here at Casa de Kolchak, we don't watch many sports. We're die hard Philedelphia Flyers fans, but that's about it. We're not gonna lie, the Mama actually wasn't even sure what sport was played on Super Sunday. We won a prize as a part of the SuperDog Sunday event being hosted by All Things Dog Blog and DogTipper. The prize was this really cute football, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest it's a football game, but hey, I could be wrong. (PS - SuperDog Sunday is a fundraiser for the Petfinder Foundation and it's going to be fun. You should join in! Click here to get the details.)

Even though we don't know what sport it is, Super Sunday is still a big day at Casa de Kolchak.

Why? THE FOOD! Game day means snacks. Snacks are IMPORTANT. Even though we don't really care who wins the game, we care big time about the game day eatin'.

Needs some pup-friendly Superbowl Snack ideas?

Puppy Love ♥

2012-02-04T10:47:00.000-08:00

My friend Olivia is a Service Dog.

You might remember Olivia from our Awkward Family Pet Photos giveaway. It seems her humans believe that she moonlights as a reindeer.

Olivia doesn't look impressed, does she?

Mama has a secret.

You wouldn't know it to look at her, but the Mama is a fashionista - or she was in her "life before dogs". She loves to dress up and wear make up and get fancy. She loves pretty handbags and having her nails done. She looks absolutely ridiculous at the dog park.

the Mama almost flipped her wig when she saw the nails that Olivia's Mom painted.

Lookit how cute they are!!

She calls them "Puppy Love"

The Mama is wild about them. Those intricate designs are hand-painted. the Mama can't even imagine having a steady enough hand to attempt that! It's impressive as woof. the Mama wants her nails painted like that. Bad.

If you're as impressed as we are, we hope you'll do Olivia and her Mom a favour.

They are entered into a nail competition. All you have to do to vote for Olivia is click here to "like" Lacquered Me (the page sponsoring the contest) and then click here to like the picture of Olivia's Puppy Love nails.

Good Luck Olivia & Mom!

Livin' in a Puggle's Paradise

2012-02-03T12:25:00.000-08:00

♪ ♫ Been woofing most their lives,

livin' in a puggle's paradise. ♫ ♪

♪ ♫ Been woofing most their lives,

livin' in a puggle's paradise. ♫ ♪

♫ ♪ I really hate to trip, but I gotta woof ♫ ♪

♪ I'm the kinda P, the little puppies wanna be like ♪

♫ Cuddlin' peeps in the night ♫

♪ Playing fetch in the street light ♪

♪ ♫ Been woofing most their lives,

livin' in a puggle's paradise. ♫ ♪

Ohmydog. The Mama is not cool.

She's sitting in her office giggling to herself about this punny little rap. What a geek! And you rescue folks are not helping me make her any cooler when you name adorable adoptable Puggles super awesome names - like Coolio. Who wouldn't want a puggle named Coolio?!

Up your own cool factor - adopt Coolio the Puggle - and YOU could be livin' in a puggle's paradise.

Coolio is an 11 week old puggle baby boy available for adoption from the East Coast Humane Society in Torrington, CT. They say he is very sweet, playful and loves to be with his humn. Plus, he's obviously a G with a sweet sweet name like Coolio.

Click here to check out his Petfnder profile or here to e-mail the East Coast Humane Society and find out more about how you can make this G a member of your family.

Peace. out. Koly.

Pet Project 365: Week 2/52

2012-02-02T23:35:00.001-08:00

It's like my Mama has turned into the darned pupparazzi lately.

Every time I turn round, WHAM! She's there flashy-bulbing me. "It's all in the name of memories" she says. OK Mama, whatever.

She just likes to pretend she's some fancy phodographer and I know it.

This Pet Project 365 is just her excuse. What is Pet Project 365 anyways? Well, it's a this fun challenge where you take a picture of your pet everyday for a year and you share it with all of us. Life is busy and sometimes, we forget to appreciate the everyday moments. we're using our Pet Project as a reminder to not just to make memories together, but to capture them.

And we want you to join us!

The Real Challenge: Training Mama

2012-02-02T00:10:00.000-08:00

January was Train Your Dog Month.

What a stupid name for a month. The Mama didn't train me on a single woofing thing. Not one thing. The least she could have done, in the spirit of the occasion, would have been to teach me even a single little trick. I mean really, Kristine at Rescued Insanity decided to tackle the impossible and make Shiva and the Cat into a performance duo. That's impressive. Honey and Pamela at Something Wagging are trying to embrace the Doggyride Cart. Solid goal. Parker & Skye learned abut off leash skills. Elka learned to treat the snowy steps with some decorum and the Mama did nothing. She should be ashamed.

A better name would be Train Your Mama Month.

That's what we did at Casa de Kolchak. When I realized that the Mama had nothing planned, I took matters into my own paws. You guys are going to be so woofing proud of me. For real. You'll never believe what I taught the Mama this month.

I taught her how to play K9 Nose Work games.

An example of K9 Nose work.

I tend to scent with the same vibrant enthusiasm as Moshi the Boston Terrier.

(You can hold you applause, please.) She keeps telling people that she was teaching me K9 Nose work, but that is absolutely ridiculous. You see, I already knew how to play scent games. I already knew how to smell. When I smelled something I wanted, I found it. It was simple really. I have a Class A sniffer.

The problem was training the Mama to hide tasty morsels for me to find.

Four Paws Up: Worst in Show

2012-02-01T00:23:00.000-08:00

Confession time at Casa de Kolchak.

You know those "Ugly Naked Dogs"? The ones that look like they have some sort of weird skin condition?
You know, these ones??

SOURCE: LA Times

Rascal, one of the World's Ugliest Dogs

Yeah. Shocking, I know. The Mama likes the Cresteds.