A Dog Bling

 https://youtube.com/shorts/vpR31KMCvVY The kitten in this video was truly found and rescued by Bling.   The kitten is real life as well as in the book - is named Smudge.  In Bling's next children's picture book, it will be the story of Bling rescuing Smudge.   The details are changed a bit, but the story is true. I can't wait to share the book with Bling's fans and friends.   Enjoy the video and please don't forget to subscribe to Bling's U-Tube channel.

 Bling has been so busy meeting people at book events, she just has not had time to go to dog shows.   She really loves dog shows, but there is only so much time in the day.    It has been a lifetime goal for Bling to retire from dog showing at a National Specialty in the veteran classes.   She was entered in the 9 to 11 year old girl classes.   To our delight, she won 4th place.   To everyone's delight - she decided to jump and play in the ring.   She has been sick and there are a few places on her front legs that were shaved by the doctors and her hair is still growing back in.  We are thankful it did not matter to the judge.   Bling ran around the ring like she was a year old.    Bling always makes us smile.   She is a rollicking Irish Setter and has fun no matter what she does. As of this dog show, she is officially retired from showing and turns the dog show events over to her younge...

Bling is in the Van Alstyne newspaper.  Way to go Bling!   To read the article, click on the link in orange below. Local author honored for children’s book – Van Alstyne Leader  

 How fun that Word Puzzle Wednesday falls on St. Patrick's Day.  That is one of my favorite holidays.   Why you ask?  Well, because I am Irish!  Enjoy the puzzle.   Love and Wags, Bling  

 Sometimes you just have to find a quiet place to enjoy a good book!    Love, Bling

  Hi Friends,  We are starting a new book this week.   It is called "Adventures of Splat the Cat" and has five different stories in it.   Many of you know I have a cat.  His name is Rembrandt Blue.  My family has three other cats too.  But, Rembrandt Blue is mine.   Rembrandt Blue loved me the minute he came to live with us.  He was a tiny kitten.  He was always sitting on me.  I pretended I was invisible.   I sure love him.   Splat the Cat reminds me of Rembrandt Blue.  They are both totally awesome and sensitive but fun.   The first story we are going to read is "Splat the Cat Sings Flat"  ....  so does my mom  (ha ha ha ha ha). Our story starts out with Splat the Cat going to Cat School.   Gosh, I had no idea there was such a thing.   I have been to dog school.  Rembrandt Blue never went to school.   He was home schooled - which is...

Hi Friends, Last week I reviewed another story from the Adventures of Charlie the Ranch Dog (written by Ree Drummond).  Since we have that book out and are reading it at my house, I thought we could review another story from the book.  This story is called Charlie Goes to the Doctor.  Yikes!   Going to the doctor can be frightening.   It is a good subject to talk about!    I gathered the younger pets in the family to read about doctors together.  Smudge, my cat is a year old and Bliss, the pup, is 10 months old.  They will be going to the doctor again soon and it is important for them to not fear doctor visits. In the story, Charlie wakes up one morning not feeling well.  Charlie's mom is very worried and decides to take Charlie to the dog doctor, a veterinarian, right away.   Once they arrive at the doctors, Charlie becomes afraid.   While in the waiting room, Charlie meets a puppy named Hicko...

Hi Friends, Many of you know how much I LOVE "Charlie The Ranch Dog" books by Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman).   Charlie lives on a real ranch and is a real dog -  just like me.   I pretend to be a ranch dog.  Really, our property is a hobby farm.  A hobby farm is bigger than a regular property, but not as big as a ranch.  I have chickens just like Charlie. This story about Charlie is titled "Charlie's New Friend".   In the story, Charlie wakes up and heads to the kitchen for breakfast.  He is very surprised to find his bowl empty.   He goes outside to find his mom and see what is happening.   Here is one of my favorite parts - once outside he sees a SQUIRREL .  He chased the squirrel up a tree.  Someday, I want to do that too!   My squirrels are too fast and are always in the trees by the time I get outside.  Yikes, back to our story.   Charlie passes the garden and disc...

Hi friends, We have a really fun book to review this week.  The name of the book is Mice and Beans.   I bet you thought I was going to say Rice and Beans - which I LOVE to eat.  Yum.   Nope, this is Mice and Beans.   The book was written by the talented story teller, Pam Munoz Ryan.  The adorable illustrations were created by Joe Cepeda.  On to our review! How many of you are thinking the book is about food?  Well, it kind of is.   More importantly, the book is about kindness and doing things for others.   There is a little girl named Catalina and her grandmother is planning a birthday for her.  The birthday is really important.  Actually, every birthday is important - don't you think so!   Catalina's grandmother knows a birthday party is a time for family and friends to spend time together.   Life gets so busy at times that we forget to spend time with our families. ...

Hi friends, This week's book review is on my favorite book of all times.  The name of the book is Big Red.  Big Red is an Irish Setter - just like me.  The original movie, Big Red, was released by Walt Disney Motion Pictures in 1962.   Gosh, that was a long time ago.  If you look at my photo, I have an original movie poster behind me. I also have the children's book.   The copy of the book I have is for children and was adapted by Kathleen N. Daly.  The illustrations were created by Mel Crawford. The original book was a novel written in 1945 by an American author named Jim Kjelgaard In the story adapted for the movie (and in my children's book), Big Red is a show dog who gets lost on the way to a dog show.  A boy named Rene, who helps take care of Big Red, is heart broken over the loss of the red dog he loves so much.   He has to do something to help find Big Red.   I've had something like this happen before....