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A Book Trailer Release on National Book Lovers Day!

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Today is National Book Lovers Day!


To celebrate Book Lovers Day, I am presenting for the first time the official trailer for my new book How To Get Your Dog To Eat.

And starting on 8/10 you can enter my Goodreads giveaway to win a free paperback copy of How To Get Your Dog To Eat.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

How to Get Your Dog to Eat by Mary DiTosto

How to Get Your Dog to Eat

by Mary DiTosto

Giveaway ends August 26, 2017.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

This post is part of the BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday blog hop.



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Tetris Day Fun

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Yesterday, June 6th, was the 33rd anniversary of the release of the classic video game Tetris. I was born exactly six months after Tetris débuted to the public. That particular video game features prominently in many of my childhood memories, especially reminding me of time spent with grandparents that are no longer with me. So on Tetris Day I like to play a few rounds of the game and remember the good times past.
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But this year Sadie has asked to join in on some Tetris fun. She hasn’t quite figured out how to use the video game controller yet, so I brought out my live action version of Tetris for Sadie to play with. It’s actually a lamp that has rearrangable pieces that light up when touching one another. After watching me assemble the lamp pieces, Sadie realized that the game can’t continue like real Tetris without pieces falling from the sky. So my ever helpful pooch knocked some pieces off of the top tier of the lamp, thus making them fall and giving me more pieces to play with. Sadie decided she really like that game, so once all of the pieces were positioned on the lamp once again, Sadie knocked the entire structure over so that we could start our game of Tetris over from the beginning. Isn’t it wonderful when you can share a game from your childhood with your own fur baby?
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dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, tetris, tongue out

dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, tetris, tongue out

dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, tetris, tongue out

dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, tetris, tongue out
This post is part of the BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday blog hop.

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At the George Washington Bridge on George Washington’s Birthday!

 

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In honor of the birthday of our first President, today I’m sharing some photos of a little trip Sadie and I took to the George Washington Bridge. On the New Jersey side there are a number of parks right at the foot of the bridge. At the top of the cliff, level with the bridge, is a park with an historic fort, which unfortunately is not dog friendly. But at the water level are a series of gorgeous parks with playgrounds, picnic areas, and marinas. Sadie and I chose to take a nice walk in one of the parks along the Hudson River, enjoying the beautiful views of the George Washington Bridge.
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dogs, designer dogs, Yorkipoo, yorkie poo, gwb, george washington bridge
This post is part of the BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday blog hop.


 

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How To Stop the Begging With Love

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Sadie is usually pretty good with her manners. When the family eats at the dinner table, Sadie usually sits quietly on the rug just watching everyone. When I’m in the mood to eat by the TV, Sadie sits next to me hoping I’ll give her a bite. But she doesn’t whine or complain if she doesn’t get anything. However, Sadie occasionally gets into a greedy mood for her doggy treats and begs incessantly next to her treat cabinet. I’ve recently discovered a creative way to get Sadie’s mind off of those treats. I distract her with love.

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Have you ever noticed that if your dog isn’t feeling cuddly, then when you try to get some hugs and doggie kisses, your dog wriggles in your arms and tries to get out of your grasp? Well I decided to take that scenario and use it to my benefit. After Sadie sat begging by her treat cabinet for a while and refused to move even when I told her no, I decided to try a new approach. I got on the floor with Sadie and began hugging her and kissing her little head and holding her close to me. In less than three minutes Sadie was out of the kitchen, away from the treats, and settling down for a nap on the couch. I repeated this process a few times, and now whenever Sadie is begging for extra treats, I just approach her making kissy noises and she runs off. While I’m a little sad that the thought of Mommy kisses makes Sadie run from me, it is a useful tool to snap Sadie’s mind out of unwanted behavior.

This post is part of the BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday blog hop.