Did you hear that? It’s the sound of cheering!
Cheering because we’re ringing in the New Year! It’s now 2013!
I had a great 2012, but I’m really looking forward to kicking off 2013 with a bang!
I can’t wait for all the fun adventures that 2013 will hold, and I hope you’ll stick around for the ride!
xoxo, 
In keeping up with my yearly tradition I’ve decided to take a look back over the goals I made for myself last year to see how I did! I’ve also come up with a new list of goals for 2013 that will hopefully keep me on my toes!
My 2012 Goals:
1. Learn a new trick with my favorite pony, Minnow.
Ok, so I can’t recall a SPECIFIC trick I learned with Minnow this past year, but I did star in our brand-new Painting Pony DVD with him. And I had a super fun super hero shoot with Minnow this summer.
2. Compete in my first agility trial or take an agility class with a new club.
While I’m not quite ready for my first agility trial just yet, I have been taking agility classes since the spring. I’m hoping I might be ready for a trial sometime next year.
3. Make more home movies, featuring me!
I’m happy to report that I’ve created lots of new video footage this year (over 50 videos on my youtube channel!), and I even landed on two national television spots at the end of this year (which I’ll be sharing all the details on the blog soon). And if you want to catch my biggest performance of the year you can check out my new DVD HERE!
4. Get more creative with my costumes.
I’m happy to say I’ve dressed up more this year than any other year! You might recall my pilot’s outfit when I went flying, my super cool Halloween costume as Wile E. Coyote, and even my dapper Holiday outfit for this year.
5. Master some new tricks and share them on the blog.
I started a new feature on the blog this year called Let’s Get Tricky! I also added a few new tricks to my repertoire and I’m hoping to continue the trend in 2013.
6. Take pictures every month for my 2013 Calendar!
So I may not have specifically set out to take photos for my calendar every month, I did rack up quite a lot of space on Mom’s hard-drive with my thousands of photos from this year.
7. Make more DIY projects.
I definitely got my DIY on this year! I came up with over 10 great DIY projects this year, including my Birthday Bandana, a Dipped Yellow Chair, and even a Pet First Aid Kit.
8. Paint more.
Painting may have taken a bit of a backseat this year, but that didn’t stop me from getting created. I opened up my very own Etsy Shop, Flying Hero, to sell my greeting cards, calendars and more – many of which have helped raise money for animal rescues!
9. Dig more holes in the backyard.
You know I got this one covered!
10. Smile everyday!
How can you not smile when you’re having this much fun!
So moving on to the upcoming year, I can’t wait to start 2013 off with a bang!
2013 Goals:
So what about you? What are your goals for 2013?
Don’t forget to start 2013 off right, check out my Calendar available for purchase HERE! Hurry, because I only have a few copies left!
This year when Christmas morning arrived, so did the snow! I awoke to a blanket of snow in my backyard….it was glorious!
After taking a romp in the newly fallen snow I set to work unwrapping all of my gifts!
Santa must of known that I’ve been a very good boy, because he brought me lots of goodies this year.
One of my favorite gifts this year was an add-on for my agility poles so that I can practice indoors too! Santa knows me so well!
So after diving into all my presents at home, we loaded up the car and headed over to Trooper’s house for some more Christmas fun.
I dressed for the occasion in my Holiday tie!
Trooper said I made him feel very under dressed.
Even my new cousin Jack joined us for some fun during the holidays – although he was smart and staked out the best spot on the couch before we started opening gifts.
We opened so many gifts at Trooper’s house, that Trooper fell asleep with all his new toys in his mouth. He just doesn’t know how to hang.
After the party at Trooper’s we loaded up the car again and headed to my MomMom & PopPop’s house so that I could give my human cousins some gifts too!
My cousin Maddie got a pony for Christmas, which she promptly named Ammo. I’m not sure if I should be flattered or insulted?
When we finally arrived back home late that night, mom said I had to put all my new toys away in the new toy baskets Santa had brought me.
I figured Santa would want me to enjoy my gifts to the fullest, so I snuggled up for the night inside one of my toy bins. Morning couldn’t come soon enough!
Here’s a round-up of what goodies I got this year:
1. Hot Dog Slicer
2. Mascot Id Tag from Blanket ID
3. Bully Sticks from Best Bully Sticks
4. Toys from Planet Dog
5. Toy Storage Bin from the Container Store
6. Toy Storage Bin from Land of Nod
7. Lumps of Coal Cookies from Bocce’s Bakery available at Olive
I had a wonderful Christmas with my family, getting to take some time off work and spend time with the one’s I love was just what I needed after a busy Holiday season at mom’s shop. I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday as well!
It’s the day after Christmas, and lucky for me I have the day off of work!
I’m very much looking forward to spending my day lounging around the house and catching up on some much needed napping.
Not to worry though, I’ll be fully recharged in no time – and ready to share my Christmas adventures with everyone!
Merry Day After Christmas to You!
Today is the last day of my 12 Days of Cheer! And it is also Christmas Day! Hooray!
I hope you’ve enjoyed celebrating the season with my 12 Days of Cheer – and just for fun, let’s take a look back at all the fun we’ve had these past few days.
Day 1: Free Holiday Desktop Wallpaper
Day 2: Ammo’s Christmas Wish List
Day 3: Visiting Santa
Day 4: DIY Holiday Dog Ornaments
Day 5: Holiday Gift Guides for Dogs and Dog Lovers
Day 6: DIY Holiday Dog Cookie Jar
Day 7: Christmas Parade Time
Day 8: DIY Holiday Pet Garland
Day 9: DIY Pet Snow Globe
Day 10: Gift Wrap for Dogs and Free Printable Gift Tags
Day 11: DIY Christmas Eve Outfit for Dogs
So on our final and last day of the 12 Days of Cheer I wanted to wish all of my friends and family a very Merry Christmas!
I’m now off to visit with my family and spread my Christmas Cheer while wearing my most awesome Christmas Outfit. When you’re this good looking it’s pretty easy to leave some cheer behind everywhere you go!
xoxo!
Yippee, it’s Christmas Eve! If you’re anything like me you are getting out your best Holiday Outfit to wear to all of the upcoming Holiday parties and festivities.
This year I decided to whip up some special festive wear – a simple DIY to make you look oh-so-spiffy this Christmas.
Disclaimer: this post does contain some affiliate links
DIY Christmas Eve Outfit for Dogs
Materials:
Step 1: Cut just the collar off of the shirt.
Step 2: Cut the collar in half at the back of it.
Step 3: Glue velcro to the back of the collar, you may need to measure your dog’s neck to see where to position the velcro.
Step 4: Take your clip-on tie and shorten the length of the tie to an appropriate length for your dog by pushing the excess fabric up and through the knot of the tie.
Step 5: Cut off the excess tie fabric at the top, leaving enough that you can glue it later.
Step 6: Hot glue the ends of your tie back into place.
Step 7: Clip the tie onto the collar and you’re ready for a festive night!
I must admit, my festive Holiday outfit makes me so ridiculously good looking! Not the DIY type? Don’t worry, you can snag a festive pre-made bowtie for your pup* for any occasion!
So what will you’re pets be wearing this Christmas? Holiday bowtie, Christmas sweater or maybe – dare I say it – your birthday suit? Do tell!
Every year mom helps me wrap up my holiday gifts (the lack of opposable thumbs really hinders me in this department). And every year I try to add a little something special to the packages from me.
This year mom and I used some brown kraft paper, baker’s twine, and washi tape (cut out in the shape of dog bones using a cookie cutter) to adorn my gifts.
You also may have noticed the cute little gift tags with my Christmas mug on them! Well guess what!? I’ve created a printable set just for you!
Feel free to download my Holiday Gift Tags HERE. You are free to use them for personal use on all your holiday gifts this year. Send a little smiling doxie cheer! Yipppee!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
It may not be snowing in Pennsylvania just yet, but that won’t stop me from creating my own magical winter wonderland this Christmas!
Today we’re making magical DIY Pet Snowglobes!
DIY Pet Snowglobes
Materials:
Step 1: Mold your sculpy into a “snow mound” that will fit inside the lid of the jar. Make sure sure that it can fit inside the jar lid with the jar on top.
Step 2: Bake your sculpy in the oven at the temperature and time specified on the package. Allow to cool.
Step 3: Using a hot glue gun attach the “snow mound” to the lid of your jar. Then glue the dog figurine on top of it.
Step 4: Add glitter to your jar.
Step 5: Add water to your jar, making sure you don’t overfill it.
Step 6: Screw the lid onto the jar, shake, and enjoy!
It’s magical isn’t it?
I’m very much enjoying my snowglobe – it has just the right amount of Christmas Cheer!
This DIY was inspired by this tutorial from ModCloth.
Festive, fun, and made of COOKIES! This is totally my kind of DIY!
Mom helped me come up with a fun holiday garland to decorate my home with this year. I figured can’t hurt to make my home extra festive, because you never know what jolly round fellow might be stopping by in a few days!
DIY Holiday Pet Garland
Materials:
Step 1: Using your Electric Drill, drill holes through the pre-existing hole marks in your cookie. You can alternatively use an awl to push holes through them – but this method tends to crack the cookies easier.
Step 2: Spray paint your cookies a fun and festive color.
Allow them to completely dry before moving onto the next step, preferably overnight.
Step 3: Thread the bakers twine through the back of your cookies. A toothpick may be helpful to push the twine through them.
Step 4: You will want to knot the end of each piece of twine near your cookie so that it won’t slide around on the garland.
Step 5: If you choose you can tie some festive ribbon onto the bakers twine. Then hang and enjoy!
Had I know this Cookie Garland was just for looks and not for nibbling I might not have been as excited to make it.
Despite the red spray paint I can still smell the cookies underneath, so make sure you hang your garland out of reach of any furry friends! Mom says it might smell good, but they won’t taste good!
This diy was inspired by the following halloween decorating tutorial.
Every year I put on my best holiday gear and get ready for the Downingtown Christmas Parade in town.
This year was no exception!
Being that I have a 9-5 job working as official shop greeter at mom’s shop in town, parade time I have to work extra hard to invite parade goers into the shop for free hot cider & cookies!
Luckily I’m pretty cute, so my job usually isn’t that hard. *wink*
After working hard at the shop all morning I was excited to hear that the parade was about to start. I made sure I got a front row seat for all the action!
The parade was just as fabulous as always, but the most exciting part is always SANTA!
And MRS. CLAUS too!
Hey Santa! I hope you got my Christmas List! See you again in a few days!