IT'S FURBABY FRIDAY !!

Meet LULU

...a much-loved Beagley-Basset.

Her mom, Tricia, of KOOKY HANDBAGS will receive 50 free tweets!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/kookyhandbags

In September of 2007 I convinced my husband that we needed a dog, especially after years of trying to have a child of our own with no success. One day while searching a local shelter's website, I came across a beagle/basset girl named Lue who was about 7 months old and had just been surrendered to the shelter.

I instantly fell for her intensely sad pleading eyes and the little inquisitive tilt of her head.

We adopted her a few days later and brought her home to our two cats who hated her from the start. Lue wanted to play with them but they would not be swayed and so we put up a baby gate at the top of the second floor so the cats could not be pestered by the newcomer. This continued for some time and the cats would run away at every chance meeting. Poor Lulu could not fathom why they would shun her so rudely.

Fast forward two years and nine months later and my oldest cat Eddie is no longer with us, but my other cat, the red-haired rebel Archie boy, is Lulu's best friend. Lulu and Archie are quite close now, and even sleep next to each other, and roll around on the grass in the backyard together.

We changed Lue's name to Lulu and we adore her to pieces and can't even imagine life without her. She is our beautiful funny little girl and she has brought so much love and laughter into our lives.

And now...a word from Lulu!

Lulu, what are your favorite things to do in life ?

Get treats! See this snout?? It was made to sniff out little goodies. It was also made to poke and poke and poke at people and places until they appear before me! How else could I communicate if I didn't have this fine looking snout!

I also LOVE going to the dog park and meeting new friends. My mom says I just howl at them, but really I am discussing important matters like where the best restrooms are and secret methods of getting treats!

I must be honest, though, and tell you that my two MOST favorite things are to sleep and dream happy dreams about my family...

And to snuggle close to the ones I love most!

Tricia has two shops on Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/shop/kookyhandbags

where you will find unique colorful handbag creations

http://www.etsy.com/shop/talkOfThetown

where you will find a variety of vintage, upcycled, and fun items

She also has a spectacular blog full of family life, food, and fun. A wonderful journey through their lives.

http://kookyhandbags.blogspot.com

FURBABY FRIDAY is dedicated to our much loved furry (or not so furry!) animal friends that enrich our lives and world and make us better people!

If you are an owner of an Etsy, Artfire, or other online shop with a pet and would like to be featured here, please follow me and leave a comment with a link to where I might contact you. Those chosen will receive 50 free Tweets of advertising the following week.

IT'S FURBABY FRIDAY!

Meet VELVET-the mostly Beagle!

This week's recipient of 50 Twitter Tweets!

Look at that sweet face!!

Velvet is the lucky taster of all her mom's baked doggie goodies that go into her Etsy store http://www.etsy.com/shop/CiaoHound

I'm sure you will agree that these treats look like they were made for humans, not pets! Yummy!

Velvet's Arrival

by her Mom

My DH and I decided it was time to get a dog, and so we both took a "compatibility" test on Yahoo. The only breed that showed up on both our lists was a beagle. We checked online for a list of breeders in our area and found one a few hours away. This couple bred beagles for hunting. The beagles had a blue tick hound mix to them so they're a little bit bigger than the typical beagle and I think it had a crazy side effect to her disposition as well, lol. (She only thinks about food, only cares about food, only wants food, 24/7). We went to meet her and the couple was amazed that we wanted her as a family pet and tried to warn us that we weren't getting the loving, loyal pet that we had in our German Shepherd. We laughed, "she'll be great." We got her in the car. She was all excited, her little butt wagging a mile a minute, and then it hit her - we're taking her away. She cried and pooed all the way home. When we finally got her inside the house she settled in on DH's lap and decided being inside wasn't so bad. At that moment, she accepted us as her servants, uh, I mean family.

Fierce Warrior Princess

From the beginning, we've always called her a "Fierce Warrior Princess" because she puts on quite a show whenever there's anything strange, scarey or unusual, although its very tongue in cheek. The morning after we got her, my husband came out in a black bath robe. Velvet freaked out and started jumping around barking her head off ... while hiding behind me.

Cat-a-phobia?

Another time we were strolling outside and encountered a very large cat. The cat hissed. Velvet ran back towards the front door. Once inside, she jumped onto the back of the couch, looked out the window where the cat had been and started barking like a mad dog, her bravery reaffirmed behind the safety of the window.

How to Kill aTrash bag

Her shining moment though, had to be with a trash bag. She was barking at an object floating across the lawn; a green trash bag. I went and stamped my foot on it to stop it from flying around and Velvet came running, grabbed a corner of it with her teeth and started to shake it, to "kill" it. I just loved how willing she was to attack as long it was safely subdued under my foot.

Velvet's mom, Shari, also manages the Pets Jubilee team on Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6510693

AND the Petsjubilee shop where you can order pet samplers of fun goodies and toys for any pet!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee

You can read more about Velvet here:

http://ciao-hound.blogspot.com/

FURBABY FRIDAY is dedicated to our much loved furry (or not so furry!) animal friends that enrich our lives and world and make us better people!

If you are an owner of an Etsy, Artfire, or other online shop with a pet and would like to be featured here, please follow me and leave a comment with a link to where I might contact you. Those chosen will receive 50 free Tweets of advertising the following week.