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Mango Minster 2012 - Vote for Tibby!

Voting begins now and ends in 24 hours, so now is your chance to vote for Tibby as an Adventure Animal!!

Follow the link here Mango Minster 2012!!

You have to leave a comment on the Mango Minster Adventure Animal post saying what animal's entry you are voting for.  Her post is 3rd from the bottom (between the crabs and the weenie dog).  

Of course, I'm not biased at all, but I think Tibby is the MOST adventurous!! 

Mango Minster 2012 - Tibby The Adventure Animal

This is Tibby's entry for Mango Minster 2012 - Adventure Animals

Note to our regular readers:  This is a post written by Tibby and there are a lot of pictures/video. 

"Hey everydoggie!  Mom's letting me write a post on the blog!  First time ever!  So...last year I was too little to enter the Mango Minster.  I was just a little pup.  Good thing I didn't enter last year anyway - I hadn't had any adventures!  This year I collected up a lot of adventures!

Now I'm not a natural adventure dog, but Mom says new experiences are good for me, so I try......but that means that my little adventures are more adventure (for me) than big adventures for other pups.  Did you understand that?  *whew*  This writing stuff is harder than Mom makes it look!

My favorite adventure is to stick my head out the car window and go for a ride to a new place.  I just relax and let the wind take me where ever it wants (or maybe it's Mom taking me where she wants BOL!!).

This year I was brave and had an adventure at the V-E-T.  ewwwwww.  I didn't even need my Mom!  They came to take me in the back and I was like "Let's GO!"  Then when I came back to Mom I had some furs missing on my sides where the vetspeoples shaved me.  They did some weird things like take x-rays and moving pictures of my heart!  It was a BIG adventure!

I went in a canoe!  All by myself!  BOL!!  Just kidding!  Mom was there too, but I did all the navigation.  She wouldn't let me steer though.....It was an adventure, because people started to shoot at us!  Well.....actually it was just fireworks, but it was a BIG adventure!

My biggest newestest adventure was doing this thing called a 'T-ter'.  It's kind of scary,  but being the adventurer I am I just had to jump on and find out....what treats I could get from it!  BOL!!!!

I'm even adventurous in the food I eat.  I ate a potato out of the garden.  It was crunchy!  I almost gave Mom a heart attack though, 'cause she thought it might be bad for me.  That was an adventure!

So I was at my agility lesson play time and I saw this BIG mountain!  I was like, "Hey mountain I'm an adventurer.  Watch out!  Here I come!"  Gave Mom a small heart attack!  'Course I have to do it at every lesson now....he he he.  Maybe she should just teach me the A-frame and then she could stop having heart attacks.  Just saying....

I like to find out what's under the dirts in the garden.  I dig big holes, but not all the time just when I'm feeling like an adventure!  BOL!!!

I rode on a BUS!!  THAT was quite the adventure.  I even wore a raincoat on the bus BOL!!!

I'm not afraid of any power tools at all.  I'll even help you with your work!  Please call me for any construction projects xxx-xxx-xxxx!  But only if YOU want a big adventure!  After all I don't have thumbs - and NO I didn't lose them in a construction adventure!!!

 I tried out Flyball.  Heeemmmm, it was interesting.  I got to eat cheese and there were LOTS of other doggies, BUT they kept taking me away from my Mom!  What's up with that!?!?  NOT an adventure I wanted.  Mooooommmm I want to stay with yoooouuuu!

I like to go on tree climbing adventure!  Just to see what is on the other side or if there are any cheese sticks hiding up there.  Yum!  Cheese!

I'm not afraid to check out scary, creepy, dark sheds.  Where there may be mices hiding!  Nope not scared at all!  Yum.  Mices.......*drool*

I'm so adventurous I jumped up in this hammock - just to get my toy and rock around a little.  Then I jumped out!

I LOVE to go on adventure hikes!  We go all the time, but not enough for me.  I would like to go ALL the time.  Like I would be super adventurous and LIVE in the forest.  But only if I could have my couch in the forest.  It's a necessity.  I'm so adventurous that I go hiking during hunting season!  But Mom made me where some orange stuff, so peoples wouldn't shoot me.  She's not very adventurous.....

I'm adventurous enough to get in the ring with a cat!  WWF-style smack down action!  I even have my own special moves:  Smell my fluffy tail!  BOL!!  I sit on my cat sister face!  That is adventurous 'cause did you know cats have TEETH in their faces?!?! 

Thanks for reading my post!  I hope you think I'm an adventurous pup!

The Winners Are.....

Congratulations to Joanne Cotter - she won the $25 gift code to Amazon! 
And
Congratulations to Boondocks and the Love Shack Pack - you have won the hands free leash!

I will try to contact you, but if you can please send your mailing address to tibbysfriends at hotmail dot com.

Thanks to everyone that entered!

There will be another giveaway this week to enter - something pretty!

Vote For Tibby Giveaway

I love giveaways!  They are a fun way to give a prize to a reader.  I would like to give something to everyone, but sadly it's not possible.  SO here is a way for ONE lucky reader to win a $25 gift card to Amazon. 

All you have to do is vote for Tibby! 

Here are the simple steps:

1- Go to this page on Facebook Monster Contest

2 - Type Tibby into the "Find A Photo' search box at the bottom of the page.

3- Click on this picture of Tibby

4- Click the big VOTE button.

FINALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP!!

I need to know who to send the prize to!  SO......

The only way I can know if you voted is if you either leave a comment on the facebook page.  Then I will know who voted and who can be entered in the drawing for the prize.

You can enter once each day.

The more times you vote the better your chance of winning the giftcard!! 

For bonus entries - Just leave a comment (on the facebook page) each time you vote!

 The contest ends on October 24th and I will have Tibby pick the winner's number.

Thank you!

Need Group Input Please!

I have a survey that everyone can take - even if you don't have a google/blogger login!! 

Petsmart is running a contest for pets wearing costumes.  The grand prize is a spot in one of their commercials!  How fun would that be?!

Well, I can't decide on what or which picture of Tibby to enter.  I like the one with her tongue sticking out, but I think she looks prettier in the Little Lass picture.  Please help me decide!

Vote in the survey below----->

Thanks!

Tibby Tongue-tacular

Little Lass

Or

Should I just try again?

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Caption Contest

Want to win a fun prize? 

Leave a comment with your best caption for this picture of Tibby.

Rules: Must leave email address with comment, so I can contact you if you win.  Contest ends at Midnight on Sunday May 22nd.

Prize:  A Kong Zebra!

We Won A Contest!

Tibby and I had a fun day today.  Plus we won a contest! And we were interviewed for TV.

We went to a walk for animals and entered the Owner/Dog look a like contest. I never, ever thought we would win, even though I think I look like Tibby. We never win contests! Yes, I am proud to look like a dog - a cute dog like Tibby! It was pouring rain. So not a great day weather wise. Tibby was so good the entire time. There were 100's of dogs everywhere. She didn't lunge or pull or even bark. She sniffed a few rear ends, but that was about it. The funniest part was when I turned around and found her trying to sniff a Great Dane's butt. It was so funny! She was too short - I wish I had a picture of it. Too funny.  Tibby also rode on a bus - twice, but that adventure will be in a different post.

This is what we won.  Lots of stuff and $55 in gift cards!

Tibby thinks winning is yummy!

Look Who's Turning One - Plus Contest Winner!

A puppy is a wonder

A precious gift to have

It's fun to hold and cuddle them

It's fun to watch them grow

To dress them up & show them off

To everyone you know
Cute as a bug, so fun to hug!
I loved you as a puppy, but now you are my (best) friend.

I can't believe that Tibby is a year old.  Wow!  When I look back on our time together (all 8 months), it is amazing how far we have come together.  Like the title of this blog say, "The fabulous fun and terrifying trials of raising a Tibetan Terrier".  So true.  There have been super high highs and soul crushing lows.  I haven't shared everything on the blog - I try to keep it positive.  Who wants to keep track of the bad things- right?
I will just say that Tibby never disappoints me, but humans to regularly.
Here are a few of the Highlights:
Tibby's First Day

Tibby's Graduation

If only I knew what I know now about training a puppy - I want to do it over again!

Tibby's First Snow

Tibby Is 6 Months Old

My Very First Post - A Call For Help!

Very First Clicker Post 

 Awww so cute. It was all new!  And only 5 months ago.

First Hiking Post With Zoe

Our Very First Training Video

So cute! I had NO IDEA what I was doing!

First Grooming Post

First Wordless Wednesday

Tibby's First Visit To Grandma's (my grandma)

Tibby's First Destruction

The Great Paper Battle

Pirate Tibby

Tibby Went To Work With Me -the second time I didn't post about the first time

First Agility Class

First Time Walking On A Lake

Tibby's First Overnight Stay At Woof Dah!

Pictures At Woof Dah!

First Time Tibby Sleeps In The Bed

Yes, MY bed.  Never thought I would be sleeping with a dog AND a cat.

The Haircut That Rocked (and shocked) The World

Picture Day

Puppy Boot Camp

The Name Post

First Time At A Dog Park

First Video For Tricks Class

First Private Lesson  and Private Lesson Pictures 

Look how far we have come!

We have met a lot of wonderful people (and dogs) online.  It has been a fun ride.

Who knows what the next year will bring!

~

So, who won the Guess Tibby's Growth Contest? 

At her vet visit last week she was 22.6lbs and 42cm or 16.53 inches tall.

Laura was the closest with both of her guesses.

Yay Laura!  You win a prize package.

But wait.....there's more!

I have runners up prizes for everyone that entered.

So, if you entered the contest, please send your mailing info. to

 tibbysfriends at hotmail dot com

Don't Forget!

Don't forget to enter the How Big Will Tibby Be contest!

Click here to enter!

She has grown a lot in this last month.  It seems like every morning I look at her and she is bigger.  One of my Mom's friends saw us walking and told my Mom, " Tibby isn't a little dog at all!"  

I'm not sure if she is actually getting bigger or if it's just her hair growing out.

I have been collecting things for the prize winner these last 2 months, so it should be a pretty nice prize :)

Tibby has her vet appt., for the official weight and height, at the end of April.

Don't forget Tibby turns 1 on the 28th!

Please leave your guesses in the comments section on the official contest page - Click here

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 11

The 11th and last picture.

This is just a plain sweet picture.  I like this one a lot.  My Mom calls this one a perfect baby puppy picture (from someone who claims to not like dogs!). 

I like the way she is looking at the camera, her tail is curled up and her body is angled.  She looks so soft too!  It just makes me want to snuggle her!

To vote for Tibby: Click Here

Today is the last day to vote!

Official Contest Picture

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 10

The 10th picture.

I LOVE this photo too!

I just wish Tibby looked a tiny bit happier! LOL!

She was sitting on a wooden folding chair and the chair was on a 3 foot high platform.

I was so terrified that she would decide to jump off and hurt herself.

So what I was thinking during this shot, "Please hold still!  Wait!  Wait!  Don't jump!"

I like the skirt in this pic, because it covers Tibby's naked little tummy.

I still can't belive that she sat for this photo.  I basically slipped the skirt, beads and boa on her and then just plopped her in the chair.  She looked at the camera and sat perfectly still.  Amazing, because she was zooming around the studio in between outfit changes.

To vote for Tibby: Click Here

Only one more day left to vote!

Official Contest Picture

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 9

The 9th picture.

Tibby looks so loooong in this photo!

I do like how her tail is curled up.  It's nice to have a picture that caught that.

To vote for Tibby: Click Here

Official Contest Picture

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 8

The 8th picture.

My Mom calls this one 'Superdog!".  She thinks Tibby looks like she is wearing a cape. 

I just wanted a nice one of Tibby in her raincoat.

I have the other one with her bowing, but this one is different.

To vote for Tibby:  Click Here

Official Contest Picture

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 7

The 7th picture.

Just a nice earnest profile shot. 

I wish that is wasn't quite so profile-y.  I would like to see a little bit more of her other eye, but I still bought it, because it's cute and she looks so serious.

To vote for Tibby:  Click Here

Official Contest Entry

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 6

The 6th Picture.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!

This is my favorite.

Tibby looks so happy!

I wish I had picked this one to enter in the contest.

The night before her photo shoot I bought the boa and necklace and tried to get Tibby to wear them.  She was more interested in trying to eat the feathers.  So I wasn't sure how it would work at the photography studio the next day.  At the studio, Tibby was so pumped up and excited that she didn't care about the boa or beads.  She would have let me put anything on her!  Then she just looked at the camera and sat for her picture.   

To vote for Tibby: Click Here

Official Contest Photo

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 5

The 5th picture.

This is Tibby doing her 'wave' trick.  She had just learned it a day or two before.  We hadn't practiced it without a clicker and I really wasn't even sure she understood the trick.

BUT.....here she is doing it!

I asked her and she did it!

How's that for proofing?

Also, she had to do it a million times before the photographer caught it.  I kept thinking, "Please, please do it again!  You can do it!"

To vote for Tibby : Click Here



Tibby Photo Shoot - Day 4

This is the big day!

The Official Contest picture.

To vote for Tibby: Click Here

Now, what about this picture.....

Well, it isn't my favorite.  After I got all the pictures home and had a chance to look at them carefully there is a different picture that I like a lot better.

I still think this is a cute picture of Tibby.  Especially, because she just sat there and looked at the camera.  I was standing on Tibby's right side.  The headband kept slipping off and I had to put it back on her head about 10 times.  Then the petals wouldn't stay up, so the photographer had me readjust them - over and over again.  The whole time I'm thinking, "Just Wait!  Tibby!  Hold Still!" 

Before this picture the photographer tried to get Tibby to stand in a large flower pot, but the pot kept tipping over.  Tibby was NOT happy with that!  She bounced out of the flower pot 3 times before the photographer gave up that idea.  I was very nervous about the pot idea, because Tibby was up on a platform about 3 feet off of the floor.  I didn't want her to break a leg!  Even after all the upset with the flower pot, Tibby got right back up on the platform, when I asked her to, and posed for this picture.

Smart puppy!

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 3

Here is the 3rd picture!

My Mom calls this a classic dog picture.  She likes it, because she isn't crazy about dogs in clothes (or dogs for the matter - a whole different post some other time).

Me?  I think Tibby looks naked.  I miss her hair :(

I do like the way she is looking up.

Wonder who she is looking at?  That would be me!  I was frantically saying, "Ok, wait Tibby!  Just wait!  Wait! Wait!  Ok Wait!!!" 

Voting starts tomorrow!

Tibby's Photo Shoot - Day 1

Remember a long, long time ago - like 2 weeks ago - I told you that I was taking Tibby to have her pictures taken?

Then I said they went REALLY well and I was so excited to see them?

Well, the time has come ......... to show them off!!!

You might not remember this part:  the photo shoot was a fundraiser for the local Humane Society PLUS the photography studio that did the pictures is having a contest, with everyone that had their pet photographed.

The contest doesn't start until Tuesday the 8th, but I have 11 pictures to show off, so for the next 11 days I will post a new picture of Tibby, from her photo shoot, with a tiny reminder to vote for Tibby!

I have to be honest - I don't like the picture I picked to enter in the contest.  There is a different picture that I should have picked.

*sigh*

You'll have to wait until Tuesday to see the Official Contest Picture.

Just wait until you see Tibby in her outfits!