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The Petsmart near us usually has big baskets of dog toys with holiday themes around the store. They are usually mixed, so you you may end up digging through baskets to find some large toys. The hedgehog in the picture was won or bought at a recent group picnic which is why I wasn't sure of it's exact source. Happy Hedgehog Hunting!

The hedgehog is about 15 inches long from the back to the tip of the nose. On the bottom it has the year 2020 and a snowflake embroidered on it which makes me think it's probably from Petsmart or similar as part of the Christmas Toys they always sell for the season. The tag can still be read and the toy is from Pacific Coast Distributing, Phoenix AZ. which is located a tt he same address at PetSmart Corporate Offices. I'd say try PetSmart.

Lavida would like to remind everyone that there are 15 shopping days left before Christmas. (More or less depending on your time zone) That's why she put on a Christmas Collar this morning.

No - this isn't in the wrong category. As noted in our Black Fruday post, the soundbar on our TV croaked so we caught a very good Black Friday sale on a Polk Audio Soundbar. I've been fighting RSV for over 2 weeks and finally felt good enough yesterday to install the new soundbar, This one has a subwoofer which the old one lacked. Lavida gives the subwoofer next to her bed 4 Paws Up!

Seems like this was just last week. I remember all of us tracking the progress as this happened and the excitement of it all, as well as following Whisley and Lily's adventures with you. We all miss them.

All the time. Mark is so stealthy that I never see him go from one place to the other, and he can be laying on a bed near me and I will still ask where he is. The boy does not make a sound unless he decided to talk.

Yay for no side effects! You're doing great, Milo!

Specky

Happy Birthday sweet AnnIE!

What they said....

With 3 dogs here now we have no lack of it. We have Cash For Gold places on every corner but no Cash For Poop places. We also bag it and it goes into the regular trash collection. For the stuff that can't be bagged we just hose it down until it's gone. We are fortunate that we can leave the hose on year-round, but when we lived in the snow belt I would just take a bucket of hot water from the faucet and wash down anything that couldn't be picked up.

This segment was really well done. I was impressed with the way they presented everything.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dog-cancer-trials-comparative-oncology-60-minutes-2022-11-27/

He is one handsome dude! Happy Gotcha Day Mr. Mooney!

I miss that boy so much! I'm pretty sure we all do.

Run-free, Hada. We've always loved seeing your pictures and hearing about you since you arrived at Ducky's house.

Happy Thanksgiving! We need the other pic too. You know which one.

I'm so sorry, Ducky. She had the best part of her life with you. Run-free Georgie Girl.

November is one of those months that has a lot of history in our house. I decided to make one post for all instead of multiple posts. Tomorrow - 11/24 - Thanksgiving is Rocket's Birthday. I still miss that boy every day. Don't forget to spoil your hound with some fries in Rocket's honor this weekend or when you get a chance. November 5, 2021 was Mark and Diva's Gotcha Day in our house. As you know they arrived as "fosters" on that day after their owner passed away, and only a few weeks later Diva went to the Bridge due to Valley Fever and Osteo. She was not here nearly long enough. Diva's Birthday was November 18. She turned 11 that day and started limping. She is also very much missed. Mark has gotten french fries several times this month to celebrate his Gotcha Day. Then there was the happening on November 9 this year. I waited to post this, as I'm still not sure which of our hounds was trying to send a message to let us know everything is okay. The conditions for rainbows don't happen often here in Phoenix, so I assume that one of them had to take the opportunity during a rare rain here to send the message below without it happening on a notable date for us. These rainbows were visible all over the Phoenix area for almost an hour. The colors kept increasing and decreasing on each one. I would not have normally been outside to see this but just happened to take some trash out at that time. One or more of those bridge kids was letting us know that all is well.

Happy Birthday, Punkin! The hounds of Camp Broodie say you should come visit!

I thought for a minute she was going to have lamb for breakfast. Love those girls!

Happy belated Gotcha Day, Logan. Rocket always said that gray in his face made him look "stinguished."

Good to see you again Tammi. We have made some awesome friends here (who are really more like family.) I don't do Facebook or other social media other than reading garbage posts on Reddit which is more like tabloid content to me. Our greyhound family is here on GT. We still have the Pimp Hat that Miss Donna made for Rocket, and one of Lexie's Hats that Miss Donna also made. Each of our kids have worn those hats (at least for pictures). Unfortunately, we lost Miss Donna to an illness a few years ago, so she is now with our bridge pups taunting them with new hats. Thanksgiving is Rocket's birthday, so we will be having French Fries for Thanksgiving Dinner. Lexie's parents do not have any dogs at this point but we are still in touch with them and they are doing well. Lexie's Mom still pops in here from time to time and I know she is on Facebook as well.

Annie was hoping to stay by the fireplace today. Pretty coats, girls!