People Pets!! (cutest pet contest)

Jasmine won a cutest pet photo contest with People Pets through her Twitter account!! (@MyFavPupJasmine) =)

And this is what she won!!

The prizes they sent in this box are ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!! (and this sounds cheezy, but I even liked how they matched the orange/green tissue paper to their theme colors on the People Pets Hand-out!) The pics probably don't do them justice... but there's one leash from BuckleDown Pet Products - that has a matching collar. And I LOVE IT! It's called "Love Love Pink"... and the collar has a seatbelt buckle with a little bone on it!!! I can't tell you how cute this is!! (with matching leash!)

And they sent me 2 collars from "Pawsibilites". They are velcro- and have interchangeable covers. People Pets Style page shows all 4 of the colors that they sent me. Such a clever idea! You never have to take the collar off- and yet you have 4 different styles! I figured this was more than enough collars for Jaz to have, so I shared some with Francie! (She was my friend's goldendoodle featured in our latest doggy pirate adventure movie!)

What a fun day! =) (Jaz was super excited to greet the UPS guy! She normally thinks every person who comes to the front door is there to see her. But this time is was true!!) ;)

International doggy!

I received a request from the BBC asking for permission to use this video on an upcoming children's program!



How fun is that?! The Shopping Dog is going to England & Scotland! (and wherever else the BBC plays!) So... now I just have to find an international friend who would be willing to tape it for me this fall! =D

A Doggy Pirate Adventure! (the sequel?)

I've had people ask me if I am going to make a trilogy of this video... like the Pirates of the Caribbean films! Ummmm.... maybe? But I need help! Any other ideas for future plots? What would a Part 2 movie entail?
(And just let me say... I did TRY originally to have some of the other dogs wear pirates outfits! They aren't as good of a sport as Jasmine is!) ;) So... even if I were to get a Jack Sparrow wig... I don't know which dog would be willing to wear it!

A Doggy Pirate Adventure

I had another idea for a video! (OK, well maybe I stole the plot from "Pirates of the Caribbean"!) But... there's never been a doggy pirate movie! And since Johnny Depp wasn't returning my calls, I decided to make my own!

This one was a little more tricky to film, because Jasmine is the only dog who is clicker trained! Toddy knows a few basic commands and likes to imitate Jasmine. The golden doodles are gorgeous dogs... but they only know how to sit! (sometimes) So... most of these actions I got them to do through luring with a treat! It was quite amusing to watch us trying to get all the dogs to cooperate at the same time!

A Trip Down Memory Lane (with Mighty Dog!)

So... I was just surfing YouTube (looking at dog videos, of course!!) And I was surprised when I saw some with Jasmine's face on it! It turns out that on the Purina Petcentric channel, they had posted all the Mighty Dog audition videos! Which made me happy! Those were so cute! Besides Jesse, Mater, and Jasmine (the dogs who won), check out Lulu and Hemi! Those were my other favorites! They had all these posted and I never knew about it! I thought once they took them down from their website, they were gone!

Here was our audition video: (we've come a long way since then!)


Here was the Mighty Dog Trailer: (that was on TV- Thanksgiving Day)


And here's the final movie- starring Jasmine, Jesse, and Mater! =)

Cute Dog Daily Prizes!

Remember when Jaz was "Cute Dog of the Month"? Well, she just got her a box of prizes in the mail from CuteDogDaily.com! (and also got to greet the UPS guy!) Jasmine usually thinks that everyone who comes to the front door is there to see her, but in this case, it was actually true!

Jaz actually got a couple of different packages! (Equally as exciting each time the UPS guy rang the doorbell!)
EO for Dogs- sent us a lavendar & aloe shampoo, conditioner, and detangler
Drs. Foster & Smith- sent us a Busy Buddy Bone (and refills) and also a doggy seatbelt & harness
CuteDogsDaily.com sent us 2 T-shirts!

Not bad for just being cute! ;) If you want to enter your dog, just go to CuteDogsDaily.com!

It was kind of funny because I opened the box from Drs. Foster & Smith, then left it on the coffee table. In the morning, I jumped out of bed because I heard some weird sounds in the living room. It turns out Jaz really wanted that Busy Buddy Bone at 4:45 am, and was trying to get it out of the plastic container! It was kinda cute, and I would have tried to videotape it if I wasn't so tired!! ;)

Meet & Greet Party Blog Hop!

So... today we decided to participate in the Meet & Greet Party Blog Hop sponsored by DogTipper.com!

A little bit about us:

I have a 5 year old Havanese named Jasmine (Jaz) who loves to do tricks! We do agility, media work (commercials, photo shoots), and dog therapy at the hospital. :)

Jasmine was trained using clicker training (positive reinforcement), and knows a ton of tricks and behaviors. Jaz is VERY food motivated!! (That's why she loves to do her tricks- anything to get a treat!) Every Friday, we go to a children's hospital to volunteer as a dog therapy team. We go room to room, and say hi to each of the kids. They get to pet her for a while, then Jaz will start pawing me, which means it's time to start the trick show! (Because she wants her treats!) The kids absolutely love it. This is probably the highlight of what I do with Jaz.

I usually blog about "All that Jaz"! (Which translates to ALL the many variety of dog things we are involved in!) I post about anything and everything dog-related. Our latest YouTube trick video, our agility training, auditions/photo shoots/contests, our hospital visits, experiences with friends/family/other dogs, or just random funny dog things I come across on the internet!

I'm currently writing a book about all the valuable life lessons I have learned through my experience with Jasmine. A section of it is published every other month in the Havanese Breed magazine. (This was such a good opportunity for me... because I've been wanting to write this book for a while, but when do you make the time?) So by having small, realistic deadlines, it's helping me accomplish my much bigger goal! And pretty soon, I'll be able to combine it all together into a book! :) My style is somewhere in between two of my favorite authors: John Grogan (Marley & Me) and Mitch Album (Tuesdays with Morrie, Have A Little Faith).

Recently, I was asked to be a speaker at the BarkWorld Expo in Atlanta this fall! (which is quite an honor!) And I get to bring Jaz!! =D http://www.barkworldexpo.com/ We're going to be speaking with our YT friends Lauren & her dog Paige! And basically tell our stories about how our dogs became popular and were hired because of social media (Mainly YouTube and Facebook!)

So... that's us in a nutshell!

If you want to come say hi...

We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyFavoritePupJasmine

And Twitter: http://twitter.com/MyFavPupJasmine

And of course, YouTube!! http://www.youtube.com/MyFavoritePupJasmine