Sleight of Bull

by Jen on February 18, 2012

From this,

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to this

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in just a couple of short years.   Some trick.

(you can see more of the Fierce Marshmallow here.)

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Trick City 2012 – the winners. . .

by Jen on February 15, 2012

Tricky.  You have some tricky dogs.  and cats.

Just look at Sexy Lexy with a basketball.

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The terriers were almost out-tricked by this one, till we found the sweet spot.

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We really love seeing your talented dogs do such a wide variety of tricky tricks.  Push a crosswalk button, steal money from a purse, hold a giant mouthful of hot dogs, ride a mule, open  & close doors, read x-rays, and the list goes on. . .

Let’s get to our grand prize winner – you’ve waited long enough.

While Hazel determined that yes, she could balance on jars of homemade pickles,

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she was not willing to do so with a farm fresh egg in her mouth.

Congratulations, Kiva!

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You’re our Trick City Challenge winner & have earned yourself a fully tricked out Paco Collar!

and it’s Lights Out for the other contenders, Dexter!

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Your Almost the Best Trick gets a $60 gift certificate from Fetching Tags!

The Hazel’s Choice award goes to Malachy -

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as Hazel loves balls of all sorts, but especially those that belong to someone else.  You earned a $40 gift certificate from Fetching Tags, Congrats!

Winners announced, time to send out the certificates, another successful contest in the books, right?

Wrong.

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Somebody said that if there is a Hazel’s Choice prize, that there should really be a Gladys’ Choice prize too.  Arguing with a bull terrier is fruitless,

so, Congratulations, Cher!

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You win the Gladys’ Choice award of a $20 Fetching Tags gift certificate.  (and Gladys wonders if you will share whatever it is you are hunting with her. . .)

Thanks for all of your wonderful entries – you are all the best!  Thanks for making our job so very much fun.  Check your email for gift certificates – they should arrive in the next 24 hours.

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The Cold Shoulder

by Jen on February 4, 2012

Whew.  Gladys wants you to know that Trick City 2012 has not been easy.  Some really tricky dogs, like Tony

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and Gator

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have been balancing items on themselves.  Other dogs joined in the balancing act, & they balanced really tasty things. Barney

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balanced cookies & Morgan

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and Baxter

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balanced  impressive stacks of biscuits.

Also balancing deliciousness, was Lemmy, with a tub of butter.

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Gladys loves butter, so she tried that trick first.

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Then she moved on to the other tasty treats.  Gladys was sorely disappointed to find that we have no biscuits here.  (In fact, she’s asked that I include our mailing address in this post so that you can mail some to her.)  She’s pretty sure that they wouldn’t stay on her face without glue, though.

So what kind of tasty thing could she balance?  She had a few ideas.

I told her that maybe she should just give ‘em the cold shoulder on this one.

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She said, yeah, you’re probably right.  But just to make sure, I’ll give ‘em the cold shoulder

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And some chicken.

Gladys

c/o Fetching Tags

po box 5557

Atlanta GA 31107

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Trick City Challenge 2012

by Jen on January 24, 2012

Here’s the challenge announcement – make sure you read the fine print at bottom of page:

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If your dog can do it, so can Hazel &/or Gladys &/or Pursey.

If Hazel &/or Gladys &/or Pursey can’t do your trick, you win.

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What:  Post a photo of your dog doing a trick on the Fetching Tags Facebook page.  Post must include dog name, title of trick (clever titles are best) & your email address.  Make sure that you include this info, we will need it to respond to your challenge & email your prize!

trick defined:  This can be a photo of your dog doing anything that could be duplicated in a normal household or yard setting.  Tricks can be as basic (sit) or as tricky (backflip) as you can capture in a photo.  No dangerous tricks or tricks like dock diving (tricks involving things – like the ocean or stadiums) we can’t recreate here.

Where:  Like I said, on our Facebook page.

When:  Post your trick by Saturday January 28th at midnight.

Prizes:

1.  Each person who enters the contest by posting a pet trick photo, receives a $5 Fetching Tags gift certificate – enter as many pets/times as you wish, but only one $5 certificate per household.

1a.  Photos entered in any previous Fetching Tags contests may not be entered in giveaway.

2. If Hazel &/or Gladys &/or Pursey can’t do your trick(s), or can’t be captured in a photo doing your trick, you get a $10 Fetching Tags gift certificate (enter as many pets/times as you wish, but only one $5  or $10 certificate per household).

3.  Grand Prize winner,  for best trick that can’t be done by H/G/P, wins a custom Paco Collar with rivet-on Fetching Tags, almost the best trick will get a $60 Fetching Tags gift certificate, and Hazel’s Choice wins $40 certificate – to be determined by an independent judge (& Hazel).

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The fine print:  Hazel & Gladys & Pursey reserve the right to cheat, substitute props, &/or call on their cat, Preacher, or any other herd, flock or pack members as trick stunt doubles.

Any necessary clarification of giveaway rules will be made here on this blog post, like this:

While you may use more than one gift certificate on a purchase, any combined certificates must originate from a single person/recipient.

Yes, cats & other animals are welcome to compete.

Your official entry must be in form of photo, but you may send a video as clarification.

One trick per pet.

Let’s Get Tricky!

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just because.

by Jen on January 24, 2012

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photo by Maggie Fan

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