Furry Friday- Meet Gumdrop!

I mean, would you just look at this girl? And those eyes?! How can you NOT want to adopt this GORGEOUS PURE BRED Black Lab...come on now!!!

Gumdrop was rescued from a puppy mill after giving birth to multiple litters, Main Line Animal Rescue REALLY saved her life. Her write up says she has gotten over a lot of her shyness, which is great, so won't you adopt her so she can really flourish?!

Nine out of ten Volunteers agree that Gumdrop has the most beautiful face on a black Lab at MLAR. (The tenth was holding a black lab puppy at the time of the survey and was overcome by cuteness.) She simply melts your heart when you look into those warm, chocolate eyes. Gumdrop also has an equally beautiful personality. She is well mannered and walks nicely on a leash without pulling. She gets along with other dogs and currently shares her kennel with two smaller dogs. She has made tremendous progress overcoming her shyness which developed during her puppy mill days. Gumdrop is very affectionate and trusting with her regular volunteers. She is looking for a joyful home full of patience, love, and kindness. Do you need more beauty at home? If so, please fill out an application for Gumdrop today.

As always, Click HERE to go to Main Line Animal Rescue's website and check out all the animals they have for adoption. It's supposed to be a great weekend here weather wise, you should go adopt an animal to make it perfect!

In other news, Mr. Pit and I had a great time in Vegas this past weekend and I am really happy we decided to 'Babymoon' and get away for the last time before our life is turned upside down come the end of April. We went to the Hoover Dam, saw the baby tigers at Mirage and spent a morning oohing and aahing at the sharks at Mandalay Bay. We also ate at some AMAZING restaurants, but I'll blog this weekend to tell you more about it, and I'll post my pictures of the tigers and lions!

Have a great weekend!
xoxo Mrs. Pit

Furry Friday! Meet Butterscotch!

Sorry for the delay in the Furry Friday post, today was a crazy day at work and Mr. Pit and I just got back from a fun Thai dinner, so now I'm watching the Olympic Opening Ceremonies and ready to blog!

Meet Butterscotch! She is a female yellow lab, pure bred and everything!! Just read her write up, you'll want to go out and get her ASAP!!!

Butterscotch is a petite yellow lab who came to us from a commercial breeding facility. Don't tell her that - she has no idea that she should be nervous! She loves all the volunteers and especially her roommate, a sweet foxhound. They are adorable outside in the play yards, they run around and then they come over for some snuggles. Butterscotch even does the "army crawl" sometimes where she'll start to lay down and then kind of crawl with her body sprawled out - of course she's crawling to get closer to the volunteers and to hopefully get some treats. She also loves to flop over on her back for belly rubs. She really is adorable! Butterscotch will need a traditional fence in her new home, but she'd love to have another canine friend to play with and lay with! If you think you'd like this sweetheart in your home please fill out an application.

I mean, could she BE CUTER!!?! Go check out Butterscotch and all the other dogs at Main Line Animal Rescue, just click HERE

Mr. Pit and I are off to Las Vegas on Sunday and our favorite dog-sitter A is staying with Lil' Pup until we get back on Wednesday night. This is our last trip pre Little Pit, so we're going to eat and relax as much as we possibly can.

I promise pictures when we get back :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

xoxo Mrs. Pit

phew!

WHOA! The snow storm yesterday threw EVERYBODY for a loop, and trying to get to work today was a lot harder than I thought it would be! But, I made it safely and am now here with about 50% of my co-workers. Poor Mr. Pit just shoveled and shoveled and shoveled and it was still a mess this morning, but we got both cars out and are good to go.

In awesome NEWS news, a pet store in Rocklin, CA have agreed to stop selling pure bred puppies in their store, along with about 15 other stores in the area. The full article can be found HERE .

This is a HUGE step forward for dogs and the hopeful elimination of puppy mills.

No one, myself included is saying that you shouldn't buy a pure bred dog. What I and a lot of other people feel, is that you should only buy a pure bred dog from a licensed, proper, knowledgeable breeder. Puppy mills breed dogs for quantity, not quality, and that's why SO many of those dogs end up in shelters, at rescues or at facilities that just can't handle the shear number of dogs.

The other thing that rescues are trying to do, is to make rescuing dogs more appealing all around. If you have no plans to show your dog, or breed your dog (which you SHOULDN'T unless you know what you're doing!)there is really no reason to get a pure bred. Sure, you know the name and you probably know somewhat of the temperament, but that isn't to say that there aren't tons of dogs out there with that EXACT temperament, an probably that exact breed of dog IN a shelter already!

I know I am probably preaching to the choir on this point, but there is NO reason to spend money purchasing a dog, ESPECIALLY from a pet store. If you must must must have a pure bred, do your homework, research the breeder and know exactly what you're spending your money on. Believe me, you'll spend that money on the animal in the first few weeks buying food, paying for veterinary services and all the accessories (leash, cage, bed, etc) so you don't have to pay any extra! Most rescue dogs are free to a good home (believe me, the good ones will do their homework on you before you walk out with a dog, we were interviewed 3 times before we left with Lil' Pup!)and they know you're money is better suited to go towards the dogs care! We give money every year to Main Line Animal Rescue as we really believe in what they try to do and how they do it, so it's really more of a 'pay it forward' thing rather than paying for Lil' Pup himself.

AND, that's my diatribe for the day. Read the article, be impressed with this store for doing the right thing, and have a great Thursday!!

Snow Update

It is literally POURING snow here. All the shoveling that Mr. Pit did this morning is completely covered over. They have closed almost every major road in the state of Pennsylvania. I am SO glad I didn't go to work today because I think I would have had a heck of a time getting home! I really hope that all my co-workers got home safely, this snow is crazy! It's supposed to snow ALL night too, so digging out tomorrow morning should be interesting !!




I hope everyone is having a good Wednesday!

XOXO Mrs. Pit

More Snow, a new living room...and a belly pic!

Hi everyone,

I sit safely ensconced in my living room, while 6 inches of snow fell last night and another 16-20 are expected to fall today...so I emailed the boss, told him I was working from home and here I am. I really am working, my other tab in my mozilla is my outlook folder I swear!

Anyways, I came home last night to a newly painted living room and I couldn't be happier. This is what it looked like before: A yellow/green/beige color with the original pine window casings. NOT my favorite, but I lived with it for almost 3 years because we couldn't find the time or money to get someone in to do it (and yes, I know I'm in construction and should want to paint my own house...but no, painting, electrical and all car repairs I leave to professionals)

BUT, now the walls are a nice light green (Spring Morn to be exact!) and the windows are completely white (Polar Bear really) and I couldn't be happier. The room is 10 times brighter now and I just love it.



Not the best pictures because it was dark outside and we don't have the best lighting in the room, but here's one out the window this morning at the new snow and the white of the windows now really makes the room 'pop' if you ask me.
And, I am posting this for the few people that have been asking incessantly for a belly picture. This was taken on Sunday, so I'd officially be 28 weeks and 2 days pregnant in this picture. WARNING: Repost this picture on Facebook and we're no longer friends...but otherwise enjoy!

ha!

I am literally laughing out loud looking at the weather map below. (First, I had NO idea it would update throughout the day, but since it's a live link it makes sense right?) Anyways...I can't believe we're getting another 12"+. I am astounded. I'm also pretty excited for a snow day tomorrow...I will drive in a lot of things, but as I've said, it's not just me in the car anymore, so I expect to be home tomorrow with my work laptop, my cell and everything else I'll need for a productive work-from-home day in the middle of the week.

Just for fun, here's that map again...I mean, is this funny to anyone else? (I figure that if I weren't laughing about it I would cry, so I'm choosing to laugh at the ridiculousness that is 3 feet of snow in 5 days)

Have a safe day, I'm sure I'll be blogging tomorrow!!

SNOW DOG!

This is my friends J and B's dog Riley. He is a Bernese Mountain Dog and probably had the most fun of anyone this weekend in the big snow. This is a picture of him taking a little snooze in the snow after hopping around all afternoon.

B said it was almost impossible to get Riley to come inside that night, too funny!