The Return of Tibby Tales

Hello friends.

Thank you so much for your patience and kind words while I was away.

I am sad to tell you that Owner Girl's Grandma passed away on Monday, December 15, 2008.

It has been a hard week for The Owners and OG's family. They take peace in the fact that she was ready and passed peacefully with her loving family around her.

We love and miss her very much and always will.

I thought I'd take this opportunity to tell you a little about Owner Girl's Grandma Bev.

She was a wonderful person, who loved to laugh. In Owner Boy's words, "she made family functions fun." Even in the last days of her life she was laughing at the stories her children and grandchildren told her. Owner Girl told her about my Christmas cards and how pretty I looked in my Christmas dress!

She loved to shop on QVC and this was frequently a source of jokes from the family, although we often had a good laugh at her I can't think of many people who would spend so much of their time just looking for things to buy for friends and family.

She always said your name when saying hello or thank you, making you feel recognized and appreciated.

She loved to tell stories about her life to anyone who would listen, looking back now, Owner Girl says she wished she had listened a little more closely.

She was a dedicated advocate for Al-Anon (support for friends and family of alcoholics).

She wasn't afraid to say much and often times shocked us all with the things she said.

She was funny, caring, kind and so many other things!

As the days go on it is harder to pretend that she is not gone. The reality is starting to sink in and we can only take comfort in the fact that she knew how much she was loved and we know how much she loved all of us.

Thanks again for all the kind words, prayers and thoughts. Although it has been a tough week and there have been moments of sadness we know that Grandma Bev would want us to laugh and be happy, so we will. We will relish in the moments of happiness that come our way, and when something is funny, we will laugh a little louder, and a little longer and know that she is laughing too.

The Short Break (Maybe)

Hello friends.

Just logging on today to let you know that we may be on a short blogging break for a few days or so.
Owner Girl's Grandma is very sick and not doing well.
Please keep her and Owner Girl's Family in your thoughts.
We hope to be back very soon and will miss you all while we're gone.

The Pets of the Week!

Happy Saturday my friends! I hope everyone is doing well!
I'm so glad you stopped by to see our Pets of the Week!
I sure hope Santa is bringing them forever families for Christmas!

The Pets of the Week!

This is Butters.

He lives in Mississippi.

He is super sweet and very loving. He gets along with other dogs and loves people!
I almost thought we were talking about me for a second but then I remembered, I'm a girl!

If you live near Butters and are looking for a puppy pal, you can find out more about him on his page at petfinder.com
BUTTERS UPDATE: When we went to double check Butters' page address, we discovered he has found a home! Congrats to Butters and his new forever family!

This is Missie.
She lives in Missouri.

She loves toys, bones and snuggles! Her favorite thing to do is spend time with people!
I love all those things too! And she is a Mini Schnauzer so you know she's adorable like me!

If you live near Missie and are looking for a pretty pup, you can find out more about her on her page at petfinder.com

Are you looking for a new forever friend but don't live near Butters or Missie? Don't worry!

Just go to petfinder.com and search for pets in your area!

The Lemonade Award! & New Friends

I got an award the other day!

The Lemonade Award

This award is passed to bloggers for showing great Attitude and/or Gratitude.

Thanks so much to Thor for giving me this award! You are a great friend!

The rules of this award:
Put the logo on your blog or post.
Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

I'd like to pass this award along to all of my friends!
You can find them on the right hand side of my blog!

And speaking of friends...
I've added a few new ones to my list!
Molly
Scruffy, Stan & Lacie
The 4 B's
Hana
Persephone & Buster
Clover
Izzie
Moose

If you have a minute stop by their blogs and say hello!
If I don't have you on my list and you want to be my friend let me know!
I might have missed a few!

Owner Girl is getting jealous, she says I have way more friends than she does!
How could I not?! Just LOOK at how adorable I am!
I am such a lucky dog to have soo many great pals! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and don't forget to stop back tomorrow to see my Pets of the Week!

The Christmas Card!

Hello my friends!
Since I joined DWB too late to do the card exchange,
I am posting my card here on my blog for all my friends to see!

I finally convinced Owner Girl that I should have my own Christmas card for just me. After all, it's not called The Owners Tales, or The Cat/"Beta" Tales. It's TIBBY Tales! It's all about me!
So Owner Girl made me my very own card! Here it is!

And just in case you wanted to see our family cards that Owner Girl will be
sending out to family and friends here they are.

I have to say I think mine is by far the best! I mean, just look at how small my picture is in the other two! Plus I'm right next to The Cat and her picture is bigger! But I could use a little help... Owner Girl thinks there is something wrong with her screen since my pictures are printing way darker than they look to us,
do my pictures look dark on your screen?

Anyways, I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

And let me know if you want me to send you one of my cards in the mail by writing to me at tibbytales@hotmail.com

The Cards I Got!

I am such a lucky dog to have so many great friends! Even though I couldn't join the card exchange this year a few friends sent me cards anyways!
I got this special card and a treat from Addie!Thanks Addie! - You and Zoe look great in your picture!
Here I am longing to eat my yummy treat! I just ate my lunch before we got the mail so I just couldn't eat another bite! Plus it's soo pretty that I don't want to eat it!

Then today I got this e-card from Ruby! Thanks so much Ruby you are looking adorable as always!

OH! And my Christmas card is just about done and I will post it soon for all my friends to see!

Tibby's Tricky Tuesday!

Hello friends!
Sorry this post is so late! Owner Girl has been slacking today and hasn't been helping me do my blog! For the love of dog it's almost Tibby's Tricky Wednesday at this point and that doesn't sound nearly as cool!
Oh well, here's today's trick:

STICK 'EM UPHere's what your owner should do:

1. As always have some yummy treats on hand.

2. Have your dog sit and then beg. When your dog goes into the beg position, move the treat higher above his head. If he move his paws up, that's great give him the treat when his paws are in the air.

3. If your dog stands up or jumps for the treat, have him sit and beg again. This time use your hand to gently guide his paws up to the "stick 'em up" position. While his paws are up there, give him the treat and say the command "stick 'em up".

4. Once your dog is putting his paws up without your help, you can add in a hand motion (like a pretend gun with your hand) as well as the command.

5. When your dog is performing consistently with the hand motion and command you can phase out the treats.

6. If this move seems uncomfortable for your dog, don't push it, I know lots of dogs that just can't get this trick because they are too big or can't balance that well. Also, there are many professional dog trainers that can help you find the best way for your dog to learn.

Keep training sessions short and fun, and if your dog seems to be stuck or not getting something move on to a trick he already knows well! Always end on a positive note with some praise or playtime!
Happy training everyone!