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So, I was contacted a while ago ask asked if I would write a review on here for "Ripples - The Softer Healthy & Delicious Dog Treat." Why not?! I thought. Well, the sample arrived this weekend and both Gibson and I were quite excited!
Since I was not going to taste test the treat itself, I thought I could provide the technical aspects of Ripples.
The treat I received came in a partially clear plastic package and was the chicken flavored variety and medium size. A perfect size for corgis I might add. They claim on the front that they are "healthy" and "low calorie/low fat". A quick peek on the back confirms this, listing the following:
-Not less than 30% protein -Not more than 5% crude fat -Wheat products instead of corn -No by products -Contains sweet potatoes!
Sounds more healthy than a lot of chews I've seen, but taste was the real test. So, now on to Gibson's review..  "What is that?? I wants that!"  "Nom, gives me!"  "Oh it hads a package. Ok gives me it like this!"
I finally "gaves" it to Gibson after I inspected it's softness, rippled texture and smell (quite chicken-y!). As you can see, he quite enjoyed himself!
Any treat or chew that makes Gibson dance is a winner in my book! I would say this is a combination of a treat & a chew since it lasted longer than a regular treat, but not that long. He devoured the whole thing in less than 10 minutes. He is quite the determined eater though!
So, after the crumbs were all sucked off the carpet by Gibson, I must say that the Ripple was a hit. I definitely do not think these are a 1 to 2 times a day treat (like the package suggests), but I think as a once in a while awesome treat, these are perfect!
I did the drawing this morning ! :) Wanna know who won?? Well, here is how I did it:
First, I went to random.org & made a list of everyone's names & repeated the names for as many entries as they had.
Then, I used the List Randomizer to make a random list of the names: 
THEN, I told it to give me a random number between 1 & 59 (the number of entries): 
So that means the winner of the drawing is.........
Yay Esther!! Congratulations! :) Esther has an awesome blog called " Confessions of a Corgi" and an adorable dog named, Winnie! She is one of the smartest & cutest corgis I have ever seen! Make sure you check her out! :) 
So congrats again Esther! Please email me at ksteck23(at)gmail.com with your address & design/product choices worth up to $25 when you are ready! And if you have any questions, let me know!
To everyone else, thank you soo much for entering! I am happy that there were more entries than last time :) I promise there will be more giveaways, with bigger and better prizes to come!!!
There is a new feature here at Corgi Butts: apparently I Twitter now. If you look to the left, you can see a neat little widget that shows my latest "tweets". It's basically just mundane things that do not really warrant a blog post from me :) I'll also probably post on there whenever I write a new blog post. Gibson might even talk on there a bit! haha. So that's it. Follow if you'd like or don't if you don't want to: twitter.com/corgibuttsAlso, today is the last day to enter the giveaway! I will do the drawing tomorrow. You can win $25 worth of merchandise from the Corgi Butts Shop, KA Designs and/or Lil' Squirt Tees OR have that money donated to Corgi Aid! Come on, you know you want to! :)
I teased you last week that Gibson wanted to have a giveaway for his birthday.. Well, I did not want to disappoint the little bugger, so here we go!! It's another Corgi Butts giveaway! And what should I give away? Products from my Corgi Butts Shop of course! And just in time for this giveaway, I put up a cute new design: 
Look familiar? That is Gibson all right! He also comes in red headed & black headed tri! :)
So, are you still interested? Awesome, here is what you can win:
I promised a better giveaway than the last one didn't I? This time, you can pick out whatever products you'd like from my shop as long as it does not exceed $25. Fun, right?!
Don't have a corgi? Don't fret! You can also spend your winnings at KA Designs (vintage/funny) or Lil' Squirt Tees (baby/kids & mom)! (you could also divide the money and spend it at more than one store!)
Want to enter, but don't want any of the merch? Well, then I will donate your winnings to Corgi Aid!
GREAT! So What do I have to do??
I am going to use random.org to choose the winner. Here is all you have to do:
- Leave a comment on this blog telling me you'd like to enter the giveaway for one entry
- Become a follower (Gibson Lover) or tell me that you already are a follower for a second entry (and tell me that you are in your comment.)
- Tweet, Facebook, Post on Your Blog, or Link to this giveaway and you will get additional entries for each place you do! (And come back and leave a comment tellling me or linking to where you did!)
That's it! Easy, right? I will choose a winner on Tuesday, July 7th. So get thinking about what you'd like and stay tuned!!
**Anonymous entries will be thrown out of the drawing. If you entered w/an anonymous screen name, please enter again and choose the Name/URL option. There is just no way I'd be able to tell who the winner was. ***
He started off a little shakey..
..but eventually settled right in at our home. 
He got cuter by the minute.. 
..and we went on grand adventures. 
He kept growing and growing.. 
..and lost his 2 front teeth. 
He passed obedience with flying colors.. 
..and helped us celebrate the holidays.. 
..by getting spoiled with tons of presents. 
He became my muse.. ..and lost a part of his manhood. 
He survived his first winter.. 
..and realized his doggy job. 
He met other corgis... 
..and became BFF with his cousin.
Today, we celebrates his 1st birthday.. 
..I'd say he's had a pretty good 1st year of life :)
 I'm kind of a big Twilight nerd... a Twinerd, you might say (and probably an even bigger nerd for saying that).. Anyways, without giving too much away, in the second book, "New Moon", Bella refers to her friend Jacob as "her sunshine". Well, that is Gibson for me. I can feel the lowest of the low and I can just grab Gibson and he will let me cuddle him for as long as I want. Or he will make me laugh when I didn't think it was possible. It's almost like he knows that he needs to be there for me and it is the best feeling to know that he will be there. I love my pupper.
 Today is national "Take Your Dog to Work Day", when it is supposed to be "ok" for you to take your pooch with you to work. Don't get excited though, Gibson is NOT coming with me this morning. Why? Well, because this is how my day would go:
"Mom! Whys are we heres?" "Mom! What's is this?! And this?! And this?! And this?!" "Whys are all these trees inside?! Should I pees on them?!" "Mom! Mom! Why don't you plays with mes?!" "Wows! Those are the biggest windows evers!" "Who is that?! *ruf* And that?! *ruf* And that?! *ruf*..." "Geez theres are so many peoples why aren't you guys concerned?! *ruf* *ruf* *ruf* *ruf*" "Mom!" "Mom!!" "Mommmmmm!" "*Sigh* I'm sleepys now. You sucks today mom *pouts & sleeps*"
Yeah, it just wouldn't work out :) I'd love to have him with me, but I don't think much work would get done! Have any of you ever tried bringing your dog to work with you?
P.S. Gibson was thinking that for his birthday we should do a giveaway next week... I'll give some more details soon! ;)
We, at the corgi butts household (lol), consider ourselves a pretty green family. We reduce, reuse & recycle... I use those cool cloth bags to go shopping... I walk to work... etc. And now, we have found a wonderful use for our old paper products: They all make fantastic dog toys & chews!
To back up a bit, at the start of the year Gibson started destroying all of his toys. I used to marvel at how he did not pull the stuffing out of any plush toys and how long it would take him to finish a bully stick or rawhide. Well, then I guess his "real teeth" showed up and now everything we give him is destroyed/ate in minutes. It felt wasteful to buy him new toys that weren't strong enough for his bite, and I knew all the chews he was eating were making him a little tubbier. So, we switched to antler chews and "tougher" toys, but I knew he loved to destroy things, I think it's a stress reliever for dogs, so I didn't want to deprive him of that either..
 The solution? Cardboard! Paper Towels! Napkins! Toilet Paper Rolls! Microwave Meal Boxes! AKA the most fun toys on the planet for Gibson. It started with me giving him a toilet paper roll that I had just changed to keep him busy while I took a shower, and he wiggled around on the ground with it having a blast, exactly like he did here with a yummy treat.. And now he demands that we give him anything that resembles paper. I think napkins are his favorite (with all the bits of food stuck to them). Forget the food I am eating, when Gibson sees the crumpled napkin in my hand, he sits wide eyed at my feet and shakes his butt whining until I give it to him to destroy. If we walk buy him when he has one of these treasures in his mouth he walks away and gives us a look like "it's mines!" We pretty much all get enjoyment from it :)
Are these good things for us to give a dog? I'm not sure, maybe not, but it does make him happy and we are... sort of.. recycling? :)
How bout you? Do you give your dog anything to "help the environment?" ;)
P.S. I also want to say Happy Birthday to Gibson's Auntie Coal! She is 5 today!! My mom sent me a reminder last week to send her an E-Card lol
Gibson's 1st Birthday is coming up next Wednesday too! I can't believe it is almost here already!
My dog stops traffic. Literally. It's usually just people rolling down their windows, yelling "I love your dog!" or "Cute Corgi!", but other times it gets a bit crazy. The worst (or best depending how you look at it) was a few weeks ago when a woman in a HUGE van (think the size of a short bus) stopped diagonally across my street (while cars are trying to driving by) to tell me how much she loved my corgi and then went on to tell me all about her corgi at home.. Where she rescued him from (I think she said the Lakeshore Corgi Rescue), how old he was, how cute their personalities are, etc. Pretty crazy, but I always enjoy talking to people about corgis and get excited when I find another owner in town (a lot of them tell me how much "smaller" he is than theirs). I've found more of them than I thought I would too, considering I live in a pretty small town.
Of course, I walk Gibson a lot and live in the downtown area of our town, so I run into a lot of people. And Gibson has made a lot of friends because of it (and yes, my dog has way more friends than I do), most of which are kids and other dogs. I've started hearing kids yell, "Hi Gibson!" whenever I walk by our park, and there are a few little girls a few doors down from me that always run out to pet him when we're by their house. It's really cute and Gibson loves the attention (since you know he gets no love at home). He loves saying hi to dogs most of all though. If one of his dog buddies is in the near vicinity, he will lay down and wait for them to come greet him. If they don't see him or don't come over, he will start pulling me in their direction and look at me as if to say, "Mommmm! I need to go say hi to my friendddds!"
He's really ridiculous, but I guess I'm glad he's not antisocial... And who couldn't love this handsome little guy :)
 Well, maybe just "Furred Down" lol. In any case, Gibson is looking a lot less pudgy lately! If you remember, in late February I took him to the vet and he weighed 26lbs when I thought he only weighed 19 (according to our home scale). This kind of freaked me out since he was only 7 months old, so we fed him less (went from 2 cups a day to 1.25-1.5 cups a day) and walked him more (3 instead of 2 a day). His weight hasn't changed much (25 lbs), but my husband and I can definitely see a physical difference! His belly is higher than his chest (it used to pudge out below his ribs lol) and his hips are well defined. We can feel his ribs but not count them. So, I think he is in pretty good shape for now :)
This was him back in March: Now check out that waistline!
Of course, the fact that he is 'blowing his coat' for spring is helping the situation also. I cannot believe the amount of hair that comes off of this dog! During the winter, I'd swipe the furminator over him once a week and only get a handful of hair.. Well, now, I can keep brushing him forever and the hair does not stop coming out! Just yesterday I filled up a wastebasket with hair by just brushing his tail! Which isn't even a tail, it's a nub! lol I couldn't believe how much hair was hiding in that little puff on his butt.
Before: After!:
Before: After!: "Can you stop taking pictures of my bum now, Mommy?" 
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