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Sorry folks, due to many technical difficulties beyond my control Dogs on Thursday will continue next Thursday.
For today here is the the Mr. Linky box for those that made a post today and want to sign in.
(or I hope there will be a Mr. Linky box when I hit the post button, the way today is going there may not be one.)

Dogs On Thursday with a bit of Scotland

"Hidden in the misty Scottish Highlands,
where the purple bells of heather gently sway,
lies the ancient wellspring of our rich endownment,
that lives in you,my faithful friend,today..."
~Glenny Palmer

Welcome to this weeks edition of Dogs On Thursday!

I hope everyone is staying cool and dry in this early summer heat wave.
We have had so much rain here lately that we may be rowing to work soon!

I just wanted to mention to those of you that have multi species households that Monica and BubblesKnits
have started a new weekly group for cat lovers called Whiskers on Wednesday.

Next Thursday we will announce the new DoT Dog Days of Summer swap details and start taking names of those that want to play.
So stay tuned.

Planet Dog is giving away the awesome 'Kiss Me I'm Adopted' kits for anyone who had adopted a dog or a cat!

Also Nichole's Sophie was just spotlighted over there so Go check it out!

Plus don't forget, June 20th is Take your Dog to Work Day!
There is even a picture contest to enter over on that site!

And...speaking of taking your dog to work....
Today I want to briefly share with you a dog we met in Edinburgh Scotland right outside our hotel room.

I was so amazed by the amount of bagpipers everywhere we went in Scotland.
But to me the best sounding one was this man.
According to our hotel porter this man played his pipes day and night and is a common fixture at the hotel and he is there three times a day.
(I took this one after I got on the bus that is why its color is different.) Outside our hotel and we could hear him in the morning when we woke up and even in the evening when we returned after a day of sight seeing.
The Pipers faithful friend is a service dog and his name is Scratch according to the hotel porter.
We were unable to get a chance to talk to the piper but I did get to pet his best friend for a minute in the mornings.
We also saw many of these guide/service dog donation boxes in Scotland and I had to take a picture of this one before dropping in a few euros.
It was in a restaurant that we stopped at just over the Scottish at Gretna Green.
It was the first one we saw in the shape of two dogs.

Okay I only have a few more posts of the interesting dogs we met on our trip then it is back to our regularly scheduled 'Doggie Spotlights'.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Dogs On Thursday

Welcome to this weeks Dogs on Thursday!
(Sorry I am running late I didn't have a chance to post before running to class/work this morning.)

We have two new members Megan and Alice. Everyone go say Hello and Welcome.

I had a fantastic time on my three week trip abroad to Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England.
There are no words to describe the emotions I experienced while visiting these amazing places.
Thank you Natalie for holding the fort while I was away.
I took tons of pictures of everything on my trip and will be sharing some of them on my blog as the months go by.
I think between my husband and I we took a total of about 3,000 pictures. I haven't looked at the final count but I know it is up there.
Anyway I did take some pictures of some dogs that we encountered that I will share with you over the next several weeks.

This one is of a very happy little Irish dog that we met at a photo stop/bathroom break on the way to Adare from Limerick

The young man who's donkey and dog owned him said that the dogs name was Jasper (at least that is what I thought he said as his accent was thick and hard to understand.)
The young man said Jasper always enjoys riding on the back on the donkey and will get upset when he is not able to and will bark constantly at his feet, so he gives in and puts him up to ride on the donkey's back to make him happy.
He posed well for all the tourists and was quite a friendly little guy.
You can even see him smiling as he sits the soaking up the warm sunlight.


Since summer is upon us already it is almost time for another swap.
I was wondering if you would be interested in a secret swap or one where you know who your pal is?
Please let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments.

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