Welcome!

Welcome to The Dog Blog! I have wanted to start a themed blog for some time, but I only just now came up with the idea to do one on all things Dog. My hope is to blog about dog-related news, events and activities for dogs and dog-lovers in the Pittsburgh area, review dog products, and share personal stories and photos. To get started, here's a little bit of information about me and the dog in my life, Lily.

About Me:
-I have another blog at caityt.blogspot.com that I try to update a few times each month.
-I am a jack of all trades and a master of none. I currently have two part-time jobs, and I'm always looking for freelance work. Some of the things I do to make money are: write, edit/proofread, event promotions, marketing assistance, and selling things on craigslist.
-I am happily married and have been so for three years, even though I'm only 25.
-I look like I'm 18, even though I'm 25.
-I love dogs! I always grew up having at least one dog, and my husband and I became the proud owners of our first dog together about a year ago.
-I also love cats, but the man is allergic, so I have to love them from afar.

About Lily:
-Lily is a 1 1/2-year-old Vizsla mix (we think) with TONS of energy and a great personality.
-We only think she's a Vizsla mix because we adopted her from Animal Friends when she was four months old. She had been brought there as a stray, so there's no way to know her real heritage or where she came from.
-We have heard that she looks like a Vizsla, a Pitbull, a Rhodesian Ridgeback, and many more varieties of dog. I personally think she's kind of an Everydog -- she looks a little bit like all of them.
-Lily has many nicknames, most of which have good reasons behind them, including Lily Landshark, Lily Lawnmower, Squiggle-Wiggle, and more.
-Lily's worst habit is picking up trash and other miscellaneous items off the street when we go for walks. Some of the things she has picked up are:
-Paper towels
-A roadkill-flattened turtle
-The jawbone of a deceased animal, complete with teeth
-Two rabies vaccine cubes (I assume they were meant for raccoons.)
-Empty cigarette packages
...and more.
We've always got to watch her because she scoops up pretty much anything she comes across, and then we've got to pry it from her mouth.

I hope you've enjoyed my brief introduction and that you will visit this blog again.
I'll end with a Danish proverb that I have absolutely no idea what it means:
"The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."

Until next time...