Rolling Dog Farm Blog

Alayne noticed blind Widget climbing into the laundry basket bed one recent morning and thought, "uh oh, isn't Dexter in the basket too?"  She had seen him get into the basket earlier in the morning but didn't see him in it at the moment, so he had either climbed out … or buried himself in the blankets at the bottom of the basket.  Yet there was no sound and no movement as Widget started to settle herself in on top of the pile of blankets, and Alayne figured Dexter was on another bed somewhere in the house.

But as Widget went around in circles, trying to get the bedding just-so, the blankets started to move.  And move.  This annoyed Widget, who kept trying to get them fixed up just the way she wanted them for her morning nap.  There was still no sound, however, only the silent movement of the bedding underneath her.  The more she tried to settle down, the more the bedding moved.  Widget couldn't figure out why the blankets seemed to have a mind of their own, but by this time Alayne realized what was going on and picked up the camera off the desk. 

Just when Widget decided to overlook her growing sense of motion sickness and try to nap anyway — that's the photo above — up popped Dexter in the corner of the basket:

Not a happy face, eh?

Here's a side-shot of Old Snaggle-Tooth himself:

You can see that at this point Widget didn't care about the disruption any longer, though Dexter certainly did … and he subsequently climbed out in search of less crowded accommodations.

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New Shelter Challenge Begins Monday

Yes, a new Shelter Challenge starts tomorrow, Monday, January 10th, and ends at midnight on March 20th.  Grand prize in this round is $5,000.  There are no second- and third-place prizes this time, but new categories … please see the Shelter Challenge website for details.

Their site says Best Friends is not eligible to win the Grand Prize in any of the 2011 Shelter Challenge contests because they were the "Challenge Champion" in 2010, having won the most total votes during the year, so that gives us a shot again at winning first place!

And remember, you can vote every day, so consider bookmarking the voting page to make it easy.

You can vote in the Shelter Challenge here.

Please note:  Use Rolling Dog Ranch for our name and NH for the state and our listing will come up.

Because of your votes, we came in 2nd nationwide and won $5,000 in the Shelter Challenge that ended in December 2010.  Please help us win this round of the contest by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too.  Thank you!