Puppy Love Petwear Bandana Review

We're famous!! Check it out...our very first review!! It's delightfully entitled "How to make your cute pets cuter" and written by gorgeous Mary at The Critter Sermon:

So very excited indeed...and very flattered! So many lovely compliments *blush* Here's a little excerpt:

" I came across a stall selling handmade Bandanas..they were SO cute! There was a little dog next to me who had just been bought one and he was sitting there proudly wearing it!...I was greeted with smiley helpful faces and more importantly dog lovers! I showed them photos of Darkley and said about how I was hoping to adopt Holly and all the issues we were having with that...

So with Holly home and more than happy to be dressed up I wanted to get some made for Holly and Darkley... The awesome thing is that if you want a particular colour or something extra snazzy for your pup they will try and do it if they can...As they are handmade they can be made exactly how you want for your pups and best of all at such a reasonable price- because dogs will be dogs and I knew full well that mud and all sorts will end up on them!... They can happily play in them too, they don't bother them in the slightest! They are also made with Velcro at the back so if the bandana gets caught it wont hurt them at all as it will just undo (which is good to know with my clumsy pups...but i haven't had any problems!)

...it is so nice to buy handmade things and not the same old stuff from pets at home! "

We met Mary and her Mum at the Dogs Trust Harefield Open Day back in August and we kept in touch through the Puppy Love Facebook page yet only discovered her wonderful blog earlier in the month.... I can't believe we didn't know about it sooner!!! Packed full of news, anecdotes and tips it's a fab read and I strongly urge push you all to go read & then of course follow/subscribe to The Critter Sermon... Now!! ;) And of course by doing so you also get to coo over pics of gorgeous rescues Holly & Darkley ... Adorable!! x x

The best Friday Funny ever? Meet the Salsa Dancing Chihuahua ...

This week's Friday Funny really is just too p-awesome for words! One of our all-time faves! Prepare to squeal with delight.... Enjoy! x x

Showbiz Saturday: Jennifer Aniston buys fab new NYC apartment in her dog Norman's name

Jennifer Aniston has bought a fab new penthouse apartment in New York which is just down the road from the famous Friends building!!! And...the best part.... she bought it using the savings trust she set up in her doggie's name! The Norman's Nest Trust is named after Norman, her adorable little corgi-terrier cross. Such a cute name for such a cute lil dog... We can't decide who looks more gorgeous in this pic of the two of them:

We hope that she and Norman are very happy in NYC - she sooo deserves it! And there must be some left over in the trust for some new treats & toys for Norman?! She must have change from $6 million right? :P Maybe she would like one of our new 'Home Is Where My Dog Is' draught excluders as a housewarming gift?



Draught Excluders £12.50



Saturday can also mean only one thing for a pet blogger.... the Saturday Pet Bloggers Blog Hop brought to you by Two Little Cavaliers, Life with Dogs, and Confessions of the Plume! Join in after the jump!! x x

Britain's Got Talent Dancing Dogs and our new 'I've got Talent' bandana for your dog!

Britain's Got Talent started again at the weekend with new judges Michael McIntyre and David 'The Hoff' Hasselhoff joining Amanda Holden on the panel. We loved singer Michael Collings who did a SuBo, stunning everyone with his amazing voice, and Steven Hall who did a dance-medley of moves to famous tunes. But without a doubt, the stars of the show were Mega and Biba and their mummy & handler, Donelda Guy:

Watch their totally p-awesome audition at www.itv.com/talent (they wont share the video...*sniffles* ). Inspired by BGT and using our beeeautiful new embroidery machine, here is our latest bandana design:

'I've got Talent' from just £5 with FREE P&P 

Buy yours today in our online store!! Click to shop. x x

Happy Birthday Buzz

Today was Buzzy's birthday! Yaay! We think he turned 9 years old today but I always like to knock a little bit off for his vanity and my own fears for the future... so we'll say 8 and 3/4 :) Now, April 1st is Buzzy's chosen birthday and we can only guess his age because he was a rescue with no history what-so-ever other than a huge fear of everything and everyone and a big chunk missing from one ear. He was found wandering by the city's flyover, alone and terrified. When I think back to the first day he came home to live with me as my absolute rock at whilst I was living alone at University, I still get the leaky eyes and an ache in my chest. He was painfully thin despite being looked after so well by the small local shelter who had taken him in for the last few weeks and cowered at the slightest fast movement. He was particularly fearful of men and loud noises but with lots of love, patience and the help of my beautiful little Dolly, he gradually learned how to be a doggie and grew more comfortable in his own skin. He learned to play, which he had no idea how to do in the beginning and began to put on weight. He experienced his first snowstorm (very late for the UK really) and stood mesmerised in my little back yard looking up at the sky with me and occasionally looking back to me for reassurance that I was still there. That memory will be with me forever - it was the start of his blossoming into the happy, loving and playful boy I know today, and I could see he was beginning to love me as much as I already loved him. I chose April 1st as his birthday because it was his rebirth - the way it should have been the first time around...surrounded by love and kindness and warmth and comfort. Without Buzzy you would not be reading this blog and PUPPY LOVE would not exist... so Happy Birthday Buzzy and thankyou for being both a constant companion and truly my saviour. x x

To read more about Buzzy and how Puppy Love came into being, click on the 'ABOUT PUPPY LOVE' tab above for the full story and the inspiration behind our poster-girl, my Dolly-dog.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Have a smooch-tastic day!!! Lots of love & hugs from all of us here at PUPPY LOVE x x x

There's still time to get a gift for your Valentine ...

Not long now until that special day of smooching... there's still time to get your doggie darlings and pretty kitties a special something... click on the 'BUY' tab above to see our special Valentine themed bandanas... x x

Last orders for UK delivery in time for Valentine's day on Monday 14th February is FRIDAY 11th 5pm

Friday Funny

It's that time of the week again... and this is often so true! If you & your pet are twinnies, we'd love to see your pics! Send them to us here & if we'll do a future feature post.

See me & Honeybunny in our contribution after the jump! Enjoy!! x x

Valentine's Day Gifts for your doggie-darling

#Love is in the air....Ohhh...Love is in the air....#

Valentine's Day is on it's way... and as pet-owners, our pets hold some of the biggest places in our hearts... and now you can show them just how much you care with a PUPPY LOVE Valentine's Day themed bandana!! Yaay!

Check out our special smooch-day video:

You can buy online & check out using paypal by clicking here ! x x

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

♥ Wishing you all a very ♥

♥ MERRY CHRISTMAS ♥

♥♥♥ full of love & laughter  x x ♥♥♥

Christmas is coming!!

OMD! How time flies!! Just 47 days to go until Christmas!! 

Craziness. *heads spins* Seems like only last week we were doing our summer shows! We loooove this time of year though - all the lights & glitter & getting all cosy and warm in front of the fire. We have been busy the last couple of weeks getting together our Xmas collection for you... coming soon will be stockings and Xmas prezzies for doggies & owners too. Keep checking back for listings & updates! First up, we have our new Christmas bandanas, modelled once again by BNTM Sir Buzz:

♥ Cute as Christmas ♥

You can buy direct from us by clicking here or on Ebay here... and FREE P&P as always :) x x

Did you miss us? x

We have missed u! We have been neglecting our poor blog for the last few weeks... we have been sooo busy though helping poor Mum sort out her disaster area of a bathroom *loong story which includes burst pipes and a soggy house!*... buying new fabrics & getting together our AW10 collection for you... and being throughly emersed in a series of books by the amazing author, Sunny. More on them in a later post as soo much to say...  but for today... a sneaky peak at some of our new fabrics!

We have also got some seasonal prints in...including sppoookkky Halloween & Christmas! Can't wait to get some fab items made up in them... will keep you posted!! :) x x

Collingbourne K9 Festival 2010

So, this Saturday just gone, we went to the Collingbourne K9 Festival at Parsonage Farm in Wiltshire... And we had a super day and met some really wonderful people!! Sadly, the turn-out was hampered by a terrible crash which shut the M4 (the main road in) which meant that the Guinness World Record attempt was out... :( but everyone still did a practice sit!! Lee and our jumper model 'Bruno' even joined in much to the amusement of the crowds! 

Claire Lingard, the festival organiser, really did a fantastic job organising the day & there were so many lovely stalls and amusements for the children - including bouncy castles & a laser-quest!! The show had a great country feel to it with haybales to sit on around the ring & even cider! We saw the lovely ladies from Dog's Trust Salisbury again which was brilliant - we had met Lucy's little doggie at Kenilworth but this time Lesley's little bundle of fun came along too :)

Another pair of lovely ladies we met were Sarah & her mum Jennie from The Enchanted Tree. We had a good ol' natter & giggle with them & bought a gorgeous mobile of hens for our kitchen. All their items are fair-trade & our little hens were made by a women's co-operative in Kenya :) . The site is the-enchanted-tree.co.uk & is soooo worth a visit! Brilliant prices & a great range of goods from mobiles to shopping bags to hand knitted kenyan toys! Plus all natural & ethical too - what more could you ask for?! Here's a sneaky preview of 2 of our faves and see more pics & our hens after the jump... xx >>

"Write a post, help a dog" - the Pedigree Adoption Drive Blog Hop! #Dogsrule

This weekend has been the special Pedigree Adoption Drive Blog Hop. For every blog post made Pedigree will donate a 20lb bag of dog food to an animal shelter!! What a brilliant idea! Animal shelters are always under a great deal of financial pressure no matter how big or small & donations like these will make a big difference :)

• Each year, more than 4 million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations. Pedigree created The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive to help shine a spotlight on the plight of these homeless dogs.

• This year the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive is raising awareness for homeless dogs by donating a bowl of food to shelter dogs for everyone who becomes a "Fan" or "Likes" the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive on Facebook. So far more than 1 million bowls have been donated.

• Special for BlogPaws West: For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive through September 19, PEDIGREE will donate a bag of its new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide. It's simple: Write a post, help a dog.

• Thursday, September 16 through Sunday, September 19, the Pedigree BlogPaws bloggers will host a Blog Hop to help raise awareness for the "Write a post, help a dog" effort.

Be sure to pass the message on by blogging, tweeting & facebooking with the hashtag #dogsrule :) Join up to the blog hop too after the jump... xx

Little & Large

Check out these cutie-pies! Boo Boo, a tiny little chihuahua girl, weighs just 2 pounds and stands 4 inches tall and is the world's smallest doggie. Yesterday at Central Park in New York, she met George... the world's largest dog! He weighs 245 pounds & stands 43 inches tall!! Boo Boo's owner, Lana, said she is her little miracle after vet's did not expect her to make it. When she was born she was just an ounce! George is a gentle giant who sleeps on a queen size mattress at the end of his owners' bed & loves to play. The two got on well and Boo Boo was not scared of him - she went over to say to hello! Cute!! x x

If you would like to part of a Guinness World Record, come down to the Collingbourne K9 Festival on Saturday 18th and be part of the largest simultaneous sit!! We will be there with our stall in the shopping village & would love to meet you! :) x

A Brilliant Birthday

Yesterday was my 26th birthday & I really had a lovely day. I am such a lucky girl to have such wonderful family & friends  ♥ Lee really spoilt me this year *blush* with these AMAZING Vivienne Westwood Melissa Ultra Girl Shoes AND a Paul's Boutique hoodie!! It's a really fab one too ... with 'have a nice day' smiley & 'LOVE' patches and diamonte lightning bolts all across the back! *squeal*

Arsenal were even kind enough to win for me against Blackburn before we went for dins at Fusion here in Northampton with Mum, Peggilini, Nicola & Mark. It really is a great restaurant with such a huge choice from the buffet - my faves were mini vegi spring-rolls, chocolate & cream cups and the gorgeous pineapple sorbet. Afterwards we went downstairs to Fuse, the basement level bar, where they have a seperate 'powder room' complete with hair straighteners to use free of charge!! Very impressed! Check out their website ... www.fusion-fuse.co.uk/ ... we didn't get in until 1am! Gasp! We had the Jerry Green Fun Day to do today! Lols x x

Love for London

On Friday we headed to the bright lights of London for a girly day out with Mum & Nicola and we had sooo much fun! Besides admiring the pretties of Harrods' jewellery departments & the beeeautiful Chanel collections *wistful sigh* we all went crazy for the 'Pet Kingdom' dept. on the 4th floor which was choc-a-blocka full of woof-a-licious designer beds, clothes & toys including Roberto Cavalli's very glamorous pet collection ...BUT then we saw that they also sell puppies and were not happy AT ALL!! Very angry indeed that puppies for sale in a department store. They are behind glass and in a 'reasonable' size space which we assume & sincerely hope is air conditioned etc but there is no daylight, mama dog OR love and attention. It isn't nice at all to have people staring at them like they are in a fish bowl and taking pictures despite the 'no pictures' signs... not a good start in life even if it is in the most famous & expensive store in the world. We assume that they must have been checked out by the RSPCA but who stays with them at night etc??  If anyone knows anything, letting us know would be greatly appreciated - the cashier didn't really want to talk about it so we left. Really do not think it's neccessary to have them in there at all - purely gimmic. Hmmpff!!!

*and breathe...*
Other doggie-themed wares in the famous gold & green store included aprons, brollies & of course the Harrods doggie himself on EVERYthing you can imagine. Here are couple of our faves... although sadly the electric lighting has given all my pics from inside a funny orange glow...eek!

After our little outrage we headed to the Manolo shop where a very chic little chihuahua was shopping with her mum... unfortunately she was camera shy ... unlike Nic who can be seen here modelling her gorgeous new boots from the AW collection:

Also fell in looove with this doggie themed jumper & these yummy (and surely mega mega expensive!) cakes before having a lovely lady from the Mac counter show us how to contour our cheeks!! Lols x x

Wonderful Weekend!

We have had such a lovely bank holiday weekend so far! Our day out in London, Birthday fun, Jerry Green Fun Day... far too much to cram into one post so... day-by-day posts coming up!! x x

Poochie Bells for Mr Poopy Bum!

Buzz is very proud to be doggie tester for Dougals Den over the next few weeks! He is testing out their new  Poochie Bells as we all know he needs to poop aLOT and we don't always realise that he needs to go out because he doesn't tell us... I think he gets embarrassed bless him! So, lovely Dougal and his secretary Lynn have sent us some Poochie Bells for him to try out & review. Poochie Bells are new to the UK & are bells that he will learn to ring when he wants to go out! It is such a simple method & no dog is too young or too old to train :) Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?! Buzz is 8 ... or so he tells us! As he's rescue we can't be 100%! The bells hang on the doorhandle & before doggie goes out, we ring them & say "Outside...ring the bells!" then praise Buzzy & let him out. How simple is that? They come in all different designs ( we have paw prints... v cool! ) & you can buy them for just £9.99 here! And they come with a little collar tag too! P-awesome!!

We will be keeping you updated on Buzz's progress! Follow us on twitter for real-time updates!!

More pics after the jump!! >>

So Heartwarming... ♥ ♥ ♥

This is such a heart-warming story... we were feeling quite tired & blah this morning and then read this & got the warm & fuzzies...

Couple find dog's picture pinned to notice board and are reunited after four years | Mail Online

Holly the Lab-cross went missing FIVE years ago but her owners never gave up searching for her and they have finally been reunited!! *leaky eyes* No-one knows where she was & it is thought it will remain a mystery, but she was taken in by a Doncaster Dogs home, Mount Pleasant Kennels, where she was put on death row *even more leaky eyes*. But she was rescued by a lovely lady, Val, from Halfway Home Dog Rescue in Nottinghamshire who then fostered her. Her picture was put in up in the local Pets @ Home and her dad, Dennis saw it!! They were reunited & she even went to sleep in her usual spot as soon as she got home. Sooo sweet! Bless her, such a gorgeous girl... she is now 14 & back where she belongs :) xx

Beautiful Holly