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

Football Team Dog Bandanas

Today the Barclays Premier League started again! For this Arsenal-loving household it was not really the start we had hoped for... sendings off, saying bye to Cesc Fabregas & Samir Nasri and an injured Jack Wilshere BUT for all you other football supporters out there we hope you enjoyed the first game of the 2011/12 season! Did you know that we have a fab range of football supporter bandanas available for your dogs? Here's scrumptious little Benji in his 'I ♥ Man Utd' bandana and gorgeous Rufus and Keagan showing their support for the other side of Manchester in their 'I ♥ Man City' numbers:

If you'd like one for your proud pooch, you can visit our eBay shop or if your team isn't listed, just drop us a line at puppy_love_petwear@hotmail.co.uk ♥

Swedish House Mafia's Doggie Heroes

Phew! We really have been 'working like a dog' the last few weeks here at Puppy Love HQ getting all ready & stocked up for the summer shows...which *drum roll please* start at Dogs Trust Snetterton!! Wooo! Now whilst sewing, always have MTV, Viva or one of the other wonderful music channels (oops, don't want to annoy any of them! Lols) on and love to sing along much to the amusement & maybe even annoyance of the neighbours I'm sure!! There are lots of great music videos out there, loving Jessie J's fun 'Nobody's Perfect' and the attack of the LMFAO zombie-dancers puts a big smile on my face everytime but this one by Swedish House Mafia really does take the bonio... I can't get enough of it & you may think silly, but it chokes me up everytime I see it...in a good way though! :) It perfectly depicts dogs' loyalty, courage & all round beauty. They really do save my world! Enjoy! x x

Weekend in Wales with Dogs and Sand Dunes

Hello Puppy Love-rs! Sorry this post is a day late, we had a lickle accident yesterday with an 8mm knitting needle... Ouch!

We had the most wonderful time in Wales for the Royal Wedding weekend!! Big love to Karen, Neil and the doggies for making us both so welcome and being all-round lovelies! We had a great day on Friday, watching the wedding in style with a scrummy brunch and on Saturday we visited Barmouth for the best Fish & Chips in North Wales by the beach and then drove on to Shell Island for fun in the Sand Dunes! It was Soxi's first time at the beach and although she was a little unsure of the water, she loved playing in the sand & even made a friend! We were amazed to see the number of starfish though - do hope they were ok and there is not a problem in the local environment. No fear though, Karen is a one-woman-starfish-rescue team & was helping them get back into the water. We also stocked up on some amazing new fabrics on Sunday including gold leatherette, pink leopard and black glitter faux fur.... pics & new items coming soon!!  

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It was also Lee's birthday yesterday...25 years young!! Unfortunately he had to work after taking the Bank Holiday Monday off so we took him in a special delivery ...

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

Crufts 2011

Aww...it's all over for another year now after gorgeous Jet the flatcoated retriever claimed his THIRD Crufts title... this time as Best In Show! Jet is 9 and it was lovely to see an older doggie (who is still very much in his prime) take the title.... but to us they really are all winners! Every single doggie there (over 21,000 of them too) was absolutely beautiful to us and are awarded the Puppy Love 'You're P-awesome' award.

Photo @ The Daily Mail

We had a wonderful time there at the NEC on Saturday and met so many lovely people & doggies. There is so much to see and next year we will be going to 2 days for sure! We didn't go to the main arena and show-rings as really we just like to see the charity stalls and stands - like the wonderful Galen Therapy Centre who gorgeous Karen is training with and Support Dogs UK. Here is a demonstration of Canine Myotherapy in action... doggie was so relaxed, she fell asleep! 

Sarah from Galen Therapy at work

We also saw some fab doggie products, like the 100% bio-degradeable bowls at Beco Things. Here are a selcetion of the goodies we picked up:

Almost as soon as we arrived, we met up with Soxi's Mami & Papi, Karen and Neil who are truely two of the loveliest people in existence! We had such a giggle and Karen proudly sported her Puppy Love 'Race Cars not Greyhounds' Shopper all day. You can get one for yourself here! We can't wait to go visit them and gorgeous Soxi, Brooke and Dino later in the year :) 

Now, I know some of you will already have heard of serotonin boosters and how the sunshine can make you feel happier and is great for your well-being etc etc...maybe some of you wild-ones have heard of some of those recreational drugs too? Well, we have found something even better! It is very exclusive and we feel very lucky indeed to have been able to have been given some for free..... introducing the BEST smile and well-being enducing treatment on the planet... Cassie Cuddles!! ;) 

It was so lovely to meet support dog Cassie in the reals and her p-awesome mommy, Sylv who has the coolest hair-do and is truly an inpirational lady :) We found out too, that not only is Cassie extremely beautiful, she is also very very clever as she wasn't trained until she was 4. Before that she was Sylv's pet doggie. The bond between the two of them was so wonderful to see and gave us the *leaky eyes* when we left them. Happy leaky eyes though - not sad ones :) Hope we can visit them both again soon!! We are making Cassie a little fleecey hoodie for after her hydro-therapy sessions. 

A special shoutout also to Cassie's fellow support dog, and our newest twitter friend, Merlin and his girlie Grace who were in the final of Friends for Life at Crufts last night...they also gave us the happy leaky eyes... and we are so proud of them! Winners to us and all your twitter family guys! And to our little minxy-moo's family and breeder, Jackie from Hitmonchan Cresteds who was there showing off that amazing Hitmonchan gene pool! 

All in all, a fab time was had by by all! Lee even for-go-ed the Arsenal game to stay longer! That's saying something! Crufts 2012 here we come... x x

More photos after the jump... >>

Dogs can help detect Colon Cancer - Amazing!

This is an amazing story in the news today... Japanese researchers have trained an 8 year old black lab to sniff out colon cancer on the breath of patients. Now, our twitter friends will know that cancer research has always been a cause close to our hearts after losing loved ones over the years, but has become even more so following Dad being diagnosed with prostate cancer in December. Thankgoodness, his op was a huge success and he has been making a brilliant recovery. But this is really exciting news for us! 

Dogs are already used to 'sniff out' bombs and drugs due to their amazing sense of smell, but have now been shown to be able to sniff out a number of cancers just by the patient's breath. This particular little lady, sniffed out 91% of the cancers and excluded 99% of the cancer-free samples. When given *ahem* other samples to sniff...she identified the cancers 97% of the time. 

Doctors have said that it may be difficult and costly to introduce 'sniffer dogs' in replacement of colonoscopies, but this certainly is an important step forward in the fight against the big C & proof that doggies really are man's best friend. 

You can read more about this story by clicking here. x x

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

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

We have missed you!!

Our computer has been poorly sick for a whole week & sadly still hasn't been fixed! *fingers x-d will be soon though!*  That's why we've been AWOL! But my lovely Mummy has lent hers for a few days so we are back... yaay!!

And it's an exciting few days for us ... this Friday we are going to the Big Smoke for a day out admiring Manolos & visiting the Harrods doggie, then Saturday is my birthday (Eek!) & most importantly on Sunday it's... the Jerry Green Fun Day!! Yaaay!! We are very excited about it!! It is going to be lovely & hoping lots of the lovely dogs there will find their forever home. The Market Square Dog Show was great & we loved meeting all the doggies and their owners. I just found out that the day raised just over £1000 for Animals in Need which is fab news :) I will be uploading photos later today.

Buzzy is still training to use his Poochie Bells but the rain has been a little bit of a problem... he has always hated the rain & wet and getting him out is a challenge but we are getting there. Honey is still scared of the bells but we are working hard to get her used to them! Think making some progress :) x x

Birthday Girl!

Today is Honey's 4th birthday! Yaay! We made her a special party dress ... white cotton jersey with a black lace skirt and baby pink glittery trim PLUS 3 polka-dotty & rosebud bows down the back... very girly & pretty! 

And not wanting to be left out, Buzzy donned a pair of wings for the party... lols! Although we're not sure he looks as cute as Mops the Pug, who we met at Dog's Trust Salisbury's Fun Day, did in hers...

Birthday girl even did some dancing! After aLOT of yummy treats (including some doggie birthday cake!!) & dressing up fun, though, she was cream-crackered!! xx

"Night night lil sis!" -Buzz

P.s. Honey would like to know what you think of her dress please? Is she a trend-setter? x

Wayne Rooney & Wellingtons

Wayne Rooney has spent £10k on underfloor heating for his doggies! Aww! Nice that they be kept nice and warm in their kennels... nicer still if they kept warm in the house but.... at least showing some love for them all the same! I wonder if he would like some of our "I ♥ MAN UTD" bandanas?

We went to the Northampton Umbrella Fair this afternoon on the Racecourse & got a chance to wear our new wellies! Yaay! The fair is only in it's 2nd year and is focussed on all things natural & earthy and a nice change from all the commercialism found at the Balloon Festival.  We met some nice Etsy sellers & also tried some yummy 'raw' chocolate... mmmn! xx

Northampton Market Annual Dog Show

Ooh... more exciting PUPPY LOVE news!! We have just confirmed our stall @ the Northampton Market Square Annual Dog Show on August 21st! It is the 3rd year the show is taking place after being a huge hit in 2008 and 2009 & we are sooo looking forward to being a part of  it. There are 12 different judging categories to enter & prizes for top 6 in each. Download your entry form here. Proceeds go to local animal charity, Animals in Need, where I used to volunteer!! They are very dedicated to their cause - helping all animals from cats & dogs right through to hedgehogs & squirrels. 

Dog's Trust Salisbury Open Day

Just heard that Sunday's Open Day raised over £15,000 for the doggies!! Yaaay!!! Such fantastic news!!! xx

What a lovely day! x

We had such a lovely time at the Dog's Trust Salisbury Fun Day yesterday! Loved meeting all our new customers & their owners :) HUGE big shout-out and thanks to Lesley from the centre who did an awesome job organising the day and making us feel welcome... she's fab! We saw Stormtroopers from Galactic Knights, big cool Harley Davidsons & tried yummy Honey & Ginger ice-cream. Great news that over 5000 people (!!) came through the doors and helped raise big money for the charity which really is so deserving. 

See our customer gallery page for Salisbury cutie-pies modelling their new accessories & there are more piccies from the day after the jump xx >>  

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