Liebster Blog Award! Thank you Puppy Momma!

I'm very flattered to have received my second Liebster Blog Award!  I love it when other people enjoy my blog, so getting this award means a lot to me.  I want to thank Puppy Momma for selecting me!

Liebster is supposedly German for "favorite".  (German-speaking readers please correct me if I am wrong.)

As part of receiving the award, now I have to pick my five favorite up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers.  This is the difficult part because I have lots of favorites.

Here are the rules:

Rules:

The award is given to bloggers who have less than 200 followers and deserve recognition. The rules are as follows:

1. Thank your Liebster Blog award presenter(s) on your blog
2. Link back to the blogger (s) who awarded you
3. Give your top 5 picks for the award in a post with a copy of the rules
4. Inform your top 5 by leaving a comment on their blog
5. Post the award on your blog

Here are my picks:

1. Cabana of Ours for a Year.  Cabana is a beautiful 3 year 7 month-old yellow lab girl who smells like Indian food!  She was raised for Guide Dogs for the Blind, but decided she would prefer to be a playing dog than a working dog.  (Can't blame her -- those guide dogs work really hard!)  Cabana's parents are first time puppy parents, and we think they are doing a great job!  Cabana's mom also sells really cool training treat bags (among other things) in her Etsy store.

2. Casey of The Legacy Chronicles.  Casey is a very handsome and sweet 4-year-old rescue boxer, and he is a Legacy Boxer Rescue Boxer Ambassador.  His job is to show the world how awesome boxers can be.  (Now that's a sweet job!)  He specializes in kisses and snuggling.  Casey is only one of the ten contributors to the Legacy Chronicles, but he is the one I know best.  (We have a soft spot for boxers because my mommy's constant companions as a young child were two labs and a sweet old boxer.)

3. River of Down River.  River is a super-cute rescue beagle and cancer survivor who lives with a bunch of other beagles in Georgia.  I bet they can get quite a chorus going!  River is also a contestant in the the Cutest Dog contest on Animal planet.  You can vote for him by going to the Animal Planet Decision 2012 page (here), doing a search for 'River' then clicking on the Five paws on the right.  (We have an extra soft spot for beagles because Grampa Booga had a beagle named Amos who followed him around everywhere -- even to classes at UNC.  One of his professors always called Amos' name when he called roll!  And we have a picture of Grampa and Grandma Gayle in their wedding attire, getting ready to go off on their honeymoon, with Amos in the car with them!)

I think River is the cutest, don't you?

4. Tucker, Daisy, and Leo of Two Goldens and A Wannabe.  Tucker and Daisy are goldens, but Leo is a CAT.  (I know, I can't believe I'm associating in any way with a CAT, but the two goldens kind of cancel out the CAT.)  Tucker is 8 years old, we're not sure about Daisy.  But they're both very cute, and we LOVE goldens.

5. Jesse of Berner Tails.  Jesse is a 7-year old Bernese Mountain Dog whose blog we just discovered when perusing the recently-joined blogs on Dogs With Blogs.  Jesse is clearly my kind of dog -- he likes to go mountain trekking, and he even carries his own pack!!!  It looks like I may have super-stiff competition for the Mango Minster Adventure Animal category next year!

I hope you enjoy these blogs as much as I do!