Last but not Least, Rex

To check out Rex and read about how he was adopted, visit our Facebook page. 

Magi The Great Dane and Beaumont and Dustane the Bassets

Here is a beautiful picture of Magi, Beaumont and Dustane.  Vote for them here Magi, Beaumont and Dustane

October Dog Of The Month Contest

At Lucy's Dog House we are running our first ever Dog of The Month Contest.  We have four contestants with great pictures and/or stories about their dogs.  Stop by the Lucy's Dog House facebook page to check them out.
We are also looking for contestants for November, so if you have a great pictures of your dog and a great story about your dog send them to us at mailto:hans@lucysdoghouse.net.

Here is a great picture of Jasper one of our contestants.

Every Dog Has It's Month Contest

Hi Everyone,


At Lucy's Dog House we are running a contest, Every Dog Has Its Month. It's a great contest where you simply submit a picture and a story about your dog. You get a 20 percent off coupon just for sending in your entry. The picture and story that get the most votes wins a 50 dollar gift certificate to Lucy's Dog House. 

We are currently accepting entries for October's contest. Please submit your entries to cs@lucysdoghouse.net

All the best,

Hans

Adopt A Ball Dog Toy

So we have been really working on the store lately, adding lots of products to the store, working on marketing, etc... It has been a lot of work but it will be worth it in the end.

Here is one of the great new products that we recently bought for the store. It is pretty cool and a great way to spread a really valuable message.

Adopt A Ball

Lucy is a rescue, so we are big fans of rescues, humane societies and the like that work the majority of the adoptions out there.

If you do stop by the store and decide to buy remember to use the coupon code: friend. It will give you 15% off your entire purchase.

Big Shrimpy Dog Beds

Here are the girls on Lucy's Big Shrimpy Original Dog Bed. She loves it and spends a lot of time on it. We really like Big Shrimpy because they offer some really large sizes and they are very well made. Lucy has been doing a test of this bed for the last six months and everything is working out great. We think she likes it because the Big Shrimpy Dog Beds are really thick and have a lot of padding.

We decided to start selling the Big Shrimpy Dog Beds in www.lucysdoghouse.net because we are a big fan of the product. Big Shrimpy Dog Beds

, they are a great dog beds. As with all orders it is free shipping for all orders above $100 and just $4.99 for orders under $100.

As most of you know, Lucy was the inspiration for me to open my own business and she has her very own store. When you get a chance stop by and check it out.

We are having an inventory clearance sale at Lucy's Dog House. Save up to 50% on a wide variety of dog collars and dog toys. $4.99 Flat Rate Shipping on all order inside the United States and Canada. Any order over $100 the shipping is free.

Sale ends on Saturday. Do not miss the savings!!

All the best,

Hans
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8 Simple Visual Indicators Your Dog Is Fat

Here is a great article as I sit here thinking about all of the food we have had over the past few days. I thought this might be a good article to share with everyone.

Your dog is fat. OK, possibly not.But there's a very good chance he or she is, and you don't even know it.Statistics vary, but veterinarians report that as many as 25 - 44% of all dogs are overweight, and that obesity is the number-one canine health disorder. Obesity is defined as weighing over 15% more than the standard accepted weight for the dog's height.

With nearly half of our dogs weighing in on the heavy side, it's no surprise, then, that obesity-related conditions are on the rise within the pet population. These conditions include diabetes mellitus and orthopedic, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, respiratory, immune and reproductive disorders. These can be devastating conditions for your dog to live with.Doctors ascribe the rise in obesity to a combination of the general lack of fussiness of dogs, their natural gorging behavior, and insufficient exercise.

And since dogs don't do their own grocery shopping or prepare their own meals, we must add to this a prevailing ignorance among their owners in providing a nutritious, well-balanced, calorie-controlled diet.Do you know if your dog is fat or fit? Do you know her daily caloric requirements? Do you know what factors may mitigate those daily caloric requirements?Did you know regular dog food is packed with sugar and fat to make the toxic crap they put in it palatable?A healthy dog is ready to eat at any time. Some dogs quite literally can eat while flat on their side and more or less asleep. Therefore, it is pointless to use your dog's begging behavior as any indicator of how much to feed him.

Knowing how many calories he needs and how that translates into food will help keep him trim and healthy. Energy needs for the dog change throughout his life, increasing the more active he becomes, and, as you might surmise, decreasing as the dog reaches his senior years.Your vet will help you determine if your dog's weight is on target, or if she is headed for fat city, and all diet-related considerations should definitely be discussed with your vet before introducing any major changes into your dog's nutritional sphere. But, before your next office visit, you can do an assessment to determine (albeit imprecisely) your dog's general body condition and weight.Can the ribs be easily felt with slight fat cover, or are they difficult to feel under moderate or thick fat cover?From the side view, do you see an abdominal tuck?Is there thickening at the tail base?From the overhead view, is there a well-proportioned waist?Or, from the overhead view, does she have a marked hourglass shape? (an indicator of being underweight)Or, from the overhead view, is the back slightly or markedly broadened at the waist? (indicators of being moderately to severely overweight)Is your dog slow to rise or move around?

Is she reluctant to exercise, or does she tire easily with activity?Individual metabolism, exercise, age, environment and overall health will determine what your dog really needs to remain lean and healthy. Since your dog can only have so many calories every day, it is important to pack lots of nutrition, bulk and appeal into those calories.Our wildly popular Dog Food SECRETS™ information products can help you step-by-step overcome your nutritional naivete.Embracing this information doesn't mean you have to prepare every meal with a set of scales on the counter, no. Do it a few times and you can do it forever.After you determine your dog's caloric needs, the ideal solution to meet those needs is to prepare your dog's food at home, where you can have total control over the caloric and nutritional content.Our books can help you there, too -- as it includes a collection of easy, healthful, natural and delicious recipes created with your dog's palate and welfare in mind. In fact the Silver and Gold packages include over 200 easy-to-make healthy recipes.

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Linking to www.lucysdoghouse.net

Links into a website are like water to a plant. At www.lucysdoghouse.net we can always use more links into our website. If you have a website, forum or blog that you own we would greatly appreciate it if you link to us. If you do shoot me an email at admin@lucysdoghouse.net , let us know where the links are located and we will send you a coupon code that will give you 30% off everytime you shop at Lucy's Dog House.

All My Best,

Hans

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you have a great day with family, turkey and football.

New Dog Collars at Lucy's Dog House

Hi Everyone,

We just added a bunch of new dog collars to our custom leather dog collars section, http://www.lucysdoghouse.net/cuhacrledogc.html They are all great hand made collars made from the finest Latigo Leather. Pictured here is the Alabama Dog Collar. Pretty awesome.

If you decide to buy do not forget to use the coupon code: friend, as it gives you 15% off your entire purchase. The best part is that the coupon code never expires so you can use it over and over again or pass on to your dog owner friends.

Ok I am back

It has been a long time since we posted. Well it is definately time to get back to posting. Look forward to more stuff coming soon.

Corpus Christi Dogs

Hi everyone,

Today we went to a fundraiser for Corpus Christi dogs. They are a group that is dedicated to getting a dog park started in Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi is a city of over a quarter of a million people and it does not have a dog park. Kind of a bummer.

The city has allocated the land but the funding for the fencing, the water and lights have to come from private funding. The total cost is going to be about 75K.

The fundraiser hit a little snag today because of the rain. It usually never rains here in Corpus but today it did. Wierd.

At Lucy's Dog House we are big fans of a dog park in Corpus Christi so whenever you use the coupon code: ccdogs we will donate 10 percent of the purchase price to CCDogs. Stop by at www.lucysdoghouse.net see if there is anything that you or you dog would like and use the coupon code.

New Stuff At Lucy's Dog House

Lucy wanted me to let all of you knwo that we added a bunch of new products at www.lucysdoghouse.net. Above is a picture of our new British themed collars. They are pretty awesome and are both affordable starting at $9.00 and cool all at the same time.

We have a bunch of new collars and you can check out our whole selection at new dog collars

Why I Love My Dogs

So being away from my dogs for eight months has taught me a lot of things. The most imporant is that they are a major part of my life. Well, of course, you say. I always knew it but it is one thing to know something and quite another to truly internalize it. I look forward to coming home every day because I know that I will be greated by non-stop tail wagging and it is just because I walked through the door. I mean come on what else is in life is that consistently happy and a source of joy?

Wow, it has been a long time

Sorry, that I have not been posting all that mcuh lately. I guess I could come up with all sorts of good and not so good excuses but nah, not going to do it.

Life gets busy but whatever.....

I did just get back from a long business trip overseas. It is good to be back with Lucy and Kona. They both looked like hairy dolphins they were jumping around so much. I had this big fear that they would forget who I was after not being around them for eight months.

Mid Atlantic Great Sane Rescue League

I was wandering around the internet today and came upon this site http://magdrl.org/. It is one of my favorite sites to go to as it has tons of great pictures of Great Danes that are up for adoption. They are doing a lot of great things and are actively placing dogs all of the time. If you are a Great Dane lover and want your virtual critter fix this is a great place to go. Now I warn you, you might fall in love with one of these great dogs and feel the need to adopt one.

Full disclosure: Ever six months I donate a percentage of the sales from Lucy's Dog House to this organization.

Storewide Sale - Save 10-50 Percent

HI everyone,

Lucy's Dog House is currently running a storewide sale. Everything is as least 10 percent off with some items as much as 50 percent off. So stop by today and buy something great for your dog at a wonderful price.

This month we are proud to announce we are sponsoring http://www.pawsofaustin.org/ a Great Dane rescue out of Austin, TX. Everytime you purchase something 5-15% of your purchase goes to support their efforts.

Stop by today at www.lucysdoghouse.net

Lucy's Dog House Sale

We are currently offering a coupon for Lucy's Dog House or http://www.lucysdoghouse.net . Stop by today, use the coupon code: rescue and whatever you buy we will donate 15% of the purchase price to the rescue of the month. This month's rescue is a private rescue that takes in dozens of dogs a year, many of them in need of significant medical care. Oh, Plus you get 5% off just as a way of saying thank you. So stop by today, get something great for your dog and lend a helping hand all at the same time.

Lucy's Dog House Affiliate Program

Hi everyone,

Lucy's Dog House has just launched its very own affiliate program. Now you can help rescue dogs as we still give 5% of all of our sales to a variety of rescues throughout the year. Plus you can earn a little money for yourself or an organization you work with. Below is the link that will take you where you can sign up for the program.


http://www.shareasale.com/shareasale.cfm?merchantID=15637

All the best,

Hans