My human, Hsin-Yi, is awfully, awfully busy at the moment with her Work Thing (I heard that she’s got 3 Dead Lines this week already - I hope she doesn’t kill any more Lines next week!) and seems to spend all her time banging on the keyboard to make lots of words appear on the computer box - so she has not been able to help me with my blog much.
She was hoping to do another ‘Ask Honey’ post last weekend but just hasn’t had the time – so she says Sorry and will hopefully find time to write it next weekend.
Whew...I'm just run off my paws with work...really need a holiday...
But I have told her that I cannot go the whole week without posting to my blog! 
So I made her get up extra early this morning so she could help me post this while she was having her breakfast, before she dived into her Work Thing again.
Well, a few weeks ago, just as I was settling down for my morning nap in the sun, I saw a suspicious-looking man stop his car-machine outside our house and walk up to our gate. Of course, great guard dog that I am, I immediately jumped up to face this intruder…but first, I decided that I’d better run in the house and grab my Duck Stuffie for moral support!
But as I rushed up to bark at him, he suddenly called my name! Yup, he told me that he had a parcel for me! ME! Hsin-Yi thought he must have made a mistake but he said No – he had a box with ”To: Honey the Great Dane“ written on it!
It was my Pawdance Film Festival prize from my blog friend, Norwood!
In case you missed that great event (where have you been?) – Norwood hosted a fantastic film festival and all us doggies (and kitties) could send in our movie entries for different categories. And can you believe it – I won both the Comedy and the That’s Entertainment! categories!
If you missed them, here are my winning movies:
- Comedy: The Massage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHoxrCTBaGQ
- That’s Entertaiment!: Murder on the Dance Floor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjNEC9p7KZk
I was so honoured to win – thank you so much again to everybody who voted for me! 
And I couldn’t wait to see what was in my parcel!
Oooh! The first thing I saw was a big bag of TREATS!!!
They are made from “lamb lung” and they looked delicious! Hsin-Yi was very impressed that the greedy Customs people hadn’t taken them for themselves – Norwood, you have the honour of being my first blog friend to get past Australian Quarantine with yummies! 
And then I saw something even more exciting than the treats…
OOOOOH! What’s this?
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How exciting – and it makes a squeaky noise too (although I am not really a ‘squeaky dog’, to tell you the truth - not like some of my doggie friends who go MAD for squeakies) but I DO love the tennis ball feeling in my mouth and the way it bounces around.
Oooh! I had to do a Happy Dance!
Hsin-Yi is really happy too because she has been looking for a dumbbell to help teach me some of the formal Obedience retrieve exercises. I had a really lovely wooden one back in NZ which was made for me by the human of one of my doggie friends at the training club – but that broke when it was shipped here to Australia, so I had no dumbbell! And all the ones Hsin-Yi saw in pet stores were made for doggies with little dainty mouths…certainly not for doggies with big slobbery gobs like me! 
Besides, I have to admit, I’m a bit – er – fussy when it comes to the kind of things I will hold in my mouth – I like them to be soft, like stuffies, and don’t like to hold any hard plastic or even wooden things (Hsin-Yi had to stitch a towel around the middle of my wooden dumbbell to get me to hold it!). Well, this new dumbbell is perfect coz it’s lovely and soft to hold in my mouth – it feels just like a tennis ball!
So now I can’t wait to start training with my new dumbbell! 
Thank you so much, Norwood!
(By the way, if any of you want to know – it is called a KONG Air Dog Squeaker Dumbbell)
There were still more wonderful prizes in the box - a bubble-making stick, a strange growing towel, a director’s card from Norwood – and two beautiful trophies!!
Paul is very jealous of my trophies – I think he secretly wants to steal them – he says he never got such nice trophies and awards as I do from my blog friends – even when he graduated from Human Vet School!
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Well, he’s not getting them – they’re mine!
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Oh! Before I go – I must tell you about my blog friend, El’bow the Mastiff who lives in Belgium and who is having a special contest in honour of his birthday!
El’bow is inviting everyone to make a birthday card for him – it can be a traditional paper one, an e-card made by the computer box or even a video card – and the winner will get a great prize made by his human, Sanne, who is very creative and makes the most lovely things (did you see the pawbag and bandana she made for me?) So here’s your chance to get creative too! The deadline is 25th July - for more information about the contest, click here.
Love the pic of you at the gate with your stuffy! Too funny!
And Elle has the very same squeaky tennis ball dumbbell… she loves it! Have so much fun.
OHHH! I like the look of those treats you got!!
my human says she likes the photo of you and the trophies!! and the one of you with the duck stuffie at the gate with the human who gave you the box of yummies!
I wish I had my own blog and I won prizes like that!
but I kind of share my humans blog. I dont have any doggie blog friends like you do though! oh well…. I have lots of other doggie friends! but I only see them at the dog park. sometimes.
slobbers
from earnest the great dane
Two awards? You are swept the film festival! How proud Hsin-Yi must be of you.
Slobbers,
Mango
wow! two awards!
Love how your guard duties include your yellow stuffy! Too funny!
Great prizes too! Darwin has a football shaped kong tennis ball and she loves it! Im sure you’ll love your new dumbbell!
What a neat package for you, Honey.
We don’t know why your human is killing lines but we hope she learns how to keep them alive. Maybe a little more water and some fertilizer?
Dearest Honey,
what lovely prizes! Your films were very worthy
we laughed all the way through your liaison with the french puggy
That’s a bummer about your humans being not able to make you an emery board. We thought it would be good because we remember reading the trouble Hsin-Yi has clipping your uber-nails hehehehe! But its true, they don’t make nail clippers strong enough for giant doggie nails -- and black nails are so much harder than white ones!
hmmm is El’bow’s card due this friday? I thought it was next month.
your pals,
Digby and Delta
Oh sorry, Digby -- you’re right! El’bow’s contest deadline IS next month -- July!! Stupid me! I have corrected it in my post now!
Slobbers,
Honey the Great Dane
Wow Honey, those are awesome prizes and trophies. What a cool mailman bringing mail just for you.
I think woo really really really like your pressies!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
You show hsin yi’s who’s boss. When my mum is busy with the dreadful lines, my blog gets neglected for weeks! She says it pays for my treats. Looks like you need to give my mum a talking to for me…
Congrats. Love the yummies!
Congratulations Honey! Your movies were terrific. I like the photo of you hanging onto your awards tightly. Paul should be jealous. How can you compare a medical degree to the rigors of being an award winning movie star!
Kisses, Sparta
Sorry your mom has been so busy making dead lines -- at least you had some fun when your presents arrived! Very cool stuff!
I really enjoy watching your videos. Your captions are so funny. Thank you so much for taking time to post. Honey, you brighten my day!
Woo, Honey! You look so adorable taking your stuffie to greet the Mailman! I’ll bet he just loves you!
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What really nice prizes! That dumbell tennis ball thingie looks really fun! Maybe you’ll get to play with it on the beach!!!
Luv,
Dave
PS: Yes, it’s true -- we Siberians take forever to dry! Some people have special high-powered driers, but we don’t. Mom usually picks a 70-something degree day to bathe us, then does a fluff and dry session on the deck. (A calm day in Kansas is 20 mph winds… so if we have a windy day, it really goes pretty fast!
We also get brushed a LOT and are clean by nature … so we only gets baths probably twice a year!
Congratulations, Honey! Those are some great prizes.
I love that one of your greeting the mailman with your little duck stuffie and the one of you holding your trophies close!
My dogs have a plastic dumbell but they won’t play with it. They’re small dogs so they don’t like heavy toys and I think even though it’s not heavy to hold in my hand, it might be for them to hold in their mouths.
Oh Honey!you look so adorable with that stuffie in your mouth,greeting the mailman!
we are very proud of your behaviour with the human pups. so very nice and gentle.
and congratulations on your win.those goodies look wow!!
wags,
gin n bud
Wow… Really nice prizes!
I like them too!!!
Well done Honey, and don’t eat all the treats in one day!
PS: come on Honey, don’t believe you like the soft toys… a big dog like you!!!! Don’t tell anybody -- they will not believe you!!!!
Bau Bau Kisses
Lucille
Oh Honey, you make me laugh! Guard Dog + Stuffy for support! BOL! Those are some Pawsome Pressies and rightfully deserved! I have one of those Dumbbell toys but I don’t plays with it too much. Then Again, I don’t really fetch in general! BOL
Licks,
Kylie
Congrats Honey! You know you are a star!!!!!
And my hooman is the same -- she always kills lines
And it seems to me as more lines there are as moodier she gets. I guess because she is a vegetarian she doesn’t like killing things… Hmmmmm… I have to think about that one! 
Slobbers Teal’c
Congrats Honey! You know you are a star!!!!!
And my hooman is the same -- she always kills lines
And it seems to me as more lines there are as moodier she gets. I guess because she is a vegetarian she doesn’t like killing things… Hmmmmm… I have to think about that one! 
Slobbers Teal’c
I can’t post my post?! Strange… Second try now…
Hi Honey,
Congratulations Honey! Those prizes are so special! That tennis ball dumbell looks very nice, as I am a bit obsessed with tennis balls. Also, look at those trophies. Soooooo cooooool!!!
Love,
Cinnamon
BARK! Mommy loves your video’s. It makes her feel a lot better that even your mommy stumbles sometimes when you go under her legs. She tried it with me and my late brother and almost fell everytime. And I have scratched my mommy often too. Maybe we will look into Digby’s file board sometime.
BARK! Sasha the Princess
Wow! What a great prize box!! we might just send our human to the pet store to get one of those tennis ball thing! Drake is a bit finicky about his toys too.
On another note, our human wanted us to share a great doggie cartoon site in case no one here had seen it:
http://www.drawthedog.com
You can even submit stories and pictures of your dog and they might choose you for a cartoon!!
Honey those are some pretty fancy awards, you deserved them for sure! You are a sweet baby dog!
That was very nice of you to greet the mailman with your stuffy.
You received some great prizes!! Concatulations!We can’t wait to see waht you learn with your new dumbell.
You got some great stuffies from Norwood! We have 2 regular delivery men here, Sean in brown and Richie in Purple, and they carry cookies for me. So every visit is geared to me, even if the box is for Mom. I bet your delivery man thought you were bringing your Duckie Stuffie to play with him, and he will be happy to come see you again.
Drools,
Thor
Whoa! Those had to be some of the best prizes ever! You looked like such a natural while you were holding them. Did you gives an acceptance speech?
Wiggles & Wags,
Mayzie
Hi Honey -- oh yes, Norwood’s awards are PAWSOME! We adore our trophy and have been showing it off to everyone (we think FH has even shown it to people she doesn’t know as she had it in her dog-walking bag a few times so everyone we met got to see it, he he he!)
You so deserved your two awards -- well done. And we hope that Hsin-Yi has not had to kill any more lines -- isn’t it funny what people will do for paper money sometimes?!! :S
Schnauzer snuggles -- JD and Max.
Oh lucky you Honey. I love the trophies, and I love your duck stuffy. It must be exciting being such a doggie celebrity. Hope Hsin-Yi can finish killing lines so she can tell us more about your adventures.
Oh, how we love the photo of you hugging your trophies. Congrats on your double win -- we loved your entries and were happy you won. Great pressies. Looks like the tennis ball dumbbell was a great selection by Norwood -- he is a great pup, isn’t he?
Tell Hsin-Yi that we all understand how busy life gets. Deadlines are tough.
Woos -- Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
Hi Honey,
Congratulations on your awards! I like your trophies.
I greet people with my yellow stuffie duckie in my mouth too, and although it ‘s an inside toy (I often rest my head on it to sleep) when dad comes home or someone comes to our gate I rush inside to get it. It’s my favourite and I’d carry it everywhere if I could, but Mum would be so embarassed if I turned up with in my mouth at doggie school, so on Monday nights I play with one of those wooden things you used to have. Its not as fun as your tennis ball dumbell looks, but it gets my mum waving her arms around and speaking in a weird voice!
Woofs,
Riley (the sometimes Retriever)
Great trophies, Honey! Congratulations!
Congratulations! That’s so exciting!
what beautiful trophies and yummy treats.
Love, Bella.
Hi Honey
Yahoo! I’m super glad you loved your pressies and awards! And that your treats passed customs. I guess they’re not interested in lamb lung bites. I think they are delicious. Umm tell Hsin-Yi the tennis ball dumbbell is all for fun.. training? I guess so.. I’m glad you like it . Thanks for being a great participant and congrats!
norwood
Presents from friends are so much fun! Congratulations on your wins, you deserve it.
Hi Honey!
My human almost fell off the chair with “The massage”. It was hilarious! You have a very talented script writer -- congratulations Honey and Hsin-Yi.
Lady
Wow, those are impressive trophies Honey and the treats and toys too! What a package! Your films were pawesome so I am not surprised.
Moose loves lamblung treats but last week I left a container of them where he could get them and he ate them ALL! Then he had the worst poo troubles I have ever seen! It was horrible! He is only now getting back to normal after a trip to the vet. Yikes!I am sure Hsin Yi would not be so air headed as to leave things like that out where you could get them even when she is busy with the Work Thing like I have been. But I bet you would not steal them either! Anyways, enjoy them in moderation so you don’t have an embarrassing trip to the vet where you are diagnosed with ‘dietary indiscretion’… and so your mom does not have to take whole rugs outside to be hosed down! Yuk!
OMD! those trophies ROCK! for reals. they’re soo cool. wish we participated in the pawdance!
Maybe your mom has 3 Dead LIONS. LOL! wouldn’t that be silly?
love the video clips. and when you were at the gate with the toy. you are so spoilt like a human child