A Little Catching Up...

Hey Everyone!

As most of you know by now, I was out of the store on Thursday and Friday because Cary had surgery.  And while a couple of days doesn't ever seem like much, it's time to miss plenty!  So I thought I'd dedicate this blog to sharing the things that have happened over the last several days.  You may know them, you may not, but I thought I'd share anyway. :D

DOG DAYS DOWNTOWN CANCELED
This is probably the most intriguing news I have to pass on.  Dog Days Downtown was scheduled for 9am-1pm on April 24th at Frisco Station Park in Downtown Rogers.  Sharon Gruetzmacher of Pet Emporium was chairing this event and she came by Friday (after stopping by Main Street Rogers Offices to find no familiar faces on hand) to let us know that the event will be canceled and not rescheduled.  Apparently Main Street Rogers is undergoing a bit of a shake up, to say the least.  They have let their paid staff go and many events that were previously organized by those staff members have now been canceled.  This should not affect the 3rd Friday Twilight Walks, so many of the events that were planned for Dog Days will now likely occur during August's Dog days of Summer Twilight Walk.  Look for details on that in the future.

BUNNY HOP SUCCESS
I've already posted pictures of the Bunny Hop, but now I have some financial news to go with it.  Toni Carter reports that the event raised over $650 for the Humane Society and Murphy Dog Park.  Thanks go to Dave Routon at NWARestaurants.com for donating the proceeds of his sales as well as to Dixie Land  Products for donating the proceeds of their sales! For those of you who aren't familiar with Dixie Land Products, it's the brain child of Ellen Leonard and her daughter and they make all natural lip balms and other skin products using wax from their local bee farm.  I personally love their mint lip balm and their lotion stick is awesome on dry skin.  The perk? They donate all their profits to the Humane Society for Animals of Benton County!  So every purchase helps a needy animal!  You can contact them at Dixielandproducts(at)yahoo(dot)com if you're interested in ordering.

YAPPIE HOUR & THE BIGWAG NEWSLETTER
As many of you know, ever since out website got hacked a couple months back, we've been dealing with newsletter issues.  The issue being that only about a third of you are getting the newsletter at any given time.  We have finally sorted out the problem and found a way to resolve it (as of 11:30pm last night)  I am hopeful that I will get a newsletter out sometime this week, once I learn to navigate the new system.  I am so grateful to all of you for your continued patience.  In the meantime, I wanted to post our Yappie Hour specials for the rest of the month here.

Today, Tuesday April 13th - Tax Relief Yappie Hour.  You don't pay sales tax tonight as we help you get some relief from the looming tax deadline!  (Sorry, we can't help you file anything or make the lines shorter at the post office, but we figure saving money is the next best thing!)

Tuesday, April 20th - Earth Day.  Great deals on green products.  Save the Earth and some money the the same time!

Tuesday, April 27th - 70s Night.  Wear your crazy 70s clothes and come in for a night of peace, love and treats!  The dog with the most creative 70s costume will win a gift basket, so start cooking up those costumes now!

OTHER NOTES
Bill Gross stopped in today and told me that Susan Bradshaw (Dugan and Julian's mom) is in the hospital.  So please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.