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While I was absent from the House of Two Bows, RJ received a fantastic package in the mail from Patrick, the company owner of the Original Salmon Ears which we reviewed last month, and which you, dear reader, showed such keen interest in. We were not compensated then for our honest review, but apparently, Patrick liked it so much that he sent us some jumbo packs to try out, on the house!
If I thought the 5 ounce packages were generous, the 8 ounce boxes are even more so… so much that RJ was caught unawares. Apparently, he opened a pack without realizing what he was getting himself into. After doling out an initial sample, he realized that he didn’t have a good place to store the extra large pieces, and he couldn’t just leave them sitting out within nose-shot because the Bows were stalking him, bug-eyed by the OMG-GIANT!! pieces of salmon skin he was holding. But he was on his way out the door. So he rather hurriedly broke down the sheets and stuffed them into one of the Bows’ treat tubs.
Fish scales had flown everywhere by the time he was done. Delicacy of action is not one of RJ’s virtues, I must admit… Had I been present, I would have instructed him just to stick the remaining pieces in the freezer, and let me deal with it later, as the skins are less oily and easier to manage after they’ve been chilled.
It’s a good idea to keep them in a chill place anyway, as this significantly extends the shelf life of these preservative-free treats. Patrick also let me know that the company is working on an order fulfillment system that essentially dehydrates the skins within a few days of each order to ensure that the freshest treats are being shipped out. Pretty sweet deal, if you ask me!
Anyway, we received far more than we can consume (reasonably, anyway — both Bows act as if they could happily gorge themselves on a whole box as a meal), so we’re paying it forward. We’re giving away THREE full boxes of Salmon Ears to three randomly selected winners. To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is comment with the name of a dog movie (or tell me about a dog in a movie, as regular readers will know that I have fairly broad definitions for what counts). I don’t care if you crib from my list or repeat a suggestion — just name a dog film that you find particularly memorable, that you’d like to see reviewed, or even one that you’d like to review yourself for a possible guest blog. I’m all ears (har har)!
One entry per person per household, please — although you can list as many dog movies as you’d like. This offer open to cats and ferrets as well, since they apparently really like Salmon Ears too. Okay, fine, if you want to name me a cat or ferret movie, that counts as an entry.
This giveaway will end FRIDAY, August 31st at 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time. Winners will be announced next Monday. Please make sure that you enter a valid e-mail address in the comment form (not shown publicly) so that I can contact you for an appropriate mailing address, should you be a winner.
Due to the nature of the product, this giveaway is limited to mailing addresses in the United States only. Sorry! I hate to leave anyone out of such a nice opportunity, but the USPS is fickle like that…
Please accept Bowpi’s apologetic Basenji-crinkles instead.
Technically The Hunger Games has dogs in it. Strays that skirt around District 12 in th opening scenes, but even more do with the Capital’s creations at the end of The Games. But Hachioji would be another good one seeing as how I favor curly-tailed breeds…and the they is always Because of Winn Dixie.
I liked My Dog Tulip (animated, with Christopher Plummer). Your dogs are beautiful, and I’m in love with your basenji. Her body language and expressions remind me of my jindo.
My favorite movie dog is the little Fox Terrier in “The Awful Truth”… it might be the same dog from Bringing Up Baby!
The Japanese animated movie Sword of the Stranger features a Shiba named Tobimaru, who plays a significant role in the story – and is very cute! This is one of those films that had our Shiba very interested in the TV, because Tobimaru is ‘voiced’ very well, and convincingly doglike.
I love the photo of Bowdu waiting for his salmon ear.
It’s been a long time since I’ve watched anime, but I’d watch just for that one!
I’m going to say “Umberto D” since I’m already planning to review it, as soon as I watch it… Love the photos here of your dogs and their eyes on the treats!
As a kid I watched Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey a lot also the other movies I watched.
As a kid I thought it was amazing for dogs and a cat to travel so much coarse now I’m older no way two dogs and a cat would travel together to find their owners. most unlikely.
I hope if Saya or Bella got lost they’d at least try look for us.
Diesel in Snow Dogs
Hercules Saves Christmas, starring Hercules, one of Shorty Rossi’s rescue Pit Bulls. I haven’t seen the movie, but the series Pit Boss on Animal Planet had an episode where Hercules auditioned for the part and got it. The director was wary of using a Pit Bull, but really fell for Herc. (I just rewatched the whole series on NetFlix, so it’s fresh in my mind.)
There’s a write up about the movie on StubbyDog.org:
http://stubbydog.org/2011/12/a-pit-bull-saves-christmas/
The Wizard of Oz had a dog in it – Dorothy’s little cairn terrier, Toto. When I was a child we had a cairn, and I couldn’t watch the movie because I was so afraid that the witches would get Toto. I didn’t care about Dorothy – but Toto was in danger! I still have never really seen the film.
my pack remembers winky the norwich terrier & hubert the bloodhound from the independent comedy “best in show.”
we recall the former mostly for the song “god loves a terrier” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8rZq3oKuI).
we recall the latter mostly because it’s a good case of an owner that looks so well-suited to the dog, and vice versa (http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2000_Best_in_Show/christopher_guest_best_in_show_001.jpg).
LOVE that movie. The bloodhound owner (the director himself!) was my favorite.
Gus the white lead dog from Iron Will. I LOVED that movie as a kid and still think it’s a pretty good one. Thanks to that movie, I became obsessed with dogs and dogsledding, and really would like to get into that someday.
When I was a little girl, my Grandmother would occasionally visit shops that sold used books and she’d bring a stack of them home to my bookworm self. Now, I’d never been particularly interested in Lassie before, though I’d read the novels; or collies in general, though I found them beautiful. But I received from my beloved grandparent a torn, yellowed, musty-smelling copy of Albert Payson Terhune’s “Lad: A Dog.” I remember being sucked into those dry old pages almost instantly, and I fell in love with its courageous and always-so-very-smart hero, Lad–the 80-pound collie hailing from Sunnybank collies in New Jersey.
I saved up allowances for months and months, did extra chores for a few dollars here and there, and eventually saved up enough money to purchase a collie of my own, which–predictably–I dubbed ‘Lad.’ He was my confidant and my friend through incredibly challenging periods in my early life, and he passed away at the ripe age of 13 shortly after I went away to college.
I want to share information about the film adapted from Terhune’s most famous novel, centered around the story of the most well-known of the Sunnybank collies. Released to cinemas on June 6, 1962, it was made available on VHS in 1995. I have yet to find a DVD copy, but if you can get your hands on the VHS, I’d highly recommend it. You can find a clip of the film’s opening here, on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPP1SNeVQrQ
The book that inspired this movie changed my life, literally. Had I not read it back when I was a kid, and many successive times since then, I may not have become the collie fanatic that I now am. At 29, I still have one of these amazing dogs by my side; this time in the form of a 10-month old female I named Lexus.
You can still visit Terhune’s estate in New Jersey, though the old house no longer exists. Lad’s grave marker and the grave markers of many other famous collies are still visible, and visiting it, you can feel the presence of those famous dogs.
((And my little Lexus, for anyone who is interested: http://i49.tinypic.com/2ng61br.jpg ))
Little Dog Lost from the Wonderful World of Disney is my favorite dog movie (yes technically it is an episode from the series, but I’ve always thought of it as more a short film). Another one I like watching it The Ugly Dachshund.
I’ve never commented here before, but I really enjoy reading about the Bows adventures. I’ve got a basenji/shiba/other things mix and came to this site via the BRAT blog.
Is that Poco… the Little Dog Lost? I think that appears on one of the Canine Collection DVDs, if so — and I have those flagged for review. Had not heard of the Ugly Dachshund though! I’ve actually done very few Disney dog movies on this blog, come to think of it… if any?
It is about a corgi named Candy. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057255/
Eight Below! We kind of named Maya after one of the dogs from the movie. Not to mention, there’s the oh-so-hot Paul Walker.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397313/
There’s also a dog in “the Woman in Black”, that stayed with the main character when he was investigating the haunted house. While watching the movie, I kept yelling “stay with the dog, stay with the dog, he’ll warn you when something goes wrong”.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596365/
I do want to see Eight Below… but I told myself I’d have to finish my review for Antarctica first!
Vengeful ghost/haunted house movies appeal to me. I’ll put WiB on the list too.
I loved the movie Hachi, altho it made me cry. And even tho he was an Akita, a shiba portrayed him as a pup in the movie
What about Cujo (1983)?
Sweet blog.
Wonder if I’m reading the criteria of the movie right as I don’t see my childhood dog movies. We even saw them during elementary school.
“Where the Red Fern Grows”
“Old Yeller”
I think my teachers must of had a thing for having kids cry because we sure did so even when we saw these movies several times by the time we graduated from eighth grade.
Oh geez, I think I was traumatized by those movies too — didn’t put them on my list though I’d seen both of those several times as a child, too! I would like to revisit some of these classics, as it’s a *cough* long time…
I don’t watch many movies in the theaters, but I was dragged to “I am Legend” with Will Smith and a German Shepherd in it. I think I blink furtively in the dark when the dog became infected. An example of popular zombie fiction with a dash of videogame-quality CGI.
Since I came here looking for Clint Eastwood spitting on the dog in the Outlaw Josey Wales, thats my pick.
I would love to read your thoughts on My Dog Skip sometime. Thanks for this giveaway, the regular movie reviews, and your wonderful blog.
The only time I make an active effort to watch a dog movie is when there’s Shibas in it. So “A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies” was the last one we watched 1.5 years ago and I naturally wanted to get another puppy afterwards.
I do actually have a review in the works for Mari… muahaha.
I love mari such a neat movie. Saya always gets excited when she hears the kids and then she started to alarm woof during the earthquake scene I wish I had video of her doing it. hehe
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