Gavin passes the Elmo Temperament Test

On a trip to NYC for UNICEF last week, our family bumped into Elmo in Central Park! My 10 month old son Gavin lit up like a Christmas tree. He wanted nothing more than to pet and love on Elmo. I giant red furry monster in person scares many children of this age ... but not Gavin. His normal day involves navigating his 4 large dogs at home ... Schmoo, Cowboy Bob, Hank and Scooter. Just like our dogs' other buddies at WAG-A-LOT, Gavin has already been "socialized" to love all things furry. Enjoy the magic of the holidays!

2011 WAG-A-LOT Calendar is here!

We had a good time putting together the 2011 WAG-A-LOT Calendar this year ... mostly because it features many of our WAGULARS' School Pictures. Parker Smith did a fantastic job of catching your dogs' unique personalities at our Annual School Pictures project which are always unveiled at Back To School Night. Whether your dog made the calendar or not, this calendar is a brilliant purchase because it also features over $185 of legitimate, easy to use coupons at WAG-A-LOT throughout all of 2011. Calendars are for sale NOW in our store lobbies. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Craig & Schmoo

Thank you Atlanta Intown for covering the upcoming release of WAG-A-LOT's All Creatures Great & Small. (CLICK HERE) We are so honored to be sponsoring this holiday CD that benefits the less fortunate dogs at the Atlanta Humane Society. It is so awesome when all these local organizations come together to do a how bunch of good!

I had a chance to listen to this entire CD several times over this weekend ... And in all honesty it rocks! I am tiring of most of my holiday music. This is a fresh, modern, alternative take on holiday music that is ultimately timeless, fun music. I can't believe my new favorite holiday CD is also helping dogs in our community find permanent loving homes! Happy Holidays, Craig & Schmoo

The WAG-A-LOT Holiday CD benefiting the Atlanta Humane Society & featuring the Indigo Girls and other local Artists goes on Sale in just 2 weeks!

"All Creatures Great and Small" deserve a chance to WAG-A-LOT! And now a host of talented musicians have teamed up for the Holidays to make this just a little more possible for the homeless dogs of Atlanta. The WAG-A-LOT Holiday CD got some initial buzz today in the Living section of the AJC and you can check out their online post at Access Atlanta right here.

The "WAG-A-LOT All Creatures Great and Small" will go on sale on "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving, at area Best Buy locations and at WAG-A-LOT for $12. All proceeds will benefit the Atlanta Humane Society. You can also purchase the CD online (download) at www.theholidaytwelve.com. What a fantastic gift for dog lovers this holiday season. Awesome music (Indigo Girls, Kodac Harrison, Francine Reed, and many others) ... Fantastic Cause!

PUPPIES & BABIES

Sorry for the huge lapse in time since the last post ... but I had a baby! A human baby. A beautiful baby boy named Gavin! Something had to give and I guess it was my Blog. Now that I can completely function with zero sleep, I am more efficient than ever. And this amazing little guy has inspired me in ways I never could have imagined. Firstly and quite literally, WAG-A-LOT now has an official Baby Onesie ... modeled by my son Gavin (above). The front starts the question, "WHY WAG A LITTLE WHEN YOU CAN ..." while the back fittingly concludes with "WAG-A-LOT" on baby's wiggly bottom! Gavin, like my four dogs, lives our mantra ... "Live a little, WAG-A-LOT!"

WAG-A-LOT will be launching a campaign this Fall called Puppies & Babies. A percentage of all retail sales at all WAG-A-LOT locations will go to charities that help these sweet, innocent bundles of joy that feed our souls ... we are talking puppies and babies. Stay tuned for more details in the coming months.

Mention this BLOG post now through the end of Sunday, May 9th and receive $5 OFF the WAG-A-LOT Onesie pictured above. They make a great Mother's Day gift for all new Moms. Oh, and don't worry ... the 4 dogs in my household have not been forgotten. I am still loving on Schmoo, Bob, Hank & Scooter. I just now have 5 babies to look after! WAG on

GREAT PUMPKIN

Move over Charlie Brown ... check out this GREAT PUMPKIN! The WAG-A-LOT Pack (our staff) rocks! But Ashley (Groomer Extradonaire at Downtown Store) took cool and to a whole new level this season. Look what Ashley did when she applied her mad grooming skills to a pumpkin! It's a "Schmoo-Lantern"! Our logo isn't the easiest thing to carve ... I am touched and impressed. Happy Halloween!

SCHMOO EYES

Thank you Parker (Parker Smith Master Photographer) for capturing that Schmoo "look"! Some of the best WAG-A-LOT School Pictures I have seen in 10 years. Click HERE (look for heading: WAG-A-LOT All-Stars) to see the entire collection of WAG-A-LOT School Pictures ... which were originally unleashed last week at our Back to School Events! This is an annual ritual. So, if you missed out on the fun this year, we hope to see your K9 Kids in the Class of 2010 event.