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Blogpaws Pet Blogger Conference Photo Round-up

May 14, 2014 / 31 Comments
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Welcome home from #blogpaws mom!

I’m back from the awesome pawsome Blogpaws conference at the Westin Lake Las Vegas. Staying an extra day was fun but I was fighting a cold the entire time and came home less than shipshape. After unpacking a ton of kitty swag, Odin excitedly sniffed the loot but too exhausted to finished unpacking, I zipped the bag up and Odin stayed put on “his” swag. I’ve posted a Blogpaws album of 30+ high res.pics on my Google + page but here are a few small ones. Meeting familiar bloggers for the first time was thrilling (there was a lot of hugging and shrieking) and meeting the cats of the Katnip Lounge was the cherry on the catnip cake. Check back for our exclusive kitty pics on Friday!

A Room With a View-Westin Lake Las Vegas

 

My room with a view was next to the Presidential Suite.

So much happened, my head is still spinning. I spent most of my time networking with brands, other speakers, attended private breakfasts and lunches and zipped in and out of a few presentations like this one with Steve Dale on cat behavior.

Steve Dale blogpaws session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My session on giveaways was fun but tech glitches meant juggling a mike and manually changing slides, but hey we were in Vegas and you know what they say…I’ll let you know when the slide presentation is available to view on slide share. All is well that ends well and I find going with the flow is works best for one’s sanity. Synchronicity was the magic word and I kept bumping into just the right people at the right moment. Having a few quiet, one-on-one moments with close blogger pals was the most satisfying. I tried to meet as many of my old and new connections as I could but with hundreds of people it was impossible and left it to fate. Somehow even when things went wrong, they ended up for the best.

Soft glow of cocktail hour at blogpaws

 

Kate Benjamin from Hauspanther (on right with cat ears) did a fab job rounding up cat products for the Cat Lounge. We got crafty one night and made cat ears. So easy with a glue gun! All the cat product samples were raffled off and we won a most unusual new toy. More about that another day.

 

Making cat ears-cat style lounge -blogpaws

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pets add heart and soul to our homes. Seeing the wild variety of pets from dogs, cats,ferrets to even a Capabyra added a friendly vibe to the usual conference experience.

I confess to a secret love of bulldogs and got lucky to get up close and personal with Tillman the famous skateboarding bulldog. There were dogs everywhere: in costumes, in strollers, playing, snoozing, au natural at the dog park and enjoying plenty of treats and attention.

Tillman the Skateboarding dog with Layla Morgan Wilde

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strollers with 4-legged babies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The highlight was the gala awards evening. Canine police dog Zeus was excited to receive a donation of a protective vest, seen below with officer Tom Moore, Tom Collins and Yvonne DiVita.

Las Vegas Police and canine unit donation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alana Grelyak- Best Video award

Alana Grelyak won the Nose to Nose Award for Best Video (seen accepting the award with the funny and charming MC, Dr. Michael Cavanaugh). The weather was perfect and after everyone left, I relaxed poolside contemplating the future direction of this blog. It’s good to be back home and Merlin yowled terribly while I was gone missing his mom. More about him soon but it’s all good. What happens in Vegas, doesn’t stay in Vegas but is social media shared.

Blogpaws-lake los vegas westin

 

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