Now the holidays are over, let's get back to the good stuff - an entry for the Me, My Pet and I blog series where I ask bloggers to reveal their pet-loving side.
I've been reading Toby's blog for many years now and we finally bumped into each other over at Facebook through friends of friends late last year. Here's Toby's guest post on her dog Max.
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Max A Birthday Wish Come True
Once upon a time there was a little girl who every birthday when she closed her eyes to blow out the candles wished for a puppy. None ever came. At least not until she was all grown-up with a house of her own. And then she almost didn’t recognize that the little white Westie with the big brown eyes and black button nose was the dog that she had been wanting for so many years.
Yes, that little girl was me. Max came into my life five years ago when a client rescued a White West Highland Terrier and offered the pup to me. Although I did want a dog of my very own (I had shared another Westie, Moppett, with a roommate) the timing seemed off. I was traveling; working was taking up more time and I was concerned if I would have time to take care of a dog.
I wish I could tell you that I immediately fell in love with the puppy, who was about a year and a half, and knew right away we were suppose to be together. But Alf knew (my client). He was persistent and insistent that I take this raggy little guy home “just to see.” Seven-year old Katie knew. “Now you won’t be alone,” she said to me when I asked her if I should keep Max. So I kept Max for a few days which turned into a few weeks which turned into a few years. Yes, I did fall in love with Max who turned out is the sweetest, smartest, funniest most wonderful puppy ever. The vet calls Max the most un-alpha Terrier she’s ever met he is that gentle.
Max does more than just wag his tail, bark and do a few doggy tricks. Max finds his way into my blog, Diva Marketing, where he not only adds some fun to my posts but helps demonstrate marketing examples and social media lessons learned.
Maxie’s escape from the backyard was the catalyst for a post about customer loyalty.
His friendship with the kitty in our neighborhood inspired the post “Everyone Needs A Best Friend” and an experimental YouTube video. The video has been viewed over 8500 times.
I’ve been told that Max has his own fan club of bloggers. I don’t know if that is true; however, I do know that Max does have one big fan …me! He also is proof that if you wish on birthday candles your dream may just come true.
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Bio: Toby Bloomberg, is president of Atlanta-based Bloomberg Marketing, a social media marketing consultancy. She helps organizations first understand and then build programs that leverage social media tactics such as blogs, YouTube, podcasts, photo sharing, etc. to gain deeper relationships with their customers.
She has been quoted about social media in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and INC magazine. Her blog, Diva Marketing is (usually) the 2nd highest ranked female written blog in Ad Age's Power 150 global blog listing. She is a Yankee from Boston living in the South with her Westie pup Max who also finds his way into social media through blogs and videos.
