Take Paws The official pet travel blog of GoPetFriendly.com

Do You Speak Pet-Speak?

I’ve only been blogging since June 2009. In that short time, I’ve really come to appreciate the fervor and pride of pet owners. One place where the community spirit is pawticularly evident is the vocabulary we share to talk and write about our fur-kids. And what better way to dogument pet owners’ linguistic creativity than to compose a Glossary of Pet-Speak.

So here’s the deal … give us your best pet-speak – a word, term, or phrase – and we’ll create a landing page at Take Paws to capture the lingo. Consider it our own little crowd-sourced WikiPetia Dictionary. While you’re at it, include your website URL and/or Twitter name so we can provide attribution. Then, we’ll share your URL/handle as a link in the Glossary so people can find you.

To start it off, below are contributions from GoPetFriendly’s social media guru, my wife, and myself.

• yapsolutely (yap + absolutely) by Howard Yermish, @hyermish
• barkalounger (a reclining chair) by GoPetFriendly, @GoPetFriendly
• dressed to the K-nines (a dog fashionista) by Take Paws, @RodBurkert

Let’s make it a contest. The top 5 terms – judged solely by GoPetFriendly (and, perhaps, a few friends) – will face off in a Take Paws blog poll. Prizes to be awarded:

• 1st place – GoPetFriendly t-shirt
• 2nd place – GoPetFriendly hat
• 3rd place – GoPetFriendly wristband

Deadline for submissions is midnight (EST) Tuesday, March 9. In case of duplicates, first one in gets the credit. Look forward to purr-rusing your entries!  Have fun!