The HDA Medal Has Arrived!!!!

The FedEx guy came stumbling up the walk overburdened with boxes. Haley and I went out on the porch to see what he brought. Haley completely ignored the package from Chewey.com (which contained his food) and zeroed in on the package originating in Plattsburg, NY from Sheila and Finnely. There was no question as to what it was about. It was decorated with paw prints, a picture of Haley and the wording "HDA Winner".

We took it inside and started opening it.

It was packed full with treats for Haley.

And, toys, an antler and a rawhide, all for Haley.

Candies, coffee and Top Dog mug, and Michigan Sauce Mix to make the famous Michigan "Red Hots" all people treats favorites of Plattsburg and the beautiful Adirondack Mountains area. And, a beautiful framed portrait of Haley.

As lovely and exciting as all this was the most important items were the HDA Journal signed by all of the recipients of the HDA trophy (r.i.p.) and its replacement, the beautiful HDA medal.

Haley insisted in modeling showing off the medal for me. Thank you Haley!

Little did I know when I adopted Haley six years ago that I would become so addicted to him and find Doodle Kisses and become an official Hopless Doodle Addict. DK is such an awesome site full of wonderful people and great information on everything doodle.

Sheila and Finnely, thank you so much for an awesome box of goodies. You certainly outdid yourselves.

I will soon be passing the HDA medal on to the next recipient.

UPDATE: Somehow this link for newbies got omitted from this discussion: http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/and-the-next-doodle-addict-is

I apologize for the omission.

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Permalink Reply by Anne & Mr. Haley on January 22, 2015 at 3:42am

Thank you BG. You said it "a tough act to follow"!

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Permalink Reply by Lonnie & Libby Lu on January 21, 2015 at 8:06pm

Congratulations Anne and Mr. Haley! Welcome to the club and no one or Doodle is more deserving. Wow! Those are really special gifts and the box it was delivered in is adorable. Mr. Haley, you look mighty handsome with the medal around you neck. So regal and so handsome too! Enjoy your special surprises and so excited for the both of you!

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Permalink Reply by Anne & Mr. Haley on January 22, 2015 at 3:40am

Thank you Lonnie. The gifts are great.

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Permalink Reply by Stella on January 21, 2015 at 8:33pm

Congratulations!!! DK has a way of sucking you in!!

I rarely check out my own page, but went by today to see my ranking and was surprised to see I have reached HDA status :) although, I have significantly less points than you! Apparently I need to get posting and stop lurking!!