We’re kicking off our tenth year of blogging today! Emma published her first post on November 8th, 2011, and My GBGV Life has been posting regularly ever since making this post number 2248! None of us were even born yet, nor were we even a thought way back then. Now here we are, carrying on Emma’s pride and joy, and having a lot of fun doing so.
A lot has changed with the blog over the years. Emma started her empire with no idea about how things would go, but in the height of her blogging reign, she had around ten thousand views per month which is amazing. She was a paw on Chief Blogging Officer, doing most of the work herself. The above photo was taken of her about a month before she passed away. Emma was always working on her blog and loved it so. Despite having two GBGV sisters, she never let anyone else take the main roll.
Being thrown into the Chief Blogging Officer job at two years old, unexpectedly was not easy, but I did inherit Emma’s work ethic. She knew Bailie wouldn’t ever be able to run the blog, nor would she want to. My approach is much more relaxed, but I still get the job done. Bailie, Olivia, and I all split up the duties of posting and social media. With BlogPaws dissolving, reviews have dwindled to almost zero, so we have changed our format to be more activity oriented. We all do a lot of things making topics pretty easy to come by.
Bailie is one who is always doing the unexpected! Emma was a true chef, a canine Julia Childs, and none of us will ever cook or bake like she did, but Bailie does have interest in kitchen activities. She is more like a clown baker, but she does come up with some tasty creations when she puts her mind to it. One of her goals for this coming year is to post some more recipes, maybe every month or two. I know she has told us about a super cool Thanksgiving idea she is working on for all those pups out there who love turkey. Hopefully she will get that post up and running a week or so before turkey day. Bailie also plans to work more on her sports now that things seem to be improving for her. Maybe 2021 will be her sports year?
Olivia is still the family baby, enjoys playing and all her toys, but she is a serious sports junkie! Mom says Olivia is her dream sports dog. The two of them can’t get enough of sports and competitions. Although she is still finding her complete place on the blog, her main focus is dog sports. Emma started dog sports because of a post she read on another blog, and we hope that some dogs and their humans will also give some sports a try, even just for fun. Sports are a great way to give us pups a mental and physical work out.
As always, the main goal of My GBGV Life even going into our tenth year of blogging is to be a fun and happy place for our online friends to come to. We want to provide inspiration for other dogs and their pet parents to get out and do things together, and to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. It makes us smile when we hear that someone in Norway now does Barn Hunt because of us. It tickles our tummies when dogs try our recipes and love them like we do. We love seeing pups using and loving products we recommend. Thank you to all of our friends and fans for being here with us whether you came by on day one or if today is your first visit. We love you all and send virtual GBGV hugs! Cheers to a successful tenth year! Madison, Bailie, and Olivia
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Happy 10th, Blogaversary! We love your blog!
Oh, thank you. We are happy to be blogging friends with you and your mom too.
Happy 10th Blogoversary gang!!! Y’all always do such an amazing job with your blog, Emma would be so proud of you all.
It is crazy how fast time passes. Mom said she never dreamed of doing a blog for this many years, but here we are.
YAY, Happy 10th Blogoversary to my GBGV friends! WE read your blogs every single day, and we love you. our very favorite item we have is our Bobby beds. In fact my mom just got me the large size so I can stretch out in it. Of course, little Puffin thinks the new bed is hers, and sometimes we get in it together. We really do love our Bobby beds! XOXO, Sparkle
Bailie and I love ours too, but Olivia hasn’t shown any interest. Maybe when it gets to be real winter she will like them better. So happy you both love yours and that you are such good fans 🙂
Happy Blogoversary Girls!!! As Brian said, Emma would be so proud of all of you! Ducky and I love your blog and all of you as well (including your Mom, of course).
It’s a family project, even more so now with Emma gone and three of us GBGV’s working on it. We have lots of fun doing it.
Happy 10th Blogoversary! You have definitely lived up to your goal, this is a wonderful blog, I love coming here.
That means a lot coming from kitties! We love to be a happy and fun place for people to come and sometimes even learn something from us.
happy blogoversary to you!!!! we love your blog and we love youuuuuuu!
We sure wish we could all meet up in the furs one day, but Mom says it is unlikely because of the ocean between us. We sure could have some wild pants fun!
Coming here is always fun and happy. I try to do the same thing at my place. Fun and happy is such a good way to go.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. ♥
We love that about your blog as well. It is a stress free happy place for us to visit every morning.
Happy Anniversary!! I love your blog – you gals make me smile! Looking forward to Bailie’s recipes – Alex loved the last batch of cookies I baked for him.
She has a fun idea. We hope it works out as she isn’t the best in the kitchen, but she loves to eat!
Happy blogoversery to all of you!
Thank you.
Happy Happy 10th year….you have something for every pup and their humans…well done and keep up the good work.
Hugs Cecilia
Thank you. We have fun and hope everyone enjoys what we do.
Awesome pawsome! Have fun tody and everyday!
Mom says she thinks we might have too much fun, but we don’t think that is possible.
Congratulations on 10 years!!! We are so happy we found you, and love following your day to day antics!!
You all are so fun too. Too bad we don’t live near each other, but we will have to just be virtual friends most of the time. Good thing we got to meet once at least.
Happy 10th! What a delightful photo of Emma at her desk. Coral was a great color on her!
She was a real lady and knew what colors worked well for her. We miss her, but the blog she created rolls on.
Happy Blogoversary – and many more !
Thank you.
Congratulations on so many wonderful years!
The years just fly by and before you know it, you are already in your tenth.
Congratulations on ten years and the fact that you will keep going! Emma would be very proud of you girls. ♥
We don’t have any plans to stop at this time. Who knows what will happen in the future.
Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary. Continued success for the next ten!
Now twenty years would be really crazy!
Wow! Congratulations on your 10th blogiversary! We love visiting y’all and are amazing at your sports. Looking forward to the new year. XXOO
We hope the new year is better than this year, but right now we are not so sure.
What an adorable doggy you are!!! We had never heard of your breed but you look oh, so sweet? For a doggy…just kidding. Thank you for visiting my blog,
We live with two felines, so we get it…the whole dog smell, dog breath thing…thanks for visiting.
Happy blogoversary! We bet Emma is smiling and wagging her tail at the Bridge at where your wonderful blog is now. It most certainly is a happy place to visit. 🙂
Thank you. She is probably frustrated that she isn’t here to run it, but we do our best to run it as we think she would like.