A Win-Win Situation

Win a basket of 10 Webkinz to call your very own by buying a raffle ticket to support Virginia German Shepherd Rescue.

Of course, I am going to show you a video ... you know how I love video!!!



Virginia German Shepherd Rescue, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, 100% volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of the German Shepherd Dog. Serving Virginia and the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, VGSR provides a valuable service by finding loving homes for the homeless German Shepherd Dogs in our area. In the seven plus years that they have been in existence, homes have been found for over 2,400 deserving dogs.

Your contributions to VGSR are very much needed and most welcome. Zazu will donate 100% of the raffle proceeds to help VGSR purchase high-quality dog food, portable crates, blankets, dog treats, rawhide bones, collars, leashes, flea, tick, and heartworm preventative, towels, moving pads/quilted blankets, dog toys, tennis balls, and of course, cash to defray the cost of feeding, housing, and providing medical care for dogs in need of good homes.

Raffle tickets are $1.00 each, ten for $5.00, and twenty for $10.00.

We are partnering up with Doggone Natural to bring you this Seriously Special Raffle. They will have a Webkinz Raffle Basket of their very own. So, you could win two very special collections!

So, there are two ways to win ... Stop by Zazu and you will find our basket of goodies on the very front counter ... Or, get your tail over to Doggone Natural (www.doggonenatural.com) on Ashburn Road in Ashburn, Virginia.

Raffle ends on February 9th. Good Luck!

The Great Sock Monkey Debate

I am on the fence on this one, folks ...

I just got an email from a manufacturer's representative with great news! When the economy is sagging, you need a hot product to get everyone excited and back on track. She has that hot product, the ultimate solution, our salvation ... sock monkeys!

I'll repeat that.

Sock Monkeys.

Now, here's my situation. In case you have not heard, (while you were under that medically induced coma) small businesses have been taking quite a punch lately. We at Zazu have had to face some very difficult questions lately; (a) can we pay the rent? (b) can we make payroll? (c) will it be 80 degrees at our holiday party next Thursday (OCT 23rd - come on over)?

So, you know, I am going to leave this one up to the people to decide.

If we bring in the Sock Monkeys, something else will have to go. I'm thinking Webkinz.

So this is the part where you choose sides - Sock Monkeys or Webkinz? Webkinz or Sock Monkeys? To be fair, I have included video of both candidates below. A coin toss determined which was presented first. This is democracy at its absolute best, don't you think?

Please consider all sides of this great dilemma. Cast your vote by posting a comment below.

Enjoy the videos.

So, which is it? Please cast your vote for either candidate by posting a comment below by clicking on the tiny "comments" in light blue. We will post the voting results daily.  And ...

There will absolutely be some kind of big giant prize at the end!

*Note: No sock monkeys or Webkinz were harmed during the making of these videos.  I am pretty sure of that.