Logo design for world adventure travel blog

Industry: Lifestyle/Travel
Type of logo: Emblem, Character
Brand name/slogan in logo: Follow The Hound / Overland 4x4 World Travel
Ideas for the visual style: Minimal, linear, geometric
Preferred colors: black, white, blue.
Where the design will be used: Print, web, social media, vehicle livery.
Extra notes: Logo for a world travel blog. primarily for use on web/social, but also to be liveried on the side of vehicles.
would like the style to resemble that of the designs on the below site.
http://www.thebearhug.com/
the head of the dog in the attached image to be drawn in a similar style to this and be protruding from a circle containing the name of the blog. additional text optional.

I am flexible on the layout of the design, but would like it to stick quite firmly to this aesthetic.

Ideally to be Completed by Friday 25th March.