tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65637864682868195232024-03-12T16:54:46.611-07:00Crafting for Animals Guild on ArtfireCrafting For Animals Guild is a group of artists and crafters on Artfire.com who are dedicated to catering to the needs of animals by either creating and designing items for animals or by supporting and/or raising funds for charitable animal organizations.El at Tantalizing Stitcheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00389212676480537372noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-54669333269557705962012-10-27T08:45:00.002-07:002012-10-27T08:45:56.284-07:00An Opportunity Knocked
LoL by: Unknown (via Catasters)
...and I took it. I could not be more pleased.
Have you ever wanted to set up a WordPress blog/site but found it too confusing and just gave up? Or are you like me, who has used it for years but still gets into trouble trying to make changes?
Just when I think I know what I am doing, somethingPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-35514721431251009552012-07-20T19:44:00.003-07:002012-07-26T11:33:22.048-07:00A Pot-Bellied Pig in Georgia"Come here, quick!" my husband said, as he stood at the motel window, holding the curtain back. I hurried over to the window, and lo and behold, there was a gentleman in the parking lot, walking his not so mall pet pig! I rushed to get my iphone, opened the door, and hustled out to the sidewalk behind the motel, still wearing my pjs, and said to the man, "May I take a picture of your Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-50127339543077177382012-07-11T14:02:00.000-07:002012-07-18T09:44:04.268-07:00Ahh! A Day in the Life of a Vet Technician!As a veterinary technician, parts of my job are down right dirty. One aspect that gets the most laughs is trying to collect a free catch urine sample from dogs in order to complete an urinalysis. I try to make it a joke with owners about the situation, and it's pretty funny because you can imagine having to chase a dog around with a small bowl as they pee.
One situation I find that I can Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-78915827519971720942012-07-07T13:50:00.000-07:002012-07-07T13:51:25.535-07:00Rescued Dogs Rescuing Our VeteransRecently I saw a short TV segment about dogs who were paired with veterans with post traumatic stress disorder. The TV clip showed the dogs and their veterans in a room participating in different kinds of obedience training. Individuals and their service dogs were also shown at home and out and about. There were all kinds of dogs being paired with veterans. The dogs&Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-27314449655228438222012-07-01T11:12:00.000-07:002012-07-01T11:12:02.525-07:00To Cat Lovers Everywhere!Jobi Harris, of Water Color Your World, and who paints fabulous portraits of our furry family members, has called our attention to this contest being sponsored by Purina. She has posted it on her blog, Ask Fisher. Now, we want to share it, too. If you have a cat story to tell, now is your chance. Details of the contest follow. Wouldn't it be fun if one of our CraftingPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-16909539541469734812012-06-24T20:47:00.000-07:002012-06-24T20:47:15.257-07:00A Visit to Zoo AtlantaLast month I visited Zoo Atlanta, where I took tons of pictures (like I always do at zoos). For some reason, quite a number of them struck me as perfect candidates for funny captions, so I wrote the captions and created a slide show to share the fun. I hope you enjoy it!Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6jiDJQVDBsObviously, it was all in fun -- but something that isn't "fun" is the Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-36687244002251469632012-06-17T16:21:00.002-07:002012-06-17T16:24:44.272-07:00From Heartbreak to Healing: a review
From
heartbreak to healing
From
Fisher and staff at ask-fisher.com
My
friends, I want to to tell you about a beautiful book, “Bill at Rainbow
Bridge”. Anyone who has loved and lost a pet will find an inner peace in the
writing of author, Dan Carrison. It is easy to identify with the loving
connection between Bill, an English bulldog, and his human, a grown up married
man named David.
“Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-2459201209571689222012-06-02T10:17:00.000-07:002012-06-02T10:21:43.686-07:00June and July Animal Awareness Dates
During
June and July, these special days and events are taking place throughout the
United States in honor of the animals we know and love. You may be planning to participate already in
some of these worthy events in your area, or you may want to plan to do so now
that you have this info!
June 2012 - June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
4th Hug Your Cat Day
10th
 Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-88067536161719111852012-05-04T08:00:00.000-07:002012-05-07T04:42:43.605-07:00Baboons Identifying Words? Really?Just this past week I read a short article in our local area newspaper, The Herald-Times, about an experiment with baboons and identifying words with four letters. The baboons were shown groups of four letters, some of which made actual words, and others which did not. Astonishingly, the baboons were highly accurate in identifying the real words!
Image provided by Classroom Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-9245919078244046642012-04-29T12:44:00.003-07:002012-04-29T18:32:09.136-07:00Cat Collar Chaos by Jobi Harris
(from 4.6.2012 blog on Ask Fisher)
We have had a time with Scooter! We moved into our new
apartment (no yard) and out of the house (yard), and staff was worried Scooter
would scoot out the door and get into trouble.
One day when staff was emailing back and forth with her cool
crafter friend, Debra from Sleepy Cat Designs, the idea of trading products
came up. My staff loved the idea and Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-9536554046360548252012-04-25T09:05:00.000-07:002012-04-25T09:05:00.512-07:00Cleo my newfie girl!Today's blog post is about my little girl Cleo. Cleo is maybe not such a "little" girl, she is about 140 pounds. A big and happy Newfoundland dog, she is not a recognized AKC color, although she really is 100% purebred newfie. AKC recognizes black, gray, brown and landseer (black and white). The brown and black can have some white though.
Cleo is my friend and business assistant. She makes sureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-40828991530978396672012-04-01T12:10:00.001-07:002012-04-01T12:10:28.465-07:00National April Pet and Animal DaysThese days it seems that each month has so many things being observed, commemorated, celebrated, etc. Here are the ones for April related to animals that I found on several different pet-related websites:
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
April 7 - Tag day
April 11 - National Pet Day
April 15-21 - National Pet ID week
Debra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-7216747251589264152012-03-23T06:00:00.000-07:002012-03-23T06:00:10.452-07:00Barn Cat ... Not on Duty Right Now!Stopped by my friends' house a couple of weeks ago to get some fresh eggs. As I was walking up to the door, Patches came running from the direction of the barn. I graciously held the door open until he got there, bounded into the kitchen at Bill and Clarice's house, and promptly sprawled out on the floor next to Clarice's chair.
A couple of hours earlier I had phoned and said Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-89696802928652000342012-03-18T11:04:00.000-07:002012-03-20T10:52:32.568-07:0020 Things You Can Learn From Your PetsGreat title, right? Got your attention, right? Good...it did mine as well! I found this amazing slide show on the WebMD website and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it (link is below). The title intrigued me, so that made me click. Shows how important keywords in titles are, right?
I was reminded of some things I already knew but I also learned some things while viewing it. And that was the Debra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-38450811591366358872012-03-13T05:00:00.000-07:002012-03-13T05:00:13.363-07:00Who Rescued Whom?...............by Lisa of OBXPuparazziStormy was a dog I rescued from a horrible living situation. Her owner neglected her terribly and kept her tied outside, with an extension cord that was plugged in and was wrapped several times around a post, to keep her from escaping. The owner fed it whenever he remembered to, which was apparently not often, and never groomed her.
When my favorite dog, Navajo, had to be put down, IDebra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-9015355111137085552012-03-08T14:26:00.001-08:002012-03-09T05:36:29.416-08:00I Laughed When I Heard This, But Then …On March 8, I was at the hairdresser with my mom. The very talented stylist who does my Mom’s hair weekly (and squeezes me in when I take her to the salon) was telling about her three Italian Greyhounds. The day before she and her husband had taken them to doggy daycare so they could romp and play and enjoy the companionship of other dogs. At the end of the day when the dogs Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-70708731390777191532012-03-06T14:58:00.002-08:002012-03-06T14:58:47.073-08:00Active CFA Guild Members Collection with Shades of Green
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Soothing Shades of Green
Debra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-74044631544843640722012-03-04T05:00:00.000-08:002012-03-04T05:00:05.664-08:00Great Dog Story..............by Debra of Sleepy Cat DesignsWe all know how wonderful dogs and cats, as well as other pets, can be to us personally in our day to day lives because we see their special qualities. But there are many things we never see and which can inspire us even more when we read or hear about these things.
This happened to me recently. I was doing some research for something else in an online current events encyclopedia and came acrossDebra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-73697002435626361162012-02-29T05:00:00.002-08:002012-03-01T17:45:53.192-08:00The first elephant seal pup of 2012 arrives at the Marine Mammal CenterIn a tweet via @SaveTheMonkSeal on Twitter, I came across this Marine Mammal Center Rescue organization. Faith, an abandoned elephant seal pup, was found along the California coast and named at the rescue site. Once the Marine Mammal Center volunteers had rescued him and had time for further examination, they realized it was a boy seal. Faith, was only 6 weeks old and still had his original birthUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-33637242686442737142012-02-24T14:20:00.000-08:002012-02-24T14:20:00.164-08:00A Bit of This and ThatJust some fun tidbits for all you pet lovers.
Our dog, Eddie, has developed this habit that when asked if he wants to go out, he will walk to a spot about four feet from the door, and sit down. Bob, the "dad" who can usually get Eddie to do whatever he wants, opens the door now, stands in the doorway and says, "Come on, Eddie. Let's go out." Eddie just sits there. Then Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-9033183061155720592012-02-21T05:00:00.000-08:002012-02-21T05:00:01.969-08:00Crafting for Charity…....by Dawn of JewelryArtByDawnI've found I like creating things to benefit good causes. I like doing it more now that I've stopped thinking of it as a possible way to promote my business. It just feels good and right.
The thought that it's possible to create something that will benefit others and not benefit ourselves in any way is very empowering. When we see horrific things happening on the news, we feel powerless and Debra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-91250878261194347162012-02-17T05:00:00.000-08:002012-02-17T05:00:00.820-08:00Fun at Work!!..................by Lindsey of CardstockEquine
Have you ever seen an Elvis Impersonator? I have, but never in my town. In fact, it never crossed my mind to think of an impersonator even being in town, let alone would I come across one while at the vet clinic where I work. I figured they were most common in Las Vegas, and in big, tourist attraction areas. That people in this kind of work were at least in big cities, bigger that is than 51,000Debra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-66707302560673302372012-02-14T05:00:00.000-08:002012-02-14T05:00:07.963-08:00Responsible Pet Owners Month.....by Jobi of WatercolorYourWorldFebruary is Responsible Pet Owners Month. As a dedicated animal lover and owner of a pet or two, you may ask why. Unfortunately, not all pet owners are responsible. The high number of pets in shelters and foster homes today is overwhelming. But, what does that have to do with you?You are responsible for your animals and love them as members of your family. You walk them, feed them, skritch their Debra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-50855143802832240972012-02-12T06:00:00.000-08:002012-02-12T06:00:04.210-08:00Nanaversary..............by Cherilynn of CherilynnFineArt
No that isn't spelled wrong, it truly is a Nanaversary. Nanaversary is what my husband and I call the anniversary of the day that we adopted our dog, Nana. It was two years ago, on the 13th of February, we walked into Mutt Hutt on Grand Ave. in Chicago and adopted Nana from the ArfHouse Chicago Organization. That day changed not only the life of one little dog, it changed my husband's and my Debra at Sleepy Cat Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567449991280282286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563786468286819523.post-49834551375096511312012-02-10T13:32:00.000-08:002012-02-10T17:46:35.762-08:00Love Your Pet Day, a Special February DayFebruary has many special days and celebrations. Of course, Valentine's Day, President's Day, and Black History Month are very well known. Others less well known include send a friend a card day, national bird feeding day, and love your pet day. Since the members of the Crafting for Animals Guild on ArtFire truly care about animals, today's post will, of course, be about loving our Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06440123767017040275noreply@blogger.com3