Kim Clune
Adopt a Turkey This Thanksgiving! We Did!
A LOVELY EMAIL
Just before my birthday, I received a message that began:
Ellen DeGeneres Wants You to “Adopt” a Turkey This Thanksgiving
Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt-A-Turkey project celebrates 25 years of changing the way America thinks about turkeys
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – October 19, 2011 – Who can resist the adorable faces of turkeys gobbling for compassion at Thanksgiving? Not Ellen DeGeneres. That’s why she’s back for the second year in a row to serve as Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt-A-Turkey Project spokesperson, inviting everyone to save, not eat, a turkey this holiday season.
Says DeGeneres: “Did you know that every year between 250 and 300 million turkeys are bred for slaughter in the United States? More than 46 million for Thanksgiving alone. So, this Thanksgiving instead of eating a turkey, please join me in adopting one from Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt-A-Turkey Project and you can give a turkey something to be thankful for.”
For 25 years, the Adopt-A-Turkey Project has put smiles on the faces of both carnivores and vegetarians alike, while providing support for the care of more than 1,000 rescued turkeys and inspiring people everywhere to make more compassionate choices. For a one-time donation of just $30, adopters or a recipient of their choice will receive a special Adopt-A-Turkey certificate complete with color photo of a rescued turkey who resides at one of Farm Sanctuary’s shelters and fun details about their adopted turkey.
Celebrate Get a Pal for Your Pet Day! #petsaddlife
Pets Add Life (PAL), a campaign to promote responsible pet parenting, has officially declared November 19th National Get a Pal For Your Pet Day. We are so on board. We love having multiples.
WE CELEBRATE EVERY DAY
This morning, we had a zoo of a time taking all four animals to the vet – at once. As pet parents, my husband and I found the outing great fun (the exams were strictly checkups), but Emmett, our hound, was stressed. Emmett equates vet visits with the time he had 25 staples.
Having our amiable Newf, Shamus, by his side tells Emmett that the vet is not so bad. The same can be said for our two cats. While they don’t mind the vet, Jed dreads the car. Placing the cat carriers face to face let’s Jackson’s calm demeanor comfort his feline brother.
LIFE WITH MULTIPLES
Of course, having multiples seems obviously beneficial during today’s vet visit. But we see constant benefits in our daily living, too. One alerts the other about fun things to sniff out, and they exercise each other in rousing games of chase. And tell me these guys don’t deeply love each other, especially in their down time.
Safe Paw Melts Ice: No Harm to Kids and Pets
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL, ALREADY.
Snow came early this year for many US residents. We’ve had more than a foot already, in October! We shored up the roof’s heat cable, pulled out the snow shovels and we’re still working on getting the snow blower going, but the easiest task is stocking up on ice melt.
(And 5 lucky giveaway winners can too. See below!)
THINKING SAFETY WITH SAFE PAW
There’s a safe product we’ve been using for several years now, sparing us salty dogs. It’s called Safe Paw and it’s been a safe ice-melt bet since 1996. Have you heard of it? Did you even know it mattered? If not, you aren’t alone. According to Safe Paw:
A national survey of more than 500 consumers living in cold weather states showed that an alarming nearly two-thirds of the respondents (62% total; 66% of men) were not aware that salt and salt-based ice melting products pose a health danger to pets and children who digest or come into contact with these products. The survey also revealed that 60% of the respondents said they use rock salt or salt-based ice melters in their households.
Tell Petland USA – AGAIN – STOP Selling Mill Pets!
Mary Haight, author of the Dancing Dog Blog launched the campaign on Change.org calling on Petland USA to stop selling pets. Today she asks us to drive the point home. According to Mary:
Stocking more than 150 stores across the US with puppies of all breeds is a model responsible for causing pain, suffering and death. Breeding females are locked in cages until they can no longer breed, around 5 years, and are then killed. Even if a change from the top in a franchise-structured company affects only corporate stores, the intent to do no harm is a clarion call that every company should want to take up, especially one that deals directly with living things.
Sadly, Petland is not interested.
After more than 45,000 people joined my campaign on Change.org calling on Petland USA to stop supporting puppy mills, I sent questions to the company’s headquarters, and the answers received do not recognize the pain and suffering factory farming of family pets inflicts.
Sometimes pictures can be more effective than words. Since they have the power to help stop this, remind Petland USA what breeder puppy mill dogs look like. Estimates report there are more than a million of them trapped in hopeless lives.
We need your help NOW with this simple action. It should only take 10 minutes of your time:
Meet Peggy Frezon, Author of Dieting with My Dog
Please give a warm welcome to author Peggy Frezon. She’s here to talk about her brand new memoir, Dieting With My Dog: One Busy Life; Two Full Figures and Unconditional Love (Amazon affiliate link).
Before we begin, let me share a bit about what this book is about…
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Dieting with My Dog is the honest and heartfelt story of how one overweight woman and her chubby spaniel struggled to get fit and healthy together. Theirs was a comfortable routine. While Frezon’s children were flying the nest, her loyal rescue pup snuggled close. Sneaking M&Ms from her secret stash, she would slip Kelly extra doggy cookies too. Why not? Food is love. But then, Kelly became the motivating factor that led Frezon to face down the physical and emotional reasons for her overeating, and for over-feeding her dog. She learned that embracing change is healthy, and everything is easier with unconditional love.
Caption this Newfy dog! Wordless Wednesday #78
Have a caption for this handsomely decorated Newfy dog?
What do you think Shamus is thinking? Leave a comment!
Love My BumperPet Customizable Sticker!
BumperPet.com offered this free sticker for us to customize and try for free! Swank, right?
You too can customize your own bumper sticker with many options for size, shape, and imaging. Because a special adhesive is used, it can be applied to virtually any smooth, clean surface and removed without residue or damage. I love the way it holds up on my laptop.
Caption these Cats! Wordless Wednesday #77
What’s up with these two loungers? Leave your best caption!
A Basket of Birthday Cats!
This month, our cats Jackson and Jed turned two years old. We’re all a bunch of Scorpios, and Jed and I share the exact same birthday. But that’s not all we have in common. At two years old, these guys suddenly love playing in laundry baskets. Know what? When I was two, I played in them too!
Who Does Your Pet Talk To? #petsaddlife
I TALK TO MY ANIMALS
I talk to my pets. I know it soothes my soul more than theirs. In fact, I recently told Shamus, the Newf, “I bet you’d prefer if we just cuddled and never spoke again. In fact, humans might better relate if we just stopped talking and cuddled too.”
But that’s not true, for us or our pets. We all communicate intricate messages back and forth, even when we don’t use words.
MY ANIMALS TALK TO EACH OTHER
Bethanne Elion, author of Memoirs of the Bathtub Psychic – The True Story of a Clairvoyant and Her Dogs (affiliate link), once asked my aloof Newf what he thought of our newly adopted, rambunctious hound. The Newf’s response was simple, “He’s loud.”
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