So Many Tails –
Rescue News & Events
2Dogs2000Miles
– Great
Pyranees dogs, Hudson & Murphy, along their owner “Yer Big Dog”, Luke began a walk from Austin (TX) to Boston
(MA) earlier this year to promote awareness about canine cancer. To help spread the word, the 2Dogs2000Miles
team is offering the “Cancer Can't Keep A Good Dog Down"R 2009 Calendar” .
Our very own Nosey Brockus is just one of many dogs on this calendar. While Nosey was not able to
generate enough votes to have “her own month”, she is definitely proud to be a part of the efforts to honor and
recognize beloved dogs who have been touched by cancer. For more information about ordering a 2009 calendar, please
visit http://www.2dogs2000miles.org/Cancer_Calendars.html
Cats Haven – $100 in 100 Hours – Raspberry the resident feline shelter manager at Cats Haven is conducting a fundraiser to surprise Barb
the human leader at Cats Haven. A place for everything & everything in its place Fundraiser will enable
them to purchase storage unit that will greatly assist. For more inforamtion or to read Rasberry’s
Blog visit: http://www.catshaven.org/id65.html
Paws & Think – Paws & Think has an exciting new fundraising opportunity.
All donations made thru March 31, 2009 will be matched by the Clowes Fund. For
more information about Paws & Think visit their website at http://www.pawsandthink.org or to learn more about the Clowes Fund visit: http://www.clowesfund.org/
Brown County Humane Society – Will be participating in the Chocolate! Chocolate! At the Seasons in Nashville, Indiana
in February 2009. Please visit their website at for more details as they are finalized. http://www.bchumane.org/
Love of Labs
– The LOLIN 2nd Annual Volunteer Pitch-in is tentatively scheduled for January 31 at the airport location
Camp BowWow. Professional Dog Trainer and therapy dog evaluator,
Shawn Falls will speak and give training tips for the volunteers. If you are looking for a fun doggie daycare,
please check out http://www.campbowwowusa.com/indiana/indianapolis/
Book Review –
“Marley & Me” by John Grogan
Having read Marley & Me several years ago and with the recent
movie release, I couldn’t help but add my review for the book as well. I loved it. Cried
many times while reading it. It is one of the few books that I refuse to give away and is well worth reading
– even if you do see the movie first. I visited the John Grogan website to see if there were any
updates since the movie came out. Much to my surprise and delight there is another story yet to be told.
As Grogan says “In anticipation of the Marley & Me movie coming out Christmas Day,
the editors at USA WEEKEND asked me to write about our new Lab, Woodson, whom we adopted from the movie set. Woodson is just
about the most beautiful dog I have ever seen, even more handsome, I believe, than Marley. And that's saying a lot. Beside
that, he has a delightful personality -- a wonderful mix of joyful mischief and loyal affection. He has fit into our family
seamlessly, and our other Lab, Gracie, acts like a puppy again with her new playmate. Our new pup makes us all laugh and we
love him beyond words.
But Woodson has a back story I had not before written or spoken publicly about. When I accepted
the USA WEEKEND assignment, I knew I couldn't tell his story without telling the entire story.”
To read the rest of John Grogan’s blog about Woodson visit: http://johngroganbooks.com/blog/index.html
Pet Tips – With winter here, even our pets need a new game to play to ease boredom.
A couple of games I read about recently (sorry can’t remember source) are:
1) Kibble Hunt – (works for both dogs & cats) Instead
of feeding Fluffy or Fido their entire meal. Consider making a game of finding food. Start
off easy making a small pile of kibble in an unusual place, then graduate difficulty to inside a cup or other “hiding
place”.
2) Shell
Game – Show your pet a treat them close your hand over it. When the pet nudges your hand give them
the treat. Increase the difficulty by hiding your hand so that the pet must guess which hand, increase
difficulty by hiding under a bowl while pet is watching until you get to the most difficult of the pet actually having to
guess which of 3 bowls the treat is hidden under.
3) Speed Racer – This game is probably best suited for small dogs & cats but your call. Take
a ping pong ball and make it spin around the bottom of your bathtub. Cats and small dogs will be fascinated
by the fun. Just don’t forget to turn off the water beforehand.
Pet Links – Don’t forget if your organization has an upcoming event in which the public is invited to attend,
you may post the event on the Super Database calendar at http://www.indiana-paw.com/
Pet Prayer List –
This month we want to highlight a couple
pets from our pet prayer request. The first is: Andrea a Siamese cat has been on our prayer
list for quite some time. Unfortunately she passed away on Christmas Eve. Please keep
her family in your prayers as they deal with her loss. The second is: Ashley
is a recent addition to our prayer list who is having some health concerns. Please keep Ashley and her
family in your prayers. For others on our prayer list, please visit: http://www.sewmanypaws.com/id74.html
Blog – We finished up counting down 10 things for which we are thankful and have been
a bit lax in starting a new topic. We do have a new years resolution to be a bit more “predicatable”
in our blogging in 2009. For now though, we just want to let you all know we feel truly blessed by your
friendship first and your business also. Please remember in these tough economic times, sometimes a kind
word or deem will make a hopeless situation seem a bit bearable. A good day is a day when you can give
to someone who cannot reciprocate. Every day is a Gift. How you use that gift is up
to you. Use it wisely! http://www.sewmanypaws.com/id72.html
So Many Sales -
Pawsitive Logos – The startup phase for our new Pawsitive Logos program is underway and is already serving to
help raise awareness for our first charity partner Paws & Think. Bandanas & vests are available
to “pre-approved” Paws & Think clients and other items such as shirts, jackets, hats & more are available
for purchase to all Paws & Think supporters. A portion of the sales of P&T embroidered logo apparel
is donated to Paws & Think. http://www.sewmanypaws.com/catalog/c25_p1.html
After
the first of the year, we expect to add other organizations and/or businesses to this product category.
Charitable Gift Giving Program – Your favorite charity can benefit from your Sew Many Paws purchase.
For more information about this program, please email us at sue@sewmanypaws.com
Email List – Thank you for
signing up to receive the 2009 Sales & Tails Newsletter. If at any time you wish to be removed from
our mailing list, simply send us an email at sue@sewmanypaws.com Please feel free to share our newsletter with anyone you think would enjoy it. If I
have added your name to the 2009 mailing list in error, please let me know and I will remove your email address from our mailing
list promptly.
Product News –
NEW ITEMS: Santa was good to us this year. We will now
be using a top of the line commercial duty embroidery machine, the Babylock BMP8 for all of our custom embroidery
work. During the few test patterns I’ve stitched so far, I notice this machine does a much finer
job of stitching and it will also give us the capability to stitch baseball caps and much larger designs typically found on
jacket backs as well.
We will be posting photos soon of our latest stitchouts. http://www.babylock.com/embroidery/embroidery-professional/
Email Exclusive – 10% off normal retail price “in-stock” KeepSafe
BreakAway collars & Easy Walk Harnesses. Orders must placed on or before January 31, 2009.
This offer is valid only on “in-stock” colors and sizes. Special order sizes and colors
will be 5% off normal retail price. Valid only for those on our electronic mailing list.
January Special –
$10 off “Pawsitive logo’d”, “Adopt Me” or “Donation” vests
when ordered with a matching personalized bandana. Must mention January Special when
placing your order to receive the discounted price. This offer valid on new orders only. http://www.sewmanypaws.com/catalog/i14.html
Health Update – Nosey - January 29 Nosey had her 1 month chemo checkup and is
doing well. She goes back in another month for a checkup. If no signs of the cancer
are found next month, Dr Lucroy will officially declare her in remission. We are truly thankful for the
time we have with her and the blessings we receive every day.
PREMIER
- Clients can purchase Premier Pet Products on a "spur of the moment" basis by simply visiting the Eagle Creek Animal
Clinic (for clinic information, address and hours of operation, please visit: http://www.eaglecreekvet.com ) or Bone Appetit
Bakery in Nashville, Indiana (for bakery hours, address or directions, please visit: http://www.barkingood.com ) or from Positive
Training Solutions at http://www.positivetrainingsolution.com .
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Remember
- each day is a gift. Use it wisely!
