A couple of months ago one of my dogs ate a whole bottle of antacid tablets. We love our pets and try so hard to take good care of them, but stupid things happen. Today I was surfing around and landed on the ASPCA site, which I remember visiting when I was trying to find out if Tums are poison to dogs. The first thing I found today was an article about how dangerous potpourri can be. Who knew? Who thinks about these things? I've got little pots of the dried stuff sitting in every room in the house. I have several of the little potpourrri burners that are mentioned in the article and I use them frequently. I need to patrol my house yet again and make sure I'm not putting the furkids in danger.



As I was reading about how dangerous it is to make my house smell nice I noticed what appeared to be a flash game. I was killing time while waiting for the laundry to finish & I'm all about games, so of course I checked it out after I finished reading. I wouldn't exactly call it a game, but it's a very nice flash presentation about dangerous or poisonous substances that many of us have in our homes. Look for the little pup image above while you're still on the potpourri page & take a tour of your home.

Oh, and one more thing while you're there. You'll see a donation icon. You're an animal lover right? Worthy cause? You bet. You know what to do!

Labels: ASPCA, dogs, home, pets, poison

Y'all know I'm an animal lover, right, and a dog lover in particular?



So is my best friend. We exchange cards for special occasions and even "no occasion - just wanted to say hello."



I'm always on the look out for breed-specific animated ecards for dog lovers.



How cool is it that I can insert a stock photo of the specific breed (above) or personalize with a photo from my own files (below)?



I just made a sample card featuring my friend's two breeds - beagle and weimeraner - reminding her of how well they play together with my dogs & that they haven't seen each other lately. I suggested a playdate for our dogs, lol! Membership for Sloppy Kiss Cards is only $9.95 a year and helps support Petfinder.com Foundation.



Yeah, I think I can sqeeze that much fun into my budget! Besides, they have such cute ideas:



This post was sponsored by Sloppy Kiss Cards so we could all share the fun!

Labels: dogs, ecards, friends, payperpost

My friend russkal found this totally cool interactive fireworks display. Click around the screen to create your very own personalized celebration.

Last night was loud and smokey and long, but maybe just a little less so than in years past. Folks over here really love their fireworks, but you have to get a permit ahead of time and there's a limit to how many you can buy. I think that has really cut back on the madness, but there are still plenty of people who must be pooling their resources because I'm pretty sure that a lot of the groups I was aware of were blowing up ten times the legal limit.

Buddy (the old, deaf poi dog) slept through it all. Lance was a little nervous, but not so much that I had to give him tranquilizers. He stuck so close to me that he kept tripping me, but wasn't shaking and quivering & climbing the walls the way that Buddy used to. Other than the few leftovers that will be popped off in the next few days, we shouldn't have to put up with any more fireworks until 4th of July.

We've all got a clean slate today. Time to start making 2007 the best that it can be! Peace, love and prosperity to you all in the new year!

Labels: 2007, dogs, fireworks, new year