I just read the story about Chanel, the world oldest dog! Happy Birthday Chanel! What a life style this dog lady has - who says healthy human food is not good for dogs. Read more about her in the following article:
Chanel — named the oldest dog by Guinness World Records last year — is taking a rare trip from her Port Jefferson Station home to mingle with canine buddies invited to her Manhattan birthday party.
The old girl’s red hair faded to white a long time ago. Her cataracts force her to wear special doggie glasses and her bones feel the cold.
Her home is kept at a constant 72 degrees. She eats boiled chicken with whole-wheat pasta, and a specially selected soft treat designed for her ancient teeth.
And she spends her days relaxing at home, only taking walks in the summer.
“She used to run three miles with me every day,” said Shaughnessy, a high-school principal’s secretary who adopted Chanel from a Virginia shelter as a 6-week-old pup.
“She still enjoys a walk, but now she’s carried for a lot of it.”
Chanel took the title as the oldest dog last spring when a 28-year-old beagle from Virginia died.
Let’s find out who is Atlanta’s oldest dog - please submit your dogs name and age and we will write an article about you and your pooch in our next BLOG
Rupert Isaacson believes in the healing power of horses.
Rupert Isaacson says that his autistic son Rowan found healing power in the horses he rode during a family trip to Mongolia two years ago. (Courtesy Kristin Neff)
It was a horse named Betsy, after all, that Isaacson credits with helping to heal his son Rowan, who was diagnosed with autism just after his second birthday in 2004. The toddler’s uncommunicative, tantrum-ridden state devastated his concerned parents.
“Rowan would have as many as 12 tantrums a day,” Isaacson, 42, told ABCNews.com. “Everyone knows what a regular toddler tantrum is, but add a deep distress where the child is just inconsolable and unable to communicate the pain that they’re in.”
Read the full storry at ABC News
I truly believe in the Healing Power of Horses. How about you?
Just announced!
Mark your calendars! This spring’s Atlanta Romp Around The World will be held at Sweat Mountain Park on April 18th at 10 am and will go until the doggies drop!
Every spring IDOG holds Romps Around The World to raise awareness about Rescue and Rehome Resources.
To find a group near you check out Doodle Communities.
If you’ve ever wondered about Goldendoodle’s or Labradoodle’s here is your chance to meet them up close and personal! If you own a Doodle, you know how uniquely they play imagine the fun of watching a whole group of them!
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Sweat Mountain Park
4346 Steinhauer Road
Marietta GA 30066
See you there!
We love to spoil our pets. But have you ever thought about making your pet a birthday cake? I wanted to make one for Barley last year but could find the Purrfect recipe. This one might work this year!
Pupcake
Ingredients:
1 egg
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup honey (optional)
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup whole wheat or white flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Grease a 9 inch cake pan.
- Combine the egg, peanut butter, oil, vanilla, and honey, if desired, in a large bowl; blend well.
- Stir in the carrots and mix thoroughly.
- Sift together the flour and baking soda and
- Fold into the carrot mixture.
- Spoon cake batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes; then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
For frosting try a bit of honey mixed with peanut butter 
Yum Yum- Might be good enough for the whole family!
I just found this awesome site!
It’s kind of like Web MD for kitties!
It lists symptoms you may be seeing in your pet.
Through the symptom links you can find out what might be the cause and what steps you should take. It lists suggested home care and tests your vet might run to determine what is going on.
Take a look and make it one of your favorites too!
Georgia Voters for Animal Welfare is pleased to announce that Grace’s Law has become an official bill. Sponsored By Rep. Tom Knox, R-HD 24, Georgia House Bill 606 can be viewed here. A similar bill is being sponsored in the Georgia Senate by Sen. Steve Henson, D- SD 41.
Georgia voters who want gas chambers banned statewide and with no exceptions should immediately contact their state legislators.
To locate your Georgia Assembly Representatives enter your zip code here.
You will need to add your home address to locate your local Georgia Senate and House Representatives. You can find their contact information by clicking on their names.
Then let them know how you feel about the bill. Ask for their support and tell them know how you expect them to vote. Call their offices or send them an email, they keep track of this stuff. It is their responsibility to represent us. It is our responsibility to let them know what we want.
Join the Humane Society Georgia State Director, Cheryl McAuliffe, and other local animal protection advocates, March 3rd at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta as they meet to discuss current animal protection legislation that is before the Georgia State legislature. The goal of this meeting is to arm concerned citizens with lobbying techniques and ways to take action. The Grass Roots movement is growing and is a great place for each of us to start to promote change and help protect those who can not protect themselves. Please RSVP to this event by 5 PM March 2nd.
A total different approach on dog training based on true friendship and understanding with our companions. This is really one of the best books I ever read about developing a mutual relationship with our dogs. I heard about it from a friend of mine, Tanja with Holistic Sitting in Woodstock, GA. Thank you Tanja!
Who is your favorite dog trainer?
February 24, 2009 the Humane Society of the United States starts its annual campaign to encourage people to save animals lives by spaying or neutering pets and feral cats. Why does the Humane Society want to promote spaying and neutering? “Four million cats and dogs—about one every eight seconds—are put down in U.S. shelters each year. Often these animals are the offspring of cherished family pets, even purebreds. Maybe someone’s cat or dog got out just that one time or maybe the litter was intentional, but efforts to find enough good homes failed. Spay/neuter is the only permanent, 100-percent effective method of birth control for dogs and cats and a proven way to reduce the vast numbers of animals who are born only to die prematurely and without a family who loves them.”
Find out more about why you should spay or neuter your pet.
Find a local Spay Day USA 2009 event here.
The Canton Paw Park, a local non profit group, recently donated three pet sized oxygen masks to the Canton Fire Department. Pets are as much at risk from smoke inhalation during a house fire as humans. Firefighter’s often try to give a pet oxygen using a human mask, unfortunately since human oxygen masks do not fit pets very well and many die from smoke inhalation. The donated masks use the same type tubing and tanks as human masks, but are designed specifically for animals who are rescued from any type of fire or emergency. This donation will allow Canton Fire Department to save more pets who might otherwise succumb to smoke inhalation. Want to find out how you can help get your local fire station pet sized oxygen masks? Check out HelpAnimals.org.
