Urge IHOP to go Cage Free
December 1, 2009 by Karissa
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The Yolk’s on You, IHOP
Now comedian Bill Maher has added his voice to the campaign. Watch his message to IHOP, then please make a brief, polite phone call to IHOP letting them know you want them to start switching to cage-free eggs: 1-866-444-5144.
Please call even if you’ve taken action in the past. And if you get a busy signal, please try again when you can. Thank you for all you do for animals.
Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO
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Puppy Mill Action WeekI have always been a supporter of the USHS and that is why I have starting posting their emails. hell if couple emails posted here can fulfill just a couple more donations I would be thrilled.
Olive Green Dog Review and Giveaway
Olive Green Dog is a veritable smorgasbord of doggy duds, tail-wagging treats and pooch paraphernalia. Olive is dedicated to bringing you the largest variety of healthful and environmentally friendly dog products the big ol’ internet has to offer. Many of Olive’s green goods are one of a kind—hip, modern and eco-friendly dog supplies. Now your discerning pooch can support sustainability without sacrificing style.
I bought Bayles and Bleu dog beds once. They NEVER slept on them. Bleu doesn’t sleep in bed, but Bayles does, so I figured for sure he would sleep in one of them. NOPE. He prefers to sleep under the bed. BUT i do plenty of pooches that love having a spot to call theirs. So look at these adorable, eco-friendly dog beds offered at Olive Green Dog.
Not to worry, your feline can have a place to rests its weary head too!
For those of you who like to dress your dogs, or have bitty babies that need sweaters, Olive Green Dog carries a huge assortment of dog rain coats, doggie sweaters, tees and hoodies. Too cute I might add!
The also carry eco-friendly dog collars! Some are made from sustainable bamboo and hemp!
They carry so much that I could just keep chatting about it all day! They did send me a few items to review for you here at Prissy Green. And I swear the dogs KNEW the package was for them when it arrived. Bleu always sits next to me when I open packages, he is my protector, so he has to sniff it all as I open it, to make sure mommy is safe. But this package was different. Both dogs were all over me! As soon as I opened it, I let them pick which organic dog treat they wanted first. They choose the My Oh My Pizza Pie! I swear they smell just like pizza!
I was sent, excuse me, Bayles and Bleu were sent the foursome pictures above. All organic dog treats. Olive Cookie Treat Cuatro (’[;4444444444878p9-/*- (how hilarious. Bayles just hopped over here, and laid on my laptop. She has NEVER done that before. That was what she had to say) includes all four popular organic cookie snacks–Nutty ‘Nanners, Little Berry Bites, Happy Apple Snaps, and My oh My Pizza Pie. Delicious, allergen-free– NO wheat, corn or soy– no artificial colors, no artificial flavors and no preservatives of any kind. Only 100% natural organic, lip-smacking dog treats lovingly baked in small batches to ensure the highest quality. Handmade in the USA.
I can’t tell you if they actually had a favorite. But I really liked the Nutty ‘Nanners. They are a little bit larger and takes the pups a little longer to crunch up and chew.
The other item this mom to furbabies is thrilled with is their Bubble and Squeak.
Lavish your dog’s skin with organic oils and pure botanicals to moisturize and deodorize even the smelliest, dirtiest pooch. Regular use with Bubble and Squeak organic dog shampoo will keep your dog’s coat shiny, healthy, and squeaky clean! Contains nothing yucky–no parabens, no sodium lauryl/laureth sulfates, and no phthalates. Guaranteed gentle on dogs and the Earth. FDA Certified Organic. Made in USA.
- Peppermint and Rosemary to deodorize
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Lavender as a natural anti-inflammatory
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Hemp oil for a healthy, shiny coat
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Calendula for its soothing and healing properties
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100% Biodegradeable
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No artificial dyes
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Sulfate, detergent, and fragrance-free
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Paraben and Pthalate FREE
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Cosmetic Fill-16 oz. for the price of 12
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Made in USA
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HDPE #2 bottle is fully recyclable
And something really gross but so necessary. Poop. and Poop bags.
Olive poop bags are made naturally from GMO-free corn starch and vegetable oil, are certified 100% biodegradable and compost in as little as 40 days. Poop and parcel can be buried for micro-organisms to consume or combined with yard waste for curbside collection in communities that compost biodegradable waste.
Olive Green Dog and Prissy Green want you to be able to try their items out too! One winner will receive Bubble and Squeak, a bag of Little Berry Bites and a container of Oliver Super Poop Bags. $39 value.
To enter, visit Olive Green Dog and pick out something you would love for your precious pooch. Or Feisty Feline!
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Disclaimer: I did receive a sample for the review. I was under no obligation to write a review for the items if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway.
Doggie Halloween
November 7, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Info You Want to Know
I am aware some of these are not new, but some I know I haven’t seen before. They made me laugh so hard I was crying, so I knew I just had to share!
And for the record, I don’t dress my dogs up.
National Animal Shelter Appreciate Week!
November 7, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Info You Want to Know
It’s National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week!
November 1-7. (First full week of November every year. Sorry I am not informing you of it until the last day!)
Begun in 1996 by the Humane Society of America, National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week encourages everyone who loves animals to bring public awareness to all the important work shelters do throughout the year.
Visit www.BringPetsHome.org to learn more about National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week and ways you can help support the work of shelters, from utilizing the “Shop to Help” page to downloading a “twibbon” to your BringPetsHome profile. Throughout the year, BringPetsHome’s “Shop to Help” page raises money to help shelters care for homeless pets. It serves as an online portal where visitors can access more than 150 major online retailers, like Amazon, Sephora, Wal-Mart, iTunes, and many more.
To raise money, online shoppers register at www.bringpetshome.org to select a shelter to support, then click-through to the merchant of choice. Each retailer specifies a percent commission on the Web site and donates that percentage of the purchase to BringPetsHome. There is no additional cost to the consumer.
Basically this works the same way as affiliates. I provide affiliate links in posts from time to time, to try and supplement my postal fees and honestly to try and earn a little bit of money. I think this program is a great way to give, with out digging into your pockets. Because, we all know Sephora and Amazon can give up 5-7% of a sale, and give back to the little man. (Pets or me right?)
I would love it if you would share this post! Use the feature below to stumble, digg, mixx, reddix etc! I am not making money from anything in this post, or links, I just want to be a friend to the little furbabies that need homes!
Follow Bring Home Pets on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook!
What I Learned from the Dog, Review and Giveaway
I just can’t get enough of short stories when I need to relax, but can’t seem to sit still longer then a few minutes. My first love affair with short stories was Alfred Hitchcock. I am sure I still have the book somewhere, but I was only 8-9 and I think the book weighed more then me! It was incredibly thick, and full of amazing Hitchcock stories.
Over the last few days I have been reading short stories from pet owners from the new book in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, titled: Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog: 101 Stories about Life, Love and Lessons
The stories are short, sweet, concise and have a true point. Usually a moral lesson. Just like Hitchcock’s The Twilight Zone.
I know just how boring my life would be with out Bayles and Bleu, and growing up, I would have went crazy had I not always had Mary and Chiquita around. (my two cats)
I have FIVE copies of this heart warming book to giveaway to 5 of you!
To enter, tell me something about your pet, or something an animal has taught you.
Can be a current pet, a past pet, or even a future pet!
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FTC disclosure: Simon and Schuster sent me a review copy of this book, and will be sending copies to the winners.
Contest winners are always chosen by random.org and verified per rules. Contest ends at 11:59pm EST, on 11/18. Open to US.
Looking for a Pet-Friendly Hotel in NYC
As most of you know, I have two furbabies, Bayles and Bleu. They are my dog children. Both are very well behaved, and love to travel with me. There have been so many times that I have settled for “less than nice hotels” just because it was so hard to find one willing to take dogs! Often, the hotel websites don’t usually make the information readily available. However, Red Roof Inns are always Pet Friendly. So I stopped looking and hunting so hard because I knew I could find a Red Roof Inn nearby. The problem was that the RR Inns are usually farther away from my destination than I would like.
Craig and I always travel to Atlanta to see a band for New Year’s eve. We meet tons of our friends there. To keep everyone safe, we drive, we all stay at hotels in the Centennial Park area and are able to walk around and hotel hop. This year we considered changing it up, and going to see a different band in New York City.
I thought, “oh great! Another week wasted online hunting for a pet friendly hotel.“ and this time I thought it was going to be so much worse. I know nothing about New York City so I braced myself for a long and painful search. I was already anxious – not about crime, but worried about getting lost! Or losing a dog! eek!
Then via Oyster Hotel Reviews, I found out that there at a total of 86 hotels in New York city that are pet friendly. All I had to do then, was plug in what area of New York we wanted to be near, or actually stay in, and bam. I was hit with a list of the hotels. So I found out where the Beacon Theater is, and plugged in the “upper west side.”
Madarin Oriental
Now comes the decisions. Do I want to stay at a the Mandarin Oriental that, for one night, will cost me more than twice my mortgage? Or do I automatically go into my frugalista mode, and pick the least expensive, On the Ave?
Of course we aren’t going to pay $1,000 for each night. I don’t even think if I struck it rich I could do that. So really it came down to On the Ave at 3 1/2 stars and the Empire Hotel at 4 stars, but also $75 more. So now that I am aware of the stars, I checked out the reviews and the amenities.
On the Ave
The only cons of On the Ave were steep internet charges of $13 a day, and a clunky old elevator. To save myself $75, I am thinking I can live with that. The Empire Hotel has quite a few notches against it in the review department. Small standard rooms, noisy parties in the lobby, loud traffic outside and one that wouldn’t both us, pool often closed to private parties. That settled it, I didn’t even need to look at the pros. We wouldn’t be spending much time at the hotel anyway!
Empire
How simple did that make it? When Craig and I sat down a few weeks back to pull the trigger make the reservation, we got a few frantic phone calls from friends. All of them basically telling us how much they would miss us, and that we just HAD to come to Atlanta, and no way should we go to New York. This ended up being the only hard choice.
We realized very quickly how much we would miss our trip, and our friends, and of course seeing Widespread Panic. We were trying to do something new, and were excited about the NYC atmosphere, and seeing Govt Mule, but that trade-off wasn’t going to be worth it. Our reunion with good friends is the biggest draw for traveling to Atlanta and, the best part is we already know where to stay.
Images and information all found on Oyster.com.
Rescue a Pet, End Puppy Mills
October 12, 2009 by Karissa
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October 12, 2009
Over the last few weeks, tens of thousands of animal lovers have signed our Adoption Pledge, and thousands more have searched for their next pet through the new Shelter Pet Project website Shelter pets are all over the media, and for good reason: There are millions of them waiting in shelters for new homes right now. Today I wanted to write you one last time and invite you to join the movement to find new homes for shelter pets. Here are two things you can do, if you haven’t already:
Thank you for all you do for animals.
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