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  • Playing The Name Game

    Anybody that’s ever gotten a new pet knows that one of them most difficult things you have to decide on (other than the whole “where to use the bathroom” issue) is what name to call him/her. The possibilities as to what to name your new pet are endless hence the pressure to pick the one that best fits its personality can be immense. The last thing ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by blogmaster on July 25, 2008

  • Help Your Pets Beat The Heat This Summer

    If you haven't noticed by the sound of your neighbors cutting grass or those globs of wax that used to be candles melting around your home, it's officially summertime. With temps in most parts of the country about to skyrocket to over 100 degrees in the shade, the ASCPA has come out with some tips pet owners should follow in order to ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by blogmaster on June 2, 2008

  • April is Prevent Animal Cruelty Month

    Helping to celebrate this special month the ASPCA wants to remind you that: ''On Thursday, April 10, cities all over the country will be going orange to celebrate the ASPCA’s victories on behalf of animals and the joy they bring to pet parents everywhere. Lend us your voice on April 10 by dressing yourself, your kids, your pet—even your school or ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by bloglady on April 2, 2008

  • National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week

    The ASPCA wants to remind us that it is National Animal Shelter Appreciation week.  It was started in 1996 by the Humane Society of the US.  It was ''designed to acknowledge and promote the invaluable role shelters play in their communities So drop by your local shelter, see what is happening and thank all those hard working ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on November 9, 2007

  • And the winners are:

    As a follow up to the post, Do you know a pet who is a hero, the results are in.  The cat of the year is Winnie and her story is as follows: While the Keesling family and their 14-year-old domestic shorthair, Winnie, were sleeping on the night of March 24, 2007, poisonous carbon monoxide fumes from a gasoline-powered water pump in the ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on October 16, 2007

  • October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month

    The ASPCA is celebrating Adopt a Shelter Dog month in October.  They have a contest for photos and ask you to ''Take a step back from your usual caretaking role for a day, and just observe. Catch your dog in the act of being...your dog.''  They have a link to a photographer Traer Scott who gives 7 tips on how to take the perfect picture ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on October 1, 2007

  • ASPCA now on Facebook

    I found this on the ASPCA website this am.  If you are a facebook member, ''The ASPCA now has a profile on facebook, a social networking program that allows you and your friends to make an “animal connection.” Display your age in dog years, share cat and dog quotes, and choose fish for your own aquarium.Facebook offers fun new ways to ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on August 24, 2007

  • Do you know a pet who is a hero?

    The ASPCA is looking for '' a firefighter or law enforcement officer who deserves to be recognized for helping animals in need? How about a kid who went out of his or her way to make an animal’s life better this year, or a dog or cat whose loyalty and heroics knocked your socks off? Here’s your chance to nominate them for the 2007 ASPCA Humane ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on August 14, 2007

  • What a great way to start National Pet Week!

    Great news from the US last week and thanks to the ASPCA , the AVMA, various police organizations and whoever else for working so hard to get this done.  Today, President Bush signed into law a bill that will help law enforcement rid the United States of dogfighting, cockfighting, and other forms of animal fighting. Dogfighting and ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on May 8, 2007

  • Stop the slaughter of horses

    This is from the ASPCA website regarding the bills trying to be passed and voted on in the US to stop the horse slaughter in the US.  They are asking everyone who is concerned to do the following today: 1. Please call your senators and ask them to support S.311 On Wednesday, April 25, the U.S. Senate Committee on ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on April 24, 2007