Looks like my blog will be going to the cats and dogs (or fish, birds, frogs) on Fridays. It seems like most writers have pets that serve dual roles as muses and miscreants. It would be fun to see what the fur babies have to say.
Each week, a furry friend will take over and blog about his or her observations in the home of a writer.
This week, my cat, J-Dog (the handsome chap above) is taking over. However, he wants to start Fuzzy Fridays off not by talking about me (his minion), but rather by giving a shout out to the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic.
These guys are the bomb, even if they did take my binkies. This non-profit provides low cost, high quality spay/neuter services. Shelters in Alabama are overrun with animals looking for their forever homes. If people would take the time to have their animals spayed or neutered, the numbers in shelters would fall and everyone would have servants to scoop their box, feed them at the crack of dawn and play red dot with them like me. Places like the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic do so much good, you should consider helping them. One of the ways I convinced my mom to help was through AMAZON SMILE. Through this program, Amazon donates 0.5% of eligible purchase to a charity of your choice. You should really think about making the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic your charity. We did. Also, you can learn more about them on their Facebook page.
I'm sure J-Dog or one of his brothers or sisters will be back to take over the blog soon. Next week Sheldon, Debra Glass's cat and star of her next book, will be blogging. Can't wait to see what he has to say.
If there is an author's fur baby you would like on the blog, let me know if the comments below. I'll be giving away a $10 gift card to one of the people who leaves a comment (purchased through Amazon Smile to help the Spay Neuter Clinic). Check back Wednesday to see if you won.
Each week, a furry friend will take over and blog about his or her observations in the home of a writer.
This week, my cat, J-Dog (the handsome chap above) is taking over. However, he wants to start Fuzzy Fridays off not by talking about me (his minion), but rather by giving a shout out to the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic.
These guys are the bomb, even if they did take my binkies. This non-profit provides low cost, high quality spay/neuter services. Shelters in Alabama are overrun with animals looking for their forever homes. If people would take the time to have their animals spayed or neutered, the numbers in shelters would fall and everyone would have servants to scoop their box, feed them at the crack of dawn and play red dot with them like me. Places like the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic do so much good, you should consider helping them. One of the ways I convinced my mom to help was through AMAZON SMILE. Through this program, Amazon donates 0.5% of eligible purchase to a charity of your choice. You should really think about making the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic your charity. We did. Also, you can learn more about them on their Facebook page.
I'm sure J-Dog or one of his brothers or sisters will be back to take over the blog soon. Next week Sheldon, Debra Glass's cat and star of her next book, will be blogging. Can't wait to see what he has to say.
If there is an author's fur baby you would like on the blog, let me know if the comments below. I'll be giving away a $10 gift card to one of the people who leaves a comment (purchased through Amazon Smile to help the Spay Neuter Clinic). Check back Wednesday to see if you won.
J-Dog has an awesome message. Great post, Heather!
ReplyDeleteYay for spay-neuter! We adopted a puppy mill mom in January. Our vet thinks she isn't even two years old, but may already have had two litters! Now out of the mommy business, Mini-Me seems happy in her new role as Calvin's protege.
ReplyDeleteThanks Aidee - J-Dog is not shy with sharing his opinions (the earlier in the morning, the louder his opinions are expressed).
ReplyDeleteChris - Mini-Me couldn't ask for a better home. Happy she found a forever family with you.
Sheldon is anticipating it with bait breath. ... Or is that bated breath? :-)
ReplyDeleteThe Alabama Spay-Neuter Clinics are a God-send to this state. And they struggle to survive attacks from veterinarian organizations who keep trying to shut them down. They have no idea the lives that are being saved from the work these clinics do. I am constantly pimping the one here in the Montgomery area to my coworkers and friends. In fact, one of my cake decorators' cat, Orlie (he was rescued by her father from a dumpster in New Orleans) is losing his binkies to the spay-neuter clinic this week. :)
ReplyDeleteDebra - Sheldon is going to wind up with a fan club!
ReplyDeleteLouisa - The Spay-Neuter Clinics do so much good. I know we both could go on and on about the crazy in the state legislature as the result of the vet organizations trying to shut down the clinic. So many of the animals treated at the Spay-Neuter Clinic would never be seen in a traditional (pricey) vet office; the low-cost alternative is the only option for so many pet-owners. How the vet orgs view affordable spay/neuter services and rabies shots as a threat or bad thing is beyond me. (steps off soap box)
Thanks for the great work you do, and for your efforts in getting the word out about the importance of spay/neuter and the pet overpopulation crisis which results in millions of healthy, adoptable animals being put to death in shelters because there are not enough homes. I'm another writer with a passion for animals. Here in Georgia, we also have a pet overpopulation problem, and Fayette Humane Society, where I am a volunteer, is working hard to correct it.
ReplyDeleteSmarchisello - thank you so much for volunteering your time to help with animals. There is no more valuable currency than your time.
ReplyDeleteAnimal overpopulation is a real problem. One of the great things the Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic does is TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release). Trap-Neuter-Return involves trapping all the cats in a colony, getting them spayed and neutered, adopting out the kittens and friendly cats, then returning the feral adult cats back to their territory and providing them with food and shelter. TNR significantly reduces the noise from fighting, odor from spraying, and more litters of kittens. They will even loan you a trap if you need one. This helps with public health and reducing the number of animals in a shelter that will never find a forever home.
Hope you will come back each Friday. We have some great authors lined up!