Julie's Journal

This is such a cute video, I just had to share.

(Note: there is no animal cruelty going on here.)

It’s no secret around here how much I love my cats. In fact I love my cats more than I love most human beings, ha! I know, that’s not a nice thing to say, but hey! They are loving, they always want to please, and they don’t talk back.

When I heard it was Be Kind To Animal Week this week, May 3-9, 2009, I thought to myself, what? Isn’t that week every week? Really, right!?

The Home Again Web Site supports the American Humane Association’s Be Kind to Animals Week® May 3-9, 2009, by donating $1 to bringpetshome.com for every pet registered to the program during this time frame.

HomeAgain encourages pet owners to “be kind” to their companion animals this week by supplying them with proper identification that cannot fall off or become impossible to read, and in the process donate to the care of shelter animals. For each pet registered, HomeAgain will make the donation through bringpetshome.com – a fundraising Web site specifically created to help shelter animals.

HomeAgain is a comprehensive national pet-recovery service that goes beyond microchipping. For an annual subscription fee, HomeAgain members have telephone access to pet-recovery specialists and 24/7 emergency medical assistance at 1-888-HomeAgain. The program also includes up to $3,000 (less a $50 deductible) in medical pet insurance for lost pets and up to $500 in reimbursable travel expenses for pets found more than 500 miles from home.

I got the cutest book the other day to review here on my blog, and I also have a copy to giveaway to one of my readers.

It’s called Dirty Bow Wow: A Tribute to Dogs and the Objects of Their Affection written by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz. The book is just adorable and if you are a dog lover you will really enjoy the 50 full-color, all-breed canine portraits, each posed with a favorite play toy and accompanied by an affectionate anecdote.

To celebrate the books release the Dirty Bow Wow Dog Toy Drive starts May 2009 at bookstores across the country. It’s your chance to help shelter dogs find the toy of their dreams, and hopefully a permanent, loving home. Here is a list of retailers who are collecting dog toy donations or hosting events. Drop off a new dog toy at the location nearest you, and aid a dog in need today!

Dirty Bow Wow Giveaway: To enter for your chance to win a copy of Dirty Bow Wow: A Tribute to Dogs and the Objects of Their Affection all you need to do is leave a comment on this post telling me about your dogs favorite toy.

Dirty Bow Wow Giveaway Rules

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me about your dogs favorite toy.
2. One winner will be drawn randomly from all the comments I receive.
3. Contest ends on Thursday May 14, 2009 at 12:00 noon Pacific.
4. Winner will be contacted by email.

This Dirty Bow Wow: A Tribute to Dogs and the Objects of Their Affection review and giveaway is part of the Family Review Network.

As always, Ted Murphy is up to his usual antics. He’s created head cutouts for his readers to print out, cut out, and take around to different locations and get pictures of him. He’s such a weirdo, but I just love that guy, so I had to play along.

I decided to put the cat scent on him so his Schnauzer Bonzo would go berserk the next time he sees him. I took so many pictures trying to get her to yawn so her tongue would be sticking out also, but she wasn’t cooperating. OMG, Michael just messaged me with an “alternative quote” for this picture, but this is a PG blog so use your imagination.

The nice people at Ulysses Press contacted me a few months back about one of my photos on Flickr of my cat climbing the Christmas tree. They wanted permission to use it in their new book coming out LOLcats: Teh Most Funyest, Cutest Internet Kittehs.

At first I didn’t think too much about it, but as time passed, and I got my contract/waiver in the mail last week it all started to sink in that my cat was actually going to be in this book! I’m pretty excited about it and so is she.

After telling her about the book, the fame is starting to go to her head a little bit. She’s getting very finicky and snotty and thinks her poop doesn’t stink. But let me tell you. I clean your liter box everyday and yes princess, your poop does indeed stink.

Here’s the picture they chose to use, although I don’t know what the caption will be until the book comes out. Maybe you can make one up in my comments.

LOLcats: Teh Most Funyest, Cutest Internet Kittehs book comes out in October of this year and you can pre-order it now at Amazon.