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It’s in the air.  Autumn.  You know it’s here with that certain sound of silence you find when you walk out the door.  The birds are all still here for the most part but their songs are different and few.  It’s as if they are packing their belongings and closing up the summer cottage and […]

Hearty Pet is pleased to offer FREE Fedex shipping on ALL orders this weekend. If you place your order on Saturday September 22nd or Sunday September 23rd you will not be charged a penny for your shipping costs.
 Hearty Pet works with  Fedex to be able to provide this to our loyal customers. There are certain […]

Adapted from Why is Cancer Killing Our Pets? by Deborah Straw (Inner Traditions, 2000).Clumping cat litters hold great appeal for cat-lovers because they are so convenient. But what many pet-owners don’t realize is that two ingredients in most clumping cat litters have been implicated in diseases and even the deaths of many animals and humans.
Sodium […]

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Meow is like aloha — it can mean anything.
- Hank Ketchum
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Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming.  Dogs aren’t like this.  A dog’s idea of personal grooming is to roll on a dead fish.
- James Gorman
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Confront a child, a puppy, and a […]

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
- American poet Robert Frost (1875-1963)

I know this is not related to our commumity/blog.
But, I want us all here to remember 9/11. The people who died and the soldiers who are still over there fighing for us.
I am not a political person but I feel that we should bring our soldiers home and end this war.
My family knows someone that was […]

Amberfield’s Dare Me Not (Abbey) (9/13/89 - 9/19/05)
Most of us would not consider our dogs to be seniors at age 7 but they are in fact just that.
It is very important to take your dog, no matter what age, to the vet for a yearly check up (even if no vaccinations are due) and you should […]

I have to say, this is one of my favorite weekends of the year! It is the start of football season. I am a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan and I just ran across an interesting article. Ben Roethlisberger is donating money in each town he plays in to a police department for the keeping of their […]

I would like to apologize to anyone whose comments have been deleted on my blogs.  Apparently there is a technical glitch.  I have not deleted anyone’s comments.  I just wanted that to be known.Â
Thank you!
Gizzaroo

 Good morning all!Â
Happy Labor Day!  Hopefully everyone is getting a break today.  I have attached a link for those who may be interested in the history of Labor Day.  http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htmÂ
I would like to thank everyone for their comments.  It’s nice to get nice comments on a blog.Â
Kudos to Patty and the great info […]