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Fun Friday Finds | Cats

How many of us can relate to this cat cartoon??! Even my dogs are like this...

Happy Easter!

From someone who thinks she's the Cadbury Easter bunny...

Then when I informed her that her ears were backwards and that she really wasn't the Cadbury Easter bunny, but nice try. This is what I got...

We hope you have a wonderful Easter Sunday - enjoyed with family and friends!

In like a lamb | Out like a Lion

our spring has been just that - just yesterday it was 40 degrees and we woke up to snow in the the upper hills! Jesse is modeling the season...

Best Friends Story

Happy Valentines Day!

What's in your sweetheart box? (click image to view larger)

 

365 Days of Jesse

I have tried to do this for so many years and have puttered out after January. In an attempt to try this again for 2010 I thought it might be easier to concentrate on ONE subject. My first choice was something immobile like my birdbath...see the picture in my header...it looks exactly like that probably 360 days out of the year - the other five days it is frozen. Pretty boring, easy and just, well BORING. I think I can take on something a little more challenging - my first thought was Amos. He loves the camera, performs on command without any incentive other than dog kisses...hmmmmm sounding a lot like my bird bath. Then Jesse saunters in. Pretty well behaved 90% of the time, active, yet does things with his own personality - kind of like a model would. The challenges of photographing Jesse are going to be invaluable lessons for me. I wanted to do a personal photography project and this fulfills that need. Jesse will be always testing my skills as a photographer... 1. always having your camera handy - whether it's my (new) bad boy, iPhone or point&shoot. 2. metering his face, white on one side, dark on the other and bright blue eyes. 3. focus points, he has a pretty large snot so making sure what I want in focus is IN focus (I have a lot of great detail shots of Jesse's nose!). There you have it, 365 Days of Jesse.

Doxzen Pet Photos Launch

I am over here all day today! Come and check it out and win some prizes -

Doxzen Pet Photos - CONTEST!

We are having a pet photo contest at Doxzen Pet Photos!

DETAILS:

• You must be a Facebook Fan of Doxzen Pet Photos
• Click on the 'Wall' tab
• Type in your name and your pet(s) name
• Click on the 'photo' icon to upload your photo

RULES:

• The photo needs to have a sign that says "I love Doxzen Pet Photos" in it
• If you don't have a pet - get creative!
• The photo needs to be taken by you
• Entries close on Friday, November 20th at 6pm PDT

PRIZES:

• Best overall photo: $75 gift certificate to pet store in your area or donation to your rescue of choice made in your name
• Most creative: $50 gift certificate to pet store in your area or donation to your rescue of choice made in your name
• Most adorable furball: $25 gift certificate to pet store in your area or donation to your rescue of choice made in your name

The winners will be announced Saturday, November 21st at 10:00 am PDT on the fan page and blog.

Sneak Peek just for you

This is a sneak peek for all of my loyal blog readers! I have been talking about change and re-inventing myself... well here it is

The GRAND opening of my new business, Doxzen Pet Photos will be announced tomorrow morning! You can subscribe to the email notifications/newsletter here.

DoxzenPetPhotos.com is my main pet photography site and all things photography and pet related will be on there. My portfolio site is DoxzenPetphotos.com/portfolio and can always be accessed through the main site. 

This has been an exciting time for me! Extremely busy learning new things (CSS programming), learning all about my camera, meeting new people and doing something good. I am going to continue my personal blog All Apart of Life's Rich Pageant and have no plans to discontinue it. However, I do have plans to move it over to Wordpress.org before the summer.

Friday, November 20 is the online launch party! .You are invited, whether or not you have a pet. To make sure that you receive the invite please subscribe to the email notification/newsletter here. There will be contests linked through Twitter and Facebook so be sure to follow us and become a fan.

Thank you for your support!

Amos - Intervertebral Disc Disease

Photo by Amanda Jones Photography

Our Amos has Intervertebral Disc Disease (Type II Herniation). It isn't at the point where he has to have surgery but it is essential that he remain on strict crate rest for at least four weeks. We are hoping that this type of management will allow a 'scar' to form over the top of the disc material and we can avoid the disc surgery.

Last weekend we noticed that Amos was getting around pretty slow and not jumping up - jumping has been a bad habit of his from way back and most likely lead to this injury. By Monday morning I could tell he was in pain because every time he breathed in his little body would shake. Off to the ER Vet we went! (I have noticed through the years that pets tend to get sick/injured on weekends and holidays, go figure.) She ran some reactionary tests and while his response was a little slow at least he still had them. We were sent home with strict directions for his care, Rimadyl and Methocarbamol. While I do not like any of this medication I know that it is a necessary evil to get him healing and control the pain. Over the next few days I could tell the pain meds were wearing off too fast and he would be uncomfortable, so today we went in for a check up with our regular vet. Eric could tell right away that there were issues - even the problematic area of the spine was very warm to the touch. He took some x-rays so we would know exactly where in the spine and at least have a baseline.  He gave him a steroid and Valium shot to help relax the muscles and get ahead of the pain. We are also going to start the Synovi G3 Soft Chews, 240 Count in his diet. This has glucosamine and MSM to help with repair.

Amos is our most athletic dog so it is very hard for him to be confined to the kennel. He is definitely out of sorts right now, especially since he is used to being very close to me when I am at home. We are preparing for a long recovery process but have high hopes for a full recovery!

Jesse on the other hand is extremely jealous - we had to borrow another small kennel so he could be in one. We experienced 'agressor' behavior with Jesse while getting Amos in or out of the kennel. So instead of fighting or dealing with it I opted for the second kennel in my office...

 

Here is his real power move - getting on top of the kennel...

Selby could care less, she would definitely prefer to be the ONLY dog in the house.