Handmade Items for Pets

Each weekday, the members of the Pets Jubilee Team on Etsy choose an item to promote from all of the active members. Here are last week's handcrafted items:

 

 scrappyrat

 

kceknits

KraftyKatsUK

PaintYourPoochand

Paulinesfashions

Please click on the image to go to the item and click on the name to visit their Etsy shop.

Handmade Items for Pets & Pet Lovers

Each weekday, the members of the Pets Jubilee Team on Etsy choose an item to promote from all of the active members. Here are last week's handcrafted items: 

StylinDogsBoutique

Treasury: Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

 

FurriPersonal

 

Frumsglassmenagerie

Treasury:  Ripples On The Surface Of A Pond

 

 

HappyDapperDogs

InspiredByMocha

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Handmade Pet Items 9/17/12

Each weekday, the members of the Pets Jubilee Team on Etsy choose an item to promote from all of the active members. Here are last week's handcrafted items:

hickoryridgefarm

Eye Candy Treasury

InspiredByMocha
Treasury Handmade Heaven

kceknits
Treasury Autumn Colors

KraftyKatsUK
 Treasury Tea Time

PaintYourPoochand
 Treasury Peek-A-BOO!

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Handmade Pet Items 9/5/12

Each weekday, the members of the Pets Jubilee Team on Etsy choose an item to promote from all of the active members. Here are last week's handcrafted items:

AnnieKDesigns

CatCalls

CamargoCreations

DianaDesignsNY

FurriPersonal


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SHOW AND TELL - HALLOWEEN STYLE

EVEN THE HOUSES JOIN IN ON THE FUN FOR HALLOWEEN - ENJOY:

To Thriller:


Party Rock Anthem:









Diana
www.DianaDesignsNY.etsy.com
www.StylinDogsBoutique.etsy.com

Happy Halloween - Costumed Pets Video

Happy Halloween from PetsJubilee

There's still a few days left to enter our pet photo contest. Click here for more information.

Halloween And Furry Friends

Halloween is right around the corner and we are thinking about our costumes, decorations and candy. However don't forgot about our furry friends. this information is taken from the ASPCA's website.

1. No tricks, no treats: That bowl of candy is for trick-or-treaters, not for Scruffy and Fluffy. Chocolate in all forms—especially dark or baking chocolate—can be very dangerous for dogs and cats. Candies containing the artificial sweetener xylitol can also cause problems. If you do suspect your pet has ingested something toxic, please call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435.

2. Popular Halloween plants such as pumpkins and decorative corn are considered to be relatively nontoxic, but they can produce stomach upset in pets who nibble on them.

3. Wires and cords from electric lights and other decorations should be kept out of reach of your pets. If chewed, your pet might suffer cuts or burns, or receive a possibly life-threatening electrical shock.

4. A carved pumpkin certainly is festive, but do exercise caution if you choose to add a candle. Pets can easily knock a lit pumpkin over and cause a fire. Curious kittens especially run the risk of getting burned or singed by candle flames.

5. Dress-up can be a big mess-up for some pets. Please don't put your dog or cat in a costume UNLESS you know he or she loves it (yup, a few pets are real hams!). For pets who prefer their “birthday suits,” however, wearing a costume may cause undue stress.

6. If you do dress up your pet, make sure the costume isn't annoying or unsafe. It should not constrict the animal's movement or hearing, or impede his ability to breathe, bark or meow. Also, be sure to try on costumes before the big night. If your pet seems distressed, allergic or shows abnormal behavior, consider letting him go au naturale or donning a festive bandana.

7. Take a closer look at your pet’s costume and make sure it does not have small, dangling or easily chewed-off pieces that he could choke on. Also, ill-fitting outfits can get twisted on external objects or your pet, leading to injury.

8. All but the most social dogs and cats should be kept in a separate room away from the front door during peak trick-or-treating hours. Too many strangers can be scary and stressful for pets.

9. When opening the door for trick-or-treaters, take care that your cat or dog doesn't dart outside.

10. IDs, please! Always make sure your dog or cat has proper identification. If for any reason your pet escapes and becomes lost, a collar and tags and/or a microchip can be a lifesaver, increaing the chances that he or she will be returned to you.

Don't forget to check out The Pets Jubilee Furbabies in their costume finery!
http://petsjubilee-furbabies.blogspot.com/

Happy Halloween!

Annie
AnnieKDesigns.etsy.com

SHOW AND TELL - HALLOWEEN STYLE

Last October I posted some great costumed dog pictures.
Here are some others. I tried not to duplicate, but there is one I did include again.

Hope you enjoy.

Which one is Sasha? LOL

Gianna and Giupetto look a-likes. LOL

Oh no. Poor Velvet.

Everyone have a safe and happy halloween.

And don't forget to keep your pets safe too.

There is a lot of activity around at this time. Make sure your pet does not run out the door when little visitors arrive.

Watch that they do not pick up and eat any candy that they should not have.

If you do dress your pet, make sure he or she is comfortable, and you do not harm your pet in any way. If your dog hates wearing clothes you should never force this on them.

Pets should only wear clothes while under human supervision.

Diana



http://www.dianadesignsny.etsy/

http://www.stylindogsboutique.etsy.com/

Handmade Pet Products 10/10/11

MakingStuffwithLove

Paulinesfashions

PaniEva

Peachiepockets

SassySashadoxie

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October Pet Photo Contest: "Halloween"

This month's theme is "Halloween". Show us your pet in costume, or in a Halloween setting. Send in your photo, slide show, or video of your pet. Add some words to be posted with their pic to go along with the theme, and don't forget to include their name(s).

We welcome all pets: dogs, cats, birds, gerbils, hamsters, geckos, chickens, frogs, turtles, snakes, pigs, horses, just to name a few.

Visit our furbabies page for more information in the right sidebar by clicking the furbabies link at the top of this page or by clicking here.

The photo above are the winners of last year's contest :)

Handmade Pet Products 9/19/11

Each weekday, the members of the Pets Jubilee Team on Etsy choose an item to promote from all of the active members. Here are last week's handmade pet products and supplies:

Peachiepockets

SassySashadoxie

TheVintagePineapple

Steelwolf

Tomatobrains

Don't forget to click on the image to go to the item and click on the name to visit their Etsy shop.

SHOW AND TELL TUESDAY

HOWL-O-WEEN STYLE

In honor of the autumn and halloween season - I thought these were appropriate - ENJOY

HISTORY OF THE JACK O'LANTERN

The Irish brought the tradition of the Jack O'Lantern to America.

The Jack O'Lantern legend goes back hundres of years in Irish History.

But, the original Jack O'Lantern was not a pumpkin.

As the story goes, Stingy Jack was a miserable, old guy who liked to play tricks on everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the Devil himself.

One day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree. Once the Devil climbed up the apple tree Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the trunk of the tree. The Devil was then unable to get down the tree.

Stingy Jack made the Devil promise not to take his soul when he died.

Once the devil promised not to take his soul, Stingy Jack removed the crosses and let the devil down.

Many years later, when Jack finally died, he went to the pearly gates of Heaven and was told by Saint Peter that he was too mean and too cruel and had led a miserable and worthless life on earth, and was not allowed in Heaven.

He went down to Hell, but the devil kept his promise and did not let him enter Hell either.

Now Jack was scared, with no light and no where to go. The devil tossed him an ember from Hell to light his way. Jack placed the ember in a hallowed out turnip, and roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way with his Jack O'Lantern.

On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out turnips, gourds, potatoes...Inside they placed a light to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away.

These were the original Jack O'Lanterns.

In the 1800's, Irish immigrants discovered that pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve, and so was created the Jack O'Lantern we recognize today.

We use them still, with many houses flickering with those toothy orange faces peering into the night, shooing away the evil spirits.

And Old Jack? He's out there somewhere - drifting and wandering.

Is your Jack O'Lantern ready?

Hope you enjoyed the story and the pictures.

DianaDesignsNY.etsy.com

StylinDogsBoutique.etsy.com