Cute Kitten Video & Saturday Pet Blog Hop 10/22/11

Halloween Blog Giveaway & Saturday Blog Hop 10/15/11

HALLOWEEN
BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM
HAPPY HOUNDS!

Enter to win (1) Howl-o-ween Collar Flower for your furbaby.

To enter:

Anytime between now and 8:00 am EST next Sunday, October 23, 2011 leave a comment below stating what kind of pet you have, and the name and item number of your favorite piece from Happy Hounds shop by visiting: http://www.etsy.com/shop/earlybird454 AND while you're there, favorite the item.

For additional entries, do the same by visiting our team shop PetsJubilee http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee, favorite it and leave a comment here of your favorite item.

Get one more additional entry by following our blog.

Don't forget to leave some way for me to contact the winner - either your etsy name or your email address.

That's 3 chances to win! You must at least do the first one.

A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced here next Sunday.

Good luck :)

Pay It Forward, Pet Bloggers Hop, & A New Pet Photo Contest

New Pet Photo Contest
"My Space"

This month, we want to see your furbaby in their favorite "spot". Show us where they hang out, nap, eat, play, whatever you choose as long as its special to your furbaby. Read all about this month's contest, rules and prize by clicking on the "Furbabies" link at the top, or by clicking here.

Pay It Forward

The Saturday Pet Bloggers Hop community is sponsoring a "Pay It Forward Pet Bloggers Blog Hop" today (9/3/11) where the participants blog about their passion as it relates to animals or pets. As it turned out, my passion actually fit with this month's contest theme.

I would love for EVERY furbaby to find a home. To me, Petfinder.com and the Petfinder Foundation do an excellent job of introducing us to all of the wonderful animals who are in need of a home. SO, for every entry we receive in our pet photo contest, I will post a link to a furbaby in need of a human. Then, I would ask everyone to tweet, facebook, blog, or whatever form of promotion that is at your disposal, the post to bring greater attention to homeless pets everywhere.

Money earned (less shipping costs and listing fees) from this month's sales of Petsjubilee boxes will be donated to the PetFinder Foundation where the Animal Planet's ROAR Campaign will match each donation, dollar for dollar to Rescue U. And, if you "Like" Bissell on Facebook, they'll donate 50 cents to the Petfinder.com Foundation. Click here for links and more information.

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Saturday Blog Hop 6/18/11 & Blog Giveaway

BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM
Happy Hounds!

To help promote my new line of matchable wear, I am giving away this cute, Patriotic "Match Me Mommy" Necklace & Collar Flower Set:

To enter:

Anytime between now and 8:00 pm EST Tuesday, June 21, 2011 visit my Happy Hounds Etsy boutique at www.earlybird454.etsy.com and favorite one of my necklaces. Leave a comment below with the name and item number of the necklace that you favorited.

For an additional entry, visit our team shop PetsJubilee http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee, favorite it and leave a comment here of your favorite item.

Tweet the giveaway and post it here for another chance to win.
Post the giveaway on facebook and post it here one more chance to win.

And lastly, get one more entry by following our blog.

Don't forget to leave some way for me to contact the winner - either your etsy name or your email address.

That's 5 chances to win! You must at least do the first one.

A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced here Tuesday night.

Have a fun & safe 4th of July! Remember to secure your pets, as most of them aren't as fond of fireworks as many of us are.

Tammy
Happy Hounds at http://earlybird454.etsy.com


Check back here the first and 3rd Saturdays of each month for more giveaways!!!

Saturday Blog Hop 6/11/11 & the winner of our blog giveaway

THE WINNER OF OUR BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM

SassySashadoxie

IS...

Victoria from Victoria's Hearth!!!

CONGRATULATIONS :)

You've won this gorgeous dachshund zippered canvas bag:



Thank you so much, Athena for contributing the prize and thank you everyone for entering!

We'll have another giveaway beginning June 18th. So stop by to enter.

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And now, its time for another blog hop:

Saturday Blog Hop 6/4/11 & Blog Giveaway

BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM
SassySashadoxie!

Enter to win from SassySashadoxie, this dachshund canvas, zippered bag:


This bag has a long strap and is perfect as a small dog walking bag or cell phone tote.

To enter:

Anytime between now and 8:00 am EST next Saturday, June 11, 2011 leave a comment below with the name and item number of your favorite from Athena's shop by visiting:
SassySashadoxie at http://www.etsy.com/shop/SassySashadoxie AND while you're there, favorite her shop.

For an additional entry, do the same by visiting our team shop PetsJubilee http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee, favorite it and leave a comment here of your favorite item.

Get one more entry by following Athena's blog: http://sassysashadoxie.blogspot.com/
and one more by following her tweets: www.twitter.com/SassySashadoxie

And lastly, get one more entry by following our blog.

Don't forget to leave some way for me to contact the winner - either your etsy name or your email address.

That's 5 chances to win! You must at least do the first one.

A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced here next Saturday.

Good luck :)

Check back here the first and 3rd Saturdays of each month for more giveaways!!!

Saturday Blog Hop 5/21/11 & Blog Giveaway

BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM
MakingStuffWithLove!

Enter to win from MakingStuffWithLove, a custom needle felted sculpture of your dog, similar to the ones below:

Boxer

This one is actually a ready-made and available for sale in Alice's shop. Click the picture to go to the listing.

To enter:

Anytime between now and 8:00 am EST next Saturday, May 28, 2011 leave a comment below with the name and item number of your favorite from Alice's shop by visiting: MakingStuffWithLove at http://www.etsy.com/shop/makingstuffwithlove AND while you're there, favorite her shop.

For an additional entry, do the same by visiting our team shop PetsJubilee http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee, favorite it and leave a comment here of your favorite item.

Get one more entry by "liking" Alice's facebook page: www.facebook.com/makingstuffwithlove
and one more by following her tweets: www.twitter.com/makinstuffwlove

And lastly, get one more entry by following our blog.

Don't forget to leave some way for me to contact the winner - either your etsy name or your email address.

That's 5 chances to win! You must at least do the first one.

A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced here next Saturday.

Good luck :)

Check back here the first and 3rd Saturdays of each month for more giveaways!!!

I can't find the linky tools link on the first 3 blogs, so I guess we won't have a list this week. If you have it, please post it in the comments :)

Saturday Blog Hop 5/14/11 & A Story about a Cat & the winner of our blog giveaway

Gail of BritmericaLaneHandcrafts entered our photo contest last month with videos of Teddy and Snowball. We emailed back and forth quite a bit about Snowball. I thought it was a great story and wanted to share it with you:

Snowball spent over a year outside as a feral cat. When we saw her out there, we would take a bowl of food and put it out in the open hoping she would find it. It was months before she would allow us to touch her. We fed her for 3-4 months before catching her in a trap to get her neutured.

Shortly after she was neutured, on a nasty rainy day, I put her bowl of food inside the door of our sunroom so that she had to come inside to get it. (This is a picture of her meeting Sooty, another of our cats). Snowball would sit in a potted plant that sat on a small pedestal, so she could see inside. After a few days I started to shut the door behind her which at first freaked her out.




After a while she got used to it until another rainy day, I just kept her inside and the rest is history - she has been in ever since and is now the happy cat.

Now she has been indoors for about a year.

She loves to play with HER toy - we have 4 cats and she is the only one who plays with that particular one. Teddy has other toys similar and she plays with those, it was strange, but it was like that exactly what she did -teach Snowball how to play.

All of our cats (and our dog Scruffy, who recently passed away at 15 yrs) were abandoned or, in the case of our other black cat Sooty, who, we think was born in the wild also.

It took a lot of patience and time with both of them - over a period of months - for us to get anywhere near them.

I don't think that Snowball will ever be a sociable cat - she runs and hides under the bed when our son and family - or anyone come to the house. Although, when we here on holiday, she did come out of hiding when the neighbour came over to feed them all.

Now, Snowball has turned into a bit of a baby who loves attention. At night she snuggles on my lap while I am watching TV - it is almost like holding a baby.


It was a really big day the first time she touched my hand with her nose through a small fence we have - just for a second, but that was the beginning - From then on, it was a lot of baby steps all the way until she has got to where she is now.
I just like to spread the word of what people throw out and what they (the people) are missing.
There is so much abuse of animals, especially these days, it seems.

Gail
BritmericaLaneHandcrafts

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THE WINNER OF OUR BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM

DianaDesignsNY or StylinDogsBoutique
IS...

Adoruhbul Creations!!!

CONGRATULATIONS :)

You've won your choice of a custom outfit or bandanna, or any item from either shop.



Thank you so much, Diana for contributing the prize and thank you everyone for entering!

We'll have another giveaway beginning May 21st. So stop by to enter.

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And now, its time for another blog hop:

Saturday Blog Hop 5/7/11 & Blog Giveaway

BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM
DianaDesignsNY or StylinDogsBoutique!

Enter to win from DianaDesignsNY, a custom outfit for your dog or cat, similar to the ones below:

Harness dress

His or Her Harness Vest

Or, for larger dogs, a custom bandanna:

Bandanna

Or, the winner could choose an item from StylinDogsBoutique such as a unique pet toy:

To enter:

Anytime between now and 8:00 am EST next Saturday, May 14, 2011 leave a comment below with the name and item number of your favorite from one of Diana's shops by visiting: DianaDesignsNY at http://www.etsy.com/shop/DianaDesignsNY OR StylinDogsBoutique at http://www.etsy.com/shop/StylinDogsBoutique AND while you're there, favorite her shop.

For an additional entry, do the same by visiting our team shop PetsJubilee http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee, favorite it and leave a comment here of your favorite item.

Get one more entry by following Diana's blog: http://dianadesignsny.blogspot.com/

And lastly, get one more entry by following our blog.

Don't forget to leave some way for me to contact the winner - either your etsy name or your email address.

That's 4 chances to win! You must at least do the first one.

A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced here next Saturday.

Good luck :)

Check back here the first and 3rd Saturdays of each month for more giveaways!!!

Saturday Blog Hop 4/30/11

Help the Petfinder.com Foundation win $25,000 for homeless pets!

Hayes

From the Petfinders.com website:

Help the Petfinder.com Foundation win $25,000 for homeless pets!

It's easy, it's free and it could mean a lot of money for homeless pets. Here's what you can do:

1. Go to Chase Community Giving on Facebook and "like" that page.
   
2. Click here and vote for the Petfinder.com Foundation!
   
3. Tell your friends!
   

If Petfinders gets enough votes to put them among the top 100 charities, they'll win $25,000 to support their programs that help homeless pets -- and they'll move on to round 2, where they'll have another chance to win up to $500,000! The first round of voting ends May 4! So Hurry!

All it takes is a minute of your time, but your vote means so much. With $25,000 and the chance to win $500,000, Petfinders.com can do a lot to ensure every pet has a forever home. Together we can all make a difference.

Adopt, volunteer, donate (and VOTE)!

Thank you for your support.

Saturday Blog Hop 4/23/11

Congratulations to Diana of DianaDesignsNY and stylindogsboutique!

You've won your choice of this gorgeous Handmade Fretwork Jigsaw Puzzle Wood Dog West Highland Terrier
OR this gorgeous Handmade Fretwork Jigsaw Puzzle Wood Dog Sheltie from
dogWoodbyDave on Etsy.

Thank you so much, Dave for contributing the prizes and thank you everyone for entering!

We'll have another giveaway beginning May 7th. So stop by to enter.

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Meet
Rosie

Rosie is a domestic, short haired, black Cat from North Myrtle Beach, SC. If you or someone you know would like to share your love with this beautiful girl, go to http://www.petfinder.com to find out how.

Saturday Blog Hop 4/16/11 & Blog Giveaway

BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM
dogWoodbyDave!

Enter to win this gorgeous Handmade Fretwork Jigsaw Puzzle Wood Dog West Highland Terrier



OR this gorgeous Handmade Fretwork Jigsaw Puzzle Wood Dog Sheltie. Your choice.


To enter:

Anytime between now and 8:00 am EST next Saturday, April 23, 2011 leave a comment below with the name and item number of your favorite from dogWoodbyDave's shop by visiting: http://www.etsy.com/shop/dogWoodbyDave AND while you're there, favorite his shop.

For additional entries, do the same by visiting our team shop PetsJubilee http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee, favorite it and leave a comment here of your favorite item.

Get one more additional entry by following our blog.

Don't forget to leave some way for me to contact the winner - either your etsy name or your email address.

That's 3 chances to win! You must at least do the first one.

A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced here next Saturday.

Good luck :)

Check back here the first and 3rd Saturdays of each month for more giveaways!!!

Saturday Blog Hop 4/9/11

Congratulations to Patty of DogBarks, Catcalls and TheCatRack!

You've won this beautiful pair of "Descending Dove" Earrings for you and a "Spring Plaid" Collar Flower for your grandpup, both from HappyHounds on Etsy.


Thank you so much, Tammy for contributing the prizes and thank you everyone for entering!

We'll have another giveaway next Saturday. So stop by to enter.

In the meantime, Meet Gabe:


Gabe is a Collie Mix: An adoptable dog in Sedalia, MO. If you or someone you know would like to share your love with this wonderful boy, go to http://www.petfinder.com to find out how.

Saturday Blog Hop 4/2/11 & Blog Giveaway

BLOG GIVEAWAY FROM
HAPPY HOUNDS!

Enter to win this beautiful pair of "Descending Dove" Earrings for you and a "Spring Plaid" Collar Flower for your pup.

To enter:

Anytime between now and 8:00 am EST next Saturday, April 9, 2011 leave a comment below with the name and item number of your favorite from Happy Hounds shop by visiting: http://www.etsy.com/shop/earlybird454 AND while you're there, favorite her shop.

For additional entries, do the same by visiting our team shop PetsJubilee http://www.etsy.com/shop/petsjubilee, favorite it and leave a comment here of your favorite item.

Get one more additional entry by following our blog.

Don't forget to leave some way for me to contact the winner - either your etsy name or your email address.

That's 3 chances to win! You must at least do the first one.

A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced here next Saturday.

Good luck :)

Check back here the first and 3rd Saturdays of each month for more giveaways!!!

Saturday Blog Hop 3/26/11

The Shelter Pet Project

The mission of the Shelter Pet Project is to eliminate the stereotype that there's something wrong with shelter pets and to make shelters the first choice and desired way for acquiring a companion animal, ultimately increasing the rate of animals adopted from shelters.

Adopting a pet is a life-changing and enriching experience. When adopting a pet, people are obtaining companions that give them unconditional love, affection, and attention. Adopting a pet from a shelter not only saves an animal's life, but is also good for our own well-being as research shows that owning a pet has many positive psychological and physical health benefits. The animals rescued from shelters know you’ve saved their lives, and they typically treat their rescuers with lifelong loyalty and affection.

Follow them on Facebook and help spread the word.

Saturday Blog Hop 3/19/11

I was going to play a guessing game to see who could figure out what this was a picture of, then I decided to try to sharpen it a bit on photoshop, and now I think its pretty obvious...its Frau with her new snakey mouse from Catcalls! She was so excited with her new present that I could not get her to sit still long enough to get a good picture. I bought it from this wonderful BNR on Etsy. You should really check it out. Full of such wonderful pet items!

Don't forget our friends in Japan. Visit the Red Cross to see how you can make a difference.

Saturday Blog Hop 3/12/11

In order to save some money, I've turned the thermostat way down for the past month. My body has adjusted to the new temperature setting, but apparently, its a little too cold in here for some.



(did you notice the little bump of a head in the middle picture?)

The Pets Jubilee Team joins the rest of the world in our sympathy and support for those who have suffered in the tsunami and earthquakes in Japan. If you would like to help, please consider making a donation to the Red Cross by visiting www.redcross.org or donate $10 by texting Red Cross to 90999.

Saturday Blog Hop 3/5/11

Posted on JapanProbe.com
Uploaded by probeeden. - More video blogs and vloggers.

Saturday Blog Hop 2/26/11

The World Wildlife Fund - visit their website for more information. You can Support Earth Hour on March 26, 2011, Adopt a Species, Save the Tigers, Protect the Amazon and more. Visit their website today.

Saturday Pet Blog Hop 2/12/11