Today’s Treat!

Cali’s New Bedroom

Cali is doing OK. She is slowly learning to get around a bit better, but I still have to carry her around a lot. I’m not letting her do stairs at all, so lots of carrying her in and out when she needs to go outside. The pen above is her night time set up for now. That’s in our bedroom, so she gets to stay close, but I don’t have to worry about her attempting stairs in the middle of the night. So far it is working out really well.

The Treat Planet goodies have been a life saver with Cali being hurt. The other night we were all in the living room and she was a bit restless so I pulled out a giant treat for her.

This was the Etta Says Mega Chew, Elk recipe. It’s huge! It’s about an inch around, and about 14″ long. It must smell really good to all meat eaters, because not only does Cali love it, but I’ve seen the cats chewing on it! This has been another great, long lasting chew. Cali worked on it for a couple of hours the other night and didn’t even chew up a quarter of it. Keep in mind, Cali is a 10 lb dog, so I’m guessing a bigger dog would go through it faster, but they do last. I love that Treat Planet is very careful about getting quality ingredients. Everything comes from the United States. I read that the elk is sourced from Texas.

I also read that Treat Planet has partnered with Goodwill Industries since 2010: 

“Everyday, a dedicated team of adults with intellectual and /or physical disabilities, work to label our extensive chew line with the support of a supervisory team.

At Treat Planet, we’re proud to partner with our community and continually seek new ways to make a helpful impact.”

Cali was so excited when I gave her this chew. She sniffed it and then looked at me like, she just couldn’t believe her good luck! Once I told her it was OK for her to have it, she wasted no time at all getting to work on it.

Bean was also very interested in this chew and worked on it for a few minutes when Cali put it down! As with the other Etta Says chews I’ve tried, there haven’t been any stains on the carpet which I love!

Who wouldn’t want a Yumm stick?

I had to go out for a couple of hours this morning, so Cali got an Etta Says Chicken Yumm stick. This one smelled so good! These treats have no additives, they  are all natural chicken, no hormones, no nitrates or nitrites, no MSG, and they are soy and gluten free. They really smell like something human-grade.

Cali has been hanging out in the little house above quite a bit since she got hurt. I had put the treat down just in front of the house, and she grabbed it before I could even pick up my phone for a picture.

As the cats smelled the treat and came to check it out, Cali managed to stand herself up to growl at them and explain it was her treat. When I got home, this treat was gone!

This morning I spent a couple of hours volunteering at a local shelter. Such nice people! I loved spending a couple of hours there with all the other animal lovers. I probably won’t foster again for a while , so it’s another way to help out and get some more animal time.

Does anyone else do any volunteer work with animals? What do you like to do? Share in the comments.

PUPPIES!

For the past 6+ months, I’ve been more puppy obsessed than usual. I really want another dog, but I also know the timing isn’t right. With a diabetic cat, and an older dog with kidney issues on top of the rest of the pets, it just doesn’t make sense to take on the responsibility of a puppy right now.

I’m trying to satisfy my puppy cravings by volunteering at a local animal shelter. Fostering was my plan, but I haven’t had the opportunity to take a dog in yet. There was an opportunity for in shelter help this week, so I did get to go help out at the shelter.

They just brought in a transport of 21 puppies from the South, every color and size, and all adorable! This little guy in the picture wanted nothing more than to snuggle me! I got to spend three hours tonight doing nothing but playing with puppies. That three hours went by so quickly!

My job tonight, along with the other volunteers, was to take different groups of puppies outside to play. In between outside groups, we hung out inside and just snuggled the puppies and gave them lots of love, so fun! The puppy breath, the soft fur, the kisses, it was all awesome!

Amazingly, all except for two of the puppies have homes waiting for them as soon as their quarantine is up, so I’ll go back one more time to help out on adoption night. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I might get to take home one of the two puppies that hasn’t been adopted yet as a foster, but if that doesn’t happen, I’m happy to have had a couple of chances to play with them before they head off to their forever homes.

Anyone else do any animal-related volunteering?