Another Homeless Stray

I have a client. She's like a stray magnet.  She's is in some serious need of stray repellent.  This is the latest one looking for a home.

I haven't seen him in person, but she sent some photos and a short video.
He's like a light orange, cream colored, tabby cat.  But he has blue eyes. My guess is there possibly is a little siamese in there somewhere. He has darker tips on his ears.

What to call him? He has to have a name to be listed on Petfinder. 

hmmmmm,  (thinking, thinking- cue the Jeopardy music)

What about "Paul Newman"?

Surely someone on Petfinder would want to adopt a Paul Newman.

This is his impersonation of "Dead Cat in the middle of the Road"

With Bob the Sheltie

His Tail

So, if anyone out there wants to adopt Paul Newman, let me know and I'll pass it along. 

I'll send a bottle of salad dressing as a gift. . . . .

Here's his video.

Baron

Baron is an 8 week old Italian Greyhound puppy who was in today for his vaccinations.   He weighs about 4 lbs already so I'm think he might be a little larger than some.  Like a Giant Italian Greyhound. Oh, an oxymoron, for sure.





Here's his video. 

Domino

This is Domino. Her Mom works at Domino's.  Domino is probably lucky that she doesn't work at Home Depot.  (haha- jk)

6-7 week old pit bull puppy.  She's very wormy. Once those are gone, she'll start looking, and feeling, a lot better.


Oh, and her feet are normal size. In case you were wondering. :)


If you want to read about my hard drive melting, Click here. 

My Poor little neglected Blog

Times flies when you are having fun.  

Time also flies when your hard drive starts making a clicking sound. Apparently, that is what is called "the click of death" by the service dept at the Apple store.

As some on you know, my hard drive melted a few days after my last post.  And I didn't have everything backed up like I should.  I was using BackBlaze to do an online backup.  The problem was that it never got through the initial backup. Only about half.  *sigh*

So I got the hard drive replaced, it was still under warranty for another few months.   And my portable hard drive from Backblaze arrived yesterday with my intact files.  So I am sorting out what got lost.  I don't think I lost any original artwork scans.

Mostly what I lost was my iphoto library.  The original photos of patients  and gift items. Which isn't too big a deal, since most of those were resized for the web and live here on blogger, flickr, or facebook.  Product photos are live on Etsy, Artfire, Bonanzle.  I just have to go around and copy and paste them into a new folder. 

So let this be a lesson to you if you are lazy like I was. Always back up files to a portable hard drive. or online storage, or both.  My Macbook has a Time Machine function that copies and saves everything (settings, software, files) to an external hard drive.  You can betcha I'll be using it quite frequently from now on. 

But I am back and I have some photos and videos to share with you.  Appointment is here, be back later.

Priscilla- 5/4/10

Here are some photos and a short video I shot earlier this week of Priscilla.  I thought you might be interested to see them.

 I got a few inquiries about her last week.  Which was unusual. 2 in one day.  It seems her petfinder link made it to some other sites for handicapped pets.

One suggested and insisted that I contact Best Friends in Utah. So I did.  Mainly to be polite, as I knew they wouldn't be able to take her.  They have enough animals out there to take care of.  They did send advice on how to care for an incontinent cat inside one's home.

Another asked about adopting her, and since I didn't have any new images of her, I shot these.  She isn't the easiest cat to photograph or try to catch on video as she wants to run right up, see what you are doing, and chew on the string handle or play with the dangling lens cap.

The video was to show how well she walks.  Not perfect as her rear feet slide out from under her a bit, but it could be worse. She can run, climb, etc. Just can't groom herself back there very easily. 

MatterofTrust.org

This was too timely to not share. I had not heard of this organization before.

They collect hair clippings from hair salons, pet groomers, etc. to help clean up oil spills.  How cool is that?
I had to share in case you were unaware of them too.


Here's a video from Youtube.


Pass it on.  You can click the title of this post to go to their website.

Tweeting to Find Maggie a Home, Help and You Win Too

How many people are using Twitter?   Twote, twit, tweeting- whatever.

I know some graphic designers who work from home and they really like Twitter.   It's almost a conversational tool for them throughout the day.  They carry on little conversations with the people they are following. 

I am not as big of a fan of Twitter, since I don't have the page open that often, and I feel like I miss a lot. Probably not, but I don't go back to see what people posted over the past few hours.  So whatever it was- I missed it.    TweetDeck does help since I can see Twitter and Facebook at the same time.

So I want to see if it possible to use the power of Twitter to help fing Maggie a home.   You remember her.

She's the Walker Hound Mix that I posted about a few weeks ago.  Here's her original post. There is a link to more photos there along with a short video.

Her foster Mom isn't having much luck in trying to place her on her own.  And if you are wondering, her foster home has 3 other dogs and 5 cats.  All strays or rescues, so they are about up to their limit.  They are like the Inn at Bethlehem- no more room.  That's why they need to find a home for Maggie.  Not just a home, but preferaby a good home.  Also all the people who wander into my office already have a dog. Or dogs as the case may be.  I did place Maggie's  photos and video on Petfinder. 

But I want to see if I can get the word out and find her a home on Twitter.  Since I can track the re-tweets and give away a prize for your help.    Not a new car or a  5 day Carribean Cruise or anything like that.   But what about $40 worth of merchandise? All you have to do is retweet the message.  Your prize could be one of the new handbags, a totebag, the party servers, metal clutches, pocket mirrors, cufflinks, etc.  That  sounds worthwhile for a little bit of effort and typing RT in front of the message.

Here's the deal- 

1. Follow me on Twitter.   http://www.twitter.com/AndyMathisArtCo

2. Retweet the message about Maggie.  You can retweet it as many times as you like.  As soon, as I hear from the foster home, that Maggie has a home, the last person to retweet the message, wins the prize.  That should be easy enough.   It might take a few days to spread the word, I am not sure.

3. I then post a note here on my blog, and on Twitter, that the gig is up.   I contact you through email, and you feel like you've won the Fabulous Showcase Showdown on the Price Is Right. Well, maybe not exactly, but close.  And you feel better knowing you helped a girl dog out by not having to go to the pound.

And if you are wondering why Twitter, rather than facebook, or email, Twitter is they only way I know to track who sent out the last message, by searching for the hash tag. 

Any questions?  If so, leave them in the comments, or drop me an email.
Thanks in advance for your help.   Have a nice weekend,

I cried like a little school girl.

Over a haircut. That's right, a haircut.

Not my hair, mind you. Who cares about that?

It was about Ellie's hair.

You've seen Ellie since she was about a 8 week old ball of fluff as a puppy. An Australian Shepherd. She boarding for a few days, and her owner wanted her to get a summer haircut. Her haircoat is GORGEOUS as my 5 year old Niece would say. The niece says lots of things are gorgeous, but Ellie really is a pretty dog. And sweet. I don't think she's much of a watchdog though. However, she might slow down the burglars though by throwing herself down in front of them for a belly rub.

Here are her before photos and after photos. I also was able to shoot short snippets of video with dying or dead batteries, of both her and Paco, a little long haired chihuahua who came in for his vaccinations during the hour of sadness.

What's going on?
Whaaaaa . . . . . . Is that . . . . . Are YOU crying too after looking at the before photos? Mmmhhmmpp.

Happy Friday Everyone

It's a good thing Leon has connections.  And connections with access to anesthetic drugs, at that.

It has been 2 weeks today since Leon had his surgery.   To remove Herman.  I intentionally left his sutures in for 2 weeks.  Often times with young dogs and cats, sutures can come out in 7 days.  But I left Leon's in for 14 days.

And everything was perfect when they were removed. Well, for about 15 minutes.  And then this happened.   I'll link it, rather than post it, in case wound photos make anyone squeamish.
If you enjoyed biology class, this photo isn't a big deal.  Looks sort of like chicken. ;)

Here's what it looked like after I anesthetized him again, and sutured it closed.  About the same as 2 weeks ago.

So, these are staying in for at LEAST 2 weeks, and I might remove only 1 per day at that time.


In better news, Beethoven, an 8 week old Saint Bernard puppy, came in this afternoon for his puppy vaccination.  Well,  a vaccination, a tummy rub,  a treat, and a nap. 

 Enjoy your weekend.

Maggie - Another Stray Looking for A Home

Y'all remember Stormy, right?   The little Beagle that wandered up in the storm, hence his name, that was looking for a home a few weeks ago.   Well, he found one.

Now, that same family is looking for a home for this new stray that showed up.  Maggie.

She's about a year and a half guesstimating from her teeth.  She was really wormy and has put on some weight and is looking a little better since these photos and video were taken.  I would call her medium size, maybe a tall medium, :-) - she weighs between 40-45 lbs. Hound Dog, Walker Hound, Mix or something or other.  We don't think she has been spayed.   She seems like a sweet dog, and gets along great with the couple's other dogs and cats.
She is testing slightly positive for heartworms, but that is a relatively easy fix as well. 

If you are interested in adopting her, or know someone who might be, please pass along with post and tell them to contact me.  I did post her on Petfinder.com as well, so maybe she will find a forever home.

There is a whole photo album of her at this link.