YAY XMAS FOR DOGGIES AND KITTYS!!!

I received this email from my friend and decided to show you all....it's such a clever idea and it's so much fun to do as a family too...have a look...

Hello everyone!



This year Puppies In Balance in conjunction withThinkingPets is holding a “Santa Shoebox” Christmas drive for the dogs and cats at various selected rescue organizations across South Africa and Mozambique. So far, we’ve selected Barking Mad, the Sandton SPCA, Kitty Shelter (Cat-a-holics) and Claw as the four JHB based rescue organizations, and we're busy identifying rescue organizations in the rest of South Africa and Mozambique. The idea behind this project is to collect necessary items that can then be distributed between the rescue organizations to help make Christmas special for all the dogs and cats in their care.

It’s really easy to participate – all you have to do if you want to take part in this project is to take an old shoe box and fill it with however many dog or cat related goodies you want – anything and everything is needed and welcome, from toys to treats, food, bowls, blankets, tick/flea control, deworming tablets, leads and harnesses… you name it! Once you’ve put your box together, you can wrap it in gift wrapping paper or anything else you have at home, mark if it’s for a cat or a dog (and if it’s a “dog box” – please indicate size I.e. Small, medium or large breed). Then, you can either drop it off at the Practice in Bryanston or any ThinkingPets school nationwide, or you can post it to ThinkingPets by the 30th of November, 2010. We’ll deliver it to the four rescue organizations in time for Christmas. Then, email all your friends and family and encourage them to participate as well. It’s as simple as that!

Every single contributor – be it an individual or a business – will be listed on our new website and Facebook page as a special thanks for helping to make a difference to the lives of those shelter pets and the people who look after them.

We have asked some of our supporting Vets to act as collection points for these shoe boxes or you can drop them at 177 Eccleston Crescent or 33 Devonshire Ave - both in Bryanston. Please also promote the idea to as many of your clients, friends and anyone else you can think of who may be interested.


Let’s make this a Christmas really special for all the shelter & township dogs and cats out there!


Kind regards
Niki Elliott

Don't you just think this is sooo cute!

Any who, think about it, it would really bring a lil bit of happiness to all the homeless animals out there.

Kindness and loads of Hope
Kelly-Leigh

Lets take a look at Zoosemiotics...

So some of my friends get irritated by my lil Chihuahua whining....literally. She doesn't bark but some days she is trying to say something so she whimpers/whines...it's very cute but can be annoying if you cant figure out what she is saying...

After some thought about animals desperately trying to communicate with humans i discovered this word - Zoo semiotics -

It means the study of animal communication.

We all hear about dolphins and there lil squeak squeaks and how they cleverly communicate with each other but i have never heard anything about dogs or cats...

I always get frustrated at the fact that animals can't speak because if they could they would really tell the human race where to stick it...i bet humans would be freaked out by that!

I've always thought of blossom whining as a way of her trying to communicate with me, but what we all know is the sounds that animals make...for woman it's way harder to repeat the noise effectively with out making a chop of yourself :)

It really bugs me some of the songs and things they do to mimic animals, i mean imagine if we all had to learn songs about different peoples language...i bet people wouldn't like that, now would they! Lets have a look.

Remember this - we all had to learn it when we were in nursery school...

"Old McDonald had a farm, eh ay eh ay oh, and on the farm he had a cow, eh ay eh ay oh, with a MOO MOO here and a MOO MOO there, here a MOO, there a MOO, everywhere a MOO MOO, old McDonald had a farm eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a farm, eh ay eh ay oh, and on the farm he had a pig, eh ay eh ay oh, with a OINK OINK here and a OINK OINK there, here a OINK, there a OINK, everywhere a OINK OINK, old McDonald had a farm eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a farm, eh ay eh ay oh, and on the farm he had a chicken, eh ay eh ay oh, with a CHEEP CHEEP here and a CHEEP CHEEP there, here a CHEEP, there a CHEEP, everywhere a CHEEP CHEEP, old McDonald had a farm eh ay eh ay oh."

Ok now some one tell me that that's not rude...imitating an animals sound, it's like when a dog barks and an human barks at it too...HELLO WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? Lets have a look at the human version.

"Old McDonald had a house, eh ay eh ay oh, and in that house he had a french dude, eh ay eh ay oh, with a OUI OUI here and a OUI OUI there, here a OUI, there a OUI, everywhere a OUI OUI, old McDonald had a house eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a house, eh ay eh ay oh, and in that house he had a South African, eh ay eh ay oh, with a YEBO here and a YEBO there, here a YEBO, there a YEBO, everywhere a YEBO YEBO, old McDonald had a house eh ay eh ay oh."

"Old McDonald had a house, eh ay eh ay oh, and in that house he had a German, eh ay eh ay oh, with a NEIN NEIN here and a NEIN NEIN there, here a NEIN, there a NEIN, everywhere a NEIN NEIN, old McDonald had a house eh ay eh ay oh."




Yup, so that's definitely what I'm planning to teach my children to sing when they are four...try that on for size. Really isn't the song a bit rude? It's teaching children really bad habits from when they are young...children are like sponges and they absorb every bit of information that passes them by, some bad - some good. It's our responsibility as adults to make sure they learn more of the good stuff than the bad...so use your good animal sense to remind these kids that they must be respectful towards animals.
It's like kids that kick dogs...simple solution - cut off the children's legs, believe me it's full proof, they will never do it again! HEHEHEHE....I'm just joking, but it really does bug me!

Okey Dokey I'm off to study some science...one step closer to my goal...

Keep in mind, when you speak like an animal, it's probably laughing it's bum off at you.

Oh and as a none Zoo semiotic i bet if animals could speak, they would say -

I'M NOT YOURS TO EAT, GO EAT YOUR OWN KIND!
I'M NOT YOURS TO WEAR, IT'S MY SKIN SO BUZZ OFF!
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TEST ON ME, SO DEAL WITH SHAMPOO BURNING YOUR SCALP!
IF YOU HUNT ME, KEEP IN MIND ONE DAY YOU'LL BE HUNTED TOO AND I WON'T GIVE YOU A HEAD START!
IF YOU TRY TO HARM ME IN SADISTIC GAMES, I'LL COME BACK AS YOUR EVIL ASS PAWN!

                                                                       BITE ME...

I dunno it's just a guess :)

Kindness and Hope
Kelly-Leigh

Why can i not adopt a cow?

So my frustration is of one problem...I have posted all these adoption ad's of puppy's and kittens and there grown up versions however i cannot find a rescue centre that allows me to adopt a cow...

Now usually when you look at the adoption pages in all these society's you will see what the names of the animals are and a snip bit of what they are like, so i went in search for my cow....

After me searching i managed to find a non profit organisation name FreeMe....they deal with wildlife that has been abandoned, now that's great and all but you cannot adopt these animals which makes sense since they are meant to be in the wild, but where is my damn cow?

Gumtree even has a monkey for sale, but no farm, animals and definitely no cow!

It then just clarifies one thing for me, I've always known about the stupid idea that people have about the fact that dogs and cats can't be eaten since they are pets and cows and pigs can... No wonder, i cannot even adopt a cow, how the hell are we as humans supposed to get used to the idea that farm animals can also be pets, when they aren't even available to the public?

So i must apologise but unfortunately i cannot advertise farm animals because society has decided to act like a bunch of fools and not allow an average person to decide if they want a pig or a kitten...in fact us as humans should be up in arms that the sweet lil ad of a cow is not an option.

This is Betty, she loves taking a walk in the meadows and her favourite snack is grass, she's not only very friendly but gets along well with dogs and pigs. She is 10 years old. If you would like to meet Betty, contact us on - 011 2639ooooh.

That's all i want...an ad for farm animals. Do you think i will ever get it? I suppose not will all these meat eaters, they adopt a cow to slaughter it, sickos. Culture or no culture it's still miff....

So this is my story, one day when i own a big piece of land ( because Matthew wants to retire on a farm ). I will adopt the following...

 

1. A dairy cow ( i love their black and white spots they are so beautiful )
2. A miniature piggy ( a miniature cause the big ones, make too much poop )
3. 3 chickens ( they love being together like a family cause they like learning from each other )
4. 4 Dogs ( Matthew wants 2 and i want 2 )
5. 1 cat ( I'm kinda allergic to cats but i have to have one to share the love :)
6. 2 monkeys ( Matthew LOVES monkeys, and though I'm not one to keep animals out of the wild, i know that Matthew will give them so much love that they won't feel left out at all. Plus i will take monkeys that are already unable to care for themselves in the wild )
7. 2 Rabbits ( cause someone needs to love them! )
And that's all i can think of for now, but I'll probably along the way end up with more animals, knowing Matthew and myself! We both have such big hearts!

If you had a chance to retire on a farm and have as many animals as you would like, would you go live their?
Let me know.

Kindness and Hope
Kelly-Leigh