It's been a while since I posted, and I wanted to catch up on something I did last month.As a freelance writer, I get assignments to write about all sorts of things, many of which I know little or nothing about. That was the case when I was assigned a story about volunteers in my home area, Bucks County, Pa., for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. The gist of the story is about programs that
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A Quack Grows Quiet
As you know, AlmostPerfectPets is a blog about all disabled pets, not just cats and dogs. Today, I'd like to share with you the too-short story of Sebastian the Duck, discovered struggling just to stay alive by her adopted mom, Sharon.Sharon and baby SebastianShe picked Sebastian out of a garbage pile and raised her without even an inkling of what to do with a duck, especially one that couldn't
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Transformation As The New Year Turns
Okay, so everyone loves the stories about the cute little well-groomed puppy, right? Well, this ain't that. This is a story about a snarling, shaking, nervous dog with matted fur on the front and almost no fur toward her back, trying to bite the camera. But then...This is about a miracle. A three-day miracle that took a little dog named Chase from terrified to...well, watch the vid. It's a little
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A New Book You'll Want To Check Out
Here's an appropriate title to start out a Happy New Year with:If you've been with us for any length of time here at AlmostPerfectPets, you've read my mentions of another author of books about disabled pets, Barb Techel. She writes and blogs and gives speaking presentations about her dear little dachsie, Frankie, the Walk 'n Roll Dog. Well, Barb's gone and done it again, folks! Her new book is
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Holiday Edition - Thinking About Thankful Things
Wow, can't believe it's been over a month since I last posted! Sorry, y'all -- I was on the road and then the holidays got here and now...it's almost Christmas!Here I am addressing a marketing breakout session at this year's annual Cat Writers Assn. conference in White Plains, NY, just before Thanksgiving. I met some fabulous new friends and decided to join the group. What a passionate and fun
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Grab a hanky...
A friend of mine sent this link to me today, and now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. This was one of the most lucid, and just plain true, pieces I've ever read on the subject of dogs.It's an excerpt from the book Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs, text by Gene Weingarten and Michael S. Willamson, based on a longer excerpt that originally appeared in The Washington Post.There is one passage in it
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We Have A Winner...
...in our Khyra Khares Khontest! Well...actually, two. Or three, depending on how you look at it. :)The beautiful Scout and Freyja over at Loving For A Living were the first to reply, saying the project will be called the UGA Veterinary Training Hospital, and they're trying to raise $10 million. But then I realized my question was, what was the name of the FUND, not the project itself.That
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