Pet Blogger’s Gift Exchange

I’m taking part in the Pet Bloggers gift exchange hosted by Something Wagging This Way Comes.

This year I’ve been paired with Cindy Lu’s Muse blog and the mastermind behind the blog, Kim Thomas.

This is Cindy Lu. Isn’t she adorbs? (I’ll let you in on a little secret, I want to call her Cindy Lu Who. It’s not Grinchy, I mean Cindy Lu Who was adorbs too!)

The past two years I was paired with bloggers I didn’t know and it was a great experience meeting some new blogs and learning more about them and their pets.

This year the situation is slightly different as I’m already friends with Kim. We hang out together socially (on Facebook) and I’m a great admirer of hers.

One of my favorite things about Kim is how passionate she is about being the change for animals. Kim is one of the driving forces behind Blog the Change for Animals.

You remember Blog the Change? It’s a quarterly blog hop where bloggers:

Tell the world what they’ve done to Be the Change for Animals
Who they know who acts tirelessly on animals’ behalf.
What favorite cause has a special need right at the moment.

While I have been friends with Kim for a bit, here’s the thing. I never really followed her blog. (Don’t worry, I’ve rectified that now. )

What I discovered from reading Kim’s blog is she isn’t just passionate about being the change for animals four times a year. It’s truly a passion for her. One look at her blog and you will see, her blog is dedicated to animals. There is a page with adoptable pets in her area. Her Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Pet Lovers had a host of organizations with the suggestion to donate a gift in your favorite pet lovers name.

it doesn’t stop there. Her Pinterest board is amazing, she’s also active on Facebook (duh, I already told you we hang out there), Twitter and G+ (something I’ve yet to learn.)

Kim is also in tune with legislation in the works that has the potential to impact animals, and she shares this information on her blog as well as her social media sites.

If you haven’t met Kim yet what are you waiting for? Go check her out, you can find her on:

Many thanks for Pamela at Something Wagging This Way Comes for organizing this blog hop and pairing me with Kim. I’m thrilled to learn more about the awesomeness that is Kim and honored to call her my friend.

Welcome, welcome 2014!! Are you ready for some Good Carma?

Of course you are! Well good news! You’ve arrived at the right place my friend. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, splash a healthy shot of Bailey’s in it and sit down, I’m going to share some really good Carma with you.

I’m talking about Carma Poodale of course. I was lucky enough to draw Carma Poodale’s blog in the Pet Blogger’s Gift Exchange hosted by Pamela at Something Wagging This Way Comes and AJ from I Still Want More Puppies!

Isn’t she adorable? She even has her nails painted. Shamelessly stolen from Carma’s blog.

I was surprised by what I discovered by exploring Carma’s blog. For instance, I had no idea that Carma was a service dog for a person with MS. Yes Carma PoodaIe is a medical alert/mobility dog. Part of her job is to help her person with balance (getting up and down, or moving from room to room) but she is also trained to notice fatigue and lead her person to a chair or find a place for her person to lean, if need be. She is also trained to remind her person to take medications. Carma is also able to fetch dropped items, retrieve canes or pull wheel chairs! I don’t know about you, but that is pretty impressive to me.

Again, shamelessly stolen from Carma’s Blog.

The other thing that really impressed me about Carma is that she is extremely active with her local Humane Society. Carma and her mom educated people about spay/neuter, work to find forever homes for the animals housed at the Humane Society, raise funds for the shelter and encourage better pet parenting.

Carma and her mom, you guessed it, shamelessly stolen from their blog.

What’s not to love about Carma and her blog? I look forward to learning more about her in the new year. You can follow Carma on her social media outlets listed below.

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