Reco = Recommendation
.
- Behind the Paw Bloggers Summit at our Poe Avenue HQ
Last week, I played hostess to eight really wonderful (and talented) people who came to visit us as participants in our first Behind the Paw Blogger Summit.
Caroline, who is on staff for Romeo the Cat
Amy, who blogs at Love Meow
Lana from Petside
Nicole from DogTime
John from Avenue K9
Dr. Janet, who blogs at About Vet Med
Dr. Eric who blogs at The Dogster and Catster Vet Blog
And Karen, the The Cat’s Meow on Catster blogger, who brought her flat cat Skeezix who blogs at Skeezix’s Scratching Post.
I am working on an overview of the event which I will post in a few days. For now, check out these wonderful sites!
On our way, Thursday morning.
I visited Technorati today and decided to claim my blog.
guzryvf7p3
Please excuse the mess!
I purchased the domain name, PetCareBev.com a while ago, and I’ve been procrastinating making this move to WordPress.
Well, I’ve jumped through all the silly technical hoops placed before me by WordPress.org and GoDaddy.com. Now it’s going to take me a few weeks to get everything put away and to get my new digs decorated.
So as you pass through, please be aware of all the packing crates, ladders, and wet paint. And don’t be surprised if it all changes several times before I truly settle in.
There’s been some interesting developments in my job lately.
If you’ve read my bio, you know that I work for P&G Pet Care–also known as The Iams Company–and we make Iams and Eukanuba dog and cat foods. I’ve been in the Consumer Relations department for over a dozen years. I love my job.
I think my job just got better.
I started this blog because I was tired of some people bashing my company. Then Bailey was diagnosed with cancer, and suddenly this little blog became my therapist.
Lately, things have been good for Bailey (though I need to write something about the flu she’s just getting over), and I’ve been writing more about work. I’ve also been reaching out to other bloggers and folks posting in forums–trying to be helpful, but also trying to correct misinformation regarding my company.
The powers-that-be have noticed, and they’ve decided to encourage me.
So my job has changed. Now part of my workday will include the Internet. To
paraphrase Captain Kirk (and with apologies to any
Trekkies who might be offended):
The web: A virtual frontier.
This is the blog of a Pet Care employee.
My mission?
To explore pet-oriented sites, forums, and blog postings–and comment as needed.
To seek out new ideas and consumer feedback.
To boldly go where few Pet Care employees have gone before. (cue the music…)
[edited to fix a spelling error]
I was reminded yesterday how therapeutic my little blog was when I first learned that my little pooch had the BIG C.
Bailey is now 2 years, 2 months, 1 week and 1 day free from cancer–how cool is that !! We continue to visit Dr. B. every month and she continues to poke her finger up Bailey’s butt looking for the nasty cancer–nothing yet!
So much has gone on over the past year….including a horrible recall. I think I need to find some time and start up writing again.
From the Mike Peters web site.
Once she got over being ticked off, Bailey was surprisingly quiet last night for not having been fed. At bedtime, I got in my jammies and we had an extended groom-the-puppy session–good for both of us on so many levels. When we were done I thought she was so relaxed that she would hit snooze-city. But no! She of the sleepy eyes sits right up and says “so where’s my bedtime snack? And by the way, what happened to my midnight supper?” I pretended not to notice, so she hopped off the bed (in a huff) and sniffed the entire bedroom for the next half hour in case I had hidden her food. Then she flopped down into her own bed (at the foot of mine) and slept there for most of the night. She woke me around 4am getting a long drink of water. After she peed (I think I’ve mentioned my love of pee pads) she asked quite politely if she could come up into my bed where she slept until the alarm went off at 7.
We were at the vet’s by 7:50. The tech came out to the waiting room and took Bailey back–by now she was trembling (another dagger to my heart!). God bless Dr. B.–she came out to explain to me exactly what the goal of today’s blood draw is. First, it needs to be non-fatty blood (hence the fasting); if it is, she’ll send it to the local lab to make sure the calcium numbers are correct and not skewed by the fat that was in yesterday’s draw. If the calcium numbers are still high then the sample goes for more complex testing which will take a week. Either way, no real resolution to what’s going on with my baby girl.
I’m totally useless right now–can’t concentrate–so I’m taking some vacation time. But I had to go into the office today for my flu shot. I work with such a great group of people. As I go bumbling around in this haze of not knowing, my buds are there to share their strength. Dr. D. is like a rock–confirming that Dr. B. is totally on the right path (as if there could ever be any doubt!) I am so effing neurotic about Bailey and Dr. D. is so wonderful about talking me down off the ledge (Dr. B. is pretty good about it to—I’m so thankful for both of them!) S. was also pretty wonderful–she wanted to hug me, but I wouldn’t let her–I knew it would send me right over the edge. And poor K! I was trying to sneak out as quick as I could and he saw me with red eyes and actually chased me nearly into the bathroom because he was concerned about whether it was because of my mom or Bailey. God I love them all!
This whole blogging thing is kinda cathartic, but ICK! I really am getting kinda drippy and maudlin! Time for bed.
I’M TURNING INTO A LUDDITE! OK, I’m usually pretty good about technical stuff. But getting the photo published to my profile has been making me nuts! Guess what? I finally sat down and accessed Blogger Help. DUH! How easy was that. Still, I’m feeling a hair overwhelmed with technology today. Time to shut down the Dell and go sew.
…hey! I’m working on it.
