It's Maggie May's Birthday!

If you get a chance today, stop by and wish our sister, Mags, a Happy Birthday!

HELLO!

Hello everyone! So sorry we've been completely MIA from the blogging world.

Just wanted to check in and let you all know we are all still here and doing just great.

Thanks so much for the Gotcha Day and Birthday wishes that have been sent to us in our absence! We would also like the apologize for missing our friends Gotcha and Birthdays!

 

Have a wonderful Sunday, friends!!!

 

 

 

 

Cat Calendar for a Cause!

Hey, Friends! Check out this awesome calendar that helps shelter kitties!!

 

 

9Lives is offering The 2013 Morris & Friends 12-month calendar, filled with adorable Facebook fan-submitted photos of their cats taken throughout the year. The calendar is currently available for sale on LuLu.com for $20. All proceeds from the calendar will go to benefit the Hinsdale Humane Society.

 

Morris the Cat is passionate about helping shelter cats, as he spent his early life in a shelter before being adopted and ultimately landing the role as the face of the 9Lives^® brand, promoting responsible pet ownership and pet adoptions through animal shelters.

Giveaway Winner!

Concats to Meowmeowmans!! They were the winner of our 500th post giveaway! They have chosen Option #1 - Very colorful 8x10 "Ferris Cat Meow" Warhol inspired print.

Thanks to everyone who entered and wished us a Happy 500th Post! You are all wonderful and we are so very honored to call you all our special friends!

Help Celebrate Our 500th Post - With a Giveaway!

I can't believe this is our 500th post! In actuality, we should be much further along, but I've been seriously slacking! Oh well, here we are - #500!

We've had such a wonderful time meeting and visiting with our blogging family - YOU! You've shared the good, the bad, and the downright sad with us. We wanted to show our appreciation with a giveaway!

Up for grabs is your choice of the following prints:

Option #1 - Very colorful 8x10 "Ferris Cat Meow" Warhol inspired print. This print features 8 colorful pop art cats on a white background with the word "Meow" on the bottom of the print.

Printed on Kodak photo paper. This print is not framed or matted.

Option #2 - You've got to be kitten me right meow! The print features "Poppy" a former foster kitten of mine who was saved from our local shelter and sent up north to a rescue.

Printed on acid free heavy card stock. Paper size is 8"x10". Image size is 5"x7" and will fit perfectly in an 8x10 frame (not included) no mat needed.

 

Option #3- Rescue! Adopt! Foster! Digital print created to raise awareness of the pet overpopulation problem. The print features "Poppy" a former foster kitten of mine who was saved from our local shelter and sent up north to a rescue.

Printed on acid free heavy card stock. Paper size is 8"x10". Image size is 7.5"x5.5" and will fit perfectly in an 8x10 frame (not included) no mat needed.

 

Here are the rules:
Just leave a comment telling us which print you'd like if you are the chosen winner! Be sure we have a way to contact you by email either by your blogger account or leave us your email address in the comments section or email us your email address. This giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere!

*You have until Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 11:00am est to enter. We will chose a winner using random.org. We will post the winner of the giveaway later that day. We will contact the winner via email.

 

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!!!

Meet Princess Phoebe Rose!

This is my new adopted sister, Princess Phoebe Rose! My mom moved into her own apartment in February of this year after my parents decided to split :( Anyway, the apartment is nice, but it was missing one very important thing.... a cat!

A couple of weeks ago, my friend (Phoebe's foster mom) asked me to take some promotional photos of her fosters to display at the PetSmart Adoption Center and adopt-a-thons. Phoebe was one of the fosters. This is one of her photos.

Phoebe was surrendered at the shelter last year with her kittens. (Grrr!) She nursed her litter and then a litter of motherless kittens. The shelter manager begged my friend to save Phoebe (whose name at the time was Mama Geneva) and bring her into her adoption program. Unfortunately, our shelter has a high kill rate. My friend came to the rescue and has fostered Phoebe since February. Phoebe was adopted out for a six week period, but it didn't work out. She and the two small dogs at her new home didn't get along. Back to my friend she went...... My mom and I went to PetSmart and visited Phoebe on Tuesday night and my mom fell in love with her. And the rest, as they say, is history!

She is doing great at my moms and acts like she has lived there all her life. Not once has she hid or even acted scared. She owns the place and even has her very own Christmas stocking.

The End

 

Don't you just love a happy ending? I sure do!!

P.S. Be sure to check back in with us on Tuesday for a surprise!

“Paw It Forward” to Give Jobs to Individuals with Special Needs

“Paw It Forward” to Give Jobs to Individuals with Special Needs

The Barkers Dozen seeks crowdsourced funding to hire three special needs individuals.

Aug. 9, 2012 — CHICOPEE, Mass. — The Barkers Dozen, an organic and eco-friendly dog treat company based here, launched “Paw It Forward”, a 30-day campaign to raise $10,000 in crowdsourced funding, in efforts to give a steady paycheck and vital career skills to three special needs individuals.

If the goal is reached, the pet treat company will use the investment to hire three individuals through its partner, Aditus, Inc., an organization that provides community-based employment and other services to Intellectually Disabled Individuals.

Social responsibility and giving back to its community is central to The Barkers Dozen’s mission. It has partnered with Aditus to bake and package its treats since 2011, and currently, all treats made by The Barkers Dozen are handmade by Aditus participants.

“Seeing the joy on one employee’s face when he got to open his first bank account, or another’s excitement when she bought her favorite recliner to watch television, are experiences that I can’t even begin to explain,” said President/CEO and Founder of The Barkers Dozen, Shawn Sherry. “Now it’s up to everyone to help me make this happen for more individuals in our community who want to be out there working, if they could only be given a chance!”

With the new employees’ help, the company will also be able to create three new flavors of organic dog treats. After the Paw It Forward campaign closes, The Barkers Dozen will collaborate with Paw It Forward investors to determine the three future varieties.

In addition, those who make a pledge to support the Paw It Forward project will receive a gift based on their level of support – from 50% off any order, to a year of free organic dog treats from The Barkers Dozen.

The Barkers Dozen is managing the Paw It Forward project through Indiegogo.com, a social crowdsourcing website. The campaign runs through Sept. 9, 2012, and is accessible here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/201673?a=1021062.

Available in select pet boutiques, upscale retailers and grocery stores — as well as online through The Barkers Dozen Virtual Bakery and Online Store — the current lineup of organic pet treats includes: Barkers Family Chicken Treats, Barkers Carrot Treats, Barkers Dozen Barkscotti, Peanut Butter Cups, Peanut Butter Treats, Cookie Cakes and The Big Dipper. Also available are a variety of Sampler and Seasonal Gift Boxes, and custom-made cookie jars and gift baskets.

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About The Barkers Dozen:

With the goal of providing Homemade Organic Pet Treats that everyone could afford, The Barkers Dozen was founded in 2009. In the midst of the 2008 pet food scare, company founders Shawn Sherry and Anthony Newman saw an opportunity to start an organic dog treat business where customers could feel safe and secure about what they fed to that loyal member of their family.

The Barkers Dozen treats use the highest-quality, human-grade organic ingredients and are made in a variety of shapes and sizes to satisfy any furry friend. The gourmet dog treats are made on demand and in small batches to ensure the freshest product possible for customers, without artificial preservatives. Feeling a responsibility to the world in which we all live, its packaging is renewable or recyclable.

In 2011, Sherry assumed sole ownership of The Barkers Dozen, following a year of historic growth. Later that year, continuing its belief in social responsibility, The Barkers Dozen began utilizing staff from the Aditus group, a non-profit which helps those with special needs to be able to enter the work force. In addition, The Barkers Dozen donates a portion of its profits from every sale to two animal shelters in its local market.

Press contact:
Mehgan Recker
732-853-7056
mrecker@thebarkersdozen.com
www.thebarkersdozen.com