Selfie Sunday - Caught!

Hello, everyone.  This is Lexy checking in with my selfie for Sunday.  Up until now, rumor had it that I was the culprit when it came to tearing open food bags.  Pictures say 1000 words and tell 1000 tales, so I can no longer tell a lie.  

1-800-PetMeds Cares™ 2017 Change a Pet’s Life Contest

Hello and Happy Wednesday! We’re teaming up once again with 1-800-PetMeds Cares to bring our readers some exciting information about their third annual Change a Pet’s Life Day contest. 

Change a Pet’s Life Day was started in 2009 to encourage pet adoption and draw attention to the many homeless pets in the US. It takes place each year on January 24. 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ introduced the Change a Pet’s Life Contest in 2015 to help homeless pets get the life-changing medical treatment they needed to be adoptable.

In honor of Change a Pet's Life Day on January 24, 2017, 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ is holding the third annual Change a Pet's Life Contest to help adoptable pets in need of medical care. Shelters and animal rescues may enter an adoptable pet and encourage your community to vote for a chance to win up to $2,000 in grants. 

How To Enter

• The Change a Pet's Life Contest is open to U.S. animal rescues and shelters to change the life of an adoptable pet by providing a needed surgery or medical treatment.
• To enter: fill out the entry form and submit an adoptable pet in need of medical treatment. Tell the pet’s story, describe how the pet got to the rescue group and include a photo of the pet.
• Contest is open to US animal shelters and animal rescue groups that adopt out dogs and/or cats in the US and have not won a 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ contest within the last year (1/9/16-1/8/17).
• Limit of one entry per group.

Submission Period

• Entry period: January 9, 2017, at 12 a.m. ET to January 15, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. ET
• Voting period: January 16, 2017, at 12 a.m. ET to January 22, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. ET
• Winners announced January 24, 2017, on the contest webpage.

Prizes 

• 1st place: Up to $2,000 towards the winning pet’s care and a video, produced by 1-800-PetMeds Cares™, about the winning pet and rescue group to be featured on the 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ website and social media sites.
• 2nd place: $1,000 grant for the second-place pet’s surgery and/or medical treatments.
• 3rd place: $500 grant for the third-place pet’s surgery and/or medical treatments.
• All monetary prizes will be paid directly to the veterinarians/animal hospitals overseeing the winning pets’ care.

Previous Winners

In 2015 the grand prize winner was Gorilla, from Pug Rescue of Austin. Gorilla is now in his forever home. And in 2016 Regina, from National Mill Dog Rescue, who has also been adopted. 

If you're not part of a shelter or rescue, don't worry! Beginning January 16 you can view all the entries here. We'll definitely be voting! 

Please spread the word about the contest so your favorite shelter or rescue can enter. 

Disclosure: We received a gift for sharing the information about this contest. Lola The Rescued Cat only shares information we feel will be of interest to our readers. 
Lola

Litter Genie Cat Litter Disposal System Review - #ChewyInfluencer

Hello, everyone. This is Lexy checking in with our with our monthly Chewy.com review. I was very excited when I read the December choices of products.  I really wanted the Litter Genie Cat Litter Disposal System because I thought it would make a good Christmas gift for Mother. There were only 25 available and I crossed all four paws hoping my request made it in time.  Well, whoever said crossing paws doesn’t work is wrong, because I got one! 

Happy New Year 2017 from the White House

Lola: Hello and Happy Saturday Caturday! As 2016 comes to an end, we decided to do some reflection. We’ve never done a “look back” kind of post, so this is our first one ever. To be honest, as new bloggers, we never had much to report on. But now that we’ve been blogging for two years we have a little bit more to look back on. 

Our Secret Paws 2016 Goodies

Hello and Happy Wednesday! This year was the first time we participated in Secret Paws, and it was so much fun! Our Secret Paws were Zoey, Ernie, and Wally of The Island Cats, and they sent us a bunch of presents! Just wait till you see what we got. 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, from our house to yours! We wish you all the happiest of holidays, full of peace and love. Thank you for being a part of our lives.

Stressed by the Vet? Try a Cat Friendly Practice®.

Did you know that the United States is one of the highest ranked cat loving countries? In 2016 Gfk conducted a global study in which more than 27,000 consumers (aged 15 and older) in 22 countries were interviewed online. Results indicated that cats reside in 39% of households in the U.S., ranking below only Russia with 57% and France with 41%.

And according to the U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook  published by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AMVA), in 2012, 36.1 million households owned cats at that time, with the estimated number of pet cats being 74.1 million.That’s a lot of cats! Which makes me very happy on a personal level. But, that same sourcebook also points out that only 55% of cat owners took their cats to the vet, vs. 81% of dog owners. That statistic is indicative of our beloved felines not receiving the routine medical care they require.  

Lola at the vet