Hide n Seek!

Me furbro Gizmo has been acting weird da last couple days, eatin ok, toiletin ok but hiding unda bushes in da garden and not coming in wen he's called. So fort I'd write up about it in here for any hoos who need to know wen der pet not feeling well and da signs to look for.

It's one ov da most stressful fings when we fall ill. As we can’t tell dem when we feeling ill, it's up to da hoos to observe our behavior and take appropriate action when it'ss not normal. This ‘abnormal’ behaviour, whatever it is, will be one ov da keys to determining health or illness. After all, dey know dere pets better dan anyone else, we hopes. If we very playful every morning and den one morning we is lying in the corner, dat's likely a sign of illness or problem.

Even though it sounds simple and obvious, most ov us furs follow a daily routine and have particular habits. When we suddenly stop following those habits, warning bells should sound for da hoos and a visit to the *wispas* vet is in order. This is especially true of furs dat have been membas ov da fambly for a while as da hoos shud know us best. When it comes to officially diagnosing the actual problem, *ahem puts Matron's hat on* of course the vet is da best hoo for dem to call. However when it comes to observing our natural behaviour, da hoos are da best detective in determining if our behaviour is normal or abnormal.

The process of observation becomes more difficult when we has just recently come into a new home/fambly, cos dey not had us long enuff and it lacks any type of ‘observational history’. Still warin me Matron's hat pals *coughs* In this case dey need to be aware of some of the basic signs of illness in cats and dogs. Dey must also be aware dat most dogs and cats instinctively try to hide illnesses as illness equals vulnerability to predators. We all know dat, but hoos not always understand how we fink. By the time we is showing obvious signs of illness, there is a good chance that we is already fairly sick.

The following signs (and this is only an incomplete and fairly basic list cos after all I am only a fur allbeit a fully qwolified medicul Matron ov Zombie Squad Medics) are good indicators dat dere is a healf problem with us and that we needs to be seen by a vet.

Weight-loss, weakness, disorientation/confusion, loss of appetite, excessive vomiting, excessive diarrhea, excessive scratching, head shaking, difficulty breathing, hiding in general, hiding in dark places, sleeping or resting much more than usual, blood in the urine or stool, making odd noises when touched or picked up, general disinterest in things we likes, difficulty walking or moving about and uncharacteristic discharge from any orifice (dat means opening *nods*) in the our body, deez are all good indicators of a medical problem. Any other symptom not on this list that is abnormal is also an indication of illness. Sorry for da long werds but I tryin to make dis easy for da hoo's cos dey not speek fur langwige.

Ahem... ware woz I? Oh yea....

Being diligent observers, or becoming diligent observers once dey get new furs is one of da best ways to ensure our long term healf. After all, just like humans furs do get sick from time to time and need occasional veterinary visits. The difference between pets and hoos though, is dat most hoos will not try to hide their illnesses. Dey tend to make a meal ov it and make sure everyfur knows dey not feeling well, ahem... hoo flu comes to mind or sumfin similar. So when a fur does show signs of illness, our medical problem might well need immediate veterinary care. That’s why being aware of our normal behaviour, as well as general the signs of illness is so important.

*takes Matron's hat off*

So der yoo haz it. Make sure yoo tell yoor hoo to read dis so dey know if yoo not well or not. Or if dey alreddy know da signs fink abowt sharin yoor noms wiv dem.

Will let yoo all know how Gizmo gets on, Muvver finks he either got wind (gas for all yoo furs ova da pond) or eated sumfin dats upset him. But if he no better by late aftanoon Muvver will nip him into da vet for a checkup! But yoo know us furs, we duz feel poorly one minute den we fine da next. But Muvver wont let Gizmo go any longer dan dis aftanoon feeling poorly pals. Dunt worry!

Right now dat's me lecture ova for today, just a qwick reminder about Firewerks, cos in da UK it coming up to Bonfire Night, wen da hoos let off bangers and firewerks. Tell da hoos to keep curtains/blinds shut, turn up da volume on da tellybox or radio and plug in some pheromone fingies and make a nice dark cave for us to hide in. Keep furs indoors and make sure der microchips is up to date incase scared and run off, and if really scared and shaking, tell da hoos to put a coat on yoo one size too small so it tight, or to spend money on a proper funda jacket wots supposed to stop us feeling vunrubble and upset. hmm... *scratches head wiv claw* I fink dats about it for firewerk advice for da hoos. oooh me almost forgot, if yoor hoos find a lost fur on firewerk night tell dem to take it indoors in a cat basket or crate prefurably, until da morning den ring da local vets. Cos dey probbly lost and scared an need a safe dark quiet sanctuary til da morning wen der owners can be traced.

Right me done now, I gonna go an eat me bacon!

Cya laters pals, rememba, share da love!

Angel Bonnie
xoxoxox

Halloween & Firewerk Season is almost here!

Hello my fwends!

It will soon be firewerk season, an no doubt sum stupid hoo's will be lighting early and all times ov day and nite, cus dats how sum ov dem are, stupid and dunt fink about us furs. Corse we dunt know what firewerks are or understand why dey gotta be set off, so I've got a few tips yoo can tell yoor hoo's to do.

To us, the loud noises and bright flashes are scary and unexpected and we often want to escape from what is, to us, a high-stress situation.

There are ways hoomans can prepare for Firewerk season in order to help us stay calm, so make sure yoor hooman knows how to help us cope wiv fireworks

So hoomans here is sum tips:

- Make sure we have a safe space or den where we feel comfortable. Hoos can make us a den either in da lounge or bedroom, a sort ov cave ware we can go and feel safe, if dey not got a crate den a fireguard or even cardboard box will do, but someware just big enuff for us to get into and curl up. Some towels or blankies over da top helps sound proof it too. Same goes for our kitteh couzins, an if dey alreddy got one of dem igloo beds den juz need a towel draped over da front leavin little gap to peep out from.

- Check when displays are being held, keep us inside, and try to sound-proof the house by drawing curtains and keeping windows are doors shut.

- Introduce background noise using the TV, radio or music streamin, to make the sound of firewerks less obvious.

- Try to act normally as we will look to you for reassurance.

- Make sure our microchip information is up-to-date just in case of escape. This is a legal requirement for dogs and highly recommended for cats in da UK not sure about outside UK.

- Use a pheromone or natural calming product to help manage our anxiety. Yoo can get plug in types and drops to put on our bedding or wherever we like to rest up. Da plug in fings dey can buy to plug in releases feramones, like dem lectric air freshner fings, only feramones. Dey need plugging in and switchin on 2 days before da firewerks iz expected. Dey is qwite good, muvver got one ov dem.

- It also a good idea to let us out to toilet before da firewerks start kickin off. Nuffin wurse dan juz sqwot down for a pee and sumone lets a banger off behind yoo and me not talkin bowt beef sossiges.

- And dey also gotta make sure dey get da kittehs in early and keep dem in, get a cat litter tray and sum litter, it not gonna brake da bank and it might get a bit whiffy in da howse but it better dan losin kitteh if it runs scared at firewerks or even wurse if some nasty little oyke ties a firewerk to it's tail. Nasty little oyke bein sum nasty cruel minded hookid dat shud know better but not got enuff brain cells.

Start to prepare now for Firewerk Season and help us to manage our firework fear or noise phobia. Best not to get dem to sympathise wiv us too much, as dey fink dey iz comfortin us, but we fink dey bein weak and it makes us more scared. So dey gotta be brave and pretend nuffin rong.

Der are also physical fings yoo can get us, wich I fink are debatable wevva dey werk or not, in the form ov tight fitting specialist coats dat are supposed to calm us down, dey neva werked for me personally but dey duz werk for some furs. They be quite pricey too, so a cheap way ov makin a calmin coat is to a doggy sweater a size too small or get yoo pawrent to cut a sleeve out ov an old sweatshirt or jumper and cut 2 holes in it for our front legs.

Corse sum ov us dunt mind da bangs and flashes, my sisfur Lily le Puss loves to sit in da window watchin and my ovver sisfur Dora dunt bat an eyelid but my two ovver brofurs Giz and Mojo are petrified ov da bangs and nuffin seems to help dem wich is very sad.

Hoomans and hookids build bonfires on or before 5th November, den set dem alight and let off da firewerks. Dis can go on for weeks in some areas *rolls eyes*. But dere's lots ov wildlife dat like livin in piles of wood cuz to dem it's just a nice warm place to spend da winter, dey not aware dat some hooman gonna cremate dem on Bonfire Night. So da hoomans must always check dat dere's no hedgehogs or anyfing else livin in da pile ov wood dey wanna burn. Even if it means takin it all to bits and rebuilding it agen. Hedgehogs is good for eating slugs and fings dat scoff yer plants but dey not dat good as a BBQ for hoos!

Anyway dats me advice to hoo's who mite be readin dis artickle, use Google for furva advice. Da mostest impawtunt bit ov advice I can gives yoo is to make sure yoor chip up to date, yoo kept indoors and hoos keep da windows and doors closed, and da back gates, and when yoo go out to toilet make sure yoo on da lead incase yoo jump da fence or find a hole froo it. Cuz der some wicked evil hoo's about who wud tie firewerks to us for fun if dey catch us, but not only dat, imagine bein lost on firewerk night. Nuffin more terrifying my fwends. So get yoo pawrents to put demselves in our paws and make sure dey keeps us safe!

I hope dis advice has helped!

Love yoo my fwends, keep safe!

With all my love

Angel Bonnie da Westie
xoxoxo

Dandelions Nature's Wonder Plant

Yes pals as yoo know Dandelions are me trade mark and not only dat dey Natures wonder plant. So good to eat, and also good to heal hoomans and furs alike.

So today me haz got muvver to scribe down some ov our recipes to share wiv yoo. Deez are all for eating and drinking, nuffin medicinal in da article cuz me fort I'd do dem seperate.

I hope yoo find da recipes useful and try dem out. Dere's food, drink, and jams and even ice cream!!!!

I also put dandelion pet treats in da article, so us furs get to try dem out too.

In da meantime, here's some intrestin facts about Dandelions yoo mite not know!

Hope yoo enjoy boff me article (link in the tabs above - Eating Dandelions) and dis post too.

Dandelion Facts

The dandelion is the only flower that represents the 3 celestial bodies of the sun, moon and stars. The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars.

The dandelion flower opens to greet the morning and closes in the evening to go to sleep.

Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be used for food, medicine and dye for coloring.
Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make room for dandelions and other useful “weeds” like chickweed, malva, and chamomile.

The average hooman recognizes thousands of logos for commercial products, yet recognizes fewer than five plants that grow in his/her area. Dandelions are most likely one of those familiar plants.

The name dandelion is taken from the French word “dent de lion” meaning lion’s tooth, referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves.

Dandelions have one of the longest flowering seasons of any plant.

Seeds are often carried as many as 5 miles from their origin!


Take care pals! Loves ya lots

Angel Bonnie
xoxoxo

An observation of life on Twitter - Share the love!

Some of us live a charmed, lucky life, with no worries or sickness, while others struggle from day to day, coping with a new crisis along the way best they can. If we’ve never had to struggle, never had to worry about where the next penny is coming from, its sometimes hard to understand how others can’t cope, or don’t have the resources to manage the problems and troubles that crop up in their lives.

If you’ve led a charmed or fortunate life, takes great compassion and empathy to comprehend how someone else is struggling and to be willing to give a helping hand, rather than a lashing with a critical tongue or careless remark. Its so easy to see someone with several pets struggling from day to day, and thinking ‘they shouldnt have had all those pets then they wouldn’t be struggling.’ But stop a moment and think, they were probably in a better position when they had their pets, and through circumstances beyond their control they now struggle to keep their pets, and to care for them. And the thought of losing those pets can be devastating, because in a lot of cases, the pets are the only thing that’s holding someone together.

There’s so much bad feeling in the world, but there’s also so much love. I’ve always strived to help those that need support or a kind word to help them cope with their lives. Sometimes it’s easy to be misled or used, but even thats better than never helping a soul in your life.

A generous heart is worth so much in life.

And from the other perspective, someone who seems to get one problem after another, or is going through a life crisis that some of us cannot even imagine how devastating that can be, are so low, so absorbed with trying to cope with that crisis, that they feel ashamed to ask for help, won’t accept charity, and feel unworthy. It takes great courage for someone to ask for help. Often looked on or thought of as a weakness, not being able to cope or being in a position to manage the crisis.

People in this situation need encouragement, helping to re-order their lives, to ask for help emotionally or financially if they need it, and we should give that help however we can, by kind words and love, any way we can, because one day we may also find our selves in a similar position.

Life can be very cruel.

Sometimes someone will be sat alone at home, suffering from an illness, maybe even a terminal one. We don't know. Someone else may be suddenly left on their own due to divorce or loss of a partner, we wouldn't know. And someone may have a mental illness that confines them to their home, keeping them a prisoner of four walls unable to reach out and seek help.

Let's face it, we're all on Twitter for instance, for one reason or another. Loneliness, illness, unemployment, there are dozens of reasons. And some of us are on Twitter because it's just fun and we enjoy it, interacting with others. But for some it's the only lifeline they have. The only communication with other human beings they get.

So basically I’m saying we shouldn’t take people at face value, all we see is what they want to show us, we have no idea what struggles they have offline, and we shouldn’t judge others from those vague assumptions that we may have about them. We could be totally wrong, and sometimes we are. And how dreadful it feels when we have misjudged and criticised someone when really we should have helped them even by just a kind word.

As I said before, there will be some who will take advantage of those of us with kind hearts and empathy. That’s life. There are always rogues amongst us and we don’t always sense they are taking advantage of us, but generally we get a sense of right or wrong and make the right decision. And I always say, it’s better to help someone than stand back and do nothing, because if we did nothing, we wouldn’t help anyone and what a sad world that would be.

So if you know anyone that needs help, or you suspect is going through a rough time, don’t look too badly on them, but try to understand and put yourself in their shoes. And the network of love will grown and help us all to live better lives knowing we help others .

And never, ever be afraid to ask for help. There are more people out there that willingly want to help others, and feel pride that they can and feel good that they are helping someone.

This isnt a lecture my friends. This is an observation.

I have been on Twitter for a long long time, and have seen lots of things, sad things, happy things, inspiring things, joyful rewarding things. When I first came to Twitter I was just a little dog that wanted to help other furs and their hoomans. Then I lost my fight with Cushings and SARDS and went OTRB. I've made a lot of friends, and a lot of those furs are now OTRB with me. I loved every minute of it, and still do, and now I'm a fur angel I can still encourage others and help furs that need help.

The Twitter family is amazing, full of amazing hoomans and even more amazing furs. I'm so lucky to have so many friends, and to be respected and loved as much as I am. *looks across at muvver* Yes muvver's lucky too as her life has been enriched by the whole Twitter experience. Well apart from a few saddos that bullied her a long while back but she got over that after I gave her a good talking to. Which harps back to this article really, cos if she'd taken any notice of those nasty people she would have left Twitter and I would have missed all my pals. And looking back at that time, it all happened for a reason, and that was so me and muvver could help others and let them know they're not the only ones being picked on. Cos we know what it's like. And they're not the only one's struggling with something and needing a pal to share the load.

So that's me observation. Call me an old blonde furbag, but I do have me deep fortful moments at times, and feel like passing it on cos sometimes we all need reminding what life is all about.

I love you my friends. Please share the love!

No we're not gonna hold paws in a circle and sing come by yar muvver *rolls eyes*

Love you pals

Angel Bonnie

Dandelions the perfect medicine!

Do yoo eat dandelions? Well tell yoor hoomans not to worry, cos dey is a wonder food for us an all animals, even our hoomans!

Here is sum intrestin facts about dem and my scribe, ahem... Muvver, has wrote it in hooman speak so it easier to understand she sez pfffft....

Yer tiz!

Dandelion or Taraxacum officinale, is also known as Lion’s tooth; Priest’s crown and Swine’s snout. Anyone who’s ever cared for a lawn has tangled with these stubborn, bountiful weeds. What may surprise you is that dandelions hold that same tenacity as an herb.

Nutritional Benefits of Dandelion

The entire plant can be used, flowers, roots and all, and it packs a nutritional punch. Dandelion is rich in vitamins A, C, K, D and he B complex, as well as iron, manganese, phosphorus, and many other trace minerals.

This nearly perfect whole food source of vitamins and minerals is easily absorbed by the body and is a great supplement to any dog’s daily diet.

You can easily collect dandelion leaves from your lawn (make sure they are never sprayed with herbicides or pesticides), dry them and sprinkle a teaspoon per 20 pounds body weight directly onto your dog’s food.

The Health Benefits Of Dandelion For Dogs

If your dog suffers from digestive issues, dandelion may be a great herb to consider.

The dandelion flower may be used for its antioxidant properties and may improve the immune system. It is also high in lecithin.

Dandelion leaves are loaded with potassium. They also stimulate the appetite and help digestion along with kidney function. They are an ideal choice for dogs with chronic indigestion or those with gas.

Dandelion leaf also acts as a diuretic, making it useful in cases of arthritis, kidney stones, congestive heart failure and gallbladder disease. And best of all, dandelion leaf contains lots of potassium, which can be lost through urination. Dandelion leaf also stimulates the liver and promotes the elimination of waste material from the body.

Dandelion root is also quite useful and nutritional. The root is a liver tonic and helps to remove toxins from the body, via the kidneys. Signs of toxicity can include skin disease, dandruff and chronic constipation. Dandelion root can also treat gallstones and gallbladder inflammation.

Dandelions-benefits

Dandelion or Taraxacum officinale, is also known as Lion’s tooth; Priest’s crown and Swine’s snout. Anyone who’s ever cared for a lawn has tangled with these stubborn, bountiful weeds. What may surprise you is that dandelions hold that same tenacity as an herb.

Nutritional Benefits of Dandelion

The entire plant can be used, flowers, roots and all, and it packs a nutritional punch. Dandelion is rich in vitamins A, C, K, D and he B complex, as well as iron, manganese, phosphorus, and many other trace minerals.

This nearly perfect whole food source of vitamins and minerals is easily absorbed by the body and is a great supplement to any dog’s daily diet.

You can easily collect dandelion leaves from your lawn (make sure they are never sprayed with herbicides or pesticides), dry them and sprinkle a teaspoon per 20 pounds body weight directly onto your dog’s food.

The Health Benefits Of Dandelion For Dogs

If your dog suffers from digestive issues, dandelion may be a great herb to consider.

The dandelion flower may be used for its antioxidant properties and may improve the immune system. It is also high in lecithin.

Dandelion leaves are loaded with potassium. They also stimulate the appetite and help digestion along with kidney function. They are an ideal choice for dogs with chronic indigestion or those with gas.

Dandelion leaf also acts as a diuretic, making it useful in cases of arthritis, kidney stones, congestive heart failure and gallbladder disease. And best of all, dandelion leaf contains lots of potassium, which can be lost through urination. Dandelion leaf also stimulates the liver and promotes the elimination of waste material from the body.

Dandelion root is also quite useful and nutritional. The root is a liver tonic and helps to remove toxins from the body, via the kidneys. Signs of toxicity can include skin disease, dandruff and chronic constipation. Dandelion root can also treat gallstones and gallbladder inflammation.

Using Dandelion
Dandelion can be used as a dried herb, a tea or as a tincture. To make dandelion tea, use 5g to 30g dried herb infused in 8oz water. You can use 1/3 of a cup per 20 pounds of your dogs body weight, up to 3 times a day. For dried herbs, use a teaspoon per 20 pounds.

Since dandelion is a diuretic, make sure your dog has ample opportunity to get outside to relieve himself during the day.

Dere now it's me back agen, yoo can tell carnt yoo cuz it wrote in proper langwige we can understand. *nods*

So now yoo probbly wonderin wot ovver plants/herbs is good for us. I haz alreddy put up poisonous plants in me tab index on da homepage ov me blog and now me put up one for good herbs for pets.

Hello my fwends Happy Easter to yoo - yea I know I'm too early shuddup!

Yes I know I'm early but never mind bahahahaha

I hope yoo are all brite eyed an bushy tailed as yoo read dis, if not I send yoo some healing vibes to make yoo feel better.

Da reason me ritin dis today is to warn yoo about poisons and stuff wot can hurt yoo.

Qwite a few pals has been ill lately afta nibbling flowers an plants in da garden. Dere's section on me blog here, in da main menu at da top for POISONS <<< see. *nods* Here's da link incase yoo carn't find da tab in me menu *rolls eyes* POISONS
It's a pretty comprehen.... compryhan... compreeh.... big list, but dere will be stuff not on dere, so it's always best to get yoor hooman to rush yoo to da vet pronto, or as fast as dey can, as time is crushal an could save yoor life. If dey wait and faff about yoo could be joinin me up ere at Rainbow Bridge. *wags finger* So make sure dey act snappy!

Lots ov plants in da garden is dangerous, an altho it best not to have dem in da garden its not always possible, cos our hoomans duz like der gardening, or some ov dem do. It's not too often one ov us is daft enough to nibble a garden plant, but it's not unknown, so our hoomans shud be aware of wots safe and wots not.

And another fing dats dodgy, is special hooman times, wen dey gets bunches of cut flowers and dey stuff dem in a vase of water. Well most of dem are safe, but a lot ov dem isnt. Lilies for instance are lethal to all furs. Eating da petals or leaves can be fatal, and even the pollen if it gets on our fur, cos when we lick our fur we swallow da pollen and poison ourselves dat way. So reelly lilies is a big no no for hoomans an if dey dunt know get dem to reed dis blog. Oh sowwy forgot, dey will be reeding cos yoo carn't operate da compoota bahahahahaha silly ole me. ahem...

Where woz I? Oh yea, I've done garden plants and cut flowers, now onto noms. Well hooman noms. Dey dus love der sweets an chocolit dont dey? Well so do we too, ware da problem occurs. Take chocolit for instunce. Dere's different types of chocolit, and dey all poisonous to us. But dark chocolit and Belgian chocolit is da wurse eva! Wich is why me is ritin dis now, cos its not long to Easter, and wot duz hoomans haz at Easter? Yep, chocolit eggs. Dey juz carn't stop stuffin dere faces wiv chocolit can dey? pfffft So chocolate must be kept away from us, even tho we loves it.

Der iz special Easter Eggs for furs, wich are made from Carob I fink it called, tiz a natural bean What is it? , but it harmless to us furs, tastes like poop but won't hurt us. pfffftt

My furbro Mojo, da fat lump, managed to scoff a whole box ov Belgian chocs once dat sumwon gave muvver for xmas, she was lookin forward to eatin dem, and put dem up on a shelf so none ov us could get at dem. Den old muvva cat Sophie decided to do some high shelf walking, dunno why *shakes head* she was 19yrs old and rarely moved far from her bed but between you an me I reckon she woz trying to get rid of Mojo *winks* ahem... anyways, she nocked da chocs off da shelf and when muvver came into da room der woz Mojo sat by empty box lickin his lips. He did enjoy dem. Corse I didnt touch 'em, I wasn't OTRB den, me woz sat on sofa bein a good gurl. *avoids eye contact* So muvver had to ring vet and bundle fatty into da car and rush him to da vet. He had an injection to make him vomit, wich woznt nice at all, and it took a wile, but he brort up all dem chocs and hadn't digested very much ov dem, and was ok. Well he woznt ok dats a lie. He looked like he was gonna pop his clogs any minute, you know peg out! But he didnt, and vet said he wouldnt, he just looked bad. But he woz back to his usual self da next day. Woz scarey tho, cos vet told muvver she only had 20 mins to get him to surgery or he'd die.

So that's wot happens if yoo scoff chocs pals. So dont do it!!!!

Here's a link wot explains side effects ov chocolit poisoning an why it deadly for us. All About Chocolate Poisoning

Rite now we only got stuff wot hoomans keep in der houses an sheds and car. Chemical stuff, washing capsules, fings we can chew like brillo pads, great for getting tartar off our fangs but da splinters ov wire dunt do our tums much good. And one ov da worse eva is anti-freeze. Dats fatal, so make sure yoo tell yoor hoomans to keep all deez poisonous fings under lock and key and not leave dem layin around. All dey gotta do is fink ov us as kids, cos dey wouldn't leave stuff around for dem wud dey? Hmm... yea maybe, cos some hoomans int da brightest buttons is dey.

So I fink dat covers about evfurryfing but always best to just open up a browser, dat fing wot you using now to read dis, and put in Google 'poisonous to dogs and cats' and up comes loads ov info.

Muvvers brill at getting info off Google. She just types in a question and up comes the answer. Yoo dont have to put in a long query like War and Peace, just ask it stuff like 'nearest Pets At Home to my postcode (put yer postcode in)' and it'll tell you.

Search Engines is very cleva fings if people use dem propply. Mind yoo der is some weird fings come up sometimes dat us furs shud neva look at *shakes head from side to side* dem hoomans have some strange stuff on da interweb.

So dat ends me surmon on poisons. *pokes paw* Yoo still awake?

So me gonna sign off now, or rava tell muvver to sign off *pokes muvver in ribs* yea she's still awake. *nods*

I got a fabby raffle coming up at Easter, wiv some stupenduss prizes but I'll rite about dat later cus me brain's hurting now wiv all dis finkin and dicktaytin. hmm... Fort he woz a highwayman *scratches head*

So bye for now pals, and rememba keep safe! keep smilin! and keep happy!

Loves yoo pals,

Angel Bonnie
xoxoxoxoxo

Why we help hoomans stay calm and healthy!

Hoomans can suffer from anxiety disorders, or just get anxious a lot over anyfing, somefing big or somefing small. Dey gets stressed out and dats not good for der health.

Ders no majic cure for stress, anxiety or even agrofobia, but der is somefing dat will help! Yap! Dats rite, a furry four legged frend. Like wot we is.

We might not be able to talk to our hoomans in der speak but we pretty good at communicating wiv dem if dey able to choon in to us propurly.

So for a hooman wiv anxiety or sufferin from panic attacks we can work wonders!

One fing dats grate for anxiety is a cuddle, hoomans love a cuddle as much as we do. Makes us boff feel less alone, more wanted and just comforted. So we boff get somefing out ov having a cuddle. And holding an stroking us can make all hoomans feel better even dem wot dunt suffer from anxiety. And we loves it however wee feel. Nuffin better dan a belly rub!

Sometimes wen hoomans got anxiety or stress da last fing dey want is anovva hooman telling dem wot to do, if dey anyfing like my Muvver she usually ignores it and digs her heels in and does da opposite, not always a good idea. But wiv a pet, well we can't talk or give advice. We dont judge, but we good listeners even if we dunt always know wot dey waffling on about. And hoomans can talk to us and tell us all der worries wivout worrying about it goin any furva.

Also cos we living fings, we haz needs, we need feeding, exercising, healthcare, cuddles and security. So all dat gives our hoomans somefing to concentrate on taking der minds off wotever dey stressed or worried about. So der anxiety shrinks a bit. And dey begins to feel a bit better while dey fussing ova us.

By feeding us, reminds dem dey gotta feed demselves, not only to stay healthy but to be able to feed us too. And as for exercise, well we all know we haz to have walkies, so dat gives our hoomans a reason to get out da house and take us for a walk, and while we walking and checking peemails, dey get da chance ov some fresh air and meet ova hoomans who also mite be anxious or worried, or just want to chat to anova hooman and talk about hooman stuff.

Corse our hoomans neva haf to worry about wevva we love dem or not, or if we loves dem more dan bacon, *wispas* always pretend yoo love dem more dan bacon *touches snout wiv paw*. We show dem we love dem in lots ov different ways and make dem feel wanted and loved. Mainly cos we know if we do we get fed and lots of fuss, but dey not need to know dat. *winks*

And as long as dey got us, da werlds der lobster and dey got someone on der side who loves dem, gives dem a purpose in life (to look after us and make sure we go wivout nuffin), and keep demselves and us healthy.

So really hoomans iz much better off wiv us dan a home wivout a pet.

Dunt matter wot fur or fevva it is, Wivout a pet der lives is pretty miserable, its no wonder dey anxious. Wouldnt we be? Pfffft

It a scientific fact dat hoomans wiv pets haz less heart attacks den dem dat not got pets. I put dat down to karma. Love a fur live foreva, well maybe not but yoo get my gist eh?

So it's a two way fing innit. We loves and cares for dem and dey loves and cares for us. Corse we all know it's der purpose in life to be our servants, but we dunt let dem know dat. Bahahahahaha

Hope yoo hazin a fab Friday pals.

Love yoo lots

Angel Bonnie
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