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The Stanley Fan Club Grows

ClizBiz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:07:01 -0600

Glad you took a shine to Stanley and I'm so sorry for your doggie loss. Thanks for stopping by! Happy to help.

~ClizBiz

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Animal Concerns, Proprietor, ClizBiz

Interesting!

JChandler — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:44:03 -0600

My dog past away two years ago but there was no doubt in my mind that if anything happened to her that required mouth to snout I would be there. Pet safety and emergency medical is so important. Thanks for the post, loved the tortoise and the basic CPR instruction.

Cool!

ClizBiz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:51:03 -0600

This is great! Is it the one from Jive Media? Seems like it is totally worth the $2.

~ClizBiz

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Animal Concerns, Proprietor, ClizBiz

iPhone app on animal first-aid

Innocent Primate — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:29 -0600

I downloaded an app for my iPhone where I can fill in all my pooches stats - in case of emergency and such, I've got all her normals/allergies/injuries/etc - plus, it has a plethora of various scenarios in which to help a pet. From CPR to spider bites, to burns and cuts/abrasions..just about any abnormal situation you can imagine, it tells you how to fix it. Some, like the CPR, even have videos you can watch.. it's only $1.99...but I would have gladly paid more since I know that I always have access to whatever may ail my beloved fur baby.

"Silence gives consent." The Innocent Primate Vegan Blog http://innocentprimate.wordpress.com innocent.primate@gmail.com

First of all, I love Steph

Innocent Primate — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:44:51 -0600

First of all, I love Steph at Change.org! She's fabulous!! Second..great list of AR organizations..and I totally get where cluelesscrafter is coming from. Even though I've been vegan for almost 4 years now, just watching someone else prep a chicken or steak makes my heart ache for the life that was lost and the torture it had to endure in order to finally find peace in death. It not only makes me sad for the animal in question, but the person as well..that they fail to feel the compassion towards the life that died for their taste buds.

"Silence gives consent."

The Innocent Primate Vegan Blog

http://innocentprimate.wordpress.com innocent.primate@gmail.com

Right?

ClizBiz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:01:27 -0600

Even the folks I talked to who were angry about it agreed that it was ingenious.

~ClizBiz

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Animal Concerns, Proprietor, ClizBiz

Thanks, Mata

ClizBiz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:59:59 -0600

Thanks for weighing on on this, Mata. I was hoping you would. Of all this topics I have posted on here at BlogHer, this was the biggest, longest, deepest rabbit hole of all.

As you said, the idea of Rapture started in 1690 with a Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera - a mere man; there is no mention of the word in the Bible. Still, 40-50 million Americans believing it as gospel is quite a lot, enough for a skeptic like me to have a couple in her inner circle.

Certainly, to Mr. James' point, I could say and do a few things that would get me on the guest list but if I don't really believe it, does it still count? Doesn't seem fair.

As for the animal-soul issue, mankind is deluded by its own inflated sense of importance. So many see the Earth and the animals as things for mankind to utilize until they are gone - not sentient beings unto themselves. Just like us, animals are born and die, eat and poop, give birth and grow old - why would they not have the same spiritual component as well? I've come to believe that people that cannot allow for the idea that animals have souls are wildly disconnected from the natural world and a bit soulless themselves.

Feeling anoher tangent coming on so I'll stop there.

~ClizBiz

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Animal Concerns, Proprietor, ClizBiz

a niche for athiests!

Virginia DeBolt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:08:55 -0600

I think this is brilliant.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology CE | Web Teacher | First 50 Words

to clarify

Mata H — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:45:10 -0600

Only a comparitively small percentage of Christians believe in the Rapture -- of course many people find those who do, easy to ridicule. The term "rapture" used theologically only started in the mid-1700's, so it is a relatively new idea. Most Christian denominations find any Biblical rationale for it to be weak.

Further, there are denominations that do not endorse the idea that one must be 'born again", and require an adult baptism. Yet many characterizations of Christianity paint every denomination with the same belief-brush.

And finally, in a world where so many do not even believe that animals have consciousness or value as creatures, it is no surprise that so few believe in the possibility that they have souls.

~~ Contributing Editor, Mata H. also blogs right along at Time's Fool

Benefit of the Doubt

ClizBiz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:29:45 -0600

Unfortunately, the survey doesn't elaborate on any explanations for why a pet owner would not perform CPR. To your point, I have a feeling the answers might be more complex than we think.

Truth is, nobody really knows what they would do in an emergency. There's usually so much adrenalin and craziness that the quietly-made plans often go out the window.

~ClizBiz

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Animal Concerns, Proprietor, ClizBiz

Maybe ...

doggydessertchef — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:04:14 -0600

The people who say they wouldn't do it are just afraid they don't know what to do and wouldn't want to cause any further harm? I'd rather believe that then think someone wouldn't do everything in there power to save their pet.

Intense

Britt Bravo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:45:05 -0500

Hi clueless crafter,

Wow. That is an intense story. I've heard many stories like that from people who become vegetarian. The worst was from a woman who as a girl had to eat the rabbit she had been playing with earlier at a family farm for dinner.

Hugging a Dead Chicken

cluelesscrafter — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:18:30 -0500

On the topic of animals and respect, I had to share this. On Friday night, we decided to relax at home and roast a whole chicken for dinner. I began the prep work without second thought, quickly unwrapping and washing it before its visit to the oven. When I went to pat it dry, a wave of emotion washed over me. I felt sad for its pain and even sadder by the way I was treating it. Its skin was incredibly soft and its wings felt like the arms of an infant. When I picked it up, it hung limp under its weight, completely plucked clean and heartlessly pricked with a built in thermometer.

I sobbed. Sobbed in respect and with profound sadness for its suffering. My eyes opened.

Has anyone else experienced this connection?

http://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/

Companion Animal CPR

trossberg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:21:42 -0500

Excellent topic and video. Next time I renew my (human) CPR I'll be sure to earn my companion animall CPR cert too. Thank you very much for informing us of this service for our furry friends

Tamara Rossberg

www.naturalpetchef.com

Dunno, But ...

ClizBiz — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:52:03 -0500

... perhaps we can start up a collection and send them some catnip.

Srrrrsly.

~ClizBiz

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Animal Concerns, Proprietor, ClizBiz