2022 means helping animal shelters through Pet Acoustics Rescue Rap Project. Listen to Janet Marlow, Founder and CEO for a sneak peak into what's up ahead for this National Project to support dog and cat rescue. www.petacoustics.com
We surely have a lot to be thankful for this holiday. Our global community has been through a roller coaster of daily living in different ways. We adopted pets during the pandemic which emptied the shelters and treasured the comfort of our fur companions. So first up, thank goodness for the love of our pets that continue to keep us steady during these kinds of times. So in consideration of our pets during our upcoming Thanksgiving we’d like to offer six safety tips that can help you help your pet experience the holiday safely and with less stress.
Tip #1 Sharing foods that are good
There are a few great options for Thanksgiving treats. Raw fruits and vegetables like baby carrots, green beans, apples (no seeds or skin) chunks of sweet potato, or pumpkin puree (not the sweetened, spiced pie filling) are good food treats to share with your dog. A small amount of unseasoned white Turkey meat (no skin) is okay. They will feel part of the festivities as their noses will be working overtime!
Tip #2 Prevent Losing Your Pet
With family and friends coming and going over Thanksgiving weekend, make sure that your dog or cat doesn’t find their way out the front door. Keep your cat in a separate room with the door closed so they don’t escape outdoors or down the hall if you’re in an apartment building. For dogs that get highly enthusiastic and like to jump on your guests, have your dog greet your guests with their leash and in a sit position. During their stay, ask your guests to be aware of your pets.
Tip #3 Toxic Spices
Garlic, onion, leeks, and chives common in Thanksgiving dishes are toxic to dogs and cats – they can cause destruction of red blood cells. Avoid giving your pet a bite of anything cooked with these ingredients.
Tip # 4 Decorative Plants Can be Toxic
Some flowers and plants can be toxic to pets such as Amaryllis, Baby’s Breath, Sweet William, some ferns, hydrangeas and others.
Tip #5 Keep your pet’s daily schedule
Animals feel safest when their daily schedules are adhered to such as walks, feeding times and rest times. On Thanksgiving, this will probably not be possible and you may see that your cat is meowing more or your dog showing some anxious behaviors. If you’re doing the cooking and can’t pay attention as usual, designate a member of your gathering to take over some of these responsibilities.
Tip #6 Play Calming Music
As you know, Pet Acoustics is the most clinically proven calming music for pets in the world. We, of course, recommend playing our music designed for dogs and cats which will bring your pets into a state of calm throughout the holiday. You can place our Pet Tunes Bluetooth speaker near your pets on the floor for guaranteed effect without interfering with your human music playing during the festivities.
Out of everything, we are so very thankful for this Thanksgiving season and our Pet Acoustics connection to you and your pets are at the top of our list!
Janet Marlow, Founder and CEO and our Pet Acoustics Team
https://soundcloud.com/user-39486092/were-all-ears-3-podcats-10-5?si=bb58760bd720472695a12fff270ab010
Listen to Episode #3 of We’re All Ears hosted by Sound Behaviorist, Janet Marlow and co-Host Alan Brennan. Walking with Llamas to Pickle Ball to a dog named "Little Bear".
a podcast about things you didn't know about animals.
We all have different ways of living life. For me, experiencing the nature of animals is fascinating and I’m always looking for an opportunity to do so. So when I saw that Debbie Labbe of Country Quilt Llama Farm in Cornwall, CT offered walks with Llamas I jumped in to schedule.
Debbie gave us an address by a country road to meet up. We came to the trail and lo and behold across the street coming out of a van were our two Llama walk-mates, Theo and Rio. Seems that Llamas are perfectly comfortable sitting in a carpeted van floor and traveling to their next walking mission. (great idea for a car commercial) In the hour, we walk on a beautiful trail where we learned about these wondrous beings. They weigh about 350 lbs, live up to 20 years, they are gentle and calm. Some fun facts:
Llamas make excellent guards for herds of small animals. They are very social and will 'adopt' a group of sheep or goats as their own herd. ...
Llamas are smart. ...
Llamas are the camel's hippie cousins. ...
One of the ways llamas communicate is by humming.
They are bright-eyed, sure-footed hiking companions.
I had read up about Llamas but found very little exacting information on their hearing ability. As cousins of camels, camel hearing is from 20Hz to 14,000 Hz meaning very similar to human hearing range from 20Hz to 20,000Hz. However, during our walk we observed how Llamas behaved when hearing animal movement in the woods and hearing a dog and their person approach on the trail even before we humans saw them. Here’s a video of Theo’s ears movement capturing sounds.
Llamas get sheared once a year and their wool is spun into wool.
Theo on the left is 11 years old was a cool personality. Rio on the right was a young Llama about 9 months old and was a willing follower.
In 1992, Debbie developed a children’s enrichment program for preschools, daycare centers and libraries called “Hooked On Llamas”. Also an Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) program sharing her llamas with adults at convalescent homes, rest homes, assisted living facilities and Adult Daycare Centers.
When it was time to go home, I brought some carrots to give to our walk-mates as a treat. Then they hopped into the van. A fascinating morning learning more about our gentle animal world.
If you want to Walk with Llamas visit: https://www.countryquiltllamafarm.com/
It's Pet Hearing Awareness week Sept. 20-24th. Listen to our 2nd Podcast on how to home test your dog and cat's ears for health awareness. Listen to our podcast. Janet Marlow, Sound Behaviorist and Alan Brennan, Hosts.
a podcast about things you didn't know about animals.
We've jumped in to the podcast world!!
Listen to Episode #1 of We're All Ears, a podcast about things you didn't know about animals.
Hosted by Janet Marlow, Sound Behaviorist and Alan Brennan.
https://soundcloud.com/user-39486092/were-all-ears-ep-1-81921-82021-832-am
Sometimes a video is worth a thousands words. We’d like to share with you our Pet Tunes music fans and let the footage show you how the music works. Helping animals one Pet Tunes at a time. Janet Marlow, Sound Behaviorist, Founders and CEO of Pet Acoustics.
