Monday Mischief

We sure are late with our Monday Mischief post today! I was going to just skip it, but Zeus clearly wasn't thrilled with his Mama's mischief today and thought you all should know.  You see, I had the nerve to head back to the daily grind today... on a full time basis, although it is temporary (I'm covering someone's maternity leave at my old company).  Zeus would much rather have Mama working from home and doesn't quite understand why I would opt to disappear all day again. I'm with my big guy on this one, but unfortunately he hasn't landed that spokes doggy modeling contract that would pay the bills yet! 

I suspect this was the type of mischief going on at home today...



The Boys are Back in Town!

The NHL is baaaaaaacccccccckkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!



PREVIEW: TheraNeem Pet Care Line

TheraNeem Pet Care Line

Where to Find: Organix-South Inc.

Late last fall, we received some of the TheraNeem Pets products from Organix-South and had planned to bring you one of our reviews.  Unfortunately, the timing wasn't great, as life truly got in the way.  We fought our first ever battle with fleas, some ongoing allergy issues with Sophie and then, Lola's autoimmune issue... not to mention, winter hit and we tend to not bathe the dogs during the colder months.  Needless to say, we have not been able to actually use and review the products.  I don't want to wait any longer to share this great line with all of you, so instead I'm opting to preview them today and am planning a full review (and hopefully a giveaway) this Spring!

In the fall of 2012, Organix-South expanded its TheraNeem Pet Care Line with four new pet products containing organic Neem oil and other powerful essential oils that help pets stay clean, healthy and protected all year long. Vegan and cruelty-free, the line does not contain alcohol, sodium lauryl sulphate or parabens. Along with the existing TheraNeem Pet Shampoo, the new line includes:

 

• Soothing Therapé Pet Soap is a natural cold-pressed, hand crafted bar with certified organic Neem oil that leaves your dog’s sensitive skin and coat feeling clean and smelling great. 
• Herbal Outdoor Therapé Pet Soap is perfect for the active dog with 10% certified organic Neem oil, offering protection for your pet’s skin from the challenges of the outdoors. 
• Herbal Outdoor Spray for Pets contains powerful, skin-friendly Neem leaf and Neem oil combined with other soothing and nourishing botanicals to protect and balance your active dog's skin with no sticky or oily feel. 
• Skin Soothing Spray for Pets offers an alcohol free, water-based blend of Neem and nourishing botanicals for a skin-balancing solution for dogs that soothes chronic skin irritation and cools sensitive skin.

We received samples of the Pet Shampoo, Soothing Therapé Pet Soap, and Skin Soothing Spray for Pets. 
 

Why Neem?  With high levels of natural anti-oxidants, Neem helps protect pets from toxic contaminants in the environment. TheraNeem Pet Shampoo has proven over the years to be a safe, natural solution for dogs and cats* to calm reactions to environmental stresses, soothe chronic skin irritation and promote a healthy response to minor inflammation. It cleanses and revitalizes a pet’s skin and coat without harsh chemicals, soaps or synthetic waxy thickeners.  All TheraNeem pet care products include supercritical Neem extracts, which offer super-concentrated, super-pure and super-therapeutic action for faster results especially when dry, itchy or irritated skin is present.

*Soothing Therapé Pet Soap and Skin Soothing Spray for Pets are not recommended for use on cats due to the essential oil content

Check out the entire line of TheraNeem products and stay tuned for our review this Spring!

Disclosure: Organix-South and The Olive Parent Media sent the TheraNeem products to Lapdog Creations, free of charge for review purposes. I was not compensated for this review and all opinions expressed are my own.  

Sunny Side Up

Let's get Wordless... a sunrise, bacon egg & toast cups and a vineyard walk into a bar appear on a blog...



The Incredible Disappearing Lumps (aka Lola Update)

Is it really only Tuesday? It's been one of those busy weeks already, but hopefully the rest of the week glides on by.  Lola & I just returned from a check up at the vet and all seems to be going well!  (if you missed any of our updates, click here) 

Lola ~ January 1, 2013

The above picture was taken on New Year's Day, just 4 days after the second biopsy.  My  tired baby girl looks like a patchwork quilt, doesn't she (and that's just one side)? 

Last Monday, we started her on 30mg of prednisone, twice a day and our amazing vet suspected we would see results very quickly... especially if it was sterile granuloma, as she suspected.  A day later, I was already noticing some of the lumps getting smaller and by the end of the week, some had actually disappeared!  I am amazed! 

Lola & Zeus ~ January 6, 2013

Dr. C was quite pleased this afternoon with the incredible disappearing lumps and said we could decrease her prednisone dose to 20mg, twice a day!  Yay!  I was a bit concerned when we put her on the scale and realized she lost 4 pounds in the past week, however prednisone can effect the muscles and Dr. C feels it is simply lost muscle mass.  It's sure as heck not because of any loss of appetite - in fact, that has most certainly increased (another prednisone side effect)! 

Tut & Lola lounging ~ January 11, 2013

We have another follow up appointment with Dr. C in 2 weeks.  She said we will continue to slowly decrease her prednisone over the next 4 - 5 months, and the goal is to hopefully be able to wean her off it completely! 

Thank you to everyone for all the continued good vibes and crossed paws!  It truly means the world to all of us.

Thank you Nutrish!

Is it Monday already?  We don't have much mischief in store for today, so we thought we'd tell you how cool the folks at Rachael Ray Nutrish are!

We reviewed Rachael Ray Nutrish Naturally Delish dog food last fall and were more than pleased with all four varieties.   We use the wet food as a mix-in at dinner time, and the Lapdogs can't get enough. 

Imagine my surprise when just days after I posted our review, the folks from Nutrish contacted me and asked if they could use my photos and review in their newsletter.  My first reaction was... seriously?!?!  They wanted to use my photos and review... not some high end professionally shot photo? 

Here's what the Nutrish November 2012 newsletter looked like (that's one of my pics, along with a link to our review on the bottom left). 

How cool is that?!?!  I am thrilled to have my photos and review recognized!  As if that wasn't enough, those same great folks sent us this awesome thank you package which arrived last week!

I opened the box to find a cool Nutrish bag... stuffed full of goodies!  Which translates into Mama's got a new bag, plus a can cozy and the Lapdogs have lots of nom-noms... 3 tubs of Naturally Delish, 3 bags of Soup Bones and 14 coupons for free Naturally Delish, Nutrish Kibble and treats.  Yes, 14 coupons for free stuff....

Thank you Nutrish folks, you rock! 

Tut thought it was all for him....

If you haven't checked out Naturally Delish for your pack yet, we urge you to do so... the Lapdogs especially recommend the Chicken Mutballs with Pasta!  They think the Soup Bones they just received are pretty darn good as well!

Black & White Sunday - Go Pats!

We're ready for the game, are you?  GO PATS!!!