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Earth Day

Song of the day..."IT'S ABOUT TIME", by John Denver

I'm Just Saying...(game shows)

Hey peeps! Well, what has been running through my mind today? I bet you are all just sitting around with baited breath waiting to find out. Okay, here's something. Mommie was flipping channels on TV on the other day and one of those game shows was on. In the beginning they introduce all the contestants one by one, and each gets to say a little something about themselves. I don't know if one of the requirements to be on the show is that they all have to have "Stepford families" or not, but COME ON. I mean, it's like they all start by saying "I'm married to my BEAUTIFUL wife", or "my AMAZING husband", and "I have three AWESOME children!" Do they...DO THEY REALLY? I'm waiting for that ONE CONTESTANT to come on the show and say "my husband is a real BLEEEEEEEP...and those kids! WHAT WAS I THINKING!" I'm sure that will never happen, but you wonder if that is sometimes what they really want to say. They are all soooo excited, they have to be "jacked up" on caffeine and decongestant or something...they HAVE to be. But then again, what do I know? I'm just a dog. I guess I'd be all "jumpy and screamy" if I had the chance to win a million dollars in front of a gazillion people on television. That could buy a lot of "meatballs"! Oh, but what if you are really stupid on the show and screw up on a really easy answer. Then all the late night comedians will be making fun of you on THEIR show, and you'll be the headline on everybody's internet homepage. You will definitely get MORE than your fifteen minutes of fame. AND THEN... some network executive might notice you and THEN you wind up on some "REALITY" TV show where you have to eat bugs and swim with snakes or something...AND if you are good at it...YOU WIN A MILLION DOLLARS! I think if you really want to WIN a million dollars, it might be better to just be as smart as you can be and try not to freak out on the show, rather than having to "consume" or "roll around with" all kinds of stuff that make you "hide your eyes" when you see them on the documentary channel. OR, you could just work hard and do what you do best....and maybe the million dollars will come to you anyway...I'M JUST SAYING!

SONG OF THE DAY..."MONEY FOR NOTHING" by Dire Straits

FIRST ANNUAL VETERINARY APPRECIATION DAY!

WOO HOO!  Veterinarians everywhere...HAVE A HAPPY, HAPPY DAY TODAY!  Today is your day!  They say "every dog has his day"....not sure exactly what they mean by that, but TODAY IS YOURS!  We APPRECIATE you every day, but like we mentioned in the post before....we thought TODAY would be a great day to CELEBRATE YOU!

Okay, Mommie and I are the one's that came up with this, so it's kind of like our own private holiday...but WE are gonna celebrate this holiday EVERY YEAR on APRIL 10TH,  so who knows if we spread it around...THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

So THANKS AGAIN Dr. Josh, Dr. H., and Doctor Bell who took care of me when I was just a pup, and a bunch of other doctors I had to see along the way.  HAVE A GREAT DAY!   love, Freddie Girl

Thank You Dr. Josh (and all the other veterinarians in the world!)

Hey everybody! We decided to have our own little holiday in honor of Dr. Josh and all the VETERINARIANS in the world. It's our blog, so I guess we can do whatever we want to, right? I'm gonna let Mommie tell you more about it...oh, and also THANK YOU to all the VETERANS who have taken care of us too! Thanks, love, Freddie Girl

Hi everyone. Thank you very much for reading our blog. As many of you may know or remember, the real Freddie Girl passed away last year on April 10th. It was a very, very sad day for me, so this year I decided to do something kind of "in honor" of my Freddie Girl. I can't express how much I miss her, but I do think she had a hand in sending my new puppy Oliver to me. He is a wonderful little cockapoo who could never take Freddie Girl's place, but he has a new special place in my heart just for him.

Freddie Girl lived to be 14 years old and I know I would never have had her for that long without the love and care of her veterinarians. So on April 10th, I thought it would be a good day to thank Dr. Josh (and Dr. H.) and share that appreciation with all the other wonderful veterinarians in the world. We invite you to join in and show YOUR appreciation to the SPECIAL VETERINARIANS  in your pet's life.

When I checked to see if there was already a holiday to celebrate veterinarians, I did find that WORLD VETERINARY DAY is held on April 25th this year. It is always the last Saturday in April. You can find more information on this at www.worldvet.org. Their purpose is to encourage practitioners to use the occasion of World Veterinary Day to promote the profession by holding open-door days, visiting schools, and showing clients and the public at large how veterinarians touch everyone's lives on a daily basis.

 So, not to infringe on an existing holiday, I thought we could still have a VETERINARIAN APPRECIATION DAY, to compliment World Veterinary Day. WVD involves time being donated by the veterinarians to show what they do and love...so VETERINARIAN APPRECIATION DAY could just be a day for all of us who already know and respect what they do...to simply say THANKS (and maybe throw a little gift or a card their way). 

This also coincides with NATIONAL PET MONTH which is April 4th through May 4th. April seems to be a good month to celebrate our pets and the people that love and take care of them. I hope you will join me in giving THANKS to all the VETERINARIANS in your world. 

I'm planning on making this an ANNUAL EVENT to be held EVERY YEAR on APRIL 10TH. So, if you are reading this, feel free to pass the blog address (itsfreddiegirlcomics.typepad.com) on to all your friends and family, and anyone else you think would be interested. Either way, thank you for reading and if you get a chance, say a BIG THANK YOU to your pet's doctor for taking care of your beloved best friends! Have a great day!      Love, Mommie (and Freddie Girl)

SONG OF THE DAY..."Fix You", by COLDPLAY

(pun "kind of " intended )   :-b

STUFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW!

Hey everybody...Mommie and I thought it might be kind of neat every now and then to share stuff with you that we find interesting....so that's what this column will be about.  We'll share the links with you at the bottom of the post so you can read the real story.  I'll just kind of summarize things for you.

So, we were reading in one of the newsletters we get about this thing called the "cuddle chemical".  It's some sort of hormone called oxytocin that goes up when mommies look at their babies...kind of like a love drug.  Well, they found out that the same thing happens in humans when they look into the eyes of their puppies and kittens! So, they tested people when they played with their dogs for 2 and half minutes...some of them kept making eye contact with their dog and the other people were instructed not to look into their dogs eyes.  Turns out the people that made eye contact had a 20% rise in their oxytocin levels and the other people's levels actually went down.  This oxytocin stuff is supposed to make your stress go away, breed trust and just lift your spirits in general....pretty cool, huh?  Soooooo, now I know when I do something that might make Mommie "not so happy" I just have to make sure I look her right in the eyes for at least 2 and a half minutes....then I'm home free!  Then Mommie will just melt instead of being mad at me....although Mommie melts when she looks at me anyway 'cause I'm just so darn cute...at least that's what Mommie tells me all the time.

Here are the links to the real story so you can read all about it for yourself...

www.newscientist.com/dognews and www.woofreport.com

Check them out and have a great day!  Love, Freddie Girl