Thursday, February 11th, 6:00 pm CST
Jenny will be on The “My Buddy Butch” Radio Show—listen from anywhere!
http://www.mybuddybutch.com/radio.html
Jeff and I will talk about my new book, the “Not Without My Dog” Resource & Record Book,
coming this spring.
The “Not Without My Dog” book includes essential information about your dog in a user-friendly format for daily use, travel, and emergencies. It has a durable hard cover, fill-in-the-blank records pages, photo sleeves, a waterproof pouch for important papers, and information on keeping your dog safe, disaster preparedness, dog first aid, and more. The 8 State Kate Press produces this book, which is made entirely in the U.S.A.
Posted on February 5th, 2010
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I just watched this nailbiter showing firefighter Joe St. Georges rescuing a dog from a river in L.A (click on link below to watch video).
Firefighter Saves Dog from L.A. River
Fortunately, both man and dog came out of it ok. That is one lucky dog! Thank you Joe St. Georges for taking the risk to save this dog. The dog had a collar, but no tags or microchip, so he is at animal control in Downey, CA. Please, please, please microchip your dog! Here’s more info from the Not Without My Dog Resource & Record Book, coming soon (click here for more info). The book also has a section entitled, “What You Can Do Now to Prevent Your Dog from Getting Lost and to Help You Find a Lost Dog” (coming in another post soon).
What a Microchip Is and How to Use One:
A microchip is a computer chip in a capsule, about the size of a grain of rice, that’s encoded with a unique ID number. It is permanently implanted and can identify your dog if she is lost or stolen. A microchip is the only sure way to identify your dog if the collar is removed or lost, and can provide security and peace of mind.
The microchip is painlessly injected beneath the skin of a dog, usually between the shoulder blades. The chip remains inactive until read by a hand-held scanner that sends a low frequency radio signal to the chip. The chip then transmits an ID number to the scanner. The technology used in microchips is similar to that used in human implants like pacemakers. Since the microchip is powered by the external reader, it is off most of the time and does not require a battery. Thus, one chip is expected to function for your dog’s entire life.
A microchip can be implanted by your veterinarian or at a local animal shelter or humane society. Animal shelters and humane societies often hold low-cost microchip clinics. If your dog has a microchip, you need to register your contact information with the microchip company. Include an out-of-state emergency phone contact since local communication may be difficult in a disaster situation. Keep your dog’s microchip information on file with your veterinarian and update your vet and the microchip company right away when your contact information changes. The microchip can only reunite you with your dog if people know how to reach you. For peace of mind, ask your veterinarian to scan your dog’s microchip at each visit to make sure it is still detectable.
Microchip Basics:
_____ Have a microchip implanted under your dog’s skin. Make sure the implanter scans and reads the chip before and after it’s implanted. Record the chip ID number and company in the front of this book.
_____ Register your contact information with the microchip manufacturer right away. Include an out-of-state contact as an emergency back-up.
_____ Make sure the microchip number and company are filed with your dog’s records at the vet clinic. Ask your vet to scan and check the chip at each visit.
_____ Update the microchip company and your veterinarian immediately whenever your contact information changes.
_____ Make sure your dog wears a collar with ID, the quickest way to identify your dog. The microchip is not intended to take the place of a collar with ID, but is valuable when the collar is lost.
_____ If your dog is lost or stolen, contact the microchip company immediately. Some companies will issue an all-points bulletin to the vet clinics, impounds and animal shelters in your area.
Coming in Spring 2010:
Posted on January 23rd, 2010
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January 17th, 6:00 pm CST
The Pet Playground Radio Show
AM 950, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Click here to listen online from anywhere!
Sage Lewis and I will talk about my new book,
The Not Without My Dog Resource & Record Book,
coming in Spring of 2010.
This book was inspired by all that I learned from (and since) my
Katrina animal rescue experiences
and from rescued dog 8 State Kate.
Posted on January 6th, 2010
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I’m distressed by the number of “Lost Dog” notices that I’ve received over the holidays. I’ve been writing about this topic for my next book, The Not Without My Dog Resource and Record Book, coming in 2010. I don’t want to wait to share this information, so I’m offering it to you as a “Happy New Year” gift. Remember, please microchip your pets and don’t send them outside without a collar with ID. All my best to you in 2010!
What You Can Do Now to Prevent Your Dog from Getting Lost
And to Help You Find a Lost Dog
The panic and pain of losing a dog might be avoided completely by taking these steps now. If you lose your dog, the tips below may help you to find her quickly.
Socialize your dog: Help your dog get used to different situations, including people and loud noises. A dog that isn’t terrified may be less likely to get lost, and if lost, less likely to hide and easier to find.
Train your dog to wait: Teach your dog to wait while you go out the door first and when you open the crate door. Use a release word to let the dog know when she is free to exit. This will keep your dog from bolting out the door or leaping out of the car before you can snap the leash on.
Train your dog to come when called: Teach your dog to come to you when called. When she comes, reward her with praise and great treats. Never scold a dog you have called, even if she takes forever to get to you. Always make coming to you a good experience.
Train your dog the drop: Teach your dog to drop to the ground on command, so that she might be prevented from running into the street or stopped by your voice if running away. Start by teaching your dog to “drop” at your side and gradually move away so she will do the drop from a distance.
Collar and ID: Make sure your dog wears a secure collar with current ID tags. Include a phone number where you can be reached and a back-up phone number for a second person who can easily be reached by phone.
Microchip: Have an identifying microchip implanted under your dog’s skin at a vet clinic or humane society. Attach a tag with the microchip number to the dog’s collar. Register the chip and make sure the microchip company has your current contact information. Keep a record of the microchip number and the company’s phone number in a safe place (like your wallet) and add it to your dog’s file at the vet clinic. Contact the microchip company if your dog is lost. Some microchip companies will issue urgent bulletins and provide special assistance if your dog is lost.
Photos: Take clear, current photos of your dog from several angles in good lighting. Digital photos are easiest to distribute quickly by e-mail. Store back-up copies with a friend or family member who can access the photos on short notice.
Description: Write a description of your dog as if writing for a person who doesn’t know dog breeds. Include color, approximate weight, and unusual markings or scars. For example, my dog Bandit has a unique cowlick down the middle of his face, a black triangle marking on his tail, and a toenail that sticks out sideways from an old injury.
Info package: Keep an information package about your dog in your vehicle’s glove compartment. Include photos, a written description, microchip info and ID number, contact info and a copy of recent vet records. This book will serve the purpose!
Contact person: Ask a friend or family member to be a contact person, someone who could easily be reached by phone while you were out searching for your dog. The dog could be lost in an area without cell phone reception, and you wouldn’t want to be sitting at home waiting for phone calls when you could be out looking for your dog.
Amber Alert for Pets: I recently learned of an online “amber alert” network for lost pets. I don’t have experience with this network, but you can find more information at www.findToto.com.
The Missing Pet Partnership has helpful pet recovery and “lost dog” poster information on their website: http://www.missingpetpartnership.org.
From The Not Without My Dog Resource and Record Book (© 2010)
by Jenny Pavlovic
available soon from the 8 State Kate Press
Posted on January 1st, 2010
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This story was sent to me by The Jenkins Group.
The Inspiring Story Behind the Song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”:
From a depressed widower father, to a millionaire…
How “Rudolph” changed the life of Robert “Bob” May.
(from SocyBerty.com, Nov. 19, 2008)
As the holiday season of 1938 came to Chicago, Bob May, 34-year old ad writer for Montgomery Ward, a father of a four-year old girl, was exhausted, broke, and about to lose his wife to cancer.
One night, Barbara, his daughter asked him, “Why isn’t mommy like everybody else’s mommy?” As he struggled to answer his daughter’s question, Bob remembered the pain of his own childhood. A small, sickly boy, he was constantly picked on and called names. So he began to spin a tale about a reindeer with a bright red nose who found a special place on Santa’s team. Read more…
Posted on December 25th, 2009
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Meet Jenny Pavlovic and Rescued Dog Chase at Valley Bookseller
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Saturday, December 19
2:00-4:00 PM
217 N Main Street
Stillwater, MN, 55082
Jenny Pavlovic will sign her award-winning book “8 State Hurricane Kate: The Journey and Legacy of a Katrina Cattle Dog”. Come meet the author and her dog Chase, and share this inspiring story this holiday season. $5 per book sold will go to the 8 State Kate Fund, providing financial relief for animals in desperate situations.
“8 State Hurricane Kate” is a finalist for
2 USA Book News 2009 Book Awards!
Posted on December 11th, 2009
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You laughed, you cried, you were inspired!
Share “8 State Hurricane Kate: The Journey and Legacy of a Katrina Cattle Dog” this holiday season.
Save $4 per book! That’s just $14.95 each!
Click here to order and enter discount code A43ZX8XR.
A limited number of signed copies are available @ $20 (+ shipping).
To inquire about signed copies, send a message to njennyr @ 8StateKate.net (remove spaces) with “BOOK REQUEST” in the subject line.
Posted on October 30th, 2009
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November 14th:
Jenny will speak about:
“How to Discover Your True Passions in Life:
What I Learned from My Journey with 8 State Hurricane Kateâ€
Owatonna Community Education
Owatonna, Minnesota
10:00-11:30 am
Click here and go to page 6 for more info.
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Posted on October 26th, 2009
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Sunday, November 1stÂ
7:30 am PST, 9:30 am CST, 10:30 am EST
Don’t forget the time change! We “fall back†an hour this weekend.
Maryanne Dell will review
“8 State Hurricane Kate: The Journey and Legacy of a Katrina Cattle Dogâ€
 on The Pet Place Radio Show, hosted by Marie Hulett
(http://www.marijeproductions.com/)
To listen online, go to this link: http://www.retro1260.com/index.aspx
Click on the “Listen Now” tab.
Don’t forget to turn up your sound!
Maryanne Dell is a writer, editor, and columnist from Southern California whose popular column appears online at
http://ocpets.freedomblogging.com/meet-maryanne-dell-pet-columnist.
She is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer, working with dogs and their owners on manners, agility, and behavior modification, as well as an evaluator for Delta Society’s Pet Partners therapy animal program. She and her Tibetan spaniel, Jitterbug, visit facilities and schools to bring some canine fun and help kids improve their reading skills. Like Jenny, Maryanne felt the pull and traveled to Lamar-Dixon in September 2005, where she helped care for canine Katrina victims at the expo center. She reviews books every month for “The Pet Place Radio Show.†Please consider adopting your next pet; millions die annually in our nation’s shelters.
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Saturday, November 14th:
Jenny will speak about:
“How to Discover Your True Passions in Life:
What I Learned from My Journey with 8 State Hurricane Kateâ€
Owatonna Community Education
Owatonna, Minnesota
10:00-11:30 am
Click here and go to page 6 for more info.
Posted on August 26th, 2009
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I originally wrote this to a local radio announcer on August 17th. I’ve received some questions about my encounters with Wayne Pacelle of the HSUS and my comments on Michael Vick, so I’m sharing the information here. I try to keep this column positive. There are times when I need to bear witness and follow my convictions, even when the information is distressing. Here goes:
I listened to part of your discussion about Michael Vick this morning. Unfortunately, once I got to work, I wasn’t able to listen to the rest of the discussion. Makes me late for work sometimes! J
I think that Best Friends Animal Society, the group that cared for and rehabilitated some of the rescued “Vicktory†dogs, made a very appropriate statement. You can read it at this link: http://network.bestfriends.org/campaigns/pitbulls/news.aspx?pID=12080 and learn more about one of the “Vicktory†dogs at this link: http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cfm?page=news&fps=1&mode=entry&entry=E54BF137-FAF5-634B-915A029F2C926E4A. In essence, they stated that Vick would have been more believable if he had donated some time and effort to helping animals before returning to the NFL. As the situation stands, he looks like he is being repentant just to return to playing football.
Vick isn’t just accused of running a dog fighting operation. He is also accused of the following:
Killing dogs:
§                 By hanging: “by placing a nylon cord over a 2 x 4 that was nailed to two trees located next to the big shed.â€
§                 By drowning: “by putting the dogs’ heads in a 5 gallon bucket of water.â€
§                 By beating: “by slamming [dogs] to the ground several times … breaking the dog’s back or neck.â€
§                 By shooting: “by shooting the animal with a .22 caliber handgun.â€
§                 By electrocution (i.e. with jumper cables). According to one of the people Vick paid “to live on the property, take care of the dogs, and arrange dog fights,†“He admitted killing numerous dogs after ‘testing’ and after fights by shooting and electrocuting the dogs and then burying them on the… property.â€
 §                 “One dog that did not die from hanging was taken down and drowned in a 5 gallon bucket of water.â€
§                 In another case, “Vick took down one of the dogs that would not die from hanging and tossed the dog to the side. He later hung the same dog until it died. He wore overalls, which were hung in the garage, when he killed the dogs, so he would not soil his clothes.â€
(Source of the above info: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/?p=1789)
Let me tell you more about Wayne Pacelle, the CEO of the HSUS, and the person who is partnering with Vick to do humane education. Pacelle and the HSUS would have put down all of the rescued Vick dogs if it weren’t for Best Friends, Bad Rap (http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101911701917/archive/1102071494158.html), and other organizations that stood up for and saved the dogs. Here’s some history on Pacelle with regard to pit bulls: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/?p=1559.
I met Pacelle in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina when I was helping care for rescued animals. Under Pacelle’s “leadership†many volunteers left the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, LA, where rescued animals were housed. Many pit bulls went missing while under Pacelle’s authority. He was accused by a veterinarian of telling volunteer vets to go into New Orleans and euthanize every animal they could find before Hurricane Rita arrived ( I haven’t confirmed this statement, but have reason to believe it). My own experience with Pacelle is that he treated volunteers poorly, did not spend any time with the animals (except when news media arrived for photo ops), and was unable to make critical decisions in a timely way to help save animals. I went nose-to-nose with Pacelle more than once in order to save 8 State Hurricane Kate and was finally able to get her out of the heat and to a safe place.
Pacelle collected millions of dollars on behalf of Katrina’s animal victims. Then in October 2005, with thousands of animals in the Gulf Coast area still needing help, the HSUS pulled out and went back to DC, taking most of that money with them. Last August I attended the Katrina Animal Memorial Service in New Orleans on the 3rd anniversary of Katrina. The service was organized by the Humane Society of Louisiana, which was left without the support of the HSUS after Katrina. Many organizations and individuals, comprising the “All-Stars†of Katrina animal rescue, attended this event. Wayne Pacelle and the HSUS were not invited (Details here: http://www.8statekate.net/wordpress/?p=109).
Pacelle, who is partnering with Michael Vick to do humane education, does not have much credibility with many who work in animal rescue, and is known to pull deceptive publicity stunts. He has not accounted for most of the money collected on behalf of Katrina’s animal victims and he is not trusted by many of us. Here’s more background on Wayne Pacelle: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/?p=780.
Having said all of that, I hope that Vick is truly remorseful and will have a positive influence on young people’s attitudes towards animals. I really hope that those of us who are skeptical turn out to be wrong. It’s just hard to believe that someone who could murder dogs in the ways described above, and who didn’t appear to show any remorse until he could earn big $ by doing so, has really changed. He may have served time for running a dog fighting ring, but he did not serve time for the many crimes (murders) that he allegedly committed and was not convicted for. Still, we can all turn our energy to doing positive things for the animals, as Best Friends encourages.
It’s way past my bedtime, but I think this information is important. I hope you’ve stuck with me throughout this message and will share some of this information with your other listeners.
If you’re disappointed with the NFL, cut out any NFL logos that you have and send them back. Stop spending money to support the NFL and its sponsors. Then turn your attention and positive energy back to caring for the animals. We need them now more than ever.
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Posted on August 18th, 2009
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