Posted in Animal Advocacy, Conservation, Deals Around Town, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, tagged back to school, Bill Belleville, Cat Protection Society, central florida authors, central Florida books, central florida cat protection society, central florida homeschool books, children's books, homeschool curriculum, Judge Hitt, Maya Books, Maya Bookstore, record albums, Sanford books, Sanford homeschool, Sanford used books, unique books, used books, used bookstore, used records, Yvette Comeau on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Has your child waited until the last minute to start looking for books on his summer reading list? Are you looking for books to fill out your homeschool curriculum for the beginning of the school year? Have you been looking for a favorite book, a book long out of print, or an old record [...]
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I’m planning a post on adopting from local shelters and would like to feature several “success stories” here on the Central Florida Green Guide. Please email me offlist at jan @ janzeiger.com with details about the rescue and a photo of your pet. I plan to put the post together sometime September, so please send your stories in before the [...]
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Posted in Animal Advocacy, Food and Nutrition, Health Food Stores, Health and Safety, Natural Pet Care, Natural Products, Uncategorized, tagged pet food, The Honest Kitchen, The Pet Pantry, Orlando Pet Pantry, dog food, cat food, canine nutrition, feline nutrition, raw food diet, whole foods diet, safe raw food for pets, healthy pet foods, human quality pet food, dog allergies, cat allergies, dog food allergies, cat food allergies, dog chewing at feet, dog chronic ear problems, cat chronic ear problems, dry itchy skin, hair loss, dehydrated raw food, immunocompromised pet food, homemade whole pet food diets, homemade pet food, homemade pet food recipes, barf diets, biologically appropriate raw food diets, ancestral diets, homemade dog food, homemade cat food, Lucy Postins, Preference, Thrive, Force, Embark, Verve, Prowl, healthy dog treats, healthy cat treats, dog supplements, cat supplements, Louise's Pet Connection, natural pet food stores, natural pet food products, natural pet products, Orlando area healthy pets, Central Florida pet food, Orlando pet food, Orlando dog food, Orlando cat food, Central Florida dog food, Central Florida cat food, Central Florida pet supplies, Orlando pet supplies, pet friendly work environment, pawlanthropy, philanthropy, animal-welfare on July 9, 2008 | No Comments »
When Simon the puppy became part of the family this year I knew that he’d join the kitties and the humans in eating a human grade whole foods diet. I set off into the kitchen and whipped up my first batch of homemade dog food. Simon loved it and I loved making it for him, but [...]
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Posted in Animal Advocacy, Deals Around Town, Food and Nutrition, Health Food Stores, Health and Safety, Natural Pet Care, Natural Products, Uncategorized, tagged Ark Naturals, Boston Terrier Rescue of FL, Candy's Cats, cat food delivery, Cavalier Rescue USA, central Florida home delivery service, Central Florida Pug Rescue, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul, Coastal Poodle Rescue, Compassionate Canines, Diamond Pet Foods, dog food delivery, Eagle Pack, Evanger’s, Gold Coast Greyhounds, Golden Retriever Rescue of Mid FL, Greyhound Pets of America, Greyhound Ranch, healthy pet food, Holistic Select, Innova, Lab Retriever Rescue of Florida, Lucky Star Cavalier Rescue, Merrick, Natural Balance, Nutro, Old Mother Hubbard, Orijen, Orlando natural pet food, Orlando Pet Pantry, Orlando Pug Rescue & Adoption, Orlando whole foods pet diets, pet food delivery, Pet Pantry, pet supply delivery, Premium Edge, Prism, Pug Rescue of Florida, Snack 21, Solid Gold, SPCA of Central Florida, The Honest Kitchen, The Pet Pantry, Wellness, Wysong, Zukes on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s welcome relief for skyrocketing gas prices - a home delivery service that brings high quality pet supplies right to your door! The Pet Pantry has been in business for the past 4 years making home deliveries to 6 central Florida counties. Locally owned and operated by sister-in-laws Ginny Blurton and Inga Mueller, The Pet [...]
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Posted in Animal Advocacy, Fun Stuff for Kids, Health and Safety, Natural Pet Care, tagged 4th of July, Altamonte Springs fireworks, alternative fireworks, at home fireworks, central Florida public displays of fireworks, Disney fireworks, firework safety, fireworks, glowstick, green fireworks, Independence Day, Orlando fireworks, pets and fireworks, public displays of fireworks, Sanford fireworks, sparklers, wintergreen candies on June 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Many families have traditions of lighting fireworks in their backyards, even handing lit sparklers to toddlers as they run in dizzying circles in the yard. This is a safety disaster waiting to happen and a practice that needs to be abandoned. Leave lighting fireworks to the professionals this year! Take your family out to see [...]
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Posted in Animal Advocacy, Book Reviews, Food and Nutrition, Health and Safety, Natural Pet Care, Uncategorized, tagged cats, healthy pet diet, healthy pets, pet food, whole foods pet diet on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lucy and Jasper were just plain fat. They were tiny balls of fluff when I adopted the alley cat siblings and just one year later my furry babies were lethargic and visibly overweight. The most exercise they got was running to the food dish. To make matters worse, I was paying top dollar on what [...]
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I received an action alert via email last week about a sweet dog (pictured below) who was about to be put to sleep. I knew there was a high euthanasia rate at our local shelters, but I didn’t realize that dogs were only given about 2 weeks to be adopted. This appears to be the case [...]
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We just visited the Chelonian Institute in Oviedo for the first time last week. It was a great experience for my little ones and absolutely free!
Dr. Peter Pritchard is much more than a world-reknowned turtle expert; he’s also great with kids. I can’t get over the fact that we were able to see so many [...]
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Permit From State Allows Expressway Authority To Kill Threatened Species
This has just come to my attention. I hope we’re not too late.
Here’s the article from Local 6 News:
http://www.local6.com/news/11537717/detail.html
And another article from the Humane Society of the United States:
Nowhere to Hide: Gopher Tortoises Can’t Outrun the Bulldozers of Developers
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