Pet Projectz

After my horrible to visit to the Petland store in Lewisville Texas a few weeks ago I was thrilled to see they were being picketed this weekend by a group of well meaning protesters. There were two and four legged ones, and I applaud them for being out in the bitterly cold and damp weather to stand up for what they believed in.

Make a difference and save a life – adopt a shelter or rescue animal and they will be your best friend for life.

Stopped today at the Petland Store in Lewisville, TX to see if anything had changed after my disturbing last visit. Actually things seemed much worse including puppies that were so lethargic they seemed to be sick and also watched a young child step on a puppy as her mother watched. Also disturbing was that there was feces on the floor from the roaming birds. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words – see for yourself what these poor animals are subjected to.

I went to a great event the other day at Gold’s Gym in Dallas – August Dog Rescue had some beautiful rescue animals there that were looking for new homes. How could you not love these angels? I know at least one of them found a new home so it was a great day – they just need more homes so they can rescue more animals.

Meet Daisy – our good witch. She chose us awhile ago and we’ve all been through a lot. She’s got some age on her but I can’t begin to tell you how much she has enriched my life.

One of the things that Daisy insists on every day is her walk. It takes a long time because we have to go slowly, but you can tell she lives for her daily visits with the kids and friends she has made on her route. We started a new tradition a few years ago – on holidays we dress the dogs up and let them take treats to the neighbors.They love all of the attention and the neighbors love it.

Seeing a puppy in front of an abandoned hotel terrified as a storm is about to roll in. You open your car door and he jumps right in and never stops kissing and letting you know how greatful he is.

Meet Jack -I just couldn’t say no and it feels good to be on the receiving end of all of that love. Adopt a homeless pet today – you’ll never regret the decision.

Nothing can hurt or help more than words and they are something that’s truly priceless.

I was checking my LinkedIn page today and saw that a few people had given me recommendations including Sam Weidner Jr who was the VP of Patriot Homes and who had written the following:

“I have had the honor and the privilege to see a true artist at work. I hired Suzanne Felber to help Patriot Homes take a new, innovative, and aggressive role in helping redefine manufactured homes as people knew them. Without question she tackled that task with enthusiasm, and a creative vigor unlike anyone had seen in our industry at the time. Suzanne has a brilliant mind for knowing design trends and how to present her designs in a way that attracts buyers from all walks of life. With her help Patriot was able to win over 9 housing design awards including an award for best marketing campaign awarded by the NAHB. If you want your products to look the best the hire the best, Suzanne Felber.”
Service Category: Professional Lifestylist
Year first hired: 2002
Top Qualities: Great Results, Good Value, Creative

It’s one thing when you think that you have given a job your all, but when you receive something like this out of the blue it makes you want to go out and work that much harder, and give that client a big hug!

I’m honored to have worked with Sam and his company, and I’m looking forward to working with him even more in the future!

Homearama in Rochester, NY is showing off a new trend in architecture this year – Barkitecture. Something near and dear to my heart, builders at the show this year not only built show houses for people to tour, they also did an outstanding job of building dog houses that are now being auctioned off with all proceeds going to Lollypop Farm.

David Riedman and @home Builders as always did an outstanding job and I see from the auction site that their home already sold. Daisy is going to be very disappointed – she had her heart set on lounging on the porch and eating the flowers in the window boxes.

Your Life. Your Style. Your Way. This is what the Lifestylist® philosophy is all about, and pampering your four legged family members with a home that benefits less fortunate pets is a great way to live with style!

This has been a great week – we got 3 kittens adopted and have a wonderful neighbor that’s willing to adopt a German Shepherd! It feels great to find loving homes for these animals and to educate people about adopting instead of buying pets from puppy mills and pet stores.

While I was looking for a dog for my neighbor I was shocked at how many purebred animals there are out there looking for a home – even more of a reason to get the word out about adopting.

Lily is one of our rescue pets, and she loves walking the neighborhood and seeing all of the kids. She’s a big ham and is always up for dressing for the occasion!

Tucson will always be my home away from home, and one of the reasons I love Tucson so much is the people. They tend to call things like they see them, and they don’t back away from a controversy.

Tucson Weekly is a wonderful publication that talks about all things Tucson, and I was thrilled to hear about a great story that Time Vanderpool wrote recently about Petland and how they buy their puppies from puppy mills and keep them in inhumane conditions.

Be sure to read this very unbiased account of how Petland continues to do business and what Petland and the Hunte Corporation’s ratings are with the Better Business Bureau. One of the readers also directed me to an interesting area on the Consumer Affairs website – over 40 pages of complaints about Petland!