Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Sniffing Out Poachers



This is so exciting!!! According to "Cesar's Way" June 2012 issue...

"In the 1980's, more than 3,000 elephants roamed the vast Virunga national Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo. Now there are fewer than 4000. The reason: poachers, who kill them for their tusks. To combat the poachers, who have killed more than 150 park rangers in the past decade, authorities have imported five Bloodhounds from Switzerland. Their job: following the sent of an elephant carcass to track down it's killers. After one recent killing, says Emanual de Merode, chief warden at Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, rangers brought in two of the hounds, named Dody and Lilly. Using a bone from the carcass as a sent item, the rangers and Bloodhounds set off, tracing the ivory to a group of poachers in a small village. "We are extremely pleased with the outcome." says de Merode."

Monday, January 2, 2012

Dejohn Pet Services, Cleveland Ohio

Greetings Pet Lovers, 

DeJohn Pet Care Center
28890 Chardon Road, Willoughby, Ohio 44092
(216) 658-9010
www.dejohnpetservices.com


We would like to introduce you to our friends at the Dejohn Pet Care Center. They opened their new state-of-the-art pet crematorium and Final Goodbye and Visitation Rooms in August 2011.
Their professional staff are very pleasant and always helpful. Their crematory is dedicated to pets only. They offer pet cremation services, memorial services, burial services and pre-planning services.



Final Goodbye and Visitation Room

Their Final Goodbye and Visitation rooms are a great place to sit with your pet either alone or with your loved ones as you say your final goodbyes. You can also bring along your other pets so they can say goodbye too. The DeJohn's realize your pets are part of your family.

Memorials and Keepsakes

They offer a vast collection of unique urns, markers and keepsake jewelry pieces that can be used to express your love, honor your pets life and preserve the beautiful memories of your adorable companion. Many of their memorials and keepsakes are hand made by artists from all over the United States.



Patricia A. DeJohn, Grief  & Bereavement Specialist
Patty A. Dejohn
Certified Grief and Bereavement Specialist


Meet Patty DeJohn. She is a certified Grief and Bereavement Specialist. Patty feels very honored to be able to help others in their grieving process. The Dejohn Pet Services offers a Pet Loss Bereavement Group every third Thursday of the month. The group is a combined effort of the DeJohn Pet Services and Animal Hospital Inc. the meeting is held at the Animal Hospital at 2735 SOM Center Road in Willoughby Hills, Ohio from 6:30-8:00pm. All are welcome.



Certified Therapy Dog ~ Magic
Magic
CertifiedTherapy Dog

And by the way, we wouldn't want to forget to introduce
you to Magic! In difficult times we can all appreciate unconditional affection. Magic, our trained, certified, on-site Therapy Dog, provides comfort and emotional support to people in need. He loves to help adults and children when attending funeral services. Additionally, Magic likes to visit hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and children's facilities as a free service to our community. Petting or hugging Magic can ease minds away from the problems at hand and can trigger memories of happier times.

Magic is a six-year-old, retired champion, non-shedding, hypoallergenic, Portuguese Water Dog. Magic was rescued in July 2008 from his previous environment, where he was being used for breeding purposes. Magic has completed seven weeks of therapy dog training, has passed his test, and is now a member of Therapy Dogs International, Inc.

Magic loves people, offering a service that you can't find anywhere else - with love, compassion and friendship.