Help Max A Pooch find an answer to the age old question.
"Why does the dog always have to pull?"
Max A Pooch asks Awesome Animal Advocates why whenever there is a dog, a sled, a human, and either a harness or a rope why the dog has to pull. He thinks it would be fun to sit in the sled and have the human pull. What do you think? Max A Pooch would love to hear your dog's point of view. Leave a comment and let's hear what your Pooch has to say about who should pull.
This is one of a series of pictures under of photos that are Max A Pooch's Max's Maxims. A new one will be posted every week or so. Please like this and share the link with your friends.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Max A Pooch's Max's Maxims
A maxim is according to the dictionary a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
or a proverbial saying.
Periodically Max A Pooch will add a photo that provides a look at his general truths and fundamental principals. Please come back periodically for more of Max A Pooch's Max's Maxims.
Is what is happening to bees a proverbial "Canary in the coalmine" when it comes to warning us about the pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam? Photo courtesy of Center of Food Safety and taken by NY beekeeper Jim Doan.
Yesterday, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a suit in behalf of a coalition of four beekeepers and five environmental and consumer groups against the Environmental Protections agency seeking the suspension of the use of pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam.
Late last month the American Bird Conservancy released a study titled The Impact of the Nation’s Most Widely Used Insecticides on Birds. That study issued dire warnings about EPA’s failures to assess threats to birds and to the aquatic ecosystems many species depend upon. The chemicals included in that study were clothianidin and thiamethoxam.
"Busy as a bee" is a familiar attribute and we owe a lot to the work billions of worker bees do in pollinating both food crops and wild plants such as flowers. While not native to North America the demise of the honeybee would create the loss of, or serious decline of many food crops that growers and farmers depend upon honeybees to cross pollinate.
Birds! It saddens the heart to imagine as The American Bird Conservancy claims that "As little as one kernel of corn shows that a single corn kernel coated with a neonicotinoid can kill a songbird"
If that claim is anywhere near true the number of birds that can and will succumb to a cruel and painful death by poison is staggering. Of course of paramount importance is the damage that these poisons may do and are doing to creatures large and small to the entire ecosystem.
It would seem that birds and bees are the proverbial "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to warning of the negative results of the use of the pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam. It is because of this warning of the potentially incredible negative impact on the environment and humans we should advocate for the birds and the bees. If we don't we may very well suffer similar consequences.
As this video clearly demonstrates there are two sides to Max A Pooch. One side of him is champion of animals. His other side is champion of environment.
That duality is not unique to Max A Pooch. It is difficult to imagine someone who advocates for animals who isn't concerned about environment and vice versa.
That is why the slogan for Max A Pooch is "Canine Champion of Animals & Environment." That moniker is the foundation of a strong," positive message describing for what Max A Pooch stands. It also provides the opportunity for him to communicate his messages. When he picks up litter and puts it in a trash can, or sorts recyclables from waste. He reminds people how easy picking up and disposing of litter is. He educates his audiences what is recyclable. People are amazed to see a dog do tasks that many humans won't or don't undertake. The second message of course is that Max A Pooch is a dog that was rescued. He is living proof of how friendly, bright, and helpful shelter dogs can be, and that there are millions of pooches who are waiting for homes.
Max A Pooch sees those who litter and those who abandon companion animals, as humans who share a common trait. That trait is lacking a sense of responsibility. Because of that shortcoming the environment is damaged and millions of animals are subjected to heart breaking trauma and death each year.
Whenever we are out for a walk and Max A Pooch finds a plastic bottle or other litter he picks it up and disposes it in a trash container. The reader can imagine the look on a passerby's face when Max runs past her or him with a bottle in his mouth.
I always make it a point to say, "Oh, of course he does that. He was thrown away and if things been different may have been euthanized and his body cast into a landfill. There are thousands of dogs each day that aren't so fortunate. Now doesn't that make you sad to think how many Max A Pooch's are euthanized each day for no greater sin than not having a home? Shouldn't we be more concerned about animals and the environment?"
Marketers of green pet or other products or services put Max A Pooch for you. It will help you, help the environment and help animals everywhere.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
What animal advocates have done for me
Welcome! Many friends have asked me why I have spent more than a year chronicling animal advocates for Examiner.com, and now undertaking Max A Pooch's Awesome Animal Advocates and this blog.
The answer is Max the dog who we adopted a few years ago is what animal advocates have done for me. Since I adopted him he has become known as Max A Pooch the Canine Superhero to the Environment. You see, we gave Max a forever home and after he arrived he recycled and repurposed me.
Briefly, prior to adopting Max I had gone through a rough few years. First, I suffered a stroke that left me paralyzed on my right side. I had to relearn how to walk, and I also had to relearn how to write and again control my fine motor skills. In addition, my speech was impacted and I needed speech therapy.
Thanks to the support and encouragement from my wonderful wife and a great medical staff I recovered. Unfortunately, soon after recovering from the impact of the stroke I was diagnosed with cancer. I had surgery and the cancer was removed. After recovering from the surgery I returned to work. Two days later my employer told me my position in the company had been terminated and I was let go.
I was devastated. I had fought hard to recover from the effects of the stroke. As with many cancer patients I had been through a psychological roller coaster of hope and despair. The surgery had been major and the recovery painful. Now, at 55 I was told my job was terminated. Both mentally and physically I was in no way prepared to receive the news. After all, it is tough enough to find a job when one is over 50, being a stroke and a cancer survivor would make that task all the more difficult.
Although I did find employment, I never again held a position comparable to the job I had prior to my stroke. My morale was at an all time low and I began to feel sorry for myself. It was then we went to Orphans of the Storm Animal Rescue with our granddaughter Zoe to adopt a kitten. We also ended up adopting Max.
Max was a project dog. He was six months old, had no training and was full of energy. He was also super smart, and willing to please. Slowly, he began training me to be aware of the simple, but incredibly great things in life, like him greeting me when I came home.
As I trained him to pick up litter and recycle bottles and cans my attitude began to change and I saw life through his eyes. It was good. It was then I realized as I was training Max, he was recycling and repurposing me. I put my marketing and promotional skills to work. Through Max we could help raise awareness of the thousands of companion animals waiting for homes at animal rescues, and to help people become aware how easy it is to reduce America's WASTE line. One of the things we did was make a website for Max A Pooch.
It was when TAILS Magazine called Max, the Canine Superhero to the Environment in an article they wrote about him I realized what a positive change he had made in me. And, I owed a debt to animal advocates that I will never meet. Because of these people the rescue shelter from which I adopted Max exists and because of them I found Max. That is what animal advocates have done for me.
How many people are there who like me found their lives improved by the addition of a rescued cat or dog to their homes? How many people are their whose lives are enriched because a wild animal or species of wild animal is saved? I will never know the answer to those questions. But, I do know there are countless people who can step forward and say thank you to the awesome animal advocates who fight for those who can't speak for themselves; and by doing so make the lives not only the animals for whom they advocate better, but make lives for countless people richer and better.
I hope through my efforts I can help animal advocates spread their passion and energy, inspiring others as my way of saying thank you to those who efforts allowed Max and me to meet.
