As some of you know, I suffer from a chronic illness. Why do I mention this? Well, because it means I cannot dedicate as much time sometimes to this site as I would like to do. It means that I post not-so-frequently. I hope when I do post, however, that it is valuable to you. Here is some "mews" and updates: In an effort to come up with a viral way of sharing Timmy's story and tens of thousands of other dogs & cats in the US (and across the globe) we have come up with the idea of Timmy Stones. These stones are decorated by the volunteers of the T.O.Y. Army (Timmy, Oliver & YOU), who live around the globe. We decorate the stones and send them to anyone who wants one. These stones are placed all over the place. When they are placed, we log the stone location on our map. When others find them, we hope they will follow the TimmyStones.com written on the back and let us know where they found them, also placing the location on our map. Why Timmy Stones? The idea is that Timmy Stones, shared in this Viral Social Geo-Caching way will open the conversation about harmful flea & tick products in a fun, interactive way with people who we would normally not have contact with. Also, we can better evaluate our reach this way. We have VERY EXCITING NEWS about our trip to Washington DC this year!!! We have confirmation that we have a documentary film maker who will be interviewing and filming us while there. We have a news crew (hopefully). Aundria has an interview next week sometime. We have several other supporters joining us this year. We have a meeting already scheduled with the EPA to continue last year's discussion. And we will find out next week about other meetings, including the White House. We still need your help to get there. If you can spare $5 to help, please do so. We have a ChipIn here. Also a special thank you to Anna at Meow.com for donating 5% of all profits from this weekend's sales to get us to DC! The trip to our Nation's Capital is coming up so quickly! There is much preparation. One thing for certain, we will get there and make a difference! Leave a comment with any issues you would like specifically addressed. We have been very fortunate to have this open communication with the EPA. These people do not have an easy job and change takes a long time. However, there genuinely seem to be people within the ranks who understand the issues or who find our input as "people on the streets" valuable to their decision making process and understanding of the issues and how the public views the situation. We are very blessed that they have spent so much time with us in last year's meeting, have accepted another meeting this year and have spent quite a bit of time with us answering questions and having conference calls where necessary throughout this past year. A small bit of mews... We have new soap packaging, which I will be posting as soon as it's finalized. In the past it often has taken quite a while to get soaps out in some cases. This is because we do not do this as a business and make no money from it. However, we understand that people who order soap for their pets usually wants it yesterday, so we are streamlining our process so we can be more nimble getting them out. I saved the BIGGEST MEWS for last! I am proud to tell you that the Chitari Foundation has taken Timmy Tour and our educational efforts under its wing! Chitari means "meeting place". The Foundation is in the process of creating a truly integrative, health-centered approach to healthcare and plan to build a hospital to heal people based on an inter-disciplinary and integrative team approach. One of the focuses of Chitari is to minimize toxins in the home. Since flea & tick products used on our companion animals also effect people, and deposit "unacceptable" levels of harmful toxins into the home environment, this was a wonderful fit!

Last year Aundria Arlandson and I went to Washington DC to discuss harmful flea & tick products and their dangers to pets and people with those who can make changes to the laws. We met with Directors at the Office of Pesticide Products at the EPA who regulates these products. We did outreach on the streets, speaking to people one-on-one. We visited politicians. We were heard. This year we are returning to Washington DC for a longer time, from September 4th through the 10th. Please help us get there. One dollar makes a huge difference. If you can't contribute money, then please share with your trusted circle of friends and ask them to do so. This year all your contributions are tax-deductible due to 501(c)(3) status. Help us be your voice.


 

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While lounging on his Milty Blanket, something amazing happened to Timmy. He went to bed a special kitty and awoke to find himself the first place winner of Week 7 in the Bissell MVP contest! I want to thank everyone who voted all week and promoted Timmy and his Healing Journey. Timmy won the Bissell Most Valuable Pet Contest for Week 7!!! A special thank you goes out to the secret donor of the photoshoot for Timmy to enter the contest! (... You know who you are...) The Bissell contest is one of the largest pet photo contests in the US and Canada, so it is quite an honor, but we remain always aware that Timmy could not have won without the love and support of thousands of friends across the globe. HE did not win the Bissell week - WE won it together. By winning this week, more people will learn about Timmy's Healing Journey and his story. Slowly, one by one, we will help educate pet owners. One by one, we will eventually become a wave and put an end to the abuses of pet pesticide products (now say that 5 times fast!!!) that harm tens of thousands of cats and dogs each year. In April, the top 5 finalists of all 12 weeks of the Bissell MVP contest will go onto the finals. In the finals, Bissell judges choose the top winners. The finalists will get their picture on a Bissell box, a shopping spree, a Bissell vacuum and win money for the non-profit of their choice. THANK YOU!!! YOU ARE AMAZING!

Thank you to Winnie Byron for sharing this!!! Especially if your pet has kidney issues, please take out the garlic or lower the garlic content after checking with your vet. It can be hard on the kidneys and causes issues with blood. You can  sprinkle yeast over the cooking biscuits instead of using garlic. (And I will be tweaking this too because I love it so much!!!) Flea-Buster Biscuits yields 8 dozen 2 cups low-salt beef broth 1 cup cornmeal 1cup rolled oats 1/2 cup brewers yeast 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 3 tablespoons garlic powder (**use with caution**) 2 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour 1/4 cup shredded carrot 1/2 cup olive oil 1 egg, beaten Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Slowly mix the oil, egg and beef broth with the dry ingredients until well blended. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for five minutes. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness, and cut into desired shapes with cookie cutter. Use a cookie sheet lined with foil, and bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes.Allow to cool in oven for several hours and then store at room temperature for up to four weeks.

Hopes yous likes its!

WE GOT IN!! WE GOT IN!!! Now it's up to you to make this happen! You can vote EVERY DAY and you can vote for TEN ideas per day!!! It's easy to vote. You can go to the site and use your email, Facebook Log in or Text from your cell phone. (NOTE Pepsi doesn't charge to vote by text, but if you don't have a text plan, your cell carrier might charge you a fee.) This can't happen unless you ALL share this with your friends and ask them to share too!!! http://www.refresheverything.com/timmytouracrossamerica Or Text 104450 to  Pepsi (73774)

Here is a close up of the Wild Oregon Sage handpicked for our Tiny Timmy's Sudz flea soap!

A year ago today, mai peeps received a picture of a kitteh dey wuz told hads a "muscle disorder".

Dat's mes! Dat's mes in da Bad Place. Mai name wuz different den, but mai soul is da sames. Da firstest picture dey gots of mes wuz too dark to really see, sos dey asked for anuder one. I think I looks like I knoes I is going to bes home soonishly, trying to bes strong and hopefuls. I dids not has lots to base dis on, cept a deep belief dat der woulds be more to mai life than abuse.

At da Bad Place, dey dids not has a litter boxie I coulds get intos maiself. I hads to bes put up on a high bed and drops maiself intos da boxie, dens I woulds not bes ables to gets out of its agains. Dis is mes, in a piccie dat wuz sent to mai peeps to makes funs of mes, going in da only place I coulds at da time...  I wuz very weak and sickly dens. Da people at da Bad Place thought it wuz funny I wuz wobbly and woulds scares mes sos I woulds runs into walls, doors and suchly. Dey woulds has der big goggie chase mes, and has der grumpy kitteh beats mes ups. I felt like I dids not has a friend in all da world. Den a miracle happened.

Mai peeps wuz tolds if dey dids not comes and gets mes, I woulds be dumped into da forrest area behind da Bad Place. Dey dids not "needs" mes anymores. Of coursically nots, cuz I wuz very ill at da time frum da over-the-counter flea stuffs dey sprayed on mes and da pizza, ice cream, hot pocket diet dey hads mes on. But da Bad Peoples, cuz dey thought it wuz funny, woulds try to push mes around on da concrete like a broken Tonka Truck to gets mes to runs sos dey coulds laugh and laugh.

Mai peeps wuz not lookings for anuder kitteh. Dey wuz in da process of re-homing a litter at da time and already had a goggie and three other kittehs. But dey thoughts maybes mai "muscle disorder" coulds be helped and sos cames to gets mes. Dey thought maybes dey coulds helps finds mes a forever home. But dey wuz in for a surprise.

Da peoples at da Bad Place, when mai peeps asked if I hads any fleas, bragged dat I dids nots. Dey gave da peeps da spray dey used on mes, made by Sergeant's for Cats. Da peoples bragged, "Only Two Bucks at Wal-Mart". Da peeps coulds tells der sumpin more wrongs wid mes den just a "muscle disorder". Da peoples in da Bad Place had said dey took mes to da vet, but den admitted dey dids nots. I wuz put in mai own room when da peeps gots mes home cuz I hads to bes isolated frum da oder kittehs and goggie till dey founds out what wuz wrong wid mes.

Mai fur felt dry and covered wid sumpin, which da peeps figured wuz da spray. I coulds hardly keeps mai head up, I coulds not stand very goodly cuz I woulds fall over, I woulds stare off intos space sumptimes while laying down. I hads a gash on mai nose frum running intos stuffs and getting hits by da mean kitteh at da Bad Place.

Mai peeps wuz worried. Dey dids not know what wuz wrong wid mes, but dey saw a spark in mai eyes dat said I wuz a determined kitteh. Dey flea combed mes and gaves mes a bath to get da spray offs of mes. Da spray dids not works. Mai peeps tooks over 350 fleas off mai tiny lil' body.

When I got bathed by mai peeps, I just hung limply in der arms. I dids not has much strength. Afters I wuz bathed, dey tooks mes to da vet to sees what wrong wid mes. Just in case, dey brought da sprays along just in case. Da vet checked mes outs and saids I wuz suffering common effects of poisoning frum dis flea and tick spray and oder products likes its. She said she dids not thinks I woulds makes it 48 hours. Dey bathed mes again at da vet twice wid Dawn Blue to bes sures I dids not has any more ooky stuffs on mes. I gots fluids and da vet told dems dey coulds takes me to da ER vet cuz I neededs to be watched 24 hours a day, but she dids not thinks dat da meds woulds helps wid mai seizures or tremors at dat point. Da peeps mades da decision to takes mes homes and watch to sees if I hads a major seizure. If I dids, dey woulds take mes to da ER vet. Dey coulds not stands da thought of mes dying alones in a kennel at da ER place.

Mai peeps gaves mes mai own pet bed, which I coulds not gets intos maiself. Dey gaves mes mai first toy dat wuz just mine. (I still has its hid and checks in on its frum time to time.) Dey used a really shallow litter boxie for mes sos I could gets in and outs of its, wid a lil' help at first. Dey held vigil overs mes for a week, 24 hours a day. Da spark in mai eyes wuz getting brighter. I hads really badly GI issues cuz of da toxins and alsos cuz in da Bad Place dey hads mes on a junk food people diet. Da peeps woulds wash mes several times a day cuz I woulds gets pee and poopy on mes. I has always beens a very clean kitteh, but wuz nots given da opportunity untils nows to shows its. I woulds gets very upset when I hads to bes cleaned. I wuz upset cuz I messed, not dat I had peeps cleaning mes.

When I coulds poo on mai own, I woulds stiffen ups like a board and falls over backwards. Dis wuz a seizure. Da peeps customized mai litter boxie cuz dey wuz worried dat I woulds hurt maiself more. Dey mades mes mai own Bumper Box. Dey used corn litter stead of clay litter cuz I woulds tries to eat da clay. I discovered dat corn dun tastes as goodly.

I wuz ins and outs of da vet offices a lots dose firstly four months. Da peeps gaves mes lots of fluids, pumpkin and supplements to helps mes detox and continue to helps mai kidneys recover and dos a goodly job keeping da toxins down in mai body. I is chemically senstives nows, sos dey tries to dos everything dey cans in a more natural way, which I seems to respond goodly tos.

I has even been to sees a neurologist!

Da peeps learned all dey coulds about dese products and I has become a Spokeskitty against dem and an advocate for safer alternatives. Dey wuz shocked to finds overs 44,000 cats and dogs wuz harmed just in 2008 and just frum spot on products.

Mai peeps told mes dat as long as I wuz determined and loved life, dey woulds helps mes in any way dey coulds to bes da bestest kitteh I cans bes. I has kitteh friends nows, especially Jersey da feral kitteh. I likes da goggie, Fiona, toos. I gets acupooky to helps mes and alsos is on lotsa supplements to helps wid mai various issues. Mai trembles is much betters, mai GI issues is doing goodly thanks to mai job at da Poo Factory and mai seizures haves pretty wells stopped.

I has dun so many things no one thought I coulds evers dos. Mai peeps never has said "Timmy can't dos dis or dat". Dey always let mes dos what I coulds dos when I coudls dos its. I has climbed up highs, I has leapt, I is learning more small muscle control, I has a noms off switch (unless it really goodly noms - hee!) and I loves mai life wid da peeps.

I evens wons week 8 of da Most Valuable Pet (MVP) Bissell Contest. Wes entered to share mai story wid more peoples, but mai friends mades mes a winner!

Now I is a Spokeskitty, like I said. I is alsos a Milty Pet wid da Milty Project and has mai very own Milty Logo. A Milty is a very special Blanket mades by Miss Maike to helps rescues and der rescuers.

I has mai own cat nip toys mades by Mimi of Catching Lizards. Shortly afters mai peeps rescued mes, dey hads a hooge financial change, sos mai friends has helped wid a lot of mai treatments and care. I coulds not possibly lists dem alls, but feels very lucky to has such goodly friends who believe in mes and mai Healing Journey.

It is a year ago todays dat I wuz rescued and came to lives wid mai peeps. I is thankfuls and feels so blessed. Since comings here I has lived a charmed life. I gets ups to lots of mischief and hijinx. Hee! I keeps mai peeps on der toesies and loves to plays and climb! Life is goodly!

Mai motto is dat yous can make a difference one kitteh, goggie or peep at a time. And sumptimes, things dat lil' for yous to dos makes a hooge difference for oders.

*headbonks* mai friends. Until laters, make every day count and dun lets anything limits yous.

NOMasDay Everybudy

Tiny Timmy

PS - If yous wants to learn more about mai journey, yous can watch mai first movie below or in Timmy TV.

I wuz just hanging around and is asking sum feedbacks on mai lil' pagie heres.