Pets Magazine October 2018
This exciting issue of Pets Magazine, the lifestyle magazine for pet owners, includes Pet Horoscopes from top astrologer Russell Grant; features on pets and mental health, product reviews and much more inside!
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<strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong>, FREE<br />
A Comforting<br />
Paw: <strong>Pets</strong> &<br />
Our Mental<br />
Health<br />
PET HOROSCOPES<br />
by Celebrity Astrologer<br />
RUSSELL GRANT!<br />
PLUS PET STORIES/TOP PET PRODUCT<br />
REVIEWS & MORE INSIDE<br />
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A Comforting<br />
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Can <strong>Pets</strong> Help With<br />
Mental Health?<br />
Cuddle power should not be underestimated. For both pets and<br />
people, comfort is derived from the nearness of another, the<br />
comforting link of touch. So many other benefits can be derived<br />
from caring for a pet, as MARIE CARTER explains...<br />
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By MARIE CARTER<br />
Cuddle power<br />
should not be<br />
underestimated.<br />
For both pets and<br />
people, comfort is<br />
derived from the<br />
nearness of<br />
another, the comforting<br />
link of touch. So many<br />
other benefits can be<br />
derived from caring for a<br />
pet. Some might say that<br />
a furry friend should be<br />
put on a medical<br />
prescription in place of,<br />
Marie & Nell<br />
or as an accompaniment<br />
to, medication for a<br />
whole host<br />
of mental<br />
health<br />
issues…<br />
The<br />
comforting<br />
padding of<br />
feet across the otherwise<br />
silent house, the welcoming<br />
nudge of wet nose on arm<br />
and the soothing sense of<br />
unconditional love can<br />
make lives tainted by<br />
mental health more<br />
bearable.<br />
Formerly love-deprived Nell,<br />
my rescue spaniel, loves her<br />
cuddles, and she ‘asks’ for<br />
them on a daily basis. The<br />
strength of her<br />
unconditional and innocent<br />
sense of love is palpable and<br />
we both derive comfort and<br />
a sense of calm from that<br />
closeness.<br />
Just by stroking, sitting next<br />
to or playing with a pet can<br />
help to relax and calm<br />
someone with a mental<br />
health condition. Dogs<br />
especially will encourage<br />
their owner to seek exercise<br />
and thereby meet other dog<br />
walkers, creating vital social<br />
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connections. A growing raft<br />
of studies has shown that<br />
pets can help with<br />
numerous issues linked to<br />
mental health from<br />
depression and PTSD to<br />
addictions, stress and<br />
feelings of loneliness.<br />
Mental health<br />
campaigner Vanessa<br />
Holbrow from<br />
Burnham on Sea,<br />
Somerset has been<br />
helped on a lifechanging<br />
level by the<br />
power of a similar<br />
connection. Vanessa’s<br />
Border Terrier, ‘Sir Jack<br />
Spratticus’, a rescue<br />
from Border Terrier<br />
Welfare, won the dog<br />
hero competition,<br />
Friends for Life, at<br />
Crufts <strong>2018</strong>. Jack, for<br />
short, is credited with<br />
changing Vanessa’s life,<br />
helping her to live with<br />
complex mental health<br />
illnesses, by giving Vanessa<br />
purpose, permission to be<br />
and find a sense of self,<br />
companionship and<br />
stability.<br />
Vanessa explains: “Jack had<br />
such a bad start in life. It<br />
took me a year to train him<br />
in order for us to be able to<br />
walk in local dog friendly<br />
areas, for example, a 7-mile Generated Independence in<br />
stretch of beach, on our August 2017 and started<br />
door step. This just shows training to be an official<br />
what love and patience can assistance dog to Vanessa.<br />
do. His needs, I strongly Vanessa chose to go down<br />
sensed, mirrored my own to the route alone, so Jack is<br />
a degree; put simply, due to now an Owner Trained<br />
inappropriate early life 'Assistance Dog for Mental<br />
Health', independent of<br />
any organisation.<br />
Wherever they go, Jack’s<br />
status as an ‘Assistance<br />
Dog for Mental Health’,<br />
stimulates conversation,<br />
raises awareness, and<br />
helps combat prejudice.<br />
Jack is a brilliant<br />
advocate for the crucial<br />
role dogs play for those<br />
living with mental health<br />
illnesses.<br />
Jack has given Vanessa<br />
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experiences.”<br />
Vanessa was determined<br />
not to give up on Jack, and<br />
through long hours of<br />
patience and training,<br />
Vanessa says: “Jack now<br />
helps to raise awareness of<br />
mental health issues and he<br />
is my family. I don’t know<br />
what I would do without<br />
him.”<br />
Jack was accepted by the<br />
organisation Canine<br />
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the motivation and<br />
passion to speak on local<br />
radio, the confidence to<br />
speak in front of the camera<br />
for local television, write<br />
articles and help<br />
organisations including<br />
Rethink and Beat & Time to<br />
Change. Together, Vanessa<br />
and Jack have raised<br />
thousands of pounds for<br />
mental health charities.<br />
“Jack has been an integral<br />
part of maintaining my<br />
physical connections to the<br />
world,” Vanessa explains.
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An otherwise isolated<br />
person can become<br />
more a part of their<br />
community by the<br />
simple act of walking<br />
their dog or chatting<br />
about their pet to<br />
another person. The<br />
responsibility of looking<br />
after a pet can also give a<br />
sense of achievement and<br />
add important routine to a<br />
day.<br />
Dr David Cliff, a Personal<br />
Development Coach at<br />
Gedanken, explains: “The<br />
presence of an animal can<br />
have a supportive and<br />
calming effect on people.<br />
Stroking pets, induces a<br />
sense of well-being, often<br />
creating blood pressure<br />
reduction. The warmth of<br />
contact, the brisk dog walk<br />
“The care of an animal<br />
and the companionship<br />
it brings can bring<br />
meaning to one's life...”<br />
“He enables me to go out<br />
and meet with other dog<br />
owners. Regularity in seeing<br />
people is paramount to<br />
continuing a friendship and<br />
Jack has made a significant<br />
difference with this. This has<br />
been an invaluable<br />
reminder that other people<br />
are there and that they may<br />
care about me. This is a<br />
to maintain fitness, the cats<br />
calming purr, all of these<br />
offer owners’ gifts that are<br />
hard to place a value upon<br />
but we would be clearly<br />
more impoverished<br />
without.”<br />
A joint Cats Protection and<br />
Mental Health Foundation<br />
study showed how cats can<br />
helpful, followed by a third<br />
of respondents who<br />
described stroking a cat as a<br />
calming and helpful activity.<br />
Dr Cliff explains: “The care of<br />
an animal and the<br />
companionship it brings can<br />
bring meaning to one's life,<br />
personal enrichment and<br />
has been known to reduce<br />
chronically unfamiliar<br />
concept for me”.<br />
help improve mental health. suicidal behaviour and<br />
encourage people to rework<br />
their lives.<br />
“We live in a world of<br />
increasingly single<br />
person households and<br />
many have described<br />
loneliness as almost a<br />
disease state in our<br />
society.<br />
The research involved over<br />
600 cat- and non-catowning<br />
“<strong>Pets</strong> often offer at least in<br />
respondents, with part, an antidote to that,<br />
half of them describing particularly amongst people<br />
themselves as currently who are, for example,<br />
having a mental health housebound, geographically<br />
problem. The survey found isolated, have difficulty<br />
that 87% of people who maintaining adult<br />
owned a cat felt it had a relationships, have mental<br />
positive impact on their health problems, learning<br />
wellbeing, while 76% said disabilities and other<br />
they could cope with challenges that limit or<br />
everyday life much better qualify human interpersonal<br />
thanks to the company of contact.”<br />
their feline friends. Half of<br />
the cat owners felt that their<br />
cat's presence and<br />
companionship was most<br />
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From easing in the early owner who suffered from<br />
stages of alcohol or drug alcohol addiction.<br />
rehabilitation to being a<br />
solid support for those who Tom Maybury died five years<br />
have entered addiction ago at the age of 29 but the<br />
recovery, animals have a lot recent death of Tottie has<br />
to offer those<br />
struggling from<br />
addiction.<br />
Through all<br />
stages of<br />
treatment and<br />
recovery, pet<br />
therapy can be<br />
an enormous<br />
help to those in<br />
recovery.<br />
Yet another<br />
canine has<br />
inspired a<br />
campaign to<br />
improve<br />
addiction<br />
recovery.<br />
Rescue dog<br />
Tottie was born<br />
in 2003 and<br />
was the last of<br />
an abandoned<br />
litter of puppies<br />
to be homed by<br />
the Dogs Trust<br />
at Roden<br />
Shropshire. She<br />
died recently one month<br />
short of her 15th birthday<br />
but will always be<br />
remembered for the love<br />
and support she gave to her<br />
Happiness: Nell, the rescue Cavalier<br />
led Tom’s mother Sally and<br />
younger brother Henry to<br />
raise awareness of how<br />
rescue dogs can make such<br />
a difference to people’s lives.<br />
Henry Maybury, Tom’s<br />
brother, explains: “We visited<br />
the Dogs Trust because Tom<br />
was adamant he wanted a<br />
dog. On seeing this little one<br />
with a huge head Tom<br />
decided he wanted her,<br />
despite us trying to<br />
persuade him<br />
otherwise. Tom<br />
absolutely idolised her,<br />
she really was his little<br />
girl. She would go to<br />
work with him, riding<br />
in the tractor cabin,<br />
keeping him company.<br />
“Sadly, after Tom had<br />
been looking after<br />
Tottie for about six<br />
years he was unable to<br />
care for her properly<br />
because he was<br />
fighting his own<br />
demons, alcohol<br />
addiction. Tottie<br />
moved in with mum<br />
but Tom visited<br />
regularly, walking her –<br />
he really did love her to<br />
bits. When Tom moved<br />
back with mum for a<br />
spell of support, she<br />
would frequently find<br />
Tottie lying on the bed<br />
with him. Tottie played such<br />
a large part in Tom’s life and<br />
I am sure she helped him in<br />
trying to cope with his<br />
demons.”<br />
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After Tom’s death Henry, a<br />
singer/songwriter, came<br />
across the songs ‘Lost Days’<br />
and ‘Every Night And Day’<br />
and decided<br />
they would be<br />
the ideal vehicle<br />
to make people<br />
aware of alcohol<br />
addiction and<br />
how easy it is to<br />
fall into that<br />
trap.<br />
“After releasing<br />
the videos and<br />
travelling all<br />
around the UK<br />
visiting schools,<br />
prisons and<br />
rehabs Tottie<br />
became a star<br />
in her own<br />
right,” added<br />
Henry.<br />
“Students would message<br />
me through Facebook and<br />
Instagram asking me how<br />
Tottie was and what she was<br />
up to. Prisoners would beg<br />
me to bring her into prisons<br />
so they could meet her – I<br />
wish it had been something<br />
I was allowed to do.<br />
“Tottie started suffering<br />
from arthritis and dementia<br />
last year and towards<br />
Christmas we knew she had<br />
come to the end, so we all<br />
said our goodbyes to a very<br />
special lady, who is now<br />
reunited with her best<br />
Tottie<br />
friend Tom.”<br />
Tom’s mum Sally says: “I<br />
would never have thought<br />
that after the sadness of five<br />
years ago of losing my son<br />
Tom that I would now feel<br />
joy from seeing the amazing<br />
response to our addiction<br />
programme from students<br />
in schools, parents, prisoners<br />
and those fighting addiction<br />
and in recovery.”<br />
The Maybury family is now<br />
working with Community<br />
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Alcohol Partnerships (CAP),<br />
a government funded<br />
organisation which works to<br />
tackle the problem of<br />
underage drinking and<br />
associated anti-social<br />
behaviour across the UK.<br />
Henry is donating 100% of<br />
the proceeds from his<br />
debut single ‘Lost Days’ to<br />
addiction charities<br />
globally. For further<br />
information for donations<br />
and bookings, visit http://<br />
www.henrymaybury.com/.<br />
When mental health takes<br />
a nosedive for whatever<br />
reason, if there is one to<br />
be found, pets from dogs<br />
and cats to horses and<br />
smaller animals can have<br />
remarkable restorative<br />
powers. To adapt a wellused<br />
and oh so true phrase,<br />
‘pets’, truly are, ‘people's’<br />
best friends.’
An Arthurian Tale...<br />
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Retired vet and author<br />
MALCOLM D. WELSHMAN<br />
Malcolm has had a<br />
lifetime filled with<br />
exciting<br />
encounters<br />
with animals.<br />
He shares all<br />
these<br />
fascinating<br />
experiences in a<br />
gently<br />
humorous<br />
memoir that<br />
will guarantee to tug at<br />
the heart strings while<br />
bringing a smile to your<br />
face. ‘A most enjoyable<br />
insight into a fascinating<br />
life.’ Jim Wight, son of<br />
James Herriot, has<br />
described Malcolm’s<br />
Malcolm and Dora<br />
latest work, ‘An Armful of<br />
Animals’. Here, he shares<br />
a tale that is straight<br />
from King Arthur’s<br />
Court...<br />
When Davinia<br />
Cresswell stepped<br />
into my consulting<br />
room that<br />
afternoon, it was<br />
as if she had<br />
stepped out of one<br />
of her Arthurian<br />
novels. Flaming<br />
ringlets of hair<br />
cascaded down<br />
over her shoulders. Fiery<br />
emerald eyes blazed. And the<br />
swashbuckling demeanour in<br />
the way she carried herself, clad<br />
in tight crimson jeans and<br />
bodice-ripping blouse that<br />
plunged dangerously low over<br />
her cleavage. Wow. It was<br />
enough to light my fire. If she’d<br />
been a damsel in distress I’d<br />
have been cantering to her<br />
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rescue in the wink of a dragon’s<br />
eye. But somehow, I felt it<br />
would take a lot to get Davinia<br />
Cresswell distressed; and when<br />
it did it would be due to a<br />
problem with one of her many<br />
cats since she was a confirmed<br />
cataholic.<br />
On our first meeting, Davinia<br />
greeted me with, “Allow me to<br />
introduce one of my merry<br />
band,” placing a cat basket on<br />
my consulting table. “This little<br />
mite’s just joined us. I’d like<br />
you to give him the once over.<br />
Make sure he’s fit to join the<br />
clan.”<br />
He was a small timid tortie,<br />
brown, black and white,<br />
cowering in the bottom of the<br />
basket. As soon as Davinia<br />
eased him out, her manner<br />
changed. She cooed and<br />
clucked. Smoothed and<br />
cuddled. Reassured with sweet<br />
nothings in his ear. His right
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ear. The other one was missing.<br />
No doubt torn off in a fight.<br />
“I’ve called him Tom<br />
Thumb,” she said. “He<br />
was Arthur’s court<br />
dwarf and honorary<br />
knight. And my own<br />
King Arthur has<br />
accepted him.”<br />
“That’s good,” I murmured<br />
absent-mindedly, still thinking<br />
of damsels in distress.<br />
“Yes. He straightaway cleaned<br />
this mite’s fur with his tongue.<br />
And then led him to his own<br />
dish of food and sat back<br />
allowing him to feed from his<br />
bowl. Amazing, don’t you<br />
think?”<br />
“Indeed,” I muttered. Still miles<br />
away. In Avalon in actual fact,<br />
climbing a turret.<br />
“He made several more<br />
appearances over the months<br />
with battle wounds that<br />
needed treatment.”<br />
When King Arthur finally made<br />
his appearance at the surgery<br />
some two months later, his<br />
name did indeed seem apt. He<br />
was a blue Persian. Long,<br />
flowing grey fur. Large golden<br />
eyes and very aloof in the<br />
manner in which he padded<br />
round the consulting table, tail<br />
erect, swishing from side to<br />
side, its tip quivering. But that<br />
may have been due to the<br />
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discomfort caused by an<br />
abscess under his tail for which<br />
he was admitted, sedated and<br />
the abscess lanced. He made<br />
several more appearances over<br />
the months with battle wounds<br />
that needed treatment.<br />
I went on to meet other<br />
members of King Arthur’s<br />
Round Table. Galahad,<br />
Lancelot Geraint, Lamorak.<br />
And a few ladies of the Court,<br />
Brangaine, Celia and<br />
Guinevere. A mixed collection<br />
of stray and rescue cats that<br />
seemed to live together with<br />
only the occasional warring<br />
whenever a new member was<br />
introduced. Each spat deftly<br />
dealt with by King Arthur or<br />
one of his cohorts.
Of the group, Dagonet was the<br />
funniest character.<br />
“Well he was Arthur’s court<br />
jester,”<br />
explained<br />
Davinia, with a<br />
toss of those<br />
wonderful<br />
ringlets of hers.<br />
“And he<br />
certainly<br />
makes me<br />
laugh with the<br />
pranks he gets<br />
up to.”<br />
all Dagonet’s fault. I<br />
discovered he’d jumped up on<br />
top of the washing machine<br />
and reached across to flick on<br />
was a knight in shining armour.<br />
His description suspiciously<br />
matched mine.<br />
One such<br />
prank of<br />
Dagonet’s<br />
involved the<br />
central heating<br />
in Davinia’s<br />
home - aptly called Camelot<br />
Cottage.<br />
“I woke up one night very hot,”<br />
she told me. “And had to throw<br />
back my duvet. Can you<br />
imagine?”<br />
the central heating switch.<br />
Same with the TV switch.”<br />
Seems he was also responsible<br />
for raiding the fridge. Clever<br />
little fella. I managed to<br />
I didn’t mind too much. At least<br />
he didn’t have a stethoscope<br />
dangling from his neck.<br />
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I could. All too clearly. Got<br />
me hot and very bothered.<br />
“So I went down to the<br />
kitchen to get a drink,”<br />
she went on.<br />
“There were all the cats in the<br />
front room watching TV,<br />
warm as toast, spoils of a<br />
midnight feast scattered over<br />
the sofa and armchairs. It was<br />
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paperback £7.99 or ebook<br />
£2.99<br />
www.malcolmwelshman.co.uk<br />
compose myself sufficiently to<br />
give him his annual booster.<br />
When Davinia’s latest<br />
Arthurian adventure was<br />
published she left me a<br />
complimentary copy. In it there<br />
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Pet Horoscopes<br />
by Russell Grant<br />
ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)<br />
What a diligent creature you<br />
are, always performing chores<br />
around the house to help your<br />
companion; you're so devoted<br />
a pet it's difficult to imagine<br />
how anyone could get along<br />
without you! It would be<br />
unfortunate if you were to get<br />
so preoccupied with working<br />
bushy tailed. With a proper<br />
focus on nutrition you and<br />
your housemate make a<br />
dynamic team!<br />
TAURUS (April 21st-May<br />
21st)<br />
One minute your owner<br />
seems eager to lavish you<br />
with praise, and the next with<br />
Don't venture into forbidden<br />
that you forgot to take care of<br />
yourself! A healthy food plan<br />
will keep you bright eyed and<br />
shame. It's hard to know what<br />
to make of these mixed signals.<br />
Err on the side of caution.<br />
areas, and stay away from<br />
precious possessions. If your<br />
human companion is smart,<br />
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they'll keep favourite items out<br />
of harm. Your playful<br />
exuberance can sometimes<br />
result in unfortunate accidents.<br />
Kerb your enthusiasm!<br />
GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)<br />
Your health could be a bit<br />
delicate right now, so watch<br />
those table scraps. Yes, you<br />
can be terribly grumpy when<br />
you're not given what you<br />
want, but it's better to be<br />
cranky than cringing in agony.<br />
You're also fastidious about<br />
your appearance. A good way<br />
to get in your good graces is to<br />
clean your quarters and wash<br />
you thoroughly. Having a<br />
pristine eating area is essential,<br />
especially when forced to eat<br />
low-cal food!<br />
CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)<br />
Venus in your sign has a big<br />
impact on you for this month.<br />
You'll enjoy the joys of entering<br />
a cycle of beauty in several<br />
ways. Get ready to be taken<br />
out for a 'sprucing up'. This<br />
could include a haircut, a<br />
massage, a scrubbing and<br />
combing or any other activity<br />
that enhances your<br />
appearance and presentation.<br />
You bask in the glow of<br />
radiance.<br />
LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)<br />
Welcome to a month of fun in<br />
the sun. You'll have an extra<br />
skip in your step as you parade<br />
around town. Friends will<br />
comment on how fabulous you<br />
look. You'll be the centre of<br />
attention, so now is the time to<br />
play the roaring lion. No need<br />
to lift a finger convincing<br />
others of your greatness.<br />
They'll understand without any<br />
prodding from you and shower<br />
you with compliments.<br />
VIRGO (August 24th-<br />
September 23rd)<br />
Have you been thinking your<br />
memory's played tricks on you;<br />
have you seemingly lost some<br />
of your treasures? There could<br />
be a few very good reasons<br />
why you can't locate certain<br />
things. One is you've got such a<br />
collection of items buried all<br />
around that it's just too much<br />
to keep track of. As easily as<br />
you accumulate friends, you've<br />
thoughtlessly held on to the<br />
many items they've given you.<br />
<br />
Could it be your housemate<br />
just got fed up and discarded<br />
the rarely used or old toys?<br />
LIBRA (September 24th-<br />
<strong>October</strong> 23rd)<br />
Collisions that have occurred<br />
before will occur again, if only<br />
because you insist on dodging<br />
the voice of authority that<br />
instructs you to obey certain<br />
rules and regulations. You've<br />
never been one who responds<br />
well to being told what to do,<br />
but if you'd just listen, you<br />
could avoid many of the<br />
problems you get yourself into!<br />
When a well-meaning human<br />
friend explains the situation to<br />
you, take a step back and<br />
consider the reasons behind<br />
the request. Your cooperation<br />
will be well rewarded!<br />
SCORPIO (<strong>October</strong> 24th-<br />
November 22nd)<br />
You're more on your game<br />
than ever as the month begins;<br />
the stellar job you do at looking<br />
after a visitor earns you both<br />
praise and treats. Initially, you<br />
might not fully realise what a<br />
positive effect you have on this<br />
person, but before long the<br />
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news of you will<br />
reach the ear of<br />
someone who<br />
trains pets for<br />
special duties;<br />
don't be surprised<br />
if your services are<br />
sought for this<br />
task. That's both a<br />
feather in your cap<br />
and an honour for<br />
your housemate!<br />
SAGITTARIUS (November<br />
23rd-December 21st)<br />
Stay alert and out of the way;<br />
with an aggressive creature on<br />
the prowl the fur that flies<br />
could very well be yours if you<br />
get in range! With such an<br />
intruder invading the<br />
neighbourhood everyone will<br />
be talking about the need for<br />
increased security. Being in the<br />
wrong place at the wrong time<br />
is risky, but it appears this<br />
situation calls for a hero; if you<br />
don't want to be the one who<br />
saves the day, enlist a<br />
foolhardy, courageous Aries<br />
acquaintance to do the job.<br />
CAPRICORN (December 22nd-<br />
January 20th)<br />
Oh, goody, goody! More trips in<br />
store for you. You won't even<br />
mind it that you have to travel<br />
in a box. It's worth that small<br />
price to be a part of things and<br />
go on an adventure to a<br />
different place and see new<br />
things. When you're feeling<br />
cramped in a small space<br />
consider the alternative. You<br />
could be put up in a pet hotel<br />
while your family is away.<br />
AQUARIUS (January21st-<br />
February19th)<br />
Leave it to you to be<br />
particularly attuned to the<br />
transforming energies of the<br />
time. As often happens, you're<br />
urged to continue to go within<br />
and allow<br />
changes to<br />
occur while at<br />
the same time<br />
expanding<br />
your circle of<br />
influence.<br />
You're in easy<br />
harmony with<br />
the idea of rebirth<br />
as you<br />
flow with the<br />
natural cycle of<br />
waking up to what's happening<br />
on the deepest, most secret<br />
levels. Let the alchemy of new<br />
season magic embrace you<br />
and share those mysteries with<br />
those you live with.<br />
PISCES (February 20th-March<br />
20th)<br />
You'll need to flex your<br />
muscles to keep fit this month.<br />
In fact, physical fitness is your<br />
highest priority now. This<br />
includes both your body work<br />
and your diet plan. You aren't a<br />
finicky eater, but now you're<br />
thinking about food in a new<br />
way. You're gearing to be more<br />
healthy, even when smells of<br />
tempting morsels cooking up in<br />
the kitchen tickle your nose.<br />
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LARS B. ANDERSEN, CEO of Arty Lobster<br />
On 3D Pet Sculptures<br />
Click this link to watch the video.<br />
And here’s two examples of Arty Lobster’s fantastic 3D sculptures. Visit their website<br />
at www.artylobster.com to order a 3D sculpture of YOUR pet!<br />
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