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The
Official E-Newsletter of Paw Prince Bed & Biscuit |
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In This Edition:
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Latest Events at Paw Prince
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Info Feature: Clairvoyant Pets?
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING!!
Of
course, saying such a thing makes us wonder what the heck happened to
the past year! In fact, this newsletter marks a year since the first
edition of The Straight Poop was written and sent out.
That's a sobering thought.
In any event, the fact that the holidays are coming up means that I
need to remind all of you who are planning to head out of town and leave
your loved ones with us for a few days to MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS. Thanksgiving
is just over 2 weeks away, and while we’re not at 100% capacity
yet, we’ve been taking a TON of phone calls over the past couple
of weeks. Most of them have been from people who have never been customers
here before, and while it’s always encouraging to see new business,
it would be terrible to have to turn away any established clients due
to a full house.
So, if you’ve been meaning to call, get off your duff and do it
before it’s too late!
As
a reminder, our new address and telephone number are:
30 County Road/Route 22
Scarborough ME 04074
207-839-WOOF (9663)
Our
hours of operation, email, and web address are the same as before.
The new location is exactly 2.3 miles west from the old location,
and .4 miles from the Scarborough town line and Smiling Hill Farm. It
will be on your left if you're heading west on County Road/Route 22.
Traffic issues at rush hours have proven to be far easier, and of course
the better parking is in another league altogether.
It’s not known for sure whether the new location has become less convenient for some of our old friends, but we certainly invite everyone to come on by and get a gander of the homestead. We have lots of new friends, but there are a few faces we certainly miss!
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AAAHHHH
!!They made me Jerry Garcia for Halloween! |
INFO
FEATURE: CLAIRVOYANT PETS? |
All
of us at one time or another have wondered whether our furry &
feathered friends might be in possession of a little of the ol’
E.S.P. How else could they know that we were about to pull up in
the driveway, or that we were really sad, or that we were about
to go on vacation…and they weren’t going with us?!? A lot of things can be explained with an understanding of how an animal sees the world. The first thing is to realize that THEY DON’T SEE THE WORLD THE SAME WAY WE DO. A bit obvious, perhaps, but it bears repeating, because we tend to anthropomorphize everything, thus turning our friends from animals into little humans in animal suits. It’s a lot easier to fall into that trap with animals who are highly intelligent; for example, a parrot has the intelligence and cognitive ability of at least a human toddler. So how DO they see the world? Humans have evolved with a dependency on our eyesight, and have relied less on our ears and sense of smell over the eons. Not so with our friends. Their brains take in sight, but they also have powerful scents and sounds coming at them, thanks to their superior olfactory and aural senses. Such is the power of these senses that the image that forms in their minds when they’re investigating something, which includes the sound and the smell, isn’t fully understood yet. It’s thought that smell, for example, creates a sort of “aura” that’s part of the picture that they see. Animals are also highly intuitive, and can sense emotions off us. Many are convinced that it’s a result of their being able to “feel the vibe” off us. This vibe can also be transferred through a leash, which can result in a dog being anxious and aggressive toward others when he’s on leash and being walked, if the walker is nervous at the sight of other people or dogs. It’s also a fact that we give off different smells when we’re in different emotional states, and our friends have powerful enough senses of smell that they can detect these odors coming off us quite easily. This is very likely the difference between, for example, a dog being in the hands of an anxious owner when being dropped off for day care or boarding, and a relaxed owner. It can also explain why your cat comes to you when you’re down. Whether there is science to be proved or there’s really something supernatural about our beloved companions, the bottom line is that they see the world using senses that are weak in ourselves, so what they see is not going to be the same as what WE see. We would always do well to remember that; it will save us an awful lot of wasted frustration, and it can also make us alter our behavior around them, for the better. |
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