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Greetings!

As I grow my HART-Empire Network over the next few months, I have decided to put out ads to find additional writers for this blog, including at Problobber Jobs Board and at BlogCatalog.

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Posted in our PetLvr Forum

If anyone has an affiliate program for pitbull related items (pitbull themed or cool collars/leashes) let me know. Or if you dropship these types of items we are looking for great products to offer to the visitors at our website www.808BluePitbull.com - right now we have about 10,000 unique visitors per month and seem to be increasing from one month to the next. You can contact us from the website with more information.

Thanks!

NOTE: www.808BluePitbull.com is a co-contributor, here at PetLvr.com - [The Blog]

Launched on June 8, 2005 … when I first found this site I JUST KNEW it was a winner! And, the link showed up in our Timecapsule Memories of posts made exactly 1-year ago today!

Happy 1-Year Anniversary to StuffOnMyCat.com

.. and to continued success online … you have given me a year of enjoyment!

If you think your cat has what it takes to have a bunch of stuff on him/her and look cute .. why not submit your picture to StuffOnMyCat.com? You can also buy one of their T-Shirts, soon to be a collector’s item .. I’m sure

HART (1-800-HART)

PetLvr.com - [The Blog] Is 1-Year Old Today!

Here are some songs that you can play while you are reading this post … There’s something for everybody!

* The Arrogant Worms - The Happy Birthday Song

* The Beatles - Birthday

* Patsy Cline - Happy Birthday, Baby

* Sugarcubes - Birthday

* Uriah Heep - The Magician’s Birthday

NOTE: If you have a Wordpress blog and wish to include this neat little mp3 player inside YOUR blog, go get the Audio-Player Plugin from Martin Laine

New Feature Added To [The Blog]

I have added to the code in our sidebar and template that displays POSTS that were made here at PetLvr.com - [The Blog] one year ago in our archives .. now that there is a year’s worth of posts!

Actually, this entry is Post #1449 so we have averaged approximately 4.12 posts a day, or 120.75 posts per month.

According to my records, the next comment at this particular moment in history, will be Comment #4394 … although, readers tend to NOT leave comments here in this blog, as much as I hope there is some communication with our readers. I think there might be about 100-200 valid comments around these pages .. and the rest of the sequence of comment numbers were used when I received SPAM comments. I deleted these comments, and have installed two plugins to help beat these spam comments, but occassionally a few get through.

As for our “Time Capsule” of posted entries 1-year ago .. I have also included the code in our main template, and you will see the same posts lingering on and on after each day of entries in our blog. At this time, I’m not really sure if ALL of them will remain to be the same list of posts 1-year from the current date .. or, if they will remain and archive with the newer posts as time goes by. It’s hard to tell - without history prior to May 31, 2005.

NOTE: If you have a Wordpress blog and wish to include this neat little archive tool inside YOUR blog, go get the Time Capsule Plugin created by Aaron Brazell on behalf of ProBlogger.net

And Speaking Of History …

My first post is .. www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/05/greetings-earthlings/ … on May 31, 2005 … where I said ..

It is May 31, 2005 and I’ve finally decided to add a Blog to our website. From my past experience of blogs, I can honestly say I have not been a fan of them. I can’t understand why people have them. I can’t understand why people read them. And I can’t understand why businesses would want to include them in their websites!

But, I have decided that it is now time to change the world as we know it. I will create not only the most unique Blog in the world, it will also be the most creative, funny and yet, informative Blog ever achieved in existence!
“First ze internet .. zen ze vorld!!

This week was a sad week for us. While we celebrate one year anniversary of this blog (and my blogging in general), there was a death in the family on Friday May 26, 2006 (my wife’s mother passed away). As such, I have yet to analyze how or what this blog has accomplished over the last year, or pieced together the statistics. I will try to do that later this month in my other blog .. 1-800-HART… I know that I might need a little update soon, but pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about blogging and this blog in particular, can be found in our “ABOUT” page, which can be accessed at the top left. In the meantime, I have one more day of duties and will be back full-time around the blogs on Friday - For Sure!

I started with this blog on May 31, 2005 using Blogger … the address was PetLvr.blogspot.com/ … but migrated to my own servers on July 8, 2005 to our current address. While it was mostly for our two Papillons and pets, I moved all the pictures out and kept the pet pictures separate in its own blog .. PapillonLvr.com - Blog.

I also started a few other sites, and also created my “quote” Business Blog “unquote” at 1-800-HART. It’s kind of a weird site, as I was using it as my personal blog and trying not to let my business client’s find out about it. (Oh! The irony!) It’s more for letting me give back to the world some of the stuff I know how to do well, and branch out from my off-line business to possible new online businesses. I’ve been fortunate, that my offline businesses has been keeping me quite busy, so sometimes that blog might seem all over the place. One thing is for sure .. I hope to get all my friggin bookmarks over under the HART’s Bookmarks Category! (lots of neat things .. check it out!)

Naturally, since my wedding and family website has been online since our marriage, I converted that site into a blog as well over at HARTandYVONNE.com, and made it even bigger than it ever was! There are almost 1100 pictures online (including 100% of our wedding pictures), and about 500 MB of video files (a lot from our wedding). We were married in a Medieval Themed wedding ceremony on August 31, 2002 - but, I hope to keep the site for everything we do personally together in our life, besides reminiscing of times gone past .. like, our major Condo renovations, our Vacations, and stuff like that!

This blog was created in the format of a “Group” Blog, meaning that I was hoping there would be continuous contributions of articles from co-contributors of content. It was going well in the early months, but pretty much after last summer of 2005, with the generally wide acceptance of wordpress, and blogging in general .. everybody and anybody could start their own blog. I just guess that it is not that appealing to co-write a blog anymore .. without asking .. “What’s in it for me?”.

I have always believed (having dogs all my life) .. that nobody knows everything about animals. If someone says they do - they’re lying! That was the basis of how this blog was built. I wanted an “Encyclopedia” type of database, where, besides the current blogging and discussions and mention of items in the news .. anybody can search our archives and look for information with ease. If you wanted to find information about stopping dogs from barking - I want you to find at least ten different ways and techniques and suggestions how to stop your dog from barking! Maybe one will help you find what you are looking for. Maybe not. There are a lot of articles posted in here that are free articles from guest writers, who genuinely want to help people and provide free information. They usually request that links back to their sites are done in the free articles, and I encourage you to click on them to further your quest for information about animals that you cannot find here at PetLvr.com.

I have tried to create a community growth spirit with this site, and I probably should advertise or promote these a little more, because .. well, not many people know that:

* Yes - we have a Forum!
* Yes - you can send FREE Greeting E-Cards from here!
* Yes - You can upload pictures and toss it into our Pet Gallery!
* Yes - everybody is free to add ANY PET RELATED EVENT into our Pet Calendar for all to see!
* And More!

If you are still listening to the music .. How was it? I hope you enjoyed some of the songs … I think, before I close that I should take this opportunity to add:

* If you want to join our team and Co-Contribute articles about pet related articles, please get in touch with me … hart (at) PetLvr (dot) com .. and read our “WANTED” button at the top of the page. Pretty much all you have to do is write the occassional pet related article, or news story and you have the run of this blog to place links back to your site in each post .. plus I’ll add some links around the sidebar and in our Links page.

* If you want to join the HART-Empire Network of blogs, please refer to the website linked. Pretty much, all you have to do is place the entire Network code in your sidebar.

I would like to remind everybody that we do have a free community event calendar for everybody to use at any time. All you have to do is click on the button in the top menu called “EVENTS” … you may browse some of the events already posted, or add your own local event.

To add your own Pet Related Event to our PetLvr.com - [Community Calendar] .. click on the DATE number, and login .. the userID is “eventy” and the password is “eve“.

Please do not delete other people’s event notices .. Thank-You

From: Pet Industry Weekly Blog

Michael has posted a list of Pet Related Trade Shows in 2006 over here and I have recently updated our calendar to include all of these events.

Thanks Michael!

Vaccinations for Dogs and Cats: Too Many, Too Often?

As time goes on, new recommendations will be made by the veterinary profession. Be sure to consult with your own veterinarian regarding this issue of vaccinations for dogs and cats because suggested protocols can change as newer knowledge is gained.

See movies of a vaccination reaction. Do you vaccinate your own pets? Click here and read this before you do. Read Dr. Dunn’s response to a question about vaccinating a dog.

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While I’m looking at the Statistics for PetLvr.com - [The Blog] … here they are!

Monitor Screen Resolution of our Readers

1024 x 768 - 62.26%
800 x 600 - 13.97%
1280 x 1024 - 9.90%
1152 x 864 - 9.81%
Unknown - 3.42%
640 x 480 - 0.37%
1600 x 1200 -0.28%

>>> HART uses 1152 x 864 screen resolution

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Based on repeated traffic views, as show from our Statistics ….. This is what our readers have been reading in 2005 …

Top Ten Most Popular Posts at PetLvr.com - [The Blog]

IN DECLINING ORDER FROM LEAST POPULAR TO MOST POPULAR (and with a summary quote)

#10 - www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/07/how-to-care-for-your-dogs-ears

Regular ear care for your dog Routine ear care is very important to the health of your dog. Perform regular checks and cleaning between visits to your veterinarian, it will help keep your dog’s ears healthy and pain free. This is extremely important to do.

#9 - www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/11/puggles-these-designer-dogs-are-all-the-rage/

What in the world is a puggle? One fine day a pug was off gallivanting around when he came across a spirited little beagle, their eyes met and well…. the rest is history!

#8 - www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/10/non-shedding-dog-breeds/

Many people would love to own a pet dog, but are wary of the potential mess that shed dog hair can cause in their homes. These people want a dog that doesn’t shed to be their companion. Unfortunately there is no such thing as a dog that doesn’t shed at all. All dogs will shed and replace at least some of their hair, just like people do. There are some breeds that shed far less than others, however, and selecting one of these breeds can keep the shedding mess to a minimum.

#7 - www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/07/alaskan-malamute-complete-profile/

The Alaskan Malamute is dignified, friendly and affectionate. Alaskan Malamutes are not one-man dogs and are friendly to all. They are intelligent and able to be trained for a variety of jobs, such as guide dogs. Alaskan Malamute’s make very loyal and devoted companions, but can be aggressive towards other dogs

#6 - www.petlvr.com/blog/search/picture%20gallery

I guess you like seeing pictures of my Papillon dogs Maxxie and Sophie! Please feel free to visit their own website at PapillonLvr.com/blog/

#5 - www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/07/american-bulldog-complete-profile/

The American Bulldog is confident, gentle, fearless, determined and protective. American Bulldogs should not be overly aggressive with other dogs depsite their self-confidence and bravery. These dogs genuinely love children and have strong protective instincts towards their handler and family. To prevent American Bulldogs from becoming overly protective or dominant they need to be socialized with a variety of animals, people and situations during puppyhood.

#4 - www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/07/labrador-retriever-complete-profile/

Active, gentle, easy-going, bold and intelligent. Labrador Retrievers are very popular household pets as they are people-orientated and extremely devoted to their family. They get on well with children, strangers and other dogs. Their intelligence makes them very trainable and obedient.

#3 - www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/11/oodles-of-doodles-a-peek-at-poodle-crossbreeds/

They’re called “crossbreeds”, “hybrids”, and sometimes simply “mutts”, but offspring of mixed canine heritage have the best qualities of their purebred parents—but are healthier and more robust.

#2 - www.petlvr.com/blog/

I am assuming this is from reader’s bookmarks and coming to scan down the page to see what’s new here!

And the TOP TRAFFIC GENERATING LINK AT PETLVR.COM WAS …. (drumroll please….)

#1 - www.petlvr.com/blog/upload/

Yes. I’ve been getting spammed by people in China that has been uploading garbage files, NON-Pet related pictures and surprisingly, fan pictures of famous chinese Teen pop stars …

Just so you know - if the uploaded picture filename is longer than 10 characters and I can’t read it and pronounce it, I will be deleting your uploaded picture. If you think this is in error, drop me a line to let me know that you have uploaded us a graphic, and give us the filenames!

>> That’s it! That’s the most popular links at PetLvr.com/blog/ for 2005

Happy New Year everybody, and all the best in 2006

Here are pictures submitted by “PetLvr” Miranda … These pictures have been permanently added to our PetLvr Gallery - Best Pets In The World section. If you want to add your pet to our gallery, please use the link in our sidebar to get them to us, or the UPLOAD button at the top of the menu.

Hello!
Here are some Pictures of our wonderful Year Old English Bulldog Prince Cyrus Jones The Great (aka Cyrus) you can view him on his very own dog blog at www.bullcyrus.blogspot.com and post him a comment if you like! There is never a dull moment!
Sincerely
Owners, Miranda W and Jeremy J.
Athens, Ohio

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Greetings!

I want to remind everybody that our PetLvr.com - [The Blog E-Cards] is available for everybody who wants to send a *FREE* online greeting card.

Nothing fancy, but I hope you try them out. You can send an E-Card to any one person or many people simultaneously, and with an unlimited space for messages! You can click on the above link or, the top button on the Header called [E-CARD]

* Send “Family Updates” to your distant friends and relatives!

* Send a “Christmas Greeting” to a friend and loved one!

* Send a “Birthday Greeting” to a friend or relative!

* Send a “Thank-You” note or a “Get-Well-Soon” note!

* Save on Postage !

PetLvr.com is calling out there for great Pet Related Christmas pictures that you will give us to permanently include in our E-Card gallery!

Even if it is not Christmas related .. will you be sending out a lot of Greeting E-Cards? Want a picture of your Family in there? You must have a PET though and we will include it in our E-Card gallery for you to use when you send out Christmas E-Cards this year! (We’re a Pet related site .. what did you expect?!)

Send your pictures to: hart (at) PetLvr (dot) com