Giveaways at Pet Problems Solved: Past Competitions
The following pet giveaways and competitions have been run in the past at Pet Problems Solved.
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Drawn Free: A watercolour tribute to dogs that have found a new life
Pet Problems Solved loves pet owners who adopt their pets and give them a new life. Now some of these lucky dogs have a watercolour book, designed as a tribute to them by artist James Wadley…
James Wadley is a dog lover and artist in Sydney and his first book, Drawn Free, aims to raise money for rescue organisations. The book is a collection of watercolour sketches of his friends’ rescue dogs from around the world. A huge 50% of the profits from sales of the book are donated to shelters.
Dogs from all around the world are featured in the book, including Rufus…
The backstories of the dogs are also featured in the book but sadly for Rufus, no one knows what his previous life was!
You can find out more about the book and purchase your own copy at www.drawnfree.art.
If you have a rescue dog that you would like featured in the next edition of the book, you can contact James at james@drawnfree.art.
Giveaway of Drawn Free
Pet Problems Solved has 3 copies of Drawn Free to give away to people who love and want to help rescue pets. Just write to us at info@petproblemsolved.com.au, with the subject heading Drawn Free, saying why you think pet rescue is important. Please give us your postal address too and we will notify winners by email, sending a book to your address shortly after. Entries close Friday 2nd Nov 2018. Good luck.
More at Pet Problems Solved:
Cat Toileting Problems Solved Book
Dog Behaviour Problems Solved Ebooks
The Lazy Guide to Dog Training
Be sure of what your pet eats: SureFeed pet feeder review and giveaway
PLEASE NOTE: This competition has now ended but read on for more into on the SureFeed…
Do you have to:
- monitor what your pet eats or drinks?
- feed your pet a specific diet (eg. prescription or weight-loss diet)?
- separate more than one pet and have to ensure each gets enough food?
- stop your “bully cat” who control the food dish?
- keep your dog out of the cat’s food?
- keep pet food fresh in the dish?
Then this device could be the one for you…
Trying the SureFeed pet feeder
I was really excited to try the SureFeed pet feeder. At first, I did not think we needed it. Yes, this device would have been invaluable when we had our diabetic cat Leo who was on a special diet and we needed to prevent our other cats, Ginger and Mew from eating his food. Unfortunately, by the time I discovered this pet feeder, we had already said goodbye to Leo.
I decided to try it anyway. As those of you from multi-pet households know, when one pet leaves the family dynamics of the other pets change. Ginger, my 11 year old ginger cat (yes we are so original with names!), was recovering from weight loss due to a hyperthyroid condition and was eating and eating and eating some more! This cat who could not have cared less about food was suddenly guarding the food dish, preventing Mew from getting anything to eat. A perfect opportunity for the SureFeed to work its magic.
So we fitted the microchip disc to Mew’s collar. We did this simply to try it out. All my cats are microchipped and the device, once programmed, can recognise your pet’s microchip. (Incidentally, one of the scariest things about this automatic feeder was the rather thick instruction booklet that came with it. One look at that volume and you may be daunted to even begin but once you realise that instructions are provided in several languages, the the task is not do foreboding. A quick start guide, however, would be an added bonus.)
The feeder recognises the approaching cat (in our case Mew) and opens to allow them to feed. Other pets (in our case Ginger and Chilli dog) are excluded.
It did take Mew a little while to get used to it. This was due to 4 separate factors:
- We had to locate the feeder in a different area to the cats’ normal food location, due to our lack of space on our bench tops.
- There is a slight (one second) delay in the opening of the dish from when Mew approached.
- The feeder makes a slight sound when opening.
- The overhanging bar appeared to be a little daunting at first.