HandicappedPets.com

On Wednesday Joy's guest is Mark Robinson, the owner/creator of HandicappedPets.com. What makes HandicappedPets.com so unique is that they don't merely sell products, they are deeply involved in the handicapped pets community and many have come to rely on their unique support and resources which includes everything from end of life counseling to rehabilitation services, holistic healers, and financial help for the caretaker of a handicapped pet. To learn more about this wonderful organization, please visit www.HandicappedPets.com.

The radio show, Talk With Your Animals, broadcasts on Wednesdays from 12 to 1 PM PT. If you are in the Seattle area, tune into 1150AM KKNW. Or you can listen to the show over the Internet by going to www.talkwithyouranimals.com, go to the radio show links page, and then click on the listen live button for KKNW. Telephone number for the radio show is 425-373-5527 so call in and ask a question of your animal kid. The toll free number if you are in Western Washington is 1-888-298-5569.

Our wonderful sponsors of the radio show are Optimum Choices - www.optimumchoices.com, Pet Essences - www.petessences.com, The Natural Pet Pantry - www.naturalpetpantry.com, Natural Horse Talk - www.naturalhorsetalk.com, Eagle Pack Pet Foods - www.eaglepack.com, Dooley's Dog House - www.dooleysdoghouse.com and our mention - Holistic Horse Magazine - www.holistichorse.com. Please let our sponsors know that Joy sent you.

Saturday, December 8 from 12 - 4 PM - 15th Annual Open House at Smiley Dog's Warehouse. It is located at 23303 Highway 99, Suite H (lower level), Edmonds, WA. Smiley Dog is a neighborhood business providing FREE HOME DELIVERY of the best quality pet foods, toys, kitty litter and supplies at reasonable prices. To learn more about Smiley Dog and their event, please visit www.smileydog.com

Stop by to browse the deals, see new products and chat with the reps including: Evergreen Pet Supply, Artistic Impressions, Lucky Palate Vegetarian Meal Service, PAWS, Pooper Trooper, The Whole Pup, Pawsitive Steps Dog Training, City Dog Magazine and Joy Turner, Animal Communicator. Contact Smiley Dog at (206) 903-9631 to schedule a private mini session with Joy during the Open House - space is limited, first come first served (reserve now!) 5 minutes $15, 10 minutes $30.

Sunday, December 9 from 1 - 4 PM - Sisters of the Air, Magical Gifts is a spiritual and metaphysical gift shop located at 2105-A Meridian Ave East Edgewood, WA. Joy will be talking about animal communication and then taking questions from the participants regarding their animal kids. You can bring your animal kid into the store. The cost is $30. Please call 253-927-3788 to register for the class. For more information about what Sisters of the Air, Magical Gifts has to offer, please visit www.sistersoftheair.com.

If you were unable to attend the Photos with Santa at Dooley's Dog House (Kirkland, WA) last weekend, you have another chance this Saturday, December 1st. Make your reservation today for your Santa photo - for a donation of $20, you and your pet(s) will receive a photo session with Cammie Owen, professional animal photographer. You can then choose your 5 X 7 photo and order additional photos and cards. For every $20 donation, half will go to support Pasado Safe Haven, a great local animal rescue & rights organization with a nationally recognized reputation. Call #425-889-2200 to reserve your photo session. For more information, check out www.dooleysdoghouse.com. Also, this Saturday, from 12 to 3 PM Puget Sound Greyhound will be at Dooley's Dog House to talk with folks who are interested in adopting a Greyhound.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We'd like to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. And, of course, from our perspective, please include your animal family as well in your thanks and celebration. Our animals are our greatest blessings and loving teachers. On this very special day, our blessings go out to everyone for a life blessed with love, happiness and the greatest fulfillment.

Happy Thanksgiving! Joy, Braveheart, Amira, Venus, Mercury, Ala, Dream Weaver, Deleite, Diego, Sing, Song and Martha, Ron, Lemonade, Sidney, Crystal, Annie

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 20 from 1 - 2 PM PT Joy is going to be a guest on Wendy's Animal Talk. You can call in and ask Joy a question about your animal kid if you would like. The telephone # is 800-555-5453. To access the show, please go to the website, www.healthylife.net. Of course, you will still be able to listen and call in Wednesday at 12 PM PT when Talk With Your Animals airs live on 1150AM or streams on www.1150KKNW.com. Telephone number for the radio show is 425-373-5527 or the toll free number if you are in Western Washington is 1-888-298-5569.

BIG NEWS! Alternative Talk 1150AM is now broadcasting digitally at 98.9 HD3! Listen to your favorite programs in HD. HD "Hybrid Digital" Radio technology enables AM and FM radio stations to broadcast their programs digitally. The noise and interference that cause the static, hiss, pops and fades heard on today's analog radios are virtually eliminated with HD Radio digital broadcasting. HD Radio dramatically enhances sound fidelity – AM sounds FM-like, and FM rivals the quality of compact discs.

To hear KKNW in its clearest digital form, you will need a special HD Radio Receiver for either your car or home audio system. Once you have an HD Radio Receiver, there are NO subscription fees. It's FREE for consumers.

To get you in the holiday spirit, Dooley's Dog House (Kirkland, WA) is holding an event this Saturday & Sunday, November 24 & 25 - Photos with Santa. The event was so popular last year, they just had to do it again! Make your reservation today for your Santa photo - for a donation of $20, you and your pet(s) will receive a photo session with Cammie Owen, professional animal photographer. You can then choose your 5 X 7 photo and order additional photos and cards. For every $20 donation, half will go to support Pasado Safe Haven, a great local animal rescue & rights organization with a nationally recognized reputation. Call #425-889-2200 to reserve your photo session. If you miss this weekend, this event will be happening again on Saturday, December 1. For more information, check out www.dooleysdoghouse.com

Not A Great Idea!

Turns out this is not a good idea - sending cards or packages to "any wounded soldier." Check this out from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center website.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center officials want to remind those individuals who want to show their appreciation through mail to include packages, letters, and holiday cards addressed to 'Any Wounded Soldier' or 'A Recovering American Soldier' that Walter Reed cannot accept these packages in support of the decision by then Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Transportation Policy in 2001. This decision was made to ensure the safety and well being of patients and staff at medical centers throughout the Department of Defense.

In addition, the U.S. Postal Service is no longer accepting "Any Service Member" or "A Recovering American Soldier" letters or packages. Mail to "Any Service Member" that is deposited into a collection box will not be delivered.
Instead of sending an “Any Wounded Soldier” letter or package to Walter Reed, please consider making a donation to one of the more than 300 nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping our troops and their families listed on the "America Supports You" website, www.americasupportsyou.mil

Other organizations that offer means of showing your support for our troops or assist wounded servicemembers and their families include:
http://www.usocares.org/http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers/http://www.redcross.org
For individuals without computer access, your local military installation, the local National Guard or military reserve unit in your area may offer the best alternative to show your support to our returning troops and their families. Walter Reed Army Medical Center will continue to receive process and deliver all mail that is addressed to a specific individual.

As Walter Reed continues to enhance the medical care and processes for our returning service members, it must also must keep our patients and staff members safe while following Department of Defense policy. The outpouring of encouragement from the general public, corporate America and civic groups throughout the past year has been incredible. Our Warriors in Transition are amazed at the thanks and support they receive from their countrymen.

Helping the Wounded

Yesterday, November 11 was Veteran’s Day. Author and animal activist Bob Harvey is offering a special gift to wounded Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force Heroes in the hospital. Bob has committed 5,000 copies, from a new print run of his FULL-COLOR novel Catalyst, for a special Holiday Donation Program.

Harvey is asking everyone to consider the enormous price our wounded Veterans have paid to protect us and then to say “Thank You” by buying at least one copy of Catalyst. Bob Harvey will then pay the shipping and handling to deliver all the books to wounded Veterans in the hospital – hopefully visiting as many as possible in time for the holidays.

Plus, Harvey will donate 100% of the profit from this Program to Save Injured Pets across America . During his hospital “Thank You Tour”, Bob will be selecting the Animal Rescue Groups that will receive the donations.

The idea of Vets & Pets sprang from the pages of Bob Harvey’s novel Catalyst and one of the key characters is a wounded Veteran whose life is dramatically altered by the human/animal bond.

“Catalyst is a story of animal and man merging together for the good of each other…This is a story for ALL MANKIND.” Reader Views

“I never had a pet in my life until a stray cat adopted me at age forty-five. That special relationship taught me the two main themes I wove into Catalyst - To Honor All Life and to Learn What You Are Willing to Fight For. Two life lessons that Injured Pets instinctively grasp and Wounded Veterans understand all too well.” Bob Harvey

Another Great Idea for helping our soldiers!!!

When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include a card to:

A Recovering American soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001

If you approve of the idea, please pass it on.

Tomorrow's Guest

Tomorrow's guest is Chuck Bartlett of Dooley's Dog House, one of our wonderful sponsors. Dooley's Dog House is where the positive impact that dogs and cats have on our lives is celebrated! They strive to offer products and information that will improve nutrition, limit susceptibility to disease and improve quality of the life of our dogs and cats. They also believe in helping rescue organizations. Every month Dooley's Dog House hosts an event to raise funds for an organization. Check out their website for more information about their up coming events as well as products they carry, useful references, and special offers. If you live in the Kirkland, WA area, they also will deliver your order. Telephone # 425-889-2200 www.dooleysdoghouse.com.

The radio show, Talk With Your Animals, broadcasts on Wednesdays from 12 to 1 PM PT. If you are in the Seattle area, tune into 1150AM KKNW. Or you can listen to the show over the Internet by going to the website, www.talkwithyouranimals.com, go to the radio show links page, and then click on the listen live button for KKNW. Telephone number for the radio show is 425-373-5527 so call in and ask a question of your animal kid. The toll free number if you are in Western Washington is 1-888-298-5569.

Our wonderful sponsors of the radio show are Optimum Choices - www.optimumchoices.com, Pet Essences - www.petessences.com, The Natural Pet Pantry - www.naturalpetpantry.com, Natural Horse Talk - www.naturalhorsetalk.com, Eagle Pack Pet Foods - www.eaglepack.com, Dooley's Dog House - www.dooleysdoghouse.com and our mention - Holistic Horse Magazine - www.holistichorse.com. Please let our sponsors know that Joy sent you.

The Basic Animal Communication Class was a great success for all who attended last weekend! Next weekend is the Intermediate Animal Communication Class. You can still enroll in that class so long as you have taken the Basic Class! The schedule for next year is the following. The Advance Class will be held sometime in April. The next Basic Class will be in September followed by the Intermediate Class in November with the Advance Class in the following April. Please contact Martha@talkwithyouranimals.com to have your name and contact information added to any of the future class lists.

ANIMAL RADIO® LIVE AT THE ROSE BOWL

ANIMAL RADIO® LIVE FROM STAR-STUDDED³RACE FOR THE RESCUES² AT THE ROSE BOWL

This weekend (Nov. 3rd), the nationally syndicated Animal Radio® airs a livebroadcast from the Pasadena Rose Bowl at the 2nd Annual Race For TheRescues, a 5k run and adoption event benefiting 10 Los Angeles area animalrescue organizations. Stepping up to Animal Radio® microphones arecomedienne Jane Lynch, two-time Emmy Award-winning Michelle Stafford, Youngand the Restless¹ Greg Rikkart, E! Television¹s Ted Casablanca, Without aTrace¹s Joe Reegan, 24¹s James Victor and best-selling author RobertFulghum.

Michelle Stafford admits to Animal Radio® that her pug has a ³pee² problem ­seeking advice from Associate Producer Judy Francis.

Ted Casablanca brought along his dog Margo, a mixture of Chihuahua,Pomeranian, Dachshund ³and perhaps a little bit of Paris Hilton,² he says.Ted tells Animal Radio® that Ellen Degeneres ³pulled a guy thing² when sheblamed her girlfriend Portia for signing the adoption papers for Iggy.

Hear this special Animal Radio® broadcast on 95 AM-FM radio stations including Los Angeles¹ KOST 103.5 FM. Internet savvy folks can listen online anytime by logging onto .

Animal Radio® is also available on any cell phone by text-ing ³ANIMAL² to27627.Animal Radio® is the ³most-listened-to² animal programming in the U.S.;created to promote responsible animal care; reduce surrenders and theultimate euthanasia of healthy animals.