Welcome to the Newly Renovated "Maxwell and Me!"

WE'VE GONE TO THE DOGS!

"MAXWELL AND ME!" IS NOW DEDICATED TO YOUR DOG!"

Max thought that his "doggy"friends needed their own special place...and here it is!

Welcome to the "newly re-modeled" Maxwell and Me!  This blog now contains the best news, information, training tips, health tips, and care and feeding of "man's best friend". 

We've always been all about our animals....and we still are!  To give our readers the best animal and pet advice and answers to all your questions, we've expanded and renovated.  You can still find answers to all your pet related questions and find great stories, news, products and advice about ALL other pets at our sister site "All My Pets and Me!" 

With these two sites, we are confident that we can offer you the best information and answers to all your questions even faster!  But, don't worry, you'll still find the same great authors and experts here to give you the most up to date, accurate, and interesting facts you've become accustomed to.  We've just organized it a little better to make it easier to use and faster to find everything you need.

WHAT'S NEW?

Our new site offers everything you ever wanted to know about or need for your dog all in one convenient, easy to use, blog spot!  Along with our original authors, we've got some great guest authors and experts to answer all your doggy questions, from care, feeding, training and much, much, more.  Feel free to ask your questions and expect the best and most accurate answers from some of the top names in the business.  We'll be hosting many on-going articles about training and health care.  We'll be reviewing new products and toys and we'll tell you where to find them at the lowest prices possible!  We're the perfect spot for "how-to" and "do-it-yourself" articles!

The story of "Baby", the abused Samoyed

And, of course, we'll still keep you on top of all the latest news stories along with information on rescues and the organizations that make them possible.  We'll help you find the best places to rescue, adopt or buy your "new" puppies and dogs. 

Breaking news "The Japan Tsunami"

Max and I believe in rescues and adopting dogs and puppies to help the poor homeless puppies and dogs now living in shelters and foster homes find good, loving, permanent homes.  We'll keep you up to date on what dogs and puppies are available and where to find them.  Our experts will help you pick out the perfect dog or puppy for you and your family situation!  Then we'll help you decide what things you'll need for your new furry friends and the best places to buy them.  We have affiliated with several places to help make your 'doggy' shopping experience easier than ever!  Shop on-line at our site and save big $'s.

We love to hear from our readers.  Please send us your comments and suggestions to help make "Maxwell and Me!" an even better place.  We read and answer all comments as quickly as possible. 

Don't forget, you can find all your "other" pet related necessities at "All My Pets and Me!"  Our on-line store will be up and available soon. 

We look forward to hearing from you all and providing you with an even better on-line experience!

Denise & Maxwell Blackman

Welcome to our newly upgraded sites!  We hope you enjoy your experience here and don't for get to tell all your friends where to find us!

Publisher "Maxwell and Me!" and "All My Pets and Me!"

Another Update on "Baby"!

I was somewhat relieved when I read the most recent post regarding the "Baby" the poor abused Samoyed first exposed on one of my favorite blogs, "For the Love of the Dog".  It appears as though the efforts of all involved finally got the attention of the ASPCA.  As per Andrea's comment, and I quote:

"Author: Andrea
Comment:
Well they certainly got the attention of ASPCA. Apparently they have re-opened the investigation and are monitoring Baby's veterinary care by her owners. But they are not giving details. You can follow the discussions at Justice for Baby facebook."  http://www.facebook.com/#!/justiceforbaby?sk=wall


I certainly want to thank everyone that signed petitions, made calls and generally spread the word about her.  It's efforts like this one that really can make a difference for these abused animals.  It also brings to light the fact that, although I do not believe the ASPCA or Humane Societies meant for this to happen, but, things do sometimes "slip through the cracks".  When this happens, and it will happen again, the ASPCA needs to accept it's mistakes and simply make the necessary changes to right that mistake!  It should not have to be said that steps need to be taken to ensure that these things do not happen in the first place!

Thanks again to everyone that contributed and we will do our best to keep you informed of any other events that require the need for a community such as this.

I am checking into the story of "Justice" to see if there are any updates there and I will make known any information that I find out there also.

Thanks to all,

Denise and Max 

Some Reconstruction Will be Forthcomming!

Hello everyone!  Well, as I told you when I first started this blog, I am new to this and I am getting a huge education in all kinds of technical stuff!  It was my goal to create this blog to include animals of all kinds and provide information regarding all of them on separate pages in this blog.  However, I am finding out that this is not really possible using the templates that I chose when I started.

Sooooo, Maxwell and Me! will be going through some re-construction.  We will continue to give you great information and keep up with all the trending stories, but, each species will be getting it's own blog!  Yup, that's right!  I have been told that I can do this and then link them all together some how so that you can search all of them for your particular interest, but, the blogs MUST be separate blogs if I am to provide the info and let you comment on the individual articles and answer your questions properly.

So, in the next few days, you might see some changes.  Please don't think that we are eliminating anything.  Just having to move some pages into their own blogs, so the titles will most likely change for some of them. 

I will keep you up to date right here at Maxwell and Me! and let you know where your favorite pages went and how to get to them!  So please check back here often during our reconstruction.  Hopefully, this will allow us to provide the absolute best experience for all of our readers!  Anyone out there with information that might help make this an easier process, let me know!  I'm open to any suggestions........

Thanks for your patience,

Denise and Max!

Never Underestimate the Power of Social Networking! Animal Saved by Facebook Posts!

Well, this story convinced me.  Never underestimate the power of social networking.  And, this should help promote some of the "good" things that can happen when social networking is used for the right reasons!  The story "Rescued from a Storm Drain. All because of Facebook" by Andrea, and posted on one of my favorite blogs, For the Love of the Dog, just made me think about all the bad press that some social networking sites receive.  It's not that often that you get to hear about the good stuff! 

It's always nice to know that "facebook" and other social links can offer some rewarding things too instead of always coming out on the receiving end of those that simply don't understand the power of the press!  What a great story!  With all the sad stuff reported constantly about animal abuse and overcrowded shelters, I felt this heartwarming story would offer a well-deserved "good feeling" break to everyone today!

It warms the heart to see how good folks will work together for a worthy cause, even if it is in the middle of the night!  To date, the rescued animal has still not been identified, and, since the animal ran away after being freed, we'll probably never know what it was.  But, we do know that because of the efforts of some good willed neighbors and the officials called to the scene, the story has a very happy ending!  Congrats to all who were involved in this great rescue.

I'm sure that this is not the only story of it's kind.  I'd love to hear about any other stories like this one where social media has played the part of the hero!  Send us a comment on any that you know of!  I'll bet there are plenty of stories out there that involve rescues, adoptions and lots of other interesting things that have taken place on these pages.  Share some with us!

I'll also be starting a new page for this blog very soon.  I'll be covering tips for pet care.  Drop me a line if you have any suggestions for stories and tips on caring for our animals friends.  Dogs, cats, horses, birds, reptiles, fish....whatever!  The new page should be up within the next few days, so check back soon!

Maxwell and Dee!