New Fish Pond

A couple of months ago, we added a goldfish to our family of pets. My daughter named her Goldeen after the Pokemon. We acquired Goldeen as a sort of spur of the moment deal and got her a fishbowl until I could get her into a larger aquarium.

Goldeen's old home.

Well, the time finally came for Goldeen to move out of her bowl and into a much roomier living space. I felt bad seeing her swim around in such a tiny little bowl and got to thinking of how I could make her more comfy.

Vote for Shiner!

So I don't really enter my pets into many contests or competitions. I was on the internet the other day though and thought I'd enter a video of Shiner into the May Day Play Day Video Contest which is hosted by CatTime and DogTime. The prize is a $100 gift card to Petsmart as well as a $100 donation to the nonprofit rescue organization or shelter of my choice. The top 5 videos have a chance to win the Best Pet Video of 2013 Petties Award.

So I would LOVE you all even more than I already do if you stopped by to vote for Shiner's video! I don't know how well Shiner will do in the contest, but it's worth a try I suppose. Here's the video we submitted, which I have shared in the past. It's called "Zoomies!".

Cute Baby Cardinals!

Happy Wordless Wednesday everyone! Today's post is *mostly* wordless with a bit of cheeping. 

I found these baby cardinals in a nest inside a hanging basket at the nursery. 

10 of the Coolest Things I've Done as a Vet Tech

Me and my all time favorite doggy patient.

If you didn't know already, I was a vet tech for 5 years before I started Pawsitively Pets. I do still consider myself a vet tech, although I'm currently not employed as one. It's what I went to college to do and I still believe that's where I will end up again one day.

Vet techs are like nurses, but only for pets and animals. We do all kinds of things! We are nurses, anesthesiologists, x-ray technicians, phlebotomists, laboratory technicians, dental hygienists, janitors, dog walkers, mentors, teachers,  surgical technicians, pharmacy technicians, receptionists, animal handlers and more all rolled into one job description! I'm sure I left something out, but you should get the idea.

I thought it would be neat to share some of the cool things I've done during my time as a vet tech. I realize that not everyone is going to think some of these things on the list are "neat", but people who work in the field of veterinary medicine have a certain type of appreciation for them that only we can understand...