If it Seems too Good to be True . . .

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I opened my mail yesterday afternoon, and was stunned to have received a cashiers check in the amount of $2,990.00 from Collin Bank of Texas!  The check was enclosed in a letter from the Grants Processing Center of Financial Solutions, New York, NY.  The letter stated that I had won a grant in the amount of $35,000.00 total, which should not be considered a loan.  It was for me to use to "start a small business, pay tuition fees, make a down payment on a home, and do housing repairs or to pay medical expenses."  Wow!  Who couldn't use $35,000.00!  Jackpot!  Oh, wait, it said the $2,990.00 check is to help pay for the administrative, processing, and applicable fees.  Then a commission fee of 10% will be deducted from the total amount, and then I would receive $31,500.00.  
The cashiers check looked very genuine, and even had the newest security features.  However, a closer look at the check showed a single flaw - the bank logo was a bit pixelated in comparison to the crisp print of the rest of the check.  On further examination we also noted that there was no bank number under the check number. 

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A Healthy Alternative for Flea Control

We've always felt a bit uneasy about putting insecticide on (or in) our pets as a means to control fleas and ticks. However, living in Florida, the fleas are just terrible all year long, and we hate the thought of bugs residing on our four-legged babies. Well, we FINALLY found a product that keeps the fleas and ticks off of our pets while also improving their health, especially their skin and coats - and it will save us hundreds of dollars a year!!  FLEA TREATS are a healthy, safe way to keep fleas and ticks off pets.

Imagine that you're going on a camping trip, and you have three choices to avoid bug bites:

1. You can take a hormone pill once a month. Every female bug that bites you will be sterile AFTER it bites.

2. You can apply insecticide drops to the back of your neck, allowing the insecticide to spread all over your body or your skin to absorb it into your system, and then, when the bugs land on you, hope the insecticide will kill them before they bite you.

3. You can take a safe, tasty vitamin daily, and the bugs won't even land on you at all.

Which method would you choose? Which method do you think your pets would choose for themselves if they could??

Each "treat" is a human grade, B-complex vitamin, with real liver added for taste. It's safe for puppies, kittens, pregnant, and nursing pets. We've taste-tested them in our home, and our Mini Schnauzers and cats all love them, but if you have finicky eaters, Flea Treats can be easily crushed and sprinkled into their food. Flea Treats work so well, it's guaranteed or your money back!!

 

To learn more about Flea Treats or to place an order, please visit our webstore at http://www.dogshirtstore.com/

Oil Spills - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

An oil spill. A catasrophe. It affects our environment, our economy, and most importantly, the lives of countless animals. So, what is our individual responsibility when it comes to something like this? How far would you go to help clean it up? How about getting a haircut or having your dog groomed? Yep - that's it. Pretty simple and fairly inexpensive, but very powerful.

With the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico hitting home for many Americans, there is understandably a lot of concern about oil and the environment. With the world's need for oil, offshore drilling will continue to be a solution for many years to come, in spite of the risks.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and that old adage has never been truer than right now, while we're in the middle of an oil spill crisis. At "A Matter of Trust", they've been collecting human hair and animal fur for the past 10 years to use in making mats to absorb excess oil from oil spills.

Although individuals can send in clean hair or fur, a more effective way is to tell your hairdresser or groomer about it. They have lots of good hair and fur that just ends up in the trash, and it really can help with the control of oil spills, which can save marine life and coastal areas worldwide.

Some have asked what happens to all the contaminated hair when they're done with it. We're not sure what's been done in the past, but there is research being performed with the idea that mushrooms can eat the oily hair and detoxify the waste to create landscape-grade compost.

If you're a groomer or hairstylist, you may want to visit matteroftrust.org to see how you can sign up. If you're not, tell your hairstylist or groomer about it. It can only help!
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