I'm Baaaack!

Yikes... it's me again... the worst blogger on the planet. But I ask you again: where the hell does one find the time, for cryin' out loud? I've suddenly found myself with such a busy life, with barely time to do the laundry, vacuum or water the plants, let alone blog. But I'm going to be more diligent; I promise! So get this: I was recently on KRON Channel 4... one of the major local TV stations in the Bay Area. I was on talking about my fabulous wellness products for dogs and cats - Opie & Dixie - and their fabulous benefits. Dixie sat patiently on my lap, happy to be with mama, while Opal (Opie), with true Opal 'tude, looked up at me, said, "feh - I'm not even in camera range. Screw this...", after which she ceremoniously jumped off the couch, strolled over to the reporter's feet, and plopped herself there for the rest of the show. Check out my segment below!

The power of television is amazing. When I got home after the show and turned on my computer, YEOWZA! Emails, emails and more emails! And when I turned on my cellphone, YEOWZA number two -- messages, messages and more messages! Many questions about pets with stinkiness problems, dandruff, dermatitis and itchy, itchy skin (Try our Shampoo!), questions about nutrition, questions about this, that and the other things. I will never, ever "prescribe" treatments for pets, but am happy to talk about experience and results. I'm happy to offer other clients' testimonials. And of course, you buy? You no like? You return. Pure 'n simple.  I managed to call everyone back and answer every email, only to suddenly be bombarded find online orders to fulfill. When asked where viewers could find my products, I could KICK myself for not having mentioned any of my stores; San Francisco's The Animal Company in Noe Valley, North Beach Pet Supplies in North Beach, George in both Pacific Heights and Berkeley, Babies in both Hayes Valley and the SPCA in Potrero Hill, or some of my East Bay stores like the wonderful Wags 'n Whiskers in Oakland and Walnut Creek, or Murphy's Paw in Pleasanton. There are so, so many great stores here in San Francisco, and I'd plug them all if I could. I love that the smaller business are carrying my products. Hard as it may be to believe, these smaller boutiques are LESS EXPENSIVE than the Petcos and Petsmarts of the world. Yup -- shocking, but true. Would I love to sell to chains, catalogues and online retailers? Why, of course! Do birds fly? Do fish swim? Do bears... oh, forgive me. Can we show a little class here?

Now I've developed an amazing paw balm for sore, cracked and dry paw problems. The ingredients are soothing and moisturizing, and the product has worked so well on my girls' paws that I've begun using it for my cuticles. It works wonders, let me tell you. It's such a great product that I've just sold out of it and am freaking out because the last thing anyone has the patience for is an "out of stock." Rush-rush-rush. All my products' ingredients are sourced in the U.S., by the way, and all my products are manufactured in the U.S. as well. Yes, it's considerably more expensive than manufacturing in China or elsewhere overseas, but my commitment is to supporting U.S. workers. No only that, but I happen to trust the integrity of the U.S.A.'s regulatory and inspection processes more than countries whose practices I'm not quite familiar with. Are they percect? Nope. Do problems slip through the cracks? Of course. However, always better to trust the devil you know vs. the devil you don't.

Ok, folks. Sayonara for now. I'm watching Mad Men reruns, and for now, they are stealing away my valuable blogging time.  I promise to be better about blogging, although I have to confess, it's a little tough to turn your head away from Don Draper.