Creating a Web Site for your Rescue: Part III
Part Three: Integrating with Social Media Now that you’ve launched your initial site, you need to think about how to incorporate all those interactive elements that allow users to connect, comment, and most importantly, share your site content. Information spread by word of mouth is key in today’s rescue world. The more people who know [...]
Creating a Web Site for your Rescue: Part II
Part 2: Establishing Your Site Last time we discussed how to get organized for your new website. Now we’ll be walking you through the initial setup and getting a site launched. Fortunately, there are a number of inexpensive blogging tools that provide powerful features for your site without requiring the technical expertise or staff that [...]
Creating a Web Site for your Rescue: Part I
Part 1: Getting Organized It’s a new year and many rescues and shelters have plans to get a great new website launched. Online tools for rescues and shelters are there for the taking, but if you’re a busy organization, you may be wondering where to start. Whether you’re making the site yourself, passing it along [...]
CareFRESH Critter College Now Available as Free Download
Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) – CareFRESH Critter College, a complete lesson plan for teachers to help students learn how to care for small pets like rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs, is now available as a free download. The lesson kit covers eight different topics related to small pet care and includes lesson plans, activity sheets, videos [...]
Cute Overload Needs More Guinea Pigs
The voices of cavy lovers everywhere have been heard. On a post from December 16th, popular pet weblog CuteOverlaod.com, was surprised by a comment on their Amazon feedback for their yearly calendar. The consumer was disappointed there were not enough guinea pigs. The cavy lover gave the 2012 Cute Overload calendar a four out of [...]
Guinea Lynx: It Takes a Forum to Raise A Guinea Pig
In 1999, Lyn Zantow of Charlottesville, Virginia brought home two guinea pigs, Nina and Snowflake, to share with her ten year old daughter, Kat. After the recent loss of their cavy, Ebony, Lyn was determined to keep the family pets in the best of health by learning as much as she could about cavy care. [...]
A Piggy Tale of True Love
Meet Bertie and Jenny, two of my favourite squeakers who inspired a new collection of guinea pig stories for young children, now available as read-along eBooks! When my little girl was a baby, she loved looking at pictures of guinea pigs and would gurgle with delight when I brought ours out of their pen for [...]
The Guinea Pig Way: The Real Bing Cavy Stands Up
You might not know Bonnie from Madison, WI but she has quite the story to tell. Back in 2004 she created a Flash animation of her guinea pig and posted them on her personal AOL website. It was titled Dance Dance Dance and featured her guinea pig, Bing. At the time, there were other similar [...]
Guinea Pig’s Got Talent
Pet videos on YouTube can occupy hours of your day. If you’re like most people, you should be working during some of those hours. However, since the days of America’s Funniest Home Videos, pet lovers have been competing to show off their pet’s star quality. Tricks, snacks, funny faces, and unbelievable abilities keep the number [...]
Guinea Pig Fans on Facebook Face a Challenge
Pets are popping up all over the internet on social media websites. There’s a large guinea pig community on Facebook where WOL or “Wheek Out Loud” is commonly heard. Some choose to speak about their guinea pigs while others choose to speak as their guinea pigs. What they have in common is a love for [...]
