PetPix Today!

Anatole France (1844-1924) Novel Prize-winning French author and critic said,
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened”.

Every pet lover would no doubt agree. Pet’s bring out the best in us and keep our hearts from hardening. The presence of a pet is in itself a present… their trust and openness and easy companionship.

While checking out other pet photo contests on the web I came across a doozy. In the “Can You Top This?” corner there is now a collosal pet lover essay contest (that includes a pet photo) that started in early April. The grand prize is a 1.25 million-dollar mansion in Ocala FL, owned by author Clementina Marie Giovannetti who is running this contest. Her goal is to publish a book of pet lover stories complete with photos…

Pet lovers have trained pets for centuries. We have dancing dogs, dancing horses and now sport-playing and dancing goldfish! Amazing as this sounds, a company called R2 Solutions is quickly gaining fame wih their new goldfish training kit.

The training? Soccer, basketball, doing the limbo, slalom swimming and go-fetch. Yes really.

No matter where you wander these days pets are there. There is hardly a talk show on television that does not feature pets from Martha Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres to Oprah, Dr. Phil and Jay Leno. The social networking sites like YouTube and MySpace get insane traffic from videos people post of pet antics… mewling kittens and newborn parrots to piano-playing cats.

We’re all pet people at heart!