Click to Give Charity is Now Even Easier

I imagine many of you are familiar with the Animal Rescue Site’s “Click to Give” purple button. It’s THE easiest way (that I know of) to help an animal charity. It’s FREE and you can do it up to once a day. How it works: go to the link (www.theanimalrescuesite.com), look for the purple button, and click it. That’s it. The site gets money for every click of the purple button. If you haven’t figured out how, it’s from the many advertisements on the page. Sponsors pay for food and care of animals.

This click-to-give button has been around for years, but I decided to write about it now because, if you have a smart phone or iPad, you can get the “Touch to Give” app, making the process even MORE easy to do on a daily basis. I have the app on both my iPhone and iPad. More good news, you are allowed a click per device per day. Normally I can only click once a day on my computer, but now I can click 3 times… laptop, iPad, and iPhone! Before the app came along I could not remember to visit the site every day. Now I get in at least 2 clicks a day! The app also keeps a running tally of how many times you have clicked the button. It’s a challenge to get that number higher.

Please join me in clicking the little purple button for this wonderful cause!

Let the Obsessing Begin!

An introduction is in order. This is Mutt Junkie, the blog about all things dogged, mutt-like, and houndingly K9. But let’s really examine the meaning of the words.

mutt |mət| noun informal

1 humorous or derogatory a dog, esp. a mongrel : a long-haired mutt of doubtful pedigree.

2 a person regarded as stupid or incompetent : “Do not give me orders, mutt.”

ORIGIN late 19th cent.: abbreviation of muttonhead.

junkie |ˈjə ng kē| (also junky) noun informal

a drug addict.

• [with adj. ] a person with a compulsive habit or obsessive dependency on something : power junkies.

ORIGIN 1920s (originally U.S.): from junk.

OK, that little journey to the dictionary took a turn. The second definition of “mutt” was a bit harsh, don’t you think? And I am shocked to learn that “mutt” is derived from “muttonhead” which should be applied to sheep, not dogs. Hmmm.

Thank goodness I moved on to “junkie” -- right on the money! This blog is for dog addicts. The description “obsessive dependency” is so perfect. I do depend on dogs for so much, and am obsessed with caring for them to be best of my abilities, and rewarding them for what they give me every day. Share the love... and the obsession!

It’s my personal belief that the term “mutt” can be applied affectionately to any dog – pure or mixed breed. A dog is a mutt is a dog. And I have been hooked on dogs since the day I was born. I adore animals, but dogs stand out as super-special and essential for my existence. When I meet someone who says they don’t like dogs, I just feel they have not yet been enlightened… or saved by Dog.