Spring & Summer 2021: Summer Reading & Second Chances

With 2020 behind us, let's get into 2021. As always, thank you to those who follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. I started working full-time in 2021 so I wasn't able to do much in the early months, but let's see what we have accomplished so far...

2020: Cancer & Causes, Passings & Pride

2020 was really something! As always, thank you to those who follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. For most of all of 2020, I was working part-time and then full-time so we were less involved with things, but here is everything that happened in the world of Healing Whiskers during 2020...

Fall 2019: Berry, Blessings, & Dallas, De-Stressings

It's been almost two years since I updated our blog since life has gotten so busy. I finally got a break so it is time for a proper update! I thank everyone who follows us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. Let's finish off 2019 in this blog post...

Summer 2019: Rainbows, Reading, & Rescue

This summer has been CRAZY! From going on TV, radio, being featured in newspapers, magazines, and online articles, to finishing up our Reading Rats program, and even rescuing a pet rat in distress!
Time for another (somewhat) seasonal blog post! I'm working to get this website more informational, but life has been hectic. Feel free to follow us on social media for more up-to-date posts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr

Rats Make Me Boggle

We have set up a t-shirt fundraiser over on Bonfire to help us raise enough money to attend the Pet Partners Conference in San Antonio, Texas! We want to raise at least 1k to cover expenses so that I can go and increase my knowledge about therapy animals (and represent the little guys) so I can do even more here in Georgia.

We ended up having to take care of other expenses and just wasn't getting enough traction with t-shirt sales. The shirt is still available to purchase though!

Books, Balloons, & Birthdays

Vincent's career is going very well! While these blog posts are more on the seasonal side, you can always follow us on your favorite social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr) to keep up to date on our adventures.

Training, Evaluation, Cake, & Blessings

This summer has been great! Training a therapy rat in the hot months definitely has its drawbacks, but we made it. Time for cooler weather and rat burritos!

Spring 2018: Nominations & Road Trips

We have had a very productive Spring! Get comfortable because this is going to be a long post...

Saying Goodbye to Oliver & Jasper

This isn't a blog post I wanted to make anytime soon, but Jasper and Oliver have passed away. It has been a tough couple of weeks...

BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose 2017 Award Finalist

Yes, you read that right! We are a finalist for a major award by BlogPaws! Don't know what BlogPaws is? BlogPaws is the hub of all pet bloggers. A place to be educated and learn from other bloggers nationwide, a physical conference to attend every year, and even a place to find influencer opportunities. This is the highest achievement for a pet blogger and we are truly humbled!

Jasper & Oliver's 1st Birthday!

Wow, it is so unbelievable that these two little boys I got in May 2016 are now a year old! Since rats only live a couple of years, we celebrated big!

We Passed: Official Therapy Rat Status Achieved!

Yes, that's right. Oliver and I are now an official Pet Partner team. Oliver is a therapy rat!

Getting Your Therapy Rat's Health Checked for Evaluation

For Pet Partners, you need to have a certificate of health completed before you and your pet are able to be evaluated for therapy work. We went off to the vet for a wellness check!

Therapy Animal Workshop & a Trunk or Treat!

So a lot has happened in the past few weeks! Last week I completed the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Handler Workshop and just today I went to a Trunk or Treat with my fellow Compassionate Paws therapy teams.

Rats, Rat Rods, and Romaine Lettuce

With fall approaching I am so ready to bring out Oliver to events to get him used to new smells and people. It has been too darn hot to do anything outside! (Once it gets into the upper 70's that's when they start to have problems.) I've been looking at local events on Facebook and came across a car show benefitting our favorite animal rescue, A.R.F. so of course we had to go.

Why Jasper Can't Be a Therapy Rat

Seizures are a terrible thing and I've only seen a handful in my life, but it is very rare in young rats. Jasper has had 3 seizure up to the time I am writing this post and hopefully he won't have anymore but you can never be sure with them since we don't know a cause. The first one was once he was settled at home, the second was at PetSmart HQ, and the third was just at home again. Could be stress related, but it hasn't been consistent.