Kelly Braid has come out with a new ebook called "Purrfectly Trained Cat". Over the next few days she will share with us some or her secrets.
Today, I'm going to talk about a multi-cat household where one cat has been gone from the house for a period of time, usually to the vet, and the possible negative interaction between your cats upon his return.
This is an issue for many cat owners and they have no idea why the cat who has remained at home is behaving the way he is. The home cat will usually hiss, growl and sometimes try to fight with the cat that has been gone. He will treat the away cat as he would any strange cat that has entered his domain, not like his fellow housemate who he has lived with in harmony for years. The away cat will then hiss and growl to defend himself, and possibly start a fight.
As you know, cats rely more on their sense of smell than anything else. When the away cat returns, she smells different. The home cat will take one sniff and know without a doubt that this new cat does not belong in his territory. Then he will start hissing and fighting to defend his territory.
Now what do you do? You start from the beginning. If you allow them to fight at this point, their relationship may never fully recover. It is imperative that you separate the two cats.
When they are in separate rooms, take a towel or small stuffed animal and rub it on the small triangular, bald patch between the eye and ear of away cat and put it where home cat sleeps. Do the same rubbing with home cat and put the object with the away cat's sleeping area. The reason for this is because each cat's pheromones are exceptionally strong on this area of the cat. Both cats can then become used to the scent of the other. Try putting one cat in a room with a closed door, and allow the cats to acknowledge and smell the other through the opening at the bottom of the door.
When away cat has had a chance to clean himself and remove some of the vet smell, try reintroducing them, slowly. If there is still tension, separate them again. Sometimes this smell will take a few days to dissipate. Also, if away cat is wearing a cone, the smell will continue to be on her as she can't clean herself and remove the scent.
If the aggression is still evident after a week or more, the best option is to buy a facial pheromone like Feliway. This can be sprayed on a towel and after it has dried, wipe the towel on each. This synthetic facial pheromone will end the anger and have a calming affect on both cats.
Kelly Braid
Kelly is a cat lover. She lives in Vancouver, Canada and spends much of her spare time helping others to live more harmoniously with their cats. Her book "Purrfectly Trained Cat-Teach Your Cat to Do What YOU Want" teaches cat owners everything they need to know to live happily and harmoniously with their cat.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Genealogy - Using A Pedigree Chart
A pedigree chart, as used by genealogists, is a form that lists an individual family member and his direct ancestors along with all the important data about his life.
This is a must-have chart. It's also just about the easiest one to use. And it wouldn't be a bad idea that you start your family history quest with it.
The first chart you create will be all about . . . you! Then it branches back into history, showing your direct ancestors. Pedigree charts typically document four generations of a family. The chart usually leaves spaces to add names and dates for birth, marriage and death for each individual listed.
You are placed on the first line on the chart. Your father's information is placed on the second line; your mother's information on the third line. From here, the chart takes two distinct routes. The first is following the ancestral routes of the individuals along the father's family history. This is the upper track of the form. The mother's route uses the bottom track.
So, I can hear you say now, you've limited me to four generations. What do I do after that? Pull out another pedigree chart. Create a new one, starting with the fourth generation on your previous chart. Now, each individual in this generation is placed on the first line of his or her own pedigree chart. Each chart is given a number in order to keep track of "who's who", and reference their number on the original chart.
Let's say you've created your pedigree chart. Your father's father (normally referred to as your great grandfather) is ancestor Number 8 on your original pedigree chart. As you find more documentation, you'll follow his family line still farther back into history.
Now, you'll need to create a new chart. Be sure to designate this as "Chart Number 2. Right now it might not make a large difference, but as you begin to collect these charts, this simple tracking system becomes indispensable.
VoodooGenealogy.com
This is a must-have chart. It's also just about the easiest one to use. And it wouldn't be a bad idea that you start your family history quest with it.
The first chart you create will be all about . . . you! Then it branches back into history, showing your direct ancestors. Pedigree charts typically document four generations of a family. The chart usually leaves spaces to add names and dates for birth, marriage and death for each individual listed.
You are placed on the first line on the chart. Your father's information is placed on the second line; your mother's information on the third line. From here, the chart takes two distinct routes. The first is following the ancestral routes of the individuals along the father's family history. This is the upper track of the form. The mother's route uses the bottom track.
So, I can hear you say now, you've limited me to four generations. What do I do after that? Pull out another pedigree chart. Create a new one, starting with the fourth generation on your previous chart. Now, each individual in this generation is placed on the first line of his or her own pedigree chart. Each chart is given a number in order to keep track of "who's who", and reference their number on the original chart.
Let's say you've created your pedigree chart. Your father's father (normally referred to as your great grandfather) is ancestor Number 8 on your original pedigree chart. As you find more documentation, you'll follow his family line still farther back into history.
Now, you'll need to create a new chart. Be sure to designate this as "Chart Number 2. Right now it might not make a large difference, but as you begin to collect these charts, this simple tracking system becomes indispensable.
VoodooGenealogy.com
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Get Back Together With Ex Don’t Write Off the Relationship Just Because She Dumped You
Do you want to get back together with your ex? Don’t write off the relationship just because she dumped you.
Women are fickle creatures. In 3 out of every 4 break ups, it is the woman who calls it off. But, many times they’re open to re-establishing the relationship. Breaking up may not have been a well thought out decision, but they are loathe to admit they are wrong and come back to you themselves.
Part of your job is to figure out what went wrong and change it. If she was bored in the relationship, you need to spice things up. If she was looking for a flashier guy, a makeover might be in order. And, if you were too needy, you might just need to back off for a time.
Right now, if you want to get back together with ex, you need to show her that you are exactly the kind of guy she wants to date.
One of the ways to get back together with your ex is to show her that you are an in demand kind of guy. Every girl says she wants to be unique. They look for “unique” styles. But you will quickly notice that what they really want is a “unique” look that is just like all of their friends’ looks.
So, to become the in-demand guy, you have to start dating in-demand girls. In fact, dating her close friends will actually make her want to get back together with you.
If you are uncomfortable dating people who might continue to be in your life after you get back together with your ex, you can at least flirt with them. When you see your ex with a pack of her friends, don’t pay any attention to her. Instead, lavish attention on her friends. If she has a particularly plain friend, spend the most time with her. That’s one way to get back together with your ex.
Look at how she reacts to you when other guys are around. When someone puts you down, does she stand up for you? That is a good sign that she is still into you and will welcome you back into her life.
When you want to get back together with your ex, you need to realize that there is a new power relationship at play. You no longer belong to each other exclusively. Instead, you are two independent spheres rotating around the other.
Many guys don’t realize that this power shift has occurred. While they are down in the dumps about the break up, they don’t change their behavior pattern toward their ex. This is a big mistake.
When you want to get back together with your ex, you will take advantage of the shift in power. You will woo her by changing the things that she doesn’t like about you or the relationship, become the in-demand guy that all girls want to date, and be a little bit unavailable to her. If these things don’t work, she probably has moved on and you won’t have much hope of jump starting anything.
However, in almost all cases, because women are fickle creatures, you can get back together with your ex.
For more great relationship tips visit this site:
www.MagicOfMakingUp.com
Women are fickle creatures. In 3 out of every 4 break ups, it is the woman who calls it off. But, many times they’re open to re-establishing the relationship. Breaking up may not have been a well thought out decision, but they are loathe to admit they are wrong and come back to you themselves.
Part of your job is to figure out what went wrong and change it. If she was bored in the relationship, you need to spice things up. If she was looking for a flashier guy, a makeover might be in order. And, if you were too needy, you might just need to back off for a time.
Right now, if you want to get back together with ex, you need to show her that you are exactly the kind of guy she wants to date.
One of the ways to get back together with your ex is to show her that you are an in demand kind of guy. Every girl says she wants to be unique. They look for “unique” styles. But you will quickly notice that what they really want is a “unique” look that is just like all of their friends’ looks.
So, to become the in-demand guy, you have to start dating in-demand girls. In fact, dating her close friends will actually make her want to get back together with you.
If you are uncomfortable dating people who might continue to be in your life after you get back together with your ex, you can at least flirt with them. When you see your ex with a pack of her friends, don’t pay any attention to her. Instead, lavish attention on her friends. If she has a particularly plain friend, spend the most time with her. That’s one way to get back together with your ex.
Look at how she reacts to you when other guys are around. When someone puts you down, does she stand up for you? That is a good sign that she is still into you and will welcome you back into her life.
When you want to get back together with your ex, you need to realize that there is a new power relationship at play. You no longer belong to each other exclusively. Instead, you are two independent spheres rotating around the other.
Many guys don’t realize that this power shift has occurred. While they are down in the dumps about the break up, they don’t change their behavior pattern toward their ex. This is a big mistake.
When you want to get back together with your ex, you will take advantage of the shift in power. You will woo her by changing the things that she doesn’t like about you or the relationship, become the in-demand guy that all girls want to date, and be a little bit unavailable to her. If these things don’t work, she probably has moved on and you won’t have much hope of jump starting anything.
However, in almost all cases, because women are fickle creatures, you can get back together with your ex.
For more great relationship tips visit this site:
www.MagicOfMakingUp.com
Make Money With Google
More in the series by Wade Winger on how you can make money using Google and Clickbank.
-Lesson #2-
Ok, we learned all about affiliate programs in the first lesson.
We now need a way to find the best affiliate products to market.
There are thousands of affiliate programs out there to choose from. Any product you can think of has an affiliate program.
There are affiliate programs for things like books, cars, computer games, computer programs, porn sites, prescription drugs and ebooks. You name it and there is an affiliate program for it.
You can even join an affiliate program for selling property on the moon!! So how do you go about choosing the right programs? Well, there are many factors to looks at.
Here are six characteristics to look at when choosing an affiliate program:
1) High payouts - Would you rather be paid $1 or $20 every time you make a sale? $20 of course!! I like to work with affiliate programs that payout anywhere from $15 - $60 for each customer conversion. Don't get me wrong, there is a time and place for $1 payout programs and as entrepreneurs you should always keep your eyes open for opportunities, but from personal experience, the higher payouts seem to work best for people just starting out.
2) Effective product sales page - Your success as an affiliate depends highly on how effective the sales website is for the affiliate program you belong to. I'm not talking about your personal website; I'm talking about the owners of the affiliate program themselves, the site you are sending people to. If you are sending people to a website that is constructed very poorly and has a low sales conversion rate, you are not going to make any profits. But if you send people from your website to a website that captures the customers attention and effectively conveniences them to buy the product, you will make much more profits per customer.
3) The amount of competition - If there is too much competition in the affiliate program that you join, it will be harder for you to make money. When there are too many affiliates vying for the same customers, the profits that can be made by one individual become less and less. I would say that it's a good idea for beginners to stir away from the really competitive products. You will have a much better time with programs that have relatively low competition. Don't get me wrong, you can compete in any affiliate program but you need to learn certain skills, to turn a profit.
4) Payout Dates - Be sure to check how often the affiliate program will be sending you pay checks. You don't want to be stuck waiting 3-6 months to be paid. I usually like to stick with affiliate programs that pay every 1-2 weeks. Sometimes I will join affiliate programs that pay every month, but anything over one month is just too long to wait for. You have to think about your advertising budget. If you only have enough money to advertise for two weeks, and you get paid every three months, you are going to run out of money to advertise with. The quicker you get paid, the quicker you can take that money and reinvest it to increase your profits.
5) Payout Minimums - Almost every affiliate program has a minimum payout amount. Most of the time affiliates programs will require that you earn $25 - $100 before they will ever send you a check. This is fine, because you should be able to hit this amount easily. If it's more than $300 then I would stir away from that program.
Sometimes you will join an affiliate program and make some money, but you may decide for some reason that that particular program is not working out. If you did not hit the minimum payout then you will never be paid. Another reason to pick a low minimum payout is that it may take you awhile to hit the minimum, so the lower the payout level the quicker you will get your money.
6) In Demand Products - This is a very important thing to look for in affiliate programs. Choose something that people really want and find a way to give it to them. For example: millions of people in the U.S. feel they are overweight, and want to lose that weight.
It's your job to find an affiliate program that fits these peoples needs. Sell them diet pills or workout tapes, even workout equipment. Here's another example: Many people want to find someone to date. Well you've seen all the online dating services. Guess what, most of those have affiliate programs that you can join. Direct a person who wants a date to that dating service website and you will make a nice commission.
You now know what to look for in an affiliate product, so now we need to go find an affiliate product to market.
This is were ClickBank comes into play.
ClickBank is actually an Internet "affiliate network". Affiliate networks combine thousands of Internet affiliate programs into one simple website.
So instead of signing up for numerous affiliate programs, which can be a hassle, you only need to sign up once with a site like ClickBank. This will allow you to have access to over 11,000+ products and services to market.
ClickBank is actually a special type of affiliate network in that it only deals with digital products. When a customer buys through ClickBank, they receive their purchase instantly over the Internet.
So what makes ClickBank so special? Several reasons:
- ClickBank is very easy for beginners to learn
- ClickBank offers many high quality affiliate products to market
- ClickBank offers extremely high commissions (up to 75%)
- Many people are already members of ClickBank
- Getting affiliate links is very simple and fast
- Stats are in real time and can be checked 24/7
- ClickBank sends commission checks every two weeks
To check out the thousands of products that ClickBank offers to affiliate marketers, check out this link:
http://clickbank.com/marketplace
To sign up as a affiliate marketer with ClickBank, check out this
link:
https://ssl.clickbank.net/signup
With ClickBank, you can now scour thousands of affiliate products to market.
End of lesson #2.
To Your Success,
Wade Winger
http://www.GoogleProfits.com
P.S. Google Profits can show you how to find the most profitable
ClickBank products and how you can market them effectivly to make
huge profits. Get started today!
-Lesson #2-
Ok, we learned all about affiliate programs in the first lesson.
We now need a way to find the best affiliate products to market.
There are thousands of affiliate programs out there to choose from. Any product you can think of has an affiliate program.
There are affiliate programs for things like books, cars, computer games, computer programs, porn sites, prescription drugs and ebooks. You name it and there is an affiliate program for it.
You can even join an affiliate program for selling property on the moon!! So how do you go about choosing the right programs? Well, there are many factors to looks at.
Here are six characteristics to look at when choosing an affiliate program:
1) High payouts - Would you rather be paid $1 or $20 every time you make a sale? $20 of course!! I like to work with affiliate programs that payout anywhere from $15 - $60 for each customer conversion. Don't get me wrong, there is a time and place for $1 payout programs and as entrepreneurs you should always keep your eyes open for opportunities, but from personal experience, the higher payouts seem to work best for people just starting out.
2) Effective product sales page - Your success as an affiliate depends highly on how effective the sales website is for the affiliate program you belong to. I'm not talking about your personal website; I'm talking about the owners of the affiliate program themselves, the site you are sending people to. If you are sending people to a website that is constructed very poorly and has a low sales conversion rate, you are not going to make any profits. But if you send people from your website to a website that captures the customers attention and effectively conveniences them to buy the product, you will make much more profits per customer.
3) The amount of competition - If there is too much competition in the affiliate program that you join, it will be harder for you to make money. When there are too many affiliates vying for the same customers, the profits that can be made by one individual become less and less. I would say that it's a good idea for beginners to stir away from the really competitive products. You will have a much better time with programs that have relatively low competition. Don't get me wrong, you can compete in any affiliate program but you need to learn certain skills, to turn a profit.
4) Payout Dates - Be sure to check how often the affiliate program will be sending you pay checks. You don't want to be stuck waiting 3-6 months to be paid. I usually like to stick with affiliate programs that pay every 1-2 weeks. Sometimes I will join affiliate programs that pay every month, but anything over one month is just too long to wait for. You have to think about your advertising budget. If you only have enough money to advertise for two weeks, and you get paid every three months, you are going to run out of money to advertise with. The quicker you get paid, the quicker you can take that money and reinvest it to increase your profits.
5) Payout Minimums - Almost every affiliate program has a minimum payout amount. Most of the time affiliates programs will require that you earn $25 - $100 before they will ever send you a check. This is fine, because you should be able to hit this amount easily. If it's more than $300 then I would stir away from that program.
Sometimes you will join an affiliate program and make some money, but you may decide for some reason that that particular program is not working out. If you did not hit the minimum payout then you will never be paid. Another reason to pick a low minimum payout is that it may take you awhile to hit the minimum, so the lower the payout level the quicker you will get your money.
6) In Demand Products - This is a very important thing to look for in affiliate programs. Choose something that people really want and find a way to give it to them. For example: millions of people in the U.S. feel they are overweight, and want to lose that weight.
It's your job to find an affiliate program that fits these peoples needs. Sell them diet pills or workout tapes, even workout equipment. Here's another example: Many people want to find someone to date. Well you've seen all the online dating services. Guess what, most of those have affiliate programs that you can join. Direct a person who wants a date to that dating service website and you will make a nice commission.
You now know what to look for in an affiliate product, so now we need to go find an affiliate product to market.
This is were ClickBank comes into play.
ClickBank is actually an Internet "affiliate network". Affiliate networks combine thousands of Internet affiliate programs into one simple website.
So instead of signing up for numerous affiliate programs, which can be a hassle, you only need to sign up once with a site like ClickBank. This will allow you to have access to over 11,000+ products and services to market.
ClickBank is actually a special type of affiliate network in that it only deals with digital products. When a customer buys through ClickBank, they receive their purchase instantly over the Internet.
So what makes ClickBank so special? Several reasons:
- ClickBank is very easy for beginners to learn
- ClickBank offers many high quality affiliate products to market
- ClickBank offers extremely high commissions (up to 75%)
- Many people are already members of ClickBank
- Getting affiliate links is very simple and fast
- Stats are in real time and can be checked 24/7
- ClickBank sends commission checks every two weeks
To check out the thousands of products that ClickBank offers to affiliate marketers, check out this link:
http://clickbank.com/marketplace
To sign up as a affiliate marketer with ClickBank, check out this
link:
https://ssl.clickbank.net/signup
With ClickBank, you can now scour thousands of affiliate products to market.
End of lesson #2.
To Your Success,
Wade Winger
http://www.GoogleProfits.com
P.S. Google Profits can show you how to find the most profitable
ClickBank products and how you can market them effectivly to make
huge profits. Get started today!
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