Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Pet Expert Darlene Arden and The Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund

In my quest to produce a quality web series that is both entertaining and informative, it was important to give viewers accurate information. It was then that the award winning author Darlene Arden contacted me and through this divine connection she became the Pet Expert Consultant for Studio C Pictures' new web series "Lifestyles of Celebrity Pets."

Darlene is an award-winning writer, lecturer, and author of “The Irrepressible Toy Dog,” (Howell Book House”) and “The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care for Dogs (Contemporary Books), is an internationally recognized authority on Toy dogs and their care, and a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant.

Darlene has written hundreds of articles and columns for all of the major dog and cat publications, as well as newspapers and general interest publications.

A long-time member of Dog Writers’ Association of America, Inc., and former director of the Cat Writers’ Association and a member of Boston Authors, Darlene is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Maxwell Award, the Muse Medallion, and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals/American Humane Education Society’s Media Award for veterinary writing and animal welfare.

She also writes celebrity profiles and travel features, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and she produces and hosts her own cable television show, “Creatively Speaking".

She is a Learning Facilitator at Kutztown University in their Dog Training and Management Program.

And, Darlene travels to many places as a popular and much acclaimed speaker.

And, I'm sure you will agree that one of her most wonderful accomplishments is her founding the Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies at the American Kennel Club's Canine Health Foundation (AKC/CHF) created in honor of her mother. It is a donor advised fund established to benefit studies focusing on unlocking the mysteries of canine behavior.

Darlene Arden's writing focus has been on helping dog owners in identifying and eliminating unwanted behaviors in their pets. The author of "Small Dogs, Big Hearts," and the behavior book "Rover, Get Off Her Leg," notes that the fund will benefit all dogs, whether purebred or of mixed heritage and will lead to future behavior studies as identified through the Canine Health Foundation grants review process.

It is thought that more dogs die as a result of behavior problems than any one disease since behavior problems are so often responsible for dogs losing their homes and ending up in shelters or breed rescue. Most of what AKC/CHF funds helps people as well as animals so this is a real win/win.

Darlene is a wonderful person with many talents. I am very happy that she has joined the team of the "Lifestyles of Celebrity Pets" web series. We call her our pet expert consultant for the show, but more importantly I also call her a friend.

So publicly on the internet Darlene Arden, I thank you for being a part of the web series and helping us to bring accurate information to the viewers!

There is so much information "out there" and our goal is to provide you with what's correct.

Therefore, viewers of the web series and readers of the blog, be sure that you check out training methods before using them on your four legged friends. Not all methods are the right methods and Darlene will make sure that what we show you will be accurate and safe for both the pets and people.

Lisa L. Bennett, Executive Producer

Studio C Pictures


***Make a donation to the Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies by mail or Fax with the printable donor fund that can be found online at :

http://www.akcchf.org


AKCCHF

P.O. Box 900061

Raleigh, NC 27675-9061

FAX: 919-334-4011

Toll Free

1-888-682-9696

There is also an online form. Indicate that you are specifying your donation to a Donor Directed Fund and then type in The Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies.

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

WEB SERIES


Welcome to the blog for the web series "Lifestyles of Celebrity Pets".

We have such a great team of people working on this project. Our Pet Expert Consultant is the award winning author Darlene Arden, Hollywood Correspondent is actress Jamie McCall, Production Manager Frank Carlopio, Editor Christopher Rosario, Animation Sofia Chan, Graphic Artist Danita Ware and Lisa Bennett as Executive Producer.

Recently Jamie and videographer Jazzy Mann from Media 151 meet up with Susan Hartzler of alphadogshopper.com along with her product reviewing dogs Baldwin & Bliss. We'll be posting this video soon across the internet.

To stay up to date on the latest happenings of the web series Lifestyles of Celebrity Pets, please join us on Twitter at ID celebritypets and Facebook ID Studio C Pictures.