Comments on: 3 Stories About Edie Jarolim And Why Knowing Them Will Help Dogs

By: Expect the Worst!* And Be Utterly Surprised & Thrilled When You Get the Best

Expect the Worst!* And Be Utterly Surprised & Thrilled When You Get the Best — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:31:11 +0000

[…] What should arrive in my inbox but a post from Something Wagging This Way Comes titled “3 Stories about Edie Jarolim and Why Knowing Them Will Help Dogs.” I can’t even type that without tearing up […]

By: Jan K

Jan K — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 15:41:02 +0000

Edie’s name is familiar but I did not really know about her or Frankie. What a wonderful cause for senior dogs, and I hope she is able to meet her goal. I made a small donation and also shared your post on Facebook and Twitter.

By: Just A Few Things | The Golden Life

Just A Few Things | The Golden Life — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:39:11 +0000

[…] Tuesday, Pamela over at Something Wagging This Way Comes wrote a post “3 Stories About Edie Jarolim And Why Knowing Them Will Help Dogs”. The third story is about Edie having started “Frankie’s Fund” at Grey Muzzles to […]

By: Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom

Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:13:17 +0000

In reply to Pamela.

Thank you, Pamela, for the kind words. Yes, I do feel hope for the future when I think of Kissy. My only real regret is not having had her with me longer than the 15-1/2 years. But, she had a good long life and she knew I loved her unconditionally, just as she loved me. In some ways, Callie is a great deal like Kissy — calm and even-tempered, sweet, and quiet yet a little mischievous at times — but more self-confident and a good “other mother” to her two younger sisters.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 19:40:58 +0000

In reply to Maggie. Thanks, Maggie. I hope you can share the word of Edie's campaign. :)

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 19:21:14 +0000

So beautiful, Pamela. I adore Edie as well, and I’m so glad you wrote this post to honor her and Frankie. Further, I just love Grey Muzzles and their mission. It’s a worthy cause. Thanks for sharing these stories.

By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:49:13 +0000

In reply to Pamela.

I’ve tried the first two – I think they’re not compatible with the current version of WordPress. In any case, I couldn’t get them to work properly. I’ll check out the third — thanks.

As for the trick — what a great idea! I’ll look into that too.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:45:50 +0000

In reply to Edie Jarolim.

Edie,

Here are the top-rated plugins I could find. I don’t have personal experience with any of them, though.

http://wordpress.org/plugins/donation-thermometer/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/olimometer/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/charitydonation-thermometer/

And here’s one of my favorite tricks. If you know of a WordPress blog who has posted a thermometer widget you like, enter their URL here: http://whatwpthemeisthat.com/. It will tell you what theme they’re using. But it also names some of their widgets.

I’ll post this over at FB too.

By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:04:03 +0000

Thank you all for your lovely responses — and, especially, the donations that several of you made. In your last comment, Pamela, you mentioned my monetary goal of $5,000 by Christmas. I’ve already collected a nice sum — but need a way to publicize that. So if anyone who is reading this knows a good thermometer (or other icon) plug-in that I can post on my WordPress site to record the progress, I’d really appreciate it.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:08:58 +0000

In reply to one person’s view.

Interesting that you said Edie’s (and Amy’s) Pet Blogger Challenge helped you meet lots of your blogging buddies. I’d say the same thing.

BTW, thanks so much for spreading the word. As I noted above, Edie would like to raise $5,000 by Christmas (which would help an awful lot of dogs). I want to keep this in people’s minds as they do their end-of-the-year giving.