APDG ~ Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day - 8/28

Did you know that August 28th is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day. Well yes it is.

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day gives you the opportunity to .... you guessed it......take the time to remember your past pets.

Just about everyone has had a pet that has passed on and that’s why Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day is such an important day to so many people. This day is celebrated on August 28th every year and is a day on which people can remember the pet companions that have died over the years. This makes it a great day for pet owners to mourn the loss of their pets—pets that had become trusted members of their family.

This day was first celebrated on August 28, 2013, when Deborah Barnes invented it to say goodbye to her cat, Mr. Jazz. She was an author and a blogger of Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles, which helped her get the word out about this day of remembrance. From then on, it has begun to gain a life of its own and now people are celebrating it all over the world.

Pets are an integral part of so many of our lives, so any discussion of this observance day would be remiss without talking about the pets that are the centerpiece of this day. Below are some interesting facts about pets that most people are going to appreciate.

Over 85 million cats & 78 million dogs live in the United States.

Approximately 40% to 46% of pet owners learned about their pets through word of mouth.

25%-27% of all cats acquired are picked up as strays.

Cats spend approximately 20% of their entire day grooming themselves.

Cats have more than 100 different vocalized sounds.

A dog’s smell is so sensitive, it could detect a teaspoon of sugar in two Olympic swimming pools of water.

A dog’s paw print is as unique as a human being’s fingerprint.

Dogs aren’t completely color blind. They can see yellow and blue.

Dog’s eyesight is better in low-light conditions than a human’s eyesight.

Dog’s eyesight is better for tracking moving objects than human eyesight.

Humans can see further distances than dogs.

Dogs are capable of sweating—they just sweat through their paw pads.

Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues.

Greyhounds are the world’s fastest dogs with a top speed of 45 miles per hour.

Less than 10% of dog owners throw a birthday party for their pet.

One way to celebrate Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day is by taking the time to remember past pets. This can be done by just having a remembrance party, visiting their grave, or by whatever other means a person wants to celebrate the lives of their past pets. The hashtag #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay can also be used on social media to spread the word about this holiday and to honor past pets.

Next onto our swap:

Post THREE (3) pictures and/or gifs to each of your THREE (3) partner’s profiles with the theme “Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day”. The pictures that you choose may be the SAME OR DIFFERENT between all of your partners. Please choose pictures that you think THEY will enjoy!

Only people with well filled out profiles may participate in this swap. I will be checking the night before partners get assigned. If you get 3 pictures from your partner on "Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day” you have to rate them a 5. The heart on the rating is for if you like what they sent.

To leave a photo on someone's profile use this code ! [ ] ( Put image address here ) With NO spaces & paste the picture's link between the curved parentheses.

Practice on your own profile first to be sure it looks good because you can easily delete it there.

Pick images that are size 300 wide or smaller to be sure they fit. I go to Google images to get my pictures.

Hover over images to see their size because there will be some larger sizes there too. If you really like something click on it and go to the words SEARCH BY IMAGE and click on that. THEN go to the word SMALL and see if there is one 300 size. There are other tricks in the group thread; AN EASY way to get a small PIC from a BIG one;-)

You can find moving pictures at http://giphy.com/

Please write the TITLE OF THE SWAP ON YOUR PROFILE DECO MESSAGE too! This makes it easier for partners that are in a lot of these swaps to rate it.

Any problems, feel free to contact me.

I want to thank @anrtist for allowing me to borrow SOME of her wording.