Season's Greetings and Happy New Year!!

Heather's Miracle Dog 

Wishes You and Your Family

Happy Holidays

and a 

Wonderful New Year!!

Holiday Disease Awareness Card

HMD Adrenal/Thyroid Disease Awareness Blue Ribbon Card This special edition card features a snowflake background and the light blue awareness ribbon that stands for adrenal disease and Addison's Disease, as well as thyroid diseases.  Christmas tree featuring blue silver decorations is in front of ribbon, and card is edged with pine cone and silver garland with silver bells decorating the corners.  Inside sentiment reads: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away.                                                             Seasons Greetings from our family to yours!" · Price per card if  1 ordered : $4.00 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.50* . ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.

Thank you!
Heather, Daisy, and Baron

New Video for Christmas Cards 2010!

New Christmas Cards for 2010

Hi Everyone!

I hope everybody had an absolutely wonderful Thanksgiving! Hopefully I'll be making a couple more posts in the next few days for some of  the other things I've been working on and making, as well as a couple of videos to highlight what we have available.  Also, in addition to our regular Miracle Dog cards, the vintage image cards, the card duo packs, and the 3D cards, we are proud to announce that we also now have an Adrenal Disease/Thyroid Disease awareness card available.  This special edition card will be available for purchase on my website at https://sites.google.com/site/hnbain/2010-holiday-cards/holiday-disease-awareness-cards, and please feel free to send an e-mail to hnbain1@hotmail.com if anyone is interested in buying or more information.  Thank you, and I hope you enjoy these new cards!

Heather, Daisy, and Baron


Adrenal Disease/Thyroid Disease Awareness Card

HMD Adrenal/Thyroid Disease Awareness Blue Ribbon Card This special edition card features a snowflake background and the light blue awareness ribbon that stands for adrenal disease and Addison's Disease, as well as thyroid diseases.  Christmas tree featuring blue silver decorations is in front of ribbon, and card is edged with pine cone and silver garland with silver bells decorating the corners.  Inside sentiment reads: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away.                                                             Seasons Greetings from our family to yours!" · Price per card if  1 ordered : $4.00 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.50* ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.

Miracle Dog Cards

	HMD Card Style 31d-Reindeer Miracle Dog Card features North Pole background with gingerbread house and a sleigh full of presents and our miracle Dog with a little red nose and antlers.  Card is edged with Christmas tree, gift and star border, and dog fur color can be changed upon request.  Inside sentiment is: "This cute little dog has come your way leaving presents this special day! MERRY CHRISTMAS! · Price per card if  1 ordered : $3.25 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.00* ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.
	HMD Card Style 32d- Miracle Snowman Dog Card features a snowman complete with top hat, holly sprig, and scarf with our Miracle Dog, who's wearing his scarf and hat and about ready to pelt someone with snowballs.  CArd has both little characters on top of a metallic snowbank, set on top of a metallic silver dot background.  Card is edged with red ribbon with metalliv silver edging, and dog fur color can be changed upon request.  Inside sentiment is: "Wishing you a Holiday Season That’s as bright as candle glow As merry as a snowman And as nice as mistletoe!                                   Merry Christmas!" · Price per card if  1 ordered : $3.25 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.00* ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.
	HMD Card Style B3- Daisy and Baron Caroling Card has Daisy and Baron dressed in period costumes set against a backdrop of a victorian house, Christmas tree, and light pole patiently waiting to be given their treat after singing for so long.  Card features garland and bell border with a waffle wreath center, and has red and green plaid border.  Inside sentiment featured is: "Here we come a-waffling Among the leaves so green, Here we come, our teeth are brushed, Our coats are nice and clean. Love and joy come to you, And we’d love some waffles, too, And God bless you, and send you A Happy New Year, And more Waffles in the upcoming New Year! We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Waffle-filled New Year!" · Price per card if  1 ordered : $3.25 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.00* ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.
	HMD Daisy and Baron Christmas Coloring Card One of our newest card types features Baron and Daisy on the fron wearing Santa and Elf outfits, respectively, set on a background of holiday candy canes, and surrounded by a green border of Chrismtas dog bones.  Inside is a coloring page of Santa's village with a "Merry Christmas sentiment", multiple gingerbread houses, a snowman and woman, an elf, Christmas tree, moon and angel, Santa and 2 of his reindeer, and, of course, Daisy and Baron wearing their elf hats! Great for keeping little hands busy :).  · Price per card if  1 ordered : $3.25 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.00* · Ask for Crayons! ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.

Card Duo Packs

	HMD Christmas Card Pack 3dp-Vintage Santa Duo Pack 1 Card set features 1 card with blue reindeer border featuring Santa carrying a Christmas tree against a snowy backdrop. Inside sentiment reads: "May you keep the spirit of Christmas In your heart and dreams All year through!                                                 Merry Christmas!"                               2nd card has red scroll border and features Santa walking in the snow carrying a big basket full of toys.  Inside sentiment reads: "May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you today and always!                                                                  Merry Christmas!" · Christmas Card Set: $5.00 for 2 cards Gift Tag Set: $2.50 for 2 tags.
	HMD Christmas Card Pack 4dp- Vintage Santa Duo Pack 2 Card set features 1 card with teal border featuring Santa walking in the snow carrying a big basket full of toys wearing a teal coat. Inside sentiment reads: "May you find peace and happiness in your heart this Christmas and share it with all around.    Merry Christmas!"                        2nd card has beige and green border design around image of Santa red scroll border and features Santa carrying a Christmas tree wearing a yellow coat against a snowy backdrop.  Inside sentiment reads: Father Christmas has come your way leaving presents this special day! MERRY CHRISTMAS!" · Christmas Card Set: $5.00 for 2 cards Gift Tag Set: $2.50 for 2 tags
	Christmas Card Pack 5dp- Holiday Children Duo Pack 3 Card set features 1 card with red floral border with central image of 2 little boys building a snowman. Inside sentiment reads: "I wish you love and friendship too Throughout the coming year Lots of laughter and happiness To fill your world with cheer !                                   Happy Holidays!"                   2nd card has red and green scallop border design around image of 4 children careening down a hillside in their sled looking slightly worried.  Inside sentiment reads: Here's wishing you a Christmas As joyful as a song, And a New Year that's as happy As Christmas all year long Happy Holidays!" · Christmas Card Set: $5.00 for 2cards Gift Tag Set: $2.50 for 2 tags
	Christmas Card Pack 5dp- Holiday Children Duo Pack 4 Card set features 1 card with blue and white snowflake quilt bakcground with central image of a cute little victorian boy and girl ice skating. Inside sentiment reads: "Wishing you good friends, Good times, and good cheer, Our warmest wishes Throughout the new year !                                   Happy Holidays!"                   2nd card has beige, pink, and blue floral border with top central image of a bow, surrounding an image of a little girl in an ivory dress holding a muff.  Inside sentiment reads: "Warm wishes for a season bright with special happiness Merry Christmas Happy Holidays!" · Christmas Card Set: $5.00 for 2 cards Gift Tag Set: $2.50 for 2 tags

3D Pop-Up Cards

	HMD Card Style 12c-Holiday Sleigh Ride Card features snowy winter background with Victorian home and lighted outdoor Christmas tree, with 3D horse-drawn sleigh driven by a happy couple.  Inside sentiment reads: "Wishing you good friends, Good times, and good cheer, Our warmest wishes Throughout the new year!                                 Happy Holidays! · Price per card if  1 ordered : $4.00 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.75* ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.
	HMD Card Style 17c-Christmas Fireplace Card features fireplace decorated for Christmas with poinsettia mantle garland and a cheery fire complete with 2 (or more, upon request) red stockings waiting to be filled by Santa!  Inside sentiment  is surrounded by holly and ivy frame and reads: "Merry Christmas one and all. Santa Clause has come to call. Plenty of Gifts are under the Tree. I hope they're all for you and me!                        Merry Christmas! " · Price per card if  1 ordered : $4.00 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.75* ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.
	HMD Card Style 13c-Vintage Nativity Card features night background with Christmas star and manger against 3D image of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus (prior to the arrival of the 3 Wise Men....).  Inside sentiment  is surrounded by Cross frame and reads: "Sharing with you the Glory, the Wonder, the Miracle of this Holy Season. Have a Blessed Christmas and New Year!" · Price per card if  1 ordered : $4.00 ·  Price per card if 5 or more ordered: $3.75* ** For 5 or more cards, please include $5.00 per order of 5 for shipping charges when calculating order amount.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 We Wish You a Happy, Wonderful, and Safe Thanksgiving!

 Thank you so much for everything!

From,

Daisy, Baron, and the Bain Family

Daisy and Baron Update- Peanut Butter and Paper Towel Tubes

Hello Everyone and Happy Fall!

I hope everybody is having a good week so far!  It seems as though this month (or the whole year, actually) is going by very quickly, although that could also have something to do with the subtle reminders in many of the stores and neighborhoods that it’s almost the Holiday season J.   In a way, I’m glad that it seems everyone is making an effort to make everything so festive; it makes me excited about putting together my new Christmas cards, the elf shoes, the gingerbread people, and other things I’m working on for Christmas, and it makes things seem more bright and cheery, even if it is before Thanksgiving . 

 

Daisy and Baron acting goofy (Baron's sitting, Daisy's laying down)

Daisy and Baron are doing wonderful; I’m working with them as much as I’m able to, and I think they’re doing very well.  They seem to look forward to when we’re working with them on the commands, and they pick-up on what it is were trying to teach them to do very quickly, thank goodness (it may have something to do with the number of treats they get, but at this point, I’m not really sure they can be overfed…..:)!  Now that I think we’ve got some of the more basic commands down, we’ve been working on some other things more related to medical response and what we want them to do when we’re out in public.  “Heel” has now progressed to “Heel Left” and “Heel Right”, and we’re working on “Pick it Up”, “Drop It”, and “Go Get It” both so they can help when I drop something on the floor, as well as hopefully transition these commands into “Go Get Medicine” later on.  We’ve also been working on where they’re suppose to go when we do go out and sit for long periods (i.e. a doctor’s appointmentJ).  Baron is admittedly a little better at this since he isn’t as wiggly as his sister, as evidence by the many photos I’ve taken where Daisy looks like she’s moving at warp speed, but they both are very good at figuring out what it is they need to be doing, and once given a toy or something to keep them occupied, I’m not sure if anybody would even know that I had them with me!  Except for the fact that they are getting much larger than I originally anticipated, which should look interesting when they’re laying behind my legs (I’m thinking Edith Ann from “Laugh-In”…….).

Daisy during scent training "checking" for peanut butter.  And Green Beans.

We’ve also been working on my amateur version of scent-detection training, involving 3 cardboard tubes stuffed with napkins tossed randomly around a room, with one tube containing the “check” substance-usually peanut butter, since it’s pretty odiferous, and they’ll need to eventually “check” for it anyway because of the allergies (That's Daisy to the right doing the scent training and "checking" to see where I put the peanut butter tube.  She's probably also checking for green beans:).  They get really excited when we start “playing”, and they’re accurate about finding the allergen probably 85-90% of the time, which I think is pretty good!  Many times, I’ll forget which tube I put the peanut butter in, and they alert to where the true allergen tube is (and give me a look when I don’t reward immediately for them finding it and I’m under the impression it’s in another tube-Mommy can be slow on the up-take sometimes…..), so I guess this training is working pretty well so far!  I’m hoping to be able to start professional training for them in this once they receive all their shots and it’s okay for them to go out in public, especially since the compounds that we really need for them to find and alert to we can’t be in close proximity to (and that it would be embarrassing to attempt to explain to the people at an ER that the reason for our anaphylaxis was because I’d attempted scent-training on something I was allergic to…..).  I’m excited about learning more about hot to go about doing this type of training, so it should be an interesting experience for us all.  Especially if I have to be present for the training in a fetching yellow bio-hazmat suit as protection from the allergen..

 

Baron wearing his Mouse Ears for Halloween :)

Hopefully I’ll have more updates and also be posting some videos of them doing their training so everybody can see how well they’re doing (and to show-off the beautiful 70 lb babies :), and post information on other related topics (such as the which and the number of patches I need to order for their vests so they have all right necessary information but don’t look like a walking medical encyclopedia billboards).  I’ve made a training cape to get them used to the idea of wearing something on their back, though I think ultimately I may end up with Search and Rescue backpacks to carry some additional items in case of emergency (and provide a little more room for patches).  Anyway, I’ll be sure to include anything I get excited about (and that others will think “And she wanted to share this because…….?”  ), and to post additional pictures and video once I figure out how to transfer the data to my computer and overlay it with interesting music .  Be sure to check on this blog and the website during the holiday season as I do have some new Christmas/Holiday cards that I’m excited about, especially the Pop-up cards, and the new coloring cards for kids (or adults-sometimes you just need to color:) featuring Daisy and Baron. We also have some new gift tags available, as well as new holiday products that I've been making that I'm hoping to have posted relatively soon.

 

Thank you again so much to everyone, and please always feel free to comment below or to send an e-mail to let us know what you think or anything else!  I always look forward to reading comments and anything else (and advice-I’m very grateful for advice, particularly on the dog training.....).  Thank you so much, and I hope the rest of your week is great!!

 Heather, Miss Daisy, and Mr. Baron

Daisy and Baron (Daisy's sitting, and Baron's tired:)

New Thanksgiving Card Video for 2010