THE PURPOSE...

PAWSITIVE VIBES ISN'T ABOUT JUST "THROWING YOUR DOG A PARTY". IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT! PAWSITIVE VIBES IS ABOUT TAKING THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS YOU'VE SHARED AND CELEBRATING THEM, AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE PEACE AND PAWSITIVITY THAT HAS BEEN FOUND IN THOSE TIMES. IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING LIFE, AND THE LIVES YOU'VE SHARED WITH YOURS, INCLUDING YOUR FUR BABIES', JUST AS YOU WOULD WITH YOUR OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT'S YOUR MOMENT AS WELL, AND THESE MOMENTS ARE TRULY PRICELESS!

"HELLO THERE! MY NAME IS DAN, AND THIS IS MY FUR BABY, PAXTON! NICE TO MEET YOU, AND WELCOME TO: PAWSITIVE VIBES PGH! I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE STORY OF THE TWO OF US. PAXTON CAME INTO MY LIFE AS I WAS COMING OUT OF SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES. I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY THAT I MET PAXTON, THE DAY THAT WE SAVED EACH OTHER. HE WAS PLAYING IN A HUGE FIELD WITH SMALL CHILDREN, JUST HOPPING AROUND FREELY. IT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF A FAIRY TALE MOVIE, LOL. LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT HE WAS HEADED BACK TO THE CITY: PITTSBURGH. HE RAN RIGHT UP TO ME THOUGH, LIKE HE ALREADY KNEW THAT I WAS HIS HUMAN. HE WANTED TO STAY WITH ME THE WHOLE CAR RIDE HOME. HE SLEPT IN MY ARMS, AND HASN'T LEFT MY SIDE SINCE.

I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS, BEING A FIRST TIME DAD AND ALL. IT'S LIKE WE WERE FIGURING IT ALL OUT TOGETHER IN THE BEGINNING. WE GOT TO SPEND THE FIRST 5 MONTHS TOGETHER, PRETTY MUCH 24/7. HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH DURING THAT TIME. HE BROUGHT ME RESPONSIBILITY, A SENSE OF BEING NEEDED, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE... AND PEACE! HE REALLY PREPARED ME TO VENTURE BACK INTO THE REAL WORLD, AS I PREPARED HIM TO POTTY OUTSIDE, LOL! I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT HE FINALLY GOT IT. HE NUDGED ME TO GO OUTSIDE, AND HE POTTIED. I JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND YELLED "WE DID IT MAN!". HE TAUGHT ME PATIENCE, AND THAT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. ONE NIGHT, BEFORE HE WAS EVEN POTTY TRAINED ACTUALLY, HE NOTICED A BUNNY IN OUR YARD. HIS NATURAL HUNTING INSTINCTS KICKED IN. HE GOT DOWN LOW AND CREPT UP ON THE BUNNY. HE DUCKED DOWN BEHIND A ROCK AND LOOKED OVER, KEEPING HIS EYE ON IT THE WHOLE TIME. HE GOT CLOSE, LIKE REALLY CLOSE. HE DIDN'T CARE THAT THERE WAS A LEASH ATTACHED TO HIM, HOLDING HIM BACK. HE WAS GOING TO GET THAT BUNNY! HE DIDN'T, THANK GOD, BUT HE TAUGHT ME DETERMINATION. HE WILL GET A BUNNY ONE DAY, WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT LOL. 

IN THIS PAST YEAR, PAXTON HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH INTO MY LIFE. I FEEL SO COMPLETE EXPERIENCING LIFE WITH HIM BY MY SIDE. AND I FEEL SO INSPIRED. I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO GET THAT BUNNY NO MATTER WHAT! PAXTON HAS ALLOWED ME TO DREAM AGAIN. AND PART OF THAT DREAM IS TO GIVE BACK TO MAN'S BEST FRIEND. TO CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES, THE WAY WE DO OURS. TO CELEBRATE OUR SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT WE SHARE TOGETHER. I OWE THIS TO HIM AFTER ALL HE HAS DONE FOR ME.

SOOO... I DECIDED TO START PLANNING PAXTON A PARTY FOR HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY. HE HAS MADE SO MANY FRIENDS IN SUCH A SHORT YEAR, AND I WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO GET ALL OF THE HUMANS, AND ALL OF THE FURRY FRIENDS, TOGETHER IN ONE SPACE. HE IS AN EXCELLENT JUDGE OF CHARACTER JUST LIKE HIS DADDY, OBVIOUSLY! LOL. AS IM PLANNING THIS PARTY, I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GATHERING WERE COMING TO ME NATURALLY THROUGH MY WORK EXPERIENCE IN RESTAURANTS AND CATERING. A LITTLE "OVER THE TOP" FOR A "DOG PARTY", BUT HEY, I TEND TO BE A LITTLE "EXTRA" FROM TIME TO TIME. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE WERE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN I IMAGINED THAT WERE THROWING PARTIES FOR THEIR FURRY FRIENDS, BUT SURPRISINGLY, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE DOING IT FOR THEM. I FINALLY REALIZED MY PURPOSE AND MY DREAM! AND THERE, MY FRIENDS, PAWSITIVE VIBES PGH WAS BORN!"

Daniel Horgan

CEO, Pawsitive Vibes PGH