Pet Portraits - Dog Paintings, Cat Paintings, Wildlife Paintings, Animals and Landscape Paintings by Isabel Clark

I shall be trying to find as many excellent animal sites as possible. If you know a site or have one which you believe other people would enjoy or benefit from, please send the Url to me by email and, when I have checked it out I will try to include it in the list below.....I would then appreciate placement of a link on your site please.

www.defendapack.co.uk Packaging Supplies (This company supplies my materials for packaging and posting my paintings and artwork. They are extremely good with great prices and I can personally vouch for them. I would not go anywhere else for my supplies).
www.voice4dogs.org	Each year in China and across parts of Asia, millions of dogs and cats suffer cruel brutal lives and unspeakable terror and pain before being slowly tortured to death, killed solely for their fur for a merciless trade, we believe this horror must be stopped, suffering dogs and cats desperately need your help, and within this web site you will find out how you can help to ban the trade in domestic dog and cat fur in Europe.
www.gsdrescuehouston.org	GSDRH is a non-profit rescue for GSD's dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of these marvellous creatures.
www.thornberry.org.uk	Thornberry Animal Sanctuary for the neglected we care . Animal rescue & welfare charity. Rescues, cares for, & rehomes dogs, cats. horses, rabbits etc. Non-destruction policy. Lots of pix!
	Fit for Life - The Disabled Animals' Club
	This is a lovely site, dedicated to blind dogs and their owners.
www.savethedeer.org.uk	SAVE THE DEER - A site run by a very courageous gentleman, who cares passionately about the animals he fights for. This is a website that reveals the "intervention" policy of the Woodland Trust against Roe deer and other wildlife in the UK. It is hoped that public opinion will result in no animal life being intentionally harmed on Woodland Trust properties.
	"The Dogs' Trust (formerly NCDL) is the UK's largest dog welfare charity, working towards the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction. Why not check out our news pages for up-to-date info on our campaigns, find out how to sponsor a dog online, make a donation or ask us for some doggie advice? There's something for everyone - professionals, kids, supporters and dog lovers worldwide."
Roxie Delux - Grooming Salon	Roxie Delux - Pet Services: Dog Cat Grooming Salon, Mobile Grooming, Pet Taxi, Pet Day Care & Boarding - strives to give you and your furry family members the best service possible.
	Artsy Erin’s Portraits & Fine Art: Where you can find beautifully expressive pencil portraits to cherish for years to come. Artsy Erin's Portraits & Fine Art

	Valu-Direct Pet Supplies 100's of discounts available on Brand Name Pet Food & Accessories, from the leading manufacturers, for your Cat, Dog, Bird, Fish, Small Animals & Reptiles, delivered direct to your door in the UK.
	Pawsability Pet Behaviour and Training, Perth - for all your dog, cat and puppy behaviour and training needs, either at class or in-home.
Dog Treat Recipes	Discover the secrets to making disease free and healthy home made dog treats. With over 200 recipes your dog will be loving you.
www.reeveskennels.co.uk	Dog Kennels Reeves Kennels and Runs - buy dog kennels and dog kennel runs in the UK. Manufacturers of a wide selection of dog kennels and dog runs. Also supply Horse pens, stables & Field Shelters for horses
www.storesonline.com/site/catfurniture/	CASIE Cat Furniture Cat furniture, cat tree, cat house, cat hammock, cat carrier specialty! Free Shipping in the U.S.
	Art prints of antique maps in gold foil, wildlife, spiritual, holiday, puppies and kittens, Native American art, nostalgia scenes, fairies and more. Family friendly site.
	Beautiful drawings of Collies and Shelties, by Elena
www.seapets.co.uk	Cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, fish, tropical fish, goldfish, pets, pet beds, aquariums, aquarium shop, fish tanks, pets for sale, pet supplies and products. Seapets, the UK's leading online pet shop, for all of your pet supplies and accessories. Pet supplies. Pet products online for your dog, cat, fish, birds and all small pets and animals throughout the UK and Europe, worldwide too - Extensive aquarium and pond shop, aquarium supplies and pond products for clean healthy ponds too!. Seapets are the UK's leading online pet shop and pet store, for all of your pet supplies and accessories.
www.faithfulfriendsportraits.co.uk	Faithful Friends Portraits - Lifelike portraits in acrylic by UK Artist, Nicky Jones, specialising in detailed paintings of dogs, cats, horses, other animals, and people, from photographs.
www.notsobigdogs.com	Skyler, a deaf, white Boxer is being trained by Mindy to be a Handicap Assistive Service dog since she suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. There are many resources for owners/dogs: Boxers, White Boxers, Deaf Dogs, Service Dogs, M.S., & more. Local groups where you can sign up to meet others in your area monthly. Huge variety. A very informative & Fun Site!
www.animalsrus.net	Handcrafted furry animals for you to love by Animals R Us. Description: Handcrafted furry animals of all types for you to love! Shipping in the continental USA is FREE. 90 Day 100% satisfaction Money Back Guarantee.
www.topcatsites.com/catportrait	Top Cat Sites - A Valuable Cat Directory and Information Resource.
www.bullwrinkle.com/Links.htm	Bulldogs - A really wonderful site for Bulldog lovers.
www.el-minjas.com	El Minja's Lhasa Apsos - EL Minja's Lhasa Apso breeder Sylvia very much enjoys the activity of the dog shows with this special dog breed, especially the excitement and the entertainment of showing the Lhasa Apso dogs breed. But the most interesting part for my husband Frank and I, is dog breeding. I do like to breed on the highest quality level. On our website you can find many pictures of our dogs you will be able to download two wonderful screensavers from Tibet, Tips and Tricks how to groom your dog and the breed history in pictures and a lot of information about dog breeding, diseases in the breed and solutions also articles written by students, university Phd's and Vets and articles donated by friends and family. my website link; www.el-minjas.com
www.qozi.com/dogs/	Dogs Directory - Dogs related news, books and web resources.
www.PawsAway.co.uk	Directory of UK boarding kennels, catteries and quarantine facilities.
www.thedogscene.co.uk	A site that is dedicated to pedigree dogs in the UK
http://www.virtualpethosting.com	Pet/animal-related website hosting, a sister site of PreciousPets.org. Quality, feature-rich service to the pet community at very affordable rates. Please take a moment to check it out yourself.
www.fortheloveoflabradors.com	We are a Labrador Retriever Breeder in Washington State. Our site includes photos of our Labrador Retrievers, their pedigrees, information on feeding your Labrador Retriever Puppy and dysplasia.
www.herbsforanimals.com	At Herbs for Animals, we specialize in treating dogs and cats with herbal remedies that provide relief for your animal without many of the unwanted side effects that conventional medication can produce. We are your online store for herbal remedies for pets.
www.peoplepoems.com/pets.htm	Enter your pet in our monthly Adorable Pet Contest and win a 14K Gold custom-designed nametag for your pet and a featured spot at our site. A new winner is selected each month! See this website...............
www.turkishvancatclub.co.uk	The Turkish Van Cat Club The oldest Cat Club in the UK purely for the Turkish Van - the "swimming cat" from Turkey. A friendly Club offering help and advice to anyone interested in this delightful and interesting breed.
	If you love Staffies you must visit this site. You will love it.
www.boxerrescue.co.uk	Ann offers a service to dog owners of putting a picture of their dogs on mousemats, T-Shirts and a number of other items. Most of the proceedings are used to sponsor Lincs and Essex Boxer Rescue.

Pet Portraits Dog Art - Dogs, Cats, Horses, Ponies, Wildlife and other Animals paintings in oils and watercolours

If you would like a pet portrait painting of your pet and your pet dog or cat, or indeed any animal, has sadly died so it is too late to take any clear photos I will willingly look at your photo and let you know if it is clear enough. I love my pet portrait work, but one of the saddest aspects is where an old pet has died and the owner has no clear photo to remember their friend by, or, indeed, to create a pet portrait memorial to their lost one. So take those photos now, even if you do not yet decide on a pet portrait painting of your pet.

The happiest aspect of my work is when my clients have received their pet portrait paintings and telephoned or written to let me know how delighted they are in spite of the tears over their lost friend. I have so many lovely letters telling me how the portrait painting of their pet is now taking pride of place in their home, and how they feel their pet's spirit is still with them whenever they gaze at the painting. So do not hesitate. Order your pet portrait painting today. You will be so glad you did.

Pet dogs, cats, animals or any child or adult can be painted into the scene or pet portrait, even if they were not in that particular photo. Many things are possible. If you have a special request, just ask. If it is possible it can be done.

If you are thinking of buying a present for a family member or a friend, a pet portrait of their pet dog or cat, or any pet animal, is a wonderful present for a pet lover. If their pet has died, a pet painting of their lost dog or cat makes a wonderful memorial and tribute to the deceased pet.

Remember, if you want a really unusual and special gift for a pet or animal lover for Christmas, Birthdays, Thanksgiving, Easter, Anniversaries, Retirements, Presentations or any other celebration, a pet portrait painting of a beloved pet is always a unique and very welcome gift. Whether it is a dog portrait, cat painting, horse painting, wild animal painting, bird painting, child or adult human portrait or a painting of someone's home and garden, it will bring delight and surprise to the recipient.

So, if you have no CLEAR photos, get clicking and send your favourite photo to me for that dog painting, cat painting, animal painting, or landscape painting. You will be delighted with the result.

We should all value our historical houses be they palaces, farmhouses or cottages, they are our links to our past, but sadly, many are being allowed to deteriorate beyond any repair. It would be a poorer world with no physical reminders of our ancestor’s presence. Whenever, I get the opportunity I am out painting and capturing little corners of this England onto canvas or watercolour paper.

I also believe that there should have much tougher laws against the pollution of our rivers and fields, and stricter laws to protect pressured wild animals and green spaces. Imagine a world with only one creature, the human being. What a dreadful place that would be. We must all do our best to alleviate some of the harm man has done to this world and its animal inhabitants. One way is to enforce planning controls for new human dwellings, office blocks and factories that are sympathetic to the natural environment.

The welfare of this Earth's wild creatures is something I feel very passionately about. We have done so much harm to these fellow residents of our planet, who, of course, have as much right to exist as humanity. Wild animals, including the smallest insect have no less right to live out their natural lifespan as ourselves. I still see wild Robins, Geese, Mallards, Moor Hens, Jackdaws, Buzzards, Kestrels, and many other birds, assorted Dragonflies including the large Emperor Dragonflies, assorted butterflies, Wasp Beetles, Flower Beetles, Field Voles, mice, insects, birds, newts, frogs, toads, hares, deers, foxes and many other wild animals but for how much longer if we go on building over their habitats?

We should not attempt to turn all their wild habitats into pretty parks for just our enjoyment. Nature is wild and beautiful in its wildness. Wild animals need to be wild and free and people can find enjoyment in this too.

We cannot turn this, still beautiful, Earth into a controlled, barren environment for the convenience of just one of this world's creatures, ourselves. We can help these animals in many ways, such as not mowing every piece of wild meadow near our towns. No voles, hawks or butterflies can exist on a lawn. These animals need the shelter of tall grasses to hide in and to feed from. Where there are no hiding places, there are no wild creatures. Where the grass is mown no wild flowers can flourish. However, with a little goodwill on our part it is amazing how quickly Mother Nature heals her wounds.

I remember my childhood wandering the countryside and lanes of Devon; with so much wildlife, so many birds and wild creatures and leafy field margins and sunken lanes. Too many creatures are being squeezed out of existence by our constant encroaching onto their home territories. This cannot go on or England will land up as just an offshore concrete car park of the EU.

In the evenings we saw owls gliding silently over the darkening fields. One time, while I was walking my pet dog, I passed under an old tree and looked up. Sitting silently on a branch overhanging the path I was on, was a Barn Owl. He never made a sound, just moved his head around to watch me as I went on my way. It is a long time since I saw a wild owl. The last one I saw was a Little Owl sitting on his usual perch in an old tree. The tree is no more. It was destroyed when the land was built on. Do builders or their bosses EVER consider the wild creatures whose homes they are destroying?!!

In 2011, Hares too, seem much more elusive than even six years before. We used to regularly watch these large rabbit-like creatures loping over the fields nearby. I know the habitat of these Hares was built over but I do not know where any of the creatures were dispersed to. It is so wrong. This planet is NOT just ours and I would not want to live in a land where no places were left untouched for wild creatures to flourish in.

Hedgehogs are another little creature, which was commonplace up until about ten years ago. Practically every child in town or countryside had seen a hedgehog. Not now. In the winter 2010-2011, I fed a young hedgehog for many weeks in my garden, trying to feed him up so he could hibernate in safety. This was the first live hedgehog I had seen for about five years. He eventually stopped coming for his evening meal of cat food and drink of water. I hope he went into hibernation.

The fields nearby were full of hedgehogs at dusk. You could see the lovely little animals dotted about all over the fields but no more. I hope there are still some left besides the one who came to my garden. I am hopeful though. As I said, I had not seen a hedgehog in my garden for about five years. Here's hoping this is the start of many more sightings of them as their numbers build up again.

Birds, which I never saw about five years ago in my area, were Buzzards. Now there are so many of them hardly a day goes by without seeing at least two. Now I often see them wheeling, gliding and stooping in the fields nearby. This must mean that there are enough small animals such as field voles, to sustain them.

There are quite a few Herons in my home area. You see them flying heavily across the skies, sometimes being mobbed by smaller birds. In fact, one Heron was spotted in my garden so I am beginning to think that my missing pet Goldfish Fred was taken from our garden pond by one of these birds.

Another creature, which is comparatively new to my area, is the Harlequin Ladybird. I first spotted one in 2008. The Harlequin Ladybirds (or Ladybugs) arrived in England from France, having spread there from Asia. They pose a real threat to all our native Ladybird species and, in fact, our Two Spotted Ladybird is in fast decline. Harlequins are bigger than our native species. Their colours are varied from red to orange and they tend to have larger spots of black on them and look brasher than our native Ladybird. Harlequins eat our native Ladybirds and other insects and there is a survey ongoing to see what their spread in the UK is so far. The Harlequin appears to spread at about 60 miles per year so there must be billions here now. Huge numbers of them have been found crammed into tiny spaces. When they feel threatened they emit an obnoxious chemical that smells rather like nail polish and marks any surface it touches, so it is not pleasant to find them inside your home.

Remember the warm days of summer as, during the cold days of winter, you gaze at your painting of your sunny garden and home.

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Pet Portrait Paintings - Dog Portraits, Cat Portraits, Horses and Ponies, Wildlife, Animal Paintings, People Portraits and Landscape Paintings.

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