Reading Time: < 1 minute Happy Thanksgiving to you and your pets from Wow My Pet Did That! You can print out a free Thanksgiving card below: Thanksgiving card
Category: Pets and art
Can’t make it in person? Take a virtual tour of the AKC Museum of the Dog’s presidential dogs exhibit
Reading Time: < 1 minute We recently wrote about the “Presidential Dogs” exhibition, which will be on display through January 2021 at The AKC Museum of the Dog in New York City. If you can’t make it in person, you might want to do what we did, which is take advantage of the museum’s virtual tour. For a suggested $1…
A look at how to make a Photoshop cat flower bouquet
Reading Time: < 1 minute Here are three versions of a cat “flower bouquet” created using Photoshop and also with the help of Lunapic.com. The first one was made entirely in Photoshop. The second and third were brought into Lunapic.com and the Sketch2 and Picasso effects were added, respectively. If you’re interested in making your own, you can use…
Professional artists loves to draw cats and share their special stories
Reading Time: 8 minutes “I’m doing this because I love cats,” Garland relates. “And to me they’re all very unique and special so I want to celebrate the cat that each person loves so much.” It has been said many times that cats helped build the internet. And no wonder. The World Wide Web is a seemingly endless resource…
Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie: Fun with photo filters and cat pics
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m participating in the Caturday Art Blog Hop created by https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/ and also The Cat on My Head’s Sunday Selfies. I’m starting with this picture of Jingles, who was, for reasons still unclear to me, sporting his Cinco de Mayo outfit when I saw him at my son’s apartment today. He looked so handsome, I…
Caturday art
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m participating in Caturday Art. Technically, it was still Saturday when I started working on the art, but time got away from me a bit, like it somehow often does when I’m using Adobe Illustrator to create artwork. I knew I wanted to create some abstract cat art, but I kept deleting and restarting because…
Dogs Playing Poker and Caturday Art
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday, I decided to have a little fun with Photoshop and participate in the Caturday Art Blog Hop created by https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/ I had this picture of Poussey on top of the curio cabinet and thought it was cute, but I hadn’t been quite sure of what to do with it before. I thought it would…
Pet lover backgrounds for Microsoft Team meetings are here from Wow my pet did THAT!
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’re anything like us, you have spent A LOT, like a mind-numbing amount, of time in Microsoft Team meetings lately. And, like us, you might also be seeking a way to spice up the meeting bit or bring some of your personality to the forum. That’s why we’re releasing our new, free pet-related backgrounds…
Wowmypetdidthat receives certificates of excellence
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wowmypetdidthat.com is happy to announce that we recently received two Certificates of Excellent from the Cat Writer’s Association for entries in the 2019 Communication Contest. Our first entry was in the L. 4 Cartoon Category. Our entry was the Cat-urday Night Fever Dancing Cat gif. Here’s feedback from the category judges: “Really enjoyed this one…
Top Dog Country Club launches ‘Family Fun With Art, Music, Kids & Dogs’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top Dog Sound Art, a division of Top Dog Country Club, is working with Sound Art USA to provide a paint kit and blank canvases containing state-of-the art Bluetooth speakers to dog-loving families nationwide. “Keeping kids and families busy with productive activities during this COVID-19 crisis can be challenging,” said Jean Stelten-Beuning, creator, owner, and…
Happy Spring bunny gif
Reading Time: < 1 minute Believe it or not, spring is only 11 days away! So, as we anxiously await warmer weather ahead, we thought we’d release our Happy Spring bunny a little early! If you want to use this gif on your website, here’s the embed code: <blockquote class=”embedly-card”><h4><a href=”https://wowmypetdidthat.com/happy-spring-bunny-gif/”>Happy Spring bunny gif – Wow, my pet did THAT!</a></h4><p>Please…
Show your love for your dog with our new design
Reading Time: < 1 minute We recently created this new “Home is Where the Dog Design.” It’s available on t-shirts, jerseys, aprons, mugs and more. For more information, visit our shop on Spreadshirt. For a “Home is where the cat is,” tshirt, click here.
Creating a free pet portrait online
Reading Time: 3 minutes Commissioning an artist to paint your beloved pet can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars — more than the average pet owner might be able to pay. There are some great artists out there who will create your pet’s picture in a variety of styles for much less though. Check out deviantart.com as one…
Pet museums for the dog and cat lover
Reading Time: 3 minutes Museum of Dog: For those not familiar with the the it, located in the Berkshires in Massachusetts since April 2017, this museum is all about sharing the love of all things dog. It contains a collection of original photographs and memorabilia, including rare dog collars dating back to the 1800s. It boasts over 180 pieces…
Sergeant Stubby statue coming to American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
Reading Time: 3 minutes NEW YORK (PRNewswire)—The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog is pleased to announce that the official bronze statue of Sgt. Stubby, a distinguished World War I war dog, will be housed permanently at the AKC Museum of the Dog after being unveiled on May 23, 2019. The statue, “Stubby Salutes,” created by renowned sculptor…
More cat with umbrella
Reading Time: < 1 minute We continued working with our cat with umbrella art from yesterday. Here’s our second gif. We hope you enjoy it! If you want to embed this gif on your site, the code is below: <blockquote class=”embedly-card”><h4><a href=”https://wowmypetdidthat.com/more-cat-with-umbrella/”>More cat with umbrella – Wow, my pet did THAT!</a></h4><p>We continued working with our cat with umbrella art from…
Wow my pet did that artwork now available on fineartamerica.com
Reading Time: < 1 minute We”re really excited about recently making some of our artwork available for purchase in a variety of formats on fineartamerica.com. Here are some samples (You can click on the pics for the links to the site): Check them out if you’re looking for a pet-related gift for someone you know, or yourself! Thanks!
Cats on trampoline animated GIF
Reading Time: < 1 minute We hope you enjoy our latest Wow my pet did THAT!? gif — cats on a trampoline. Please feel free to use this gif. The embed code is below: <blockquote class=”embedly-card”><h4><a href=”https://wowmypetdidthat.com/cats-on-trampoline-animated-gif/”>Cats on trampoline animated GIF – Wow, my pet did THAT!</a></h4><p>We hope you enjoy our latest Wow my pet did THAT!? gif – cats…
Our homage to the amazing artist Elgato Gomez
Reading Time: 2 minutes You may have seen the work of Elgato Gomez on Pinterest or elsewhere on the Internet. That’s especially true if, like us, you love the mid-century modern period and/or you love cats. A number of Gomez paintings feature both, and they are very eye catching. In fact, we saved a few on Pinterest and one…
Presenting our first ever Wow my pet did THAT!? very short animated short!
Reading Time: < 1 minute We hope you enjoy the following very short animated short. We also hope it is just in the first in a series in a number of animations we are going to create. And that future animations won’t take nearly as long now. We spent hours on this one, first creating the artwork in Adobe Illustrator…
Wow! This pet bird may have been the first White House pet
Reading Time: 2 minutes Richard J. Adler publishes “White House Mockingbird” (SBPRA) — Bird lovers and history buffs can share both interests with their children through an illustrated children’s book. “White House Mockingbird,” by Richard J. Adler, tells the story of how Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president, kept a mockingbird as a pet in his study. Although presidents…
The American Kennel Club Museum is now open in New York City
Reading Time: 3 minutes NEW YORK (PRNewswire) — The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog officially open its doors in New York City at its new location, 101 Park Ave, just steps away from Grand Central Station. The Museum houses one of the world’s largest repositories of canine fine art, with art from famous dog artists such as…