Author Archives: Heidi Parker

Where Does The Time Go?

      I can’t believe that it is already August of 2021, where has the time gone?  Between working a full-time job, raising a 5-year-old, rescuing a 7-month-old German Shepherd,  maintaining a household, and running a small start-up business I can see why time flies by!  It’s almost impossible to manage Marketing, Social Media, bookkeeping, networking, blogging, […]

Leash it or lose it!

Hi all! This Blog is going to be a little rough on the ears because it is a sad true story but a lesson well learned to those who need to hear it! A scary truth that can happen when you do not use a leash. I went into work last Monday, my shift was […]

Holidays With Pets

     Happy Holidays everyone, we’ve almost made it to the end of 2020 Hallelujah: For December’s blog I will be focusing on the dangers of the holiday. I was reminiscing on last year’s holiday blog having nostalgia when reading about my 3 chihuahuas.  So I’m sadly down to two yippie fur babies who both would love […]

Starting Fresh

    Okay, so I titled this blog ”starting fresh” for the obvious of needing and wanting a fresh start.  After having a 4-hour strategic marketing meeting with Louis from Empath my first move is to revamp the front page of Vai Athletica’s  website.  He has not been the only one but will be the last one […]

Deaf Dog Awareness Week

Deaf Dog awareness week is September 20th to 26th 2020.        To be honest when I am at work it can be hard to detect when a dog is deaf, especially at first. Their other senses are so good they tend to hide this ailment well.  Whether they are old or young once we do know […]

Staying Active

     Wow, it has literally been over 2 months since I have done a ”Starting Vai” blog.  This blog category was created to basically chart the goings-on/success of Vai Athletica.  With a heavy heart I have not had much to say!  The world is still facing a Pandemic, people and businesses are just trying to hang […]

Meal Prepping

  Hey all! How is everyone?  Here we are at the beginning of August 2020 and I am still struggling with my weight! I am so tired of feeling like I’m making some headway one minute and the next feeling and looking like every ounce is back on!  I can name a plethora of things I […]

Grieving The Loss Of A Pet

     So this is going to be super hard for me and if this were done on paper it would be soaked in tears!  Let’s hope I do not damage the device I’m using!  I lost my precious Shea on June 1st , 3 weeks and 2 days ago!;( I was not going to touch on […]

Marketing

  Hi all, Well what can I say?  As a new ecommerce small business owner I have mixed feelings about the state of the world, business wise.  On one hand I am grateful for not being a brick and mortar with very low overhead.  Yet on the other hand I am definitely at a stand still […]

GDV! What Is It?

     For Pet Corner I am going to do a series of conditions that can be dangerous and even fatal to our beloved fur children.  Today’s topic is GDV, Gastric Dilatation-volvulus.  Gastric which means of the stomach – Dilatation which means the action or condition of becoming or being made wider, larger – volvulus which means […]