Keep It Or Gift It?! Holiday Special
The holiday spirit abounds in this episode with John Bartlett and Jessica Dwyer Bartlett. In it, we discuss ways in which cat parents can celebrate the holidays and decorate inside and outside their home while keeping their cats and keepsakes safe. In the first game, Never Have I Ever - Holiday Edition - we find out who has gotten drunk at a holiday party, who has regifted holiday gifts, and more. We learn about the festive cat that graces John and Jess' front yard and play a second game, Keep it or Gift it?! in which we discuss real cat-themed products and if John and/or Jess would keep them or give them away.
BIO:
Jessica brought 15 years of experience in the service industry (working for Marriott International) and 30 years in personal pet care to the company when she started Whiskers at Home. She grew up having many pets–including a Chow Chow, a ringneck parrot, rabbits, and cats; and also loved working with horses. Jessica earned her Certified Advance Feline Training Professional (C.A.F.T.P) degree from Animal Behavior Institute in 2020, and uses this education regularly to help train her team of Cat Care Professionals, to advise clients, and provide outstanding service to the felines under her care.
Jessica is currently a volunteer at Homeward Pet Adoption Center, and is a member of their Cat Behavioral team. She also volunteered as an Adoption Counselor for the Purrfect Pals Cat Shelter from 2009 to 2015. From 2010 to 2013 Jessica served as a Board Member for the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters and in 2015 was the co-winner of their national Business of the Year Award. Because of her passion and knowledge, she believes in providing the cleanest, safest, and most loving environment possible for all cats. Jessica adores cats so much that she has enlisted her own feline family members as part of her company staff.
John has loved cats for as long as he can remember, having many of them throughout childhood & his adult life. He started fostering for Purrfect Pals in 2012 and has fostered 63 sets of cats & kittens of all ages from birth to senior.
Other than cats, John also has a love for computers, gadgets, gaming, and tech in general. John found a way to merge his love for tech with his love for fostering and created the first ongoing Foster Kitten Cam; The Critter Room, airing 40 sets of fosters around the world 24×7. While the Foster Kitten Cam was originally created to help get his fosters adopted, it has grown to raise awareness of fostering, volunteering for local shelters, and it also helps people relax and forget their troubles for a short time, as they watch kittens scampering around or just sleeping.