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Just in time to be fashionably late for Christmas gift giving…

by Beth|  December 21, 20161:30 pm| 52 Comments

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2017 pets of balloon juice calendar

…the 2017 Pets of Balloon Juice calendar is metaphorically on the shelves of the Balloon Juice shop at Cafe Press. You can follow the link at the right to place your order. All profits go to support the work of MARC, a non-profit organization of volunteer citizens concerned about the welfare of animals, created to assist people and animals live more humanely in Marion County, Tennessee, and to help ease the social burden of too many stray dogs and cats.

You should be able to view each month’s page before you buy the calendar. If you sent a photo in, take a moment to look through to make sure I got it in and I got the name correct. I can easily make corrections to the pages and I’d much rather do that, than have you be unhappy every time you look at the calendar. If you have any corrections, send them to me at bjcalendar2017 at yahoo dot com.

I want to thank everyone who sent in a photo or five this year. You make this possible.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 21, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    Happy Walter! What a great total-BJ Mascot he has turned out to be, and what a slice of joy in an otherwise pretty grim year!

  2. 2.

    satby

    December 21, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    Thank you Beth, for putting it together!

  3. 3.

    Bobby D

    December 21, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    Somehow the cover being full of black dogs (which doubles as a term for depression) seems pretty appropriate for 2017.

  4. 4.

    Eljai

    December 21, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    Awesome! What a beautiful Walter montage!

  5. 5.

    manyakitty

    December 21, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    Yes!!! I ordered mine a few minutes ago. Love seeing my furry little physicists immortalized in print. Thank you!!!!

  6. 6.

    Yarrow

    December 21, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    Walter! Yay! His rescue and transformation has been a real bright spot this year.

    When I clicked through I noticed there was no 2016 Pets of Balloon Juice calendar. Seems fitting for this year. Even the pets knew it would be awful.

  7. 7.

    dr. luba

    December 21, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    Maybe I’m an idiot, but all I can see is the cover and January at teh CafePress link. And I can’t figure out how to embiggen it.

  8. 8.

    manyakitty

    December 21, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    @dr. luba: You have to click on the text to see all the pages. You can magnify it a bit, but it will still be pretty small. Even so, I could pick out my critters and see their names.

  9. 9.

    Woodrowfan

    December 21, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    done!

  10. 10.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 21, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    @dr. luba:

    Click on the text (“View calendar pages”), then click on the individual months.

    ETA: Yeah, what manyakitty said.

    Beth, have you put Walter on EVERY PAGE? That’s just great!

  11. 11.

    LAO

    December 21, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    Thanks Beth! Looks great (and you used my favorite picture of my little pest).

  12. 12.

    manyakitty

    December 21, 2016 at 1:52 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’m so excited for this calendar I can’t even tell you. And Walter on every page is a bonus! I think I spied at least one Tunch shot, too.

  13. 13.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm

    @manyakitty:

    Tunch, the godkitteh of Balloon Juice.

    FEED

    OBEY

  14. 14.

    ThresherK (tablet)

    December 21, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    My cat is the one in the sink. My wife’s cat is half-under a blanket.

  15. 15.

    geg6

    December 21, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    Lovey and Koda are July pinups!

    Thanks for all your hard work, Beth!

  16. 16.

    rikyrah

    December 21, 2016 at 2:18 pm

    Awe Walter :)

  17. 17.

    Roger Moore

    December 21, 2016 at 2:25 pm

    It may be late for Christmas, but it should still be in time for New Year’s, which is when you actually need the new calendar.

  18. 18.

    laura

    December 21, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    Oh, that toofy grin. What a bright spot in an otherwise dumpster fire of a year.

  19. 19.

    K488

    December 21, 2016 at 2:33 pm

    Thanks so much for putting this together! Simon, Paul and Martha are all proud to be part of this. Rocky missed out (wouldn’t pose, but that’s just like him). Loved seeing Tunch, and Walter!

  20. 20.

    jeffreyw

    December 21, 2016 at 2:33 pm

    Yay! I just ordered mine. Good job, Beth!

  21. 21.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 21, 2016 at 2:39 pm

    Did Samwise not make the cut? ??

    EDIT: No! He’s hiding there in January! Yayy!

  22. 22.

    eclare

    December 21, 2016 at 2:40 pm

    Thanks! Will order when I get home….

  23. 23.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (Formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    December 21, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    Crap. I meant to send in a shot of Smedley Darlington Mingobat, but I forgot all about it.

  24. 24.

    beth

    December 21, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: if i missed him, i will revise a page and let you know when it’s up so don’t buy a calendar yet! my external drive died about 98% of the way through downloading/placing the photos so it’s entirely possible i missed one or five.

  25. 25.

    Elmo

    December 21, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    Aw. He’s not on the calendar, but here’s one of my favorite pics of Banner, my 160lb Anatolian.

  26. 26.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 21, 2016 at 2:46 pm

    @Elmo: That’s a big f’ing dog.

  27. 27.

    Elmo

    December 21, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Yes. Hence the name. “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry…”

  28. 28.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 21, 2016 at 2:52 pm

    @Elmo: Ohhhhhh.

  29. 29.

    Sab

    December 21, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    @Bobby D: Especially since black pets tend to not get adopted, and all of these guys, mostly rescues, did. Apparently the black pets are not photogenic. On the other hand, their fur does not show up on your business suit if that is what you wear to work.

  30. 30.

    dr. luba

    December 21, 2016 at 3:14 pm

    @manyakitty: Thanks. Got it. Sometimes I miss the most obvious stuff…..

  31. 31.

    dr. luba

    December 21, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    Beth, thanks for using Buddy’s photo. His mother will be so proud…….

  32. 32.

    daryljfontaine

    December 21, 2016 at 4:10 pm

    Yay! I’ll get mine ordered shortly.

    Lots of B/W moggies in January, including my favorite pic of Hamilbutt.

    D

  33. 33.

    Bumper

    December 21, 2016 at 4:18 pm

    Thank you Beth. It’s so nice to see Oreo in his favorite spot among the Christmas display. We lost him to cancer exactly a year ago so this is very meaningful to me. Also fun to see our two dogs, one of whom is my namesake!

  34. 34.

    MoxieM

    December 21, 2016 at 4:39 pm

    Elmo, that Banner is some lovely dog. They all look fab! I can’t wait for my calendar to arrive

    (Even though I’m presently in Germany where it is warm, the food is yummy, the folks are hospitable, & I’m with my brilliant, intrepid and all around fantastic kiddo. I don’t want to return to the US. )

    Not, thankfully, in Berlin where the tragic attack on the WeihnachtsMarkt happened. So sad. And the worst part is, the right wing crazies will turn it into a reason for more of a propaganda war. Where have we seen this movie on re-reun?

  35. 35.

    bystander

    December 21, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    I’m going to have to find this thread when I get my copy and link pets to posters.

    Our Buster is in November.

    ETA: Thanks for the calendar, Beth!

  36. 36.

    J R in WV

    December 21, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    Many pretty puppies and kitties !!!!

    Hurray !!!

    Will order soon. Thanks, Beth, I know that was a ton of work to get everything to fit just so.

    ;-)

  37. 37.

    p.a.

    December 21, 2016 at 5:36 pm

    @dr. luba: @manyakitty:
    What link? No link in Beth’s text, no link on calendar pic here. Went to CafePress, no ‘Balloon Juice Store’ in search engine or sitemap. Went to calendars: not there.
    Android, Galaxy S5

  38. 38.

    p.a.

    December 21, 2016 at 6:04 pm

    OK got there by googling b j store cafe press.

  39. 39.

    debbie

    December 21, 2016 at 6:42 pm

    I love that Walter’s the cover star for the calendar!

  40. 40.

    Aleta

    December 21, 2016 at 7:03 pm

    Nice job. Great cover. Full of love. Thanks !

  41. 41.

    Aleta

    December 21, 2016 at 7:18 pm

    I like this part:
    “With our money-back guarantee, whether it’s too small, too big, too orange, or …”

  42. 42.

    middlelee

    December 21, 2016 at 7:34 pm

    Thanks Beth. Wonderful calendar.

  43. 43.

    beth

    December 21, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    I was just reviewing the link and wanted to tell you to be careful to set your calendar to start on January. Currently it’s set to start on December 2016. I don’t know if that’s a thing i can force or a feature of cafe press (i only interact with cafe press once a year for this project) but watch out. 2017’s going to be tough enough without being short a month of balloon juice pet photos.

  44. 44.

    HinTN

    December 21, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Our Lightning, Phantom, Franklin, and unnamed Franklin/Phantom fisticuffs made it! In other news, this dullard finally figured out that I could make it start with January 2017. Whew!!! Well done and THANKS

  45. 45.

    DanR2

    December 21, 2016 at 8:52 pm

    Thanks, Beth!

    for @p.a.:

    http://www.cafepress.com/balloonjuice/14258300

  46. 46.

    debit

    December 21, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    Beth, beautifully done! Ordering mine right now. In fact, I got two. Thanks again for all your hard work and for spotlighting Walter.

  47. 47.

    debit

    December 21, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    @Bobby D: Same dog.

  48. 48.

    RL 大芒果

    December 22, 2016 at 3:09 am

    I will be able to get out of the dog house now that my wife’s pups and kitty made the April pages…
    She loves Rugby the Dog (often Dogby the Rug) more than anything or anyone in the world…
    And Jaxx is the King of all cats.

    Thanks from 大芒果 (the Big Mango )
    spending a year in China where they laugh at Trump daily…..

  49. 49.

    RealityBites

    December 22, 2016 at 3:17 am

    Thanks so much for thinking one of my pics was good enough to include. I sent pics of all rescue critters instead of my own pets because Walter (and others) made this a year for rescues. All the pics are wonderful. So many great poses and personalities! Got to do some ordering!

  50. 50.

    something fabulous

    December 22, 2016 at 4:35 am

    My babes are in April! Thanks so much, Beth– it all looks super!

  51. 51.

    manyakitty

    December 22, 2016 at 8:07 am

    @beth: Dang. I didn’t realize there was an option. Oh well. I guess that’s my excuse to buy another one.

  52. 52.

    Fuckface Von ClownStick

    December 22, 2016 at 8:14 am

    I have no idea why this makes me so happy, but it does. Bitzer is in March! My order is in. Thanks.

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