FETCH! Pet Care(TM) Expands Into Northwest Las Vegas, Nevada

January 10th, 2007

FETCH! Pet Care, America’s largest and most sophisticated pet care franchise offering professional pet sitting and dog walking services, today announced it has launched a new location in Nevada’s Northwest Las Vegas region to provide area residents with unsurpassed pet care services. This new franchise marks the 59th FETCH! Pet Care location that, in aggregate, […]

Posted in Pet Care, Pet Store, Pet Supply, Pets

Pizzeria, pet store move to Roscoe

January 10th, 2007

The Main Street Plaza introduced two new businesses as 2006 came to a close - Pizzeria Italiana, 11357 Main St., and Terri’s Aqualand Pet Center, 11365 Main St. Pizzeria Italiana, owned by Francesco Collura and the Collura family, offers authentic homemade Italian food made fresh for its customers.
Collura said all their vegetables are cut fresh […]

Posted in Pet Store, Pet Supply, Pets

Adobt: Jonah, also known as Bighead Todd

January 10th, 2007

Jonah, also known as Bighead Todd, is a 3-year-old brown tabby. He is a muscular boy with a thick neck. He has a fierce look because his ears point straight out all the time, but he is actually a very mellow, loving cat who enjoys being petted under his big chin.
To adopt Jonah […]

Posted in Cats, Pet Adoption, Pets

Is the family pet being a pill? For an increasing number of owners relief comes from popping a Prozac — into their cat or dog.

January 10th, 2007

What could be wrong with Shadow? The green-eyed, long-haired cat had adapted well to his Santa Monica home. There was a carpeted cat tree in the living room for his climbing pleasure. He appeared to have reached an understanding about sharing the house with the other resident feline.
Then one day his owners saw wet spots […]

Posted in Pet Supply, Pets, dogs

Annual pet food and supply drive concludes

January 10th, 2007

VESTAL Animal Care Hospital will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday to accept donations for its 7th annual Pet Food Drive.
Canned and dried food, pet supplies and monetary donations will be accepted at the hospital and distributed to local nonprofit animal shelters, according to Jessica Bronson.
The hospital is located at 4535 Old […]

Posted in Events, Pet Supply, Pets

Eukanuba Starts to Breed

January 10th, 2007

Procter & Gamble recently relaunched its Eukanuba pet food brand as a breed-specific line.
In December, new SKUs of large-breed formulas hit shelves at pet supply retailers with a flurry of support, including violators and channel stickers. In 700 locations, a squad of 300 “Eukanuba Customized Nutrition Consultants” were deployed to offer advice and hand out […]

Posted in Pet Food, Pet Supply, Pets

They’re cute, expensive and more pet than producer

January 10th, 2007

They’re expensive - but cute and spreading.
Alpacas - originally from South America - are popular with lifestyle block owners, meaning a solid market for the animals, whose fibre is used for clothing.
But even though the fibre can fetch up to $100/kg for the best quality, the clip is almost seen as a “by-product”, with the […]

Posted in Pet Supply, Pets

Garmin unveils system to track sporting canines.

January 10th, 2007

Garmin is going to the dogs.
After designing products that dominate the automotive, aviation and fitness navigation markets, the Olathe, Kan., manufacturer of GPS gear is getting into pet supplies.
Well, pet supply, to be more accurate. And a very techy pet supply at that.
Garmin last week unveiled its new GPS dog-tracking system, a two-piece wireless gadget […]

Posted in Pets, dogs