Take Your Dog to Work Day will be celebrated June 24. Businesses across the country will add dog treats, water bowls, leashes and chew toys to their office supply lists. Approximately 300 businesses participated in the first Take Your Dog to Work Day in 1999. In 2011, more than 5,000 businesses are expected to participate.
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PetSmart Charities has dispatched its Emergency Relief Waggin' vehicle, stocked with $80,000 worth of supplies to aid pets and rescuers at the scene of a puppy mill in Hudson, N.C. PetSmart Charities is a nonprofit organization and one of the largest funder of companion animal-welfare efforts in North America.
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Mommy Bus, a pet carrier company located in Bloomfield, N.J. has released MoBu Couture, a "pet inspired, human desired” line of apparel that includes T-shirts, tops and pants.
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Veterinary Emergency + Critical Care Clinic has opened and is located at located at 8650 W. Tropicana Ave. Las Vegas has a shortage of animal care facilities and the few overnight care facilities close in the morning. Once veterinary offices close, animals have to be transported to another facility or sent home.
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Social Media Ventures Inc. drives 170 percent traffic increase of PetsPlaces.com, a social networking site revolved around the pet industry. According to Alexa.com, the increase is among global users compared to the previous month.
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Events being held in Kirkland, Wa. at the Nature’s Pet Market at 10635 NE 68th Street. Events include a vaccine clinic and animal massage sessions. For more information, please call (425) 298-4480.
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Following the tragic tornados that swept Joplin, Mo., people were not the only ones left with out a home. The deadly tornados left only wreckage and heartbreak following its path through southwestern Mo. in late May.
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Residents of the Felicity Towers senior home center in Bloomfield, Ill. Have enrolled in the Pets for Seniors program organized by the Neighbor to Neighbor Network and had a “Meet the Animals” adoption event. Twenty five residents attended the event and three cats found new owners.
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Eating healthy has clear health benefits, but can malnourish wallets. At grocery stores the organic food aisle has higher prices than the non-organic areas. The key thing to keep in mind is while the price for non-organic is cheaper initially; the price of doctors’ visits and taxes spent paying for the disasters caused by chemical farming drive up the cost.
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DogTime Media is hosting their annual Pet Blog Awards held Aug. 25-27 in Tysons Corner, Va. Winners are nominated from within the blogging community and are awarded $1000 to be donated to any shelter of their choosing. Last year the award was a sum of $500 to a total of four winners. The stakes were raised for this year’s ceremony.
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FIDO Friendly magazine, leading dog travel experts since 2001, is ready to launch its celebratory 50th golden issue. Golden Girl and animal lover, Betty White, graces the cover in the name of dog.
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While the Fourth of July remains a favorite holiday of many Americans, unfortunately it is also the number one day of the year for pets to go missing. Frightened dogs and cats will flee their homes during loud firework shows and celebrations.
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After 22 years in Southern California, America’s Family Pet Expo expands to Washington state to provide a weekend of entertainment. The expo will feature animal performances, stage shows and shopping at the Puyallup Fair and Events Center in Puyallup, Wash. July 8-10.
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Bissell Homecare Inc., one of the largest sellers of floor care appliances in the country, helped fund shelter makeovers in Rowan and Menifee counties in Kentucky.
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The grand opening date is July 1 for the Hanrob Pet Hotel located at the Melbourne International Airport. The hotel boasts luxury suites for animal companions of jetsetters.
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Cycle Dog, an environmentally-friendly provider of leashes, collars and apparel that is made from recycled bike tubes, are taking their green initiatives a step further by now offering new point of purchase displays, made with reclaimed bike inner tubes as product hangers.
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Lilly & Abbie Custom Dog Bed have introduced new custom couture pet carriers and totes. As with their dog bed line, pet owners can customize the carriers and totes by choosing from more than 100 fabric designs for the bag itself, the piping, the lining and the bag's handle.
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Deserving Pets, a provider of holistic natural vitamins for dogs and cats, introduced two new preventative supplements to the pet market: VITAL VITIES for dogs and VITAL VITIES for cats.
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The American Pet Products Association (APPA) released their 2011-2012 National Pet Owner Survey, which provides insight on demographics, buying habits and other traits of dog, cat, fish, bird, equine, reptile and small animal pet owners. The complete and annual survey includes more than 500 pages of trended information on pets covering the last 20 years.
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