suite101.com: Despite those cheering pictures of Bo, the Obamas’ new puppy, there’s nothing soft and cuddly about the pet industry. It is worth billions annually, a fact not lost on countless entrepreneurs who have started pet-related companies. In some cases, all that’s needed is a stove, a sewing machine or a willingness to walk or […]
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Stump, a floppy-eared, droopy-eyed Sussex spaniel was named The Westminster Kennel Club’s Best in Show – the oldest champ ever. What can we learn from Stump? 1. Retirement is for cats. 2. Old Age is not a reason to stop competing. Stump is 10 years old, that’s 70 in dog years. 3. Just because it’s
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photo credit: Per Ola Wiberg (Powi) Some people actually consider their pets to be their children and they buy them top quality toy’s, facility care while out of town, top quality food, and even clothes. While the country is in a recession that causes people to start under buying on necessities such as paper towel,
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Inc.: By his own admission, Paul Mann used to be a corporate stiff. All that changed — almost by accident, Mann admits — one day back in 2002 when he was looking for someone to watch his dog in a pinch. “I got very few responses back to my query,” he recalls. “And the people
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Montana’s News Station: A Missoula-based Internet company recently launched “Pet Living Wills” as a way to protect your favorite dog, cat or goldfish when you are not there. If you could speak on behalf of your pets, what would you say is a question MaryEllen Campbell asked when a horse she was watching for a
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Athens Banner-Herald: When former Jefferson resident Vivian Hoard was working “24/7” as a tax litigator for a large Atlanta law firm, she often came home at night to a sleeping family, but she always could rely on the family cat, Ludwig, to sit in her lap and purr contentedly. “When I’d come home at all
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As any mom knows, a wet baby that is fresh from a bath can be slippery and that can be dangerous. Then just when you want to cuddle your baby while drying them off, you end up absorbing all the extra water. One understanding stay at home mom knew exactly what it was like and
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Springwise: It’s a well-known fact that dogs can be conversation starters that help break the ice with people their owners meet. Taking the notion a step further, a new collar tag from Boston-based SNIF Labs lets pet owners forge new connections with fellow dog-walkers, both online and off. Available in a range of colours and
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