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Tips for Keeping Your Pet Safe During a Storm:

A Guest Blog by Tobi Skovron, CEO and Founder of Pet Loo   This week is National Hurricane Preparedness Week, with the NOAA proclaiming the official hurricane season in the Atlantic beginning June 1 and the Eastern Pacific hurricane season already underway. With both seasons in effect until November 30, this is a critical time for pet owners to mark their checklist and get supplies. In the event of a hurricane, it is NOT safe to let your pets out to … Continue reading

‘No such thing as a five-minute errand’ in heat…

Demonstration reminds why kids, pets can't be left alone in vehicles.[1] Enter a car with black leather seats and the windows rolled up during the summer, and you get an inkling of what it's like for animals and children left alone in vehicles. Parked cars in the sun can quickly become pressure cookers during summers, and temperatures rise extremely fast. Pets or small children left without the ability to leave a parked car face a potentially fatal situation. By cooking food on … Continue reading

Pets Prove A Problem > The Age, Melbourne Australia

As more Melburnians make the switch to high-density living, how to manage animals in apartments is a hairy issue. KIRA is a fluffy-white, 12-year-old dog. She lives on the 38th floor of Eureka Tower, rides on trams and goes to work with her owner daily. The pampered bichon frise (she had a manicure before our interview) is part of a growing trend of people with pets living in apartments. Kira and her owners, Louise Schaper and Ryan Turan, professionals who … Continue reading

Important Notice about Pets & Plants…

—–Original Message—– From: Schafer P Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 10:26 AM To: The Pet Loo Subject: Save a dog's life Dear The Pet Loo Blog Representative: We all love a beautiful floral bouquet, but did you know that some plants and flowers can be deadly to your dog?  Here at 1stinflowers.com we love our furry friends and want to make sure they are safe, so we created a page on our website with important information that you can link … Continue reading

6 tips to keep pets safe on Halloween

While Halloween is fun for kids and adults, it can be a nightmare for pets, according to Friends of Animal Care & Control[1] FACC has some advice for pet owners to make the holiday safe and stress-free for our furry friends: Make sure your animals are safely indoors for Halloween. You don't want pranksters teasing, scaring or harming dogs and cats that are kept in front yards or wandering the streets Halloween night. If possible, keep your pets in a … Continue reading

Despite recession, we still indulge our pets…

Ellen Warren Tribune senior correspondent April 29, 2010  "Pets have become the first child," says pet industry analyst R.J. Hottovy, explaining why even in tough economic times, spending on our animals continues to climb. Instead of investing in a human baby (and his college education), we're getting started with dogs, cats, birds, fish. Look around. That photo in your neighbor's cubicle. It's her Chihuahua — wearing sunglasses. You know who I'm talking about. "It's the trend of humanizing pets," says … Continue reading

Go green by reducing your pet’s carbon paw print…

by Brigitt Hauck April 22, 2010 Pets can help you green the earth too. Make your own pet toys and select eco-friendly products to clean up after them, for instance. Follow these tips to help pets live a healthier, happier life and help the environment at the same time. 1. Clean it up Animal waste is bad for the environment and may contain bacteria that can contaminate water supply, said Kelsie Dolezal, a certified veterinary technician at The Chicago Center for … Continue reading

Pee-Pod Releasing Worldwide April 2010

Pup-Pee Solutions are committed to developing innovative pet waste management products and the introduction of their latest development; the Pee-Pod is a true example of that. Click here to see it in action Pee-Pods have been developed to kill harmful airborne bacteria contained in pet waste. The innovative Pee-Pod is a biodegradable container that fits neatly inside the catchment jug of your Pet Loo, on contact the Wee Sponge (powder) acts like a magnet rapidly absorbing the liquid waste turning … Continue reading

Animal Rescue Site – HELP!!!!

  Hi, All you animal lovers! This is pretty simple…. Please ask ten friends to each ask a further ten today! The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their quota of getting FREE FOOD donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (about 15 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals for free'. … Continue reading

Exploring the Health Benefits of Pets – New York Times

Michal Czerwonka for The New York Times INTERACTION Tommy Conforti, a cancer patient, and Lady, a therapy dog. By CARLA BARANAUCKAS Published: October 5, 2009 When Chad, a yellow Labrador retriever, moved in with Claire Vaccaro’s family in Manhattan last spring, he already had an important role. As an autism service dog, he was joining the family to help protect Ms. Vaccaro’s 11-year-old son, Milo — especially in public, where he often had tantrums or tried to run away. This … Continue reading