July News Briefs

BAND TOGETHER: 26 Bars & a Band, a Walnut, Calif.-based manufacturer of dog leashes and accessories, has inked a distribution agreement with Pet Palette of Woodbine, Md. The company has also signed with Fetch Partners, a sales and marketing team with offices in Seattle and Southern California. Fetch Partners will represent 26 Bars & a Band on the West Coast.

SALES REPS: Nekochan Enterprises Inc. of White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, has hired independent sales reps Susie Davis and Carolyn Talley to represent its Neko Flies toys in Colorado. Davis is based in Denver and has more than 15 years experience in the pet industry. Talley is based in Centennial, Colo., and has more than 10 years experience.

PETSITTING PARTNERS: Petsitting.com, a website that connects pet owners with pet care professionals, has added Bark Busters, G’day! Pet Care and Out-U-Go! to its network of pet care providers. Bark Busters is an in-home dog training company, G’day provides in-home pet care services, and Out-U-Go provides dog walking and pet sitting services. Pet owners who visit the website and fill out an online form are contacted via phone or e-mail by local pet care companies in the Petsitting.com network.

MARKETING MATCH: Castor & Pollux Natural PetWorks of Clackamas, Ore., has selected StruckAxiom to handle the national advertising campaign for its natural pet food and treats. As part of the agreement, StruckAxiom, which is has offices in Salt Lake City, Portland, Los Angeles and New York, will collaborate with Castor & Pollux on developing a new brand and digital strategy aimed at increasing product awareness and engaging consumers. Castor & Pollux’s pet food and treat brands include Organix, Natural Ultramix and Good Buddy.

FREE CONSULTATIONS: MassMedia Pet Marketing of Las Vegas is now offering free, one-hour marketing consultations to members of the national Pet Chamber of Commerce.

SUSIE SEAL: The Susie Homemaker Co., a Keller, Texas-based business that promotes quality consumer products in the home and garden marketplace, among others, has granted Sleepypod mobile pet bed the Susie Homemaker Seal of Approval. As part of the approval process, the Susie Homemaker Co. put the Sleepypod through one year of everyday usage. The product not only lived up to the claims advertised by its maker, Sleepypod of Pasadena, Calif., but it also exceeded expectations, said Susie McAuley, CEO of Susie Homemaker Co.

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Ways to trim what you spend on pet food
Ways to trim what you spend on pet food

"We sent a team of our secret shoppers to find the best prices on 23 pet products, including dog food, cat food, kitty litter and treats," said Mandy Walker of Consumer Reports. Shop smart also checked pet food prices online,



Some Dry Cat Foods Recalled Due to Salmonella Concern
Some Dry Cat Foods Recalled Due to Salmonella Concern

There have been no consumer complaints and no reports of illness, Nestle Purina reported, and no other Purina cat or dog products are involved. Nestle encourages consumers who have purchased the products to discard them and contact the company at



July News Briefs

Prior to joining Wholesome Pet Supplies, she served as a customer service manager with Aircell for 10 years. PYRAMID: Pyramid Pet Products, the Las Vegas-based manufacturers of Tuscan Natural dog and cat food, hired Ronn Walthers as vice president of



Upward blip in home prices — but don't relax just yet

With gasoline and food prices higher than they were a year ago, wages have barely budged, further stretching household budgets. On Monday, the government reported that consumer spending in May fell to the lowest levels in 20 months as after-tax incomes



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But, according to the latest survey from Consumer Reports, its food doesn't get rave reviews. Instead, their report put In-N-Out at the top of the burger fast food pyramid. No doubt, they put out a consistently good burger that is fresh and tasty.




Dog Food Ratings Consumer Reports | Dog Food Comparison

Dog is human’s best friend and one of the most lovely family pets. We consider pet dogs as family members, even as our own baby. We give everthing we think is good for them, big brand dog food, medical care, toys, not matter how expensive. But still, lots of dogs fail to accompany their beloved master for more than a decade. Renal failure, malnutrition, digestive system diseases, and so many other problems can take away our lovely dog before they get the chance to grow old. Why we spend so many time and money taking care our dog and end up like this ? Well, have you ever think about that you may literally poision your dog everyday by feeding them comercial dog food ? Unfortunately, that is the truth.

Comercial dog food manufactures, no matter how big the brand is, try every means to increase their profits. Instead of truly caring your dog, they may use slaughter house wastes, diseased animal carcasses contains chemicals and other low-nutritious ingredients to decrease costs. All of these are not groundless rumors. Andrew Lewis, author of the best selling book “Dog food secrets”, did years of researches to find out the truth about pet food, after his dog died in its four.

After konwing all those dangers in comercial dog food, you probably want to try other things to feed your dog. You can find all you need in “Dog food secrets” , such as essential nutrient that dogs need, various recipe easy to cook, nutritious and yammy for your pet. If you want to feed your dog with human foods, make sure you check out in list of fatal human food to dogs in the book first. There are also many information about medical care, nutrition, vaccinations, calories-control and even tips to teach you how to make heathy snacks.

With years of reasearches and a true dog-loving heart, Lewis is very confident to his book. If you are not satisfied to the book for any reason, you can get all your money back without giving back the book.

With the help of the book and your love, it is not a dream to expand your dog’s life to 27 years and that would be very happy and healthy 27 years.


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