07/31/16
With more than a thousand locations and a lineage that goes back 50 plus years, Petco puts forth the kind of customer service, products and sales acumen and knowledge that you look for when you're trying to find anything and everything pet related.
Plenty of retailers, pet stores specifically, all boast all of those aforementioned attributes as they relate to how to treat customers. But, Petco relishes not only being the one-stop shopping spot for pet owners but also going above and beyond as it relates to man's best friend or any pet desperately in need of a home.
Petco stands firmly behind a slogan that isn't just words or phrases but instead a mantra that makes everyone warm and cozy when you think about the end result. "Think Adoption First," which encourages families and individual alike to adopt pets who are seeking homes. So many dogs and cats are desperately in need of good homes, and that fact isn't lost on Petco, a company rooted in wanting to do more for all animals than just sell products or services.
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05/24/16
If you are a pet owner -- if you have a feline friend or canine companion -- then you understand the importance of finding the right retailer to cater to the needs of that dog, cat, bird or other domesticated creature. Few businesses appreciate this rule as strongly as, and even fewer companies recognize the significance of this fact as much as, PetSmart: The brand symbolizes the very best, in its products and services, which cater to the needs of pets and satisfy the expectations of their respective owners. Indeed, no other brand has such a deserved reputation for excellence
– no other brand has the same caliber of diversity -- as PetSmart. These strengths underscore the brand's credibility in the marketplace, complemented by its loyal clientele and powerful word-of-mouth marketing.
Keycode.com showcases PetSmart because the brand knows how dear a pet is to a person or family;
that that pet should have the right food, the right mat, bed or rug, as well as the right toys and accessories that make for ideal living -- and playing -- conditions; that every pet owner should have access to the discounts, promotional codes and coupons that deliver impressive savings to consumers.
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02/25/16
You know pretty much what foods you're not supposed to eat, but did you ever stop to consider what table foods your dog should steer clear of?
Everyone's guilty of taking a few bites off their plate and allow man's best friend to indulge or reaching down and giving their dog a few pieces of food that they simply can't finish.
But that on the spot doggy bag that is table scraps or as some call it "people food" might actually being doing more harm than good for your lovable puppy.
A few foods are pretty much givens as it relates to people and dogs, and that they're off limits. Foods like caffeine, chocolate and alcohol (yes, alcohol) can cause a dog to have anything from vomiting to liver damage, given the fact that the dog liver is easier to destroy than that of a human.
The caffeine can have the affect of rapid breathing or heart palpitations and fits of muscle tremors that are easily visible.
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02/02/16
If you're dog is like mine, he loves to be outside. But how often should I be giving this lovely, yet smelly dog, a bath?
We live in the northeast and often times we tend to take advantage of those rare nice days in the winter or use fall to its fullest when it comes to letting the dog outside to play. Even when the winter days don't cooperate with a plethora of snow and ice, freezing temperatures and just miserable weather altogether (including getting dark by five at night), we still make it a point to walk every night above and beyond anything else we can do in the outdoors, no matter the weather quite frankly.
The other aspect of our dog, a black pit bull, that we take into consideration is just the duration between baths even if we don't do anything out of the ordinary than walking every night.
Should you bathe them more if they are spending more time outdoors or is there a good rule of thumb no matter what they're doing? I always worry about giving the dog a bath too often, simply because if you do so, you'l strip the dog's coat of its natural and essential oils. The flip side of course is bacteria and potential parasites that can rear their ugly heads.
So what is a dog owner to do for man's best friend? 
The truth is there's a rule of thumb that is good for most dogs, and that is a bath once per month. Some breeds tend to be a little more needy, while others are a little less. Such as the case with thick coats (they need less baths), while some dogs with more oily coats of fur need to be bathed at least once every two weeks since the washing does strip oils, but they have plenty to spare and you don't want that to build up over time.
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11/18/15
How often have you seen a commercial that tells you exactly what type of dog food to buy or what is the best for man's best friend?
The truth is when it comes to dog food, mixed messages abound, and unless you make the food yourself, it's hard to trust exactly what you're being told by a variety of so called experts who, quite frankly, might not be able to be trusted given that they're only interested in making money on their product.
While that mentality shouldn't be frowned upon per say, you, the consumer, have to be well versed in what's best for your dog, and be the decision maker. Relying on what you hear, see or are being told just isn't going to cut it.
Dogs being fed just any, old dog food or even food from the table used to be the norm. That really isn't safe for your dog, since most foods are tailor made for you pup, and last night's spaghetti really wasn't.
So how do you choose a dog food that works?
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