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Sales in US pet market predicted to rise from $53 billion in 2009 to over

2010-03-10 11:39:04 – U.S. Pet Market Outlook 2010-2011: Tapping into Post-Recession Pet Parent Spending – a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com

www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Market-Report/u.s.-pet-marke ..
as the U.S. economy moves out of recession and into recovery, the purse strings of many pet parents will loosen-but shoppers will continue to demand greater value in the pet products [...]

Central Virginia's Pets: Ins and outs of designer dog craze

My husband and I said “goodbye” to our 14-year-old dog, Spokes, last October. our beloved girl was gorgeous: ice-blue eyes, long, soft fur in a kaleidoscope of colors, pricked ears and a flowing tail. Spokes was likely from Australian shepherd stock, but beyond that, her heritage was a mystery. whatever she was, it was the [...]

What Cat Care Reveals About You :Pet Shop

Cat care and the way you treat your pets can say a lot about your personality. Many of us have heard the superstition that over time pets and owners begin to look like each other, but it turns out that your pet can reflect a lot more about you than just your appearance. Cat care [...]

MSPCA Pet of the Week: Rusty

The Boston MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center is open Tuesday through Sunday; from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. all other days. Adoption rates vary, but you can find all adoption information and policies here. not able to adopt? The MSPCA always needs volunteers, foster families and [...]

Opening the mailbag: Worries about Oregon's D-line

This is a quick makeup for missing last Friday while I was doing interviews at Arizona.
Andrew from Syracuse writes: Regarding your Oregon strong and weak article, I agree that the defensive line is the obvious weakness of team but I noticed that you didn’t mention incoming freshman Ricky Heimuli. I was wondering what kind of [...]

Scientists have learned a dog “language”

A group of researchers has shown that different types of growling dogs have a different meaning. Article scientists published in the journal Animal Behaviour. brief paper wrote new Scientist.
The study set out to test whether dogs to distinguish what information is growl. Experts recorded sounds, which 20 animals were issued in three different situations: during [...]

Dog Health Certificate to Travel With Your Pet | Pet Amours

Your pet may be an important member of your family and you may wish to take your pet with you when you travel. if you intend to travel to a foreign country, you must take steps to know about various requirements of the destination country for travelers traveling with their pets. You won’t be allowed [...]

How to survive when you lose a pet: Maria Milito, Q104.3 deejay, got grief counseling from listeners

BY Amy Sacks DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, March 6th 2010, 4:00 AM
But four years ago, when the Q104.3 deejay announced on-air that her loyal companion of 16 years had died in her sleep, the outpouring of listener support still caught the Queen of Rock by surprise.
“The stories blew me away and made it [...]

Where To Find Dog Clothes | Ann Arbor Dog Blog

Dogs love any kind of attention you lavish on them. Clothes shopping for dogs is a lot like clothes shopping for babies. Choices in dog clothes range from winter sweaters to football jerseys and summer tees. There’s even an entire line of Harley clothes for dogs, complete with leather cap and studded collar.
Dog costumes made [...]

Sea lions killed in Oregon for eating too many salmon

PORTLAND, Ore. — Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets and bean bags from shotguns and boats. now they are resorting to issuing death sentences to the most chronic offenders.
A California sea lion last week became the first [...]