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Trupanion Testimonial: Louis

Brooke Simon — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:00:43 +0000

The following post comes from Elisa Zepeda, Innovation Merchandising Specialist at PETCO.

Louis, my six-month-old toy poodle pup, was urinating all over the place, including on himself. This was, of course, wrecking havoc on our lives. I never considered myself the type of person who would have a non-housebroken pup. I started crate training immediately upon [...]

Freekibble – Letters for Pets

Daniel Sundin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:24:08 +0000

Mimi Ausland

The following guest blog comes from Mimi Ausland, creator of freekibble.com and the Letters for Pets campaign to make April 30th National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day .

I’m really excited to tell you that Freekibble has now donated over 3.5 million meals to shelters, rescues and food banks! Everyday, over 55,000 people are going [...]

Truth or Myth: Sand Impactation

Devon Thompson — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:00:31 +0000

The following blog comes from Anna Rodriguez, PETCO’s Associate Merchandise Manager for Companion Animals.

One issue that gets brought up by everyone who has ever kept reptiles is impaction by sand. There is a tremendous amount of opinion surrounding the subject, but here are some of the realities about sand impaction. Impaction is the accumulation of debris [...]

No Payout Limit Means No Worries for You and Your Pet

Brooke Simon — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:00:50 +0000

The following article comes from Stacy Kowalchuk at Trupanion, PETCO’s Pet Insurance partner.

I’m the Social Channels Manager here at Trupanion so I surf the web all day long and get to see all of the buzz about pet insurance. I’ve seen many different expressions of frustration with pet insurance as a whole and many of [...]

Pets @ Work Photo Project

Daniel Sundin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:00:24 +0000

The following post comes from Christie Germans, Senior Merchandise Analyst for PETCO by day and photographer by night/weekend. See more of her work at cgermansphotography.com.

One of the biggest joys of coming to work every day is the fact that associates can bring and keep pets at work. I developed the project “Pets @ Work” [...]

Deals Tips from a Crazy Busy Mom

Daniel Sundin — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:00:48 +0000

Kristy: Crazy busy mom, deal hunter

Today PETCO is launching a new Twitter account called PETCO deals solely dedicated to ferreting out the best deals on petco.com and in PETCO stores. If you’re a pet owner on the hunt for some savings follow twitter.com/PETCOdeals on Twitter or add this page to your favorites.

In the spirit [...]

Animal Care Sheets in Spanish Will Get More “Kaisers” Home

Brooke Simon — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:00:24 +0000

The following post comes from PETCO associate Marino Sanchez, who works in the Ethics and Compliance Department.

When I was 13, my family and I moved from Mexico City, where I was born and raised, to South Carolina. To say that I experienced culture shock would be an understatement. In our new, small town, there were [...]

Advantage on PETCO Shelves, as Usual; EPA Taking Steps to Ensure Safe Safe Consumer Use of Flea & Tick Products

Brooke Simon — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:39:45 +0000

The following post comes from PETCO’s VP of Corporate Communications, Kevin Whalen.

I see this week that a PETCO competitor is promoting the recent addition of Advantage and K9 Advantix flea & tick control products in their stores. The news release contained some cleverly worded language suggesting that they carry these products while others don’t – [...]

Pet Photo Tips

Kim Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:54 +0000

(a guest post by professional photographer, Jennifer Petit)

The PETCO Foundation “I’m Home!” Photo Contest is running right now through April 30. If you don’t already have some amazing photos of your pets, there is still time to take some. Here are a few tips to help you get started.

We had the general idea of [...]

Stokes Select Tips: Feeding Birds Suet

Brooke Simon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:00:40 +0000

Here is another post from our guest bloggers, Don and Lillian Stokes, in honor of Wild Bird Feeding Month. Read their first post here.

1. What is Suet? Suet is a type of fat from beef that is rendered, i.e., heated then cooled and formed into squares, sold as suet “cakes. Other ingredients such as sunflowers, berries, [...]