Blog Entries ( Pet Stores )

Finding the right dog food for your pup can be a puzzle. And, not spending a fortune can be one of your greatest considerations. Dog food companies tell you that if you don’t feed your dog the right food, you don’t love your dog. Do you choose natural, organic, corn-free, or human-grade food? Just like feeding ourselves, it is hard to sort out which food ...

Why do people buy dogs instead of adopting them? A quick check on Petfinder.com, an online database of animals available for adoption, found more than 300 dogs looking for homes in Metro Vancouver. For the cost of an adoption fee of around $250 to $350, one of these shelter dogs could be out of a kennel and into a family home. Yet, classified ...

More puppies are sold at pet stores during the holiday season than any other time of year. Now the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other groups are stepping up efforts to stop these sales, saying many of these dogs come from puppy mills. For example, 40 billboards in Los Angeles this month encourage people to fight puppy mills ...

Pet store leases will not be renewed in the 70 U.S. malls owned by Macerich, a shopping center operator and developer. Global Animal, an online news magazine, reported last week that within the next 30 days, Macerich, who owns the Westside Pavillion and Santa Monica Place in Southern California, the Scottsdale Fashion Square, and many other popular malls, ...

She was a Yellow Lab. White in color. Born with a beautiful face, she was ideal for breeding. A money maker. Years later, she would have a belly that hung down, like she had been born with extra skin. Lots and lots of puppies had been carried in that belly. Her face bore the scars of a dog squabble or two, perhaps a fight ...