Pet of the Week

Meet "Lucky" one of the many daycampers here at Best Friends Pet Care.

Lucky is a 1 1/2 yr old Black Labrador. He has been coming to daycamp since March 2009. Lucky and his owners consider Best Friends his home away from home. This is where Lucky comes to use up his puppy energy so mom and dad can have a break.

Here are a few things to know about Lucky:

Favorite foods: turkey, chicken, jumbones and biscuits. 

Favorite toys: kong ball, frisbes (before chewing them up), the garden hose and all yard decorations

Favorite hobbies: barking at and chasing birds; digging holes, stealing socks, gloves and anything else (and Lucky is very good at this after all the practise he's had)

Fun Story...as told by Lucky "Last summer I got into trouble when I jumped onto the glass patio table top. When I was done being scolded I chewed the air conditioning unit wires and jumped on top of it. Luckily it wasn't turned on. After all...my name is Lucky"

Lucky says the staff at Best Friends spoil him - "I love daycamp, I come 2-3 times a week. I get to run around and chase all my friends. And I get to meet new friends too." "Once, I stayed during Thanksgiving and the staff were so cool, they fed me and all the other guests turkey dinner with carrots, but I didn't eat my carrots. I did chew them up but left them on the floor...ya know, I like to share and I felt bad that the staff weren't eating when we were eating. I wanted to be nice. They all work so hard and play with me....I have even chewed a toy and they didn't scold me....so cool" 

Best Friends Pet Care helps clean up the oil spill!

I’m sure you have all heard of the massive oil spill in the gulf. Clean up efforts are underway, and we actually have an amazing opportunity to help! A non profit organization called Matter of Trust is collecting donations of clean hair and fur of all kinds to clean up the oil in the ocean. Hair is hydrophobic which means it repels water, it is also great for absorbing oil (greasy hair means that hair collects oil). So Matter of Trust has volunteers making devices called hair mats and hair booms out of recycled hair and nylons- which are then placed in the water to soak up the oil. After this big spill, hair is in high demand- and we can help!


So we here at Best Friends Pet Care are recycling our dogs hair to help in the gulf. If your dog is in need of a trim and you'd like to help the crisis in the gulf, please schedule a haircut or shedicure grooming appointment today.

Best Friends Pet Care helps clean up the oil spill!

I’m sure you have all heard of the massive oil spill in the gulf. Clean up efforts are underway, and we actually have an amazing opportunity to help! A non profit organization called Matter of Trust is collecting donations of clean hair and fur of all kinds to clean up the oil in the ocean. Hair is hydrophobic which means it repels water, it is also great for absorbing oil (greasy hair means that hair collects oil). So Matter of Trust has volunteers making devices called hair mats and hair booms out of recycled hair and nylons- which are then placed in the water to soak up the oil. After this big spill, hair is in high demand- and we can help!

So we here at Best Friends Pet Care are recycling our dogs hair to help in the gulf. If you'd like to help the crisis in the gulf schedule a haircut or shedicure grooming appointment today.

Indie doesn't look happy to be bathed but inside he's screaming for joy!

The Favorite Orange Toy

Best Friends Pet Care Doggie DayCampers have made it very apparant that their favorite toy is the coveted orange octopus.

Each day the group of campers look through the toy box for this octopus while all the other toys sit quietly waiting for their turn to play.

 

This orange octopus looks a little like an alien, but these dogs aren't afraid of this creature from the deep. They toss it; throw it; chew it and make it squeak until it is dripping in doggy drool.

The Ruffians Octopus is made by JW Pet and is made of natural rubber and has a bouncy, squeaky quality that every dog loves. The staff at Best Friends saves this little octopus every night giving it a bath and putting it back in the toy bin to await the DayCampers!

Dog Logic

• The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tounge.   
• There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.    
• A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.                            
• The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.                                        
• Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.
• Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.
• My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3 a can.  That's almost $21 in dog money.
• Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
• If you pick up a starving dog and make him properous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
• Dogs are not our whole lives but they make our lives whole.
• If you think dogs cannot count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them.