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PhilaPets Pet Gallery!

We received a TON of responses from our last newsletter - thanks everyone for all the great pet photos!!

As always, submit your best photos to us and we’ll add your pet’s photo to our growing Client Gallery.

This month's models, from left to right, are: Callie, Delfi, Teddy, and Lucy & Petey

PhilaPets News and Information

PhilaPets Now Serving East Falls

Beginning September 2009, all the perks that PhilaPets offers, including award-winning pet services, superb quality Pet Care Specialists, attentive customer service, and online pet service scheduling and account management, are now available to the pet-loving community of East Falls!

T. Ritchie (read bio), a long-time and beloved PhilaPets Pet Care Specialist, is really excited about serving the pets and pet parents of East Falls, a place that she has called home for over a decade. T. has worked for PhilaPets for over 3 years and is our reigning Pet Care Specialist of the Year, the most coveted award that PhilaPets offers. Her dedication to the animals, commitment to excellent communication, and desire to form great relationships with her pet parents have all earned her top marks in our feedback survey. She will greatly miss Philadelphia but is looking forward to forming a PhilaPets presence in East Falls and making a whole new group of furry friends!

If you know someone living in the East Falls area (19129) who could use a pet sitter, let them know all about PhilaPets. You will receive 3 free visits for your referral!

For more information see http://philapets.com/AboutUs-ServiceArea.asp#eastfalls

2010 PhilaPets.com Calendar Contest

Make your furry loved one a superstar!

It's time for our eagerly anticipated annual PhilaPets Calendar Contest! To enter, send us your cutest, funniest, or sweetest photos of your pet.

The top twelve pet pictures will receive three (3) free calendars with their pet's picture and three (3) free pet visits. Not to mention that your photogenic furry one will grace the walls of over 1,300+ PhilaPets households and several local businesses! The best photo will be crowned the 2009 Cover Pet (like Taylor here was for 2009) and receive five (5) copies of the calendar and five (5) free pet visits!

Entries can be sent to calendar@philapets.com. The pictures will be blown up and printed on the top page of the calendar so please be sure to send pictures in landscape orientation and high-resolution, at least 1024 x 768.

Entries must be received no later than Friday, October 30th, 2009. Winners will be announced in the January 2010 newsletter (due out around January 15th, 2010).

To help with the costs of producing this high-quality calendar, we are seeking out sponsors. Your information will be seen by the more than 1,300+ people in the Center City area! If you or your company is interested in advertising in the calendar, please let us know and we can send you more details. This is a great opportunity and months will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Thanks again to all of our 2009 sponsors!

All entries become property of PhilaPets.com and may be used in future marketing campaigns.

For more information see http://www.philapets.com/clientgallery-calendar.asp

Nike 2009 Human Race Ambassador - Amandah

PhilaPets is proud to announce that our own Amandah Povilitus has been chosen by Nike to the one of their Ambassadors for the 2009 Human Race 10k Challenge!

We are very proud of Amandah’s accomplishment and want to get the word out to all pet parents who are avid runners and walkers to join Amandah’s team: UP TO SPEED! and begin training for a world-wide 10K run/walk to take place on Saturday, October 24th. You can run the race anywhere and all the miles you clock beforehand count towards your team’s overall mileage.

Learn more about Amandah and Team UP TO SPEED!

Pet-Friendly Events

What: Schuylkill River Dog Park Festival
When: Saturday October 17, 2009 [11:00am - 3:00pm]
Where: Schuylkill River Park and Dog Run 25th and Pine Streets, Philadelphia PA Map

The Friends of Schuylkill River Dog Park will host their 2009 Fall Festival on Saturday, October 17th.

The festivities will include lots of food and music…fun for kids and pets… an eclectic mix of vendors, a fabulous silent auction, and amazing raffle prizes!

So come out and meet your neighbors, shop for unique crafts and gifts, take in the crisp autumn air, and feast on hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, cotton candy, and delicious baked goods. Vegetarians will find plenty of yummy dishes, too!

There will even be a partial agility course set up by Opportunity Barks!

Visit the Friends of Schuylkill River Dog Park Web site for more information.

What: PAWS Mutt Strut
When: Saturday October 31, 2009 [10:00am]
Where: FDR Park 1800 Pattison Ave. Philadelphia PA 19145 Map

The Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) will host the third annual Mutt Strut on October 31st, where dogs and the people who love them will walk the 1.5-mile scenic route in FDR Park to raise funds and awareness for PAWS' efforts to save Philadelphia's homeless, abandoned and unwanted animals.

PhilaPets' clients can make a donation of $50 or more to sponsor Team PhilaPets.com and receive $10 in PhilaPets Cash good towards any future pet sitting service. Visit the Team PhilaPets.com page and click on the "Sponsor Me Now -->" link to make a donation.

Interested in joining our team? We'd love to have you! The Mutt Strut is a fun day of mutts, mutts, and more mutts. So join our team, grab your pup and help a great cause. You can register by going to the Team PhilaPets.com page and click "Join Now".

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The Mutt Strut will offer us a day of companionship and celebration, and will enable PAWS to give countless more animals the chance to experience that companionship and safety for themselves. Please give whatever you can, and consider joining us on October 31!

Registration fee: $25 per person ($10 for children 12 and under).

Don’t have a mutt to strut? No problem! Register and join the great event for a great cause, or "rent" a PAWS dog for the day and make a new friend, for the afternoon, or for life!

Looking to adopt? Dozens of PAWS dogs waiting for loving homes will be on hand. Come meet your new best friend!

Come learn more and join Team PhilaPets.com!

Pet Health

What Did My Dog Eat That?

We may never know why our furry friends decide to pick off the ground and eat the things that they do, but veterinarian Janet Tobiassen Crosby educates pet owners on when to be concerned about what your animal has just swallowed.

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Tips to Keep Pets Active and Healthy

We know that it's true: busy pets are happy pets. The ASPCA has some wonderful tips on ways to keep your pets active and healthy.

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