I’m looking forward to an upcoming radio show that I’ll be on later this week. Here’s the info…
July 3rd 10:30 - 11:00 am Pacific
ThePoppOff Show
I hope you’ll be able to make it and hear more about The Million Petizen Rally and our work to help four hard-working pet charities!
Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Million Petizen Rally News, Pet Tech News.
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Vickie Holt, of Animals Reign, who is one of our newest Pet Tech Instructors from Seattle sent us this little chuckle a few days ago…
I was taking three of the stuffed dogs, that I bought during our class, to another instructor. We were going to meet half way at a shopping center, and I had the big life-sized Husky in the front seat with me, with windows down waiting for her. All of a sudden, an SUV wheeled in next to me and the man jumped out of the car, walked over and stuck his hand in the window to pet the beautiful…..oh, that’s a stuffed dog! He was so embarrassed, but we both had a good laugh. He ended up taking half a dozen of my business cards to share with others, he was so interested in the idea of pet first aid. I guess I should ride around with a fake dog in the car all the time!
I guess that’s one way to get people to sign up for a class!
Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Pet Tech News, pets.
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Skip, an 18 year-old Chicago cat, was given CPR and oxygen after being rescued from a burning apartment.
A 47-year-old man lost almost everything in an apartment fire late Thursday, but emergency workers managed to save what matters most to him — an 18-year-old cat named Skip.
The tenant, who asked not to be identified, burned his arms during two unsuccessful attempts to save the pet he has had since it was a kitten.
Then, the Royal Oak Fire Department arrived about 9:45 p.m. to 949 N. Main St., put out the fire in 10 minutes and rescued the cat.
“We found him under the bed,” Fire Inspector John Petras said of the black cat that was suffering from smoke inhalation.
Paramedics gave the cat CPR and used a pet oxygen mask to help the elderly feline breathe again. He spent the night at an emergency veterinarian clinic. Petras then drove the owner to the clinic Friday to pick up his “little buddy.”
“He’s tougher than me,” the man said. “I couldn’t breathe the smoke was so thick. I was choking on it.”
The Chicago Tribune has the full story.
Posted: June 29th, 2008 under pets.
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On our recent trip to Seattle, we stopped at Bob’s Bigboy. Parker tries out the Big Boy pose while Rio hangs out and waits for all the nonsense to be done with.
Posted: June 28th, 2008 under Travel News.
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We do have fun when we travel. One thing we check every time we travel is to see if there is a ‘Duck Ride’ in the city. We have done the Duck Ride in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Seattle and San Diego. This picture is from Seattle with my nephew, Todd. And did you notice Rio? They said this was the first time a dog went on the Duck Tour. It was good weather but cold out on Union Lake. If you ever get a chance to do a Duck Tour, we highly recommend it.
Not sure what a Duck Tour is? Check out Ride the Ducks of Seattle and find out!
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Travel News.
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Pet Tech was well represented at the Backer Show in Baltimore. The H. H. Backer show is the largest pet retail buyer show on the East Coast. Not only was I a featured presenter but 2 of our Instructors, Mary Oquendo PTI #1260, and Beth Cristiano PTI #1259, did a 2 hour presentation on pet first aid as it relates to groomers and pet care professionals. I saw them present and they both are a great team, helping us to “improve the quality of pets’ lives, one pet owner at a time.”
Posted: June 19th, 2008 under Pet Tech News.
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Our dog Rio goes wherever we go - even to our instructor training classes. While he may not be much of a watch dog but he does have his methods to make sure we don’t leave him behind when we travel. Here’s where we found during our last class in Columbus.
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Rio.
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We had a great Instructor training class in Columbus, OH, hosted by Cheryl’s Doggie Daycare. Things got off to a bit of a rocky start when we missed our flight but we landed there safely and were able to get things rolling on time.
The biggest excitement was when, on day two of the training, we were interrupted by a tornado siren! That was followed by 45-minutes of calling loved ones (two and four-legged) to make sure everybody was safe. The tornado touched down in our county but all were safe, and we were able to get back to the business of pet first aid.
We want to welcome all the wonderful Pet Care Professionals in our class and wish them all the best in “improving the quality of pet’s lives, one pet owner at a time.”
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under First Aid, Pet Tech News.
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Pet Tech Instructor Training #52 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina went awesome. We had some great Pet Care Professionals, from a Canine Camp to a Fetch Pet Care Franchise.
As my dad always said, “Dynamite comes in small packages!”So even though this class was small, I expect big things from our new Instructors in North Carolina. Each one of them had massive amounts of enthusiasm and are anxious to get started changing pets lives one pet owner at a time!
If you’re in North Carolina, and want to take a Pet Tech class, contact one of our newest Instructors. Some of them are already listed in our instructor directory, and the others will be added soon.
Posted: April 24th, 2008 under Pet Tech News.
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Cindy, Parker, and I have been packing up to head out to North Carolina for the Pet Sitters International convention and Rio got caught up right in the middle of everything.
While we’re in North Carolina we’ll be teaching a PetSaver class for pet sitters, as well as the 3 day instructor course for pet sitters and other pet professionals. It’ll be a busy, but fun, week and we’re looking forward to it!
We’ll keep an eye on Rio to be sure he doesn’t get packed away with all of our demo dogs!
Posted: April 17th, 2008 under Pet Tech News.
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