I’ll be on the EZHelp radio show tomorrow and hope you’ll tune in. Here’s the blurb the radio station is putting out about my appearance…

Thom Somes, “The Pet Safety Guy”, believes in a pet’s ability to uplift, to inspire, and to restore us. He also believes in a pet’s right to a healthy, thriving life of contribution. For over 12 years, his mission has been to create a richer, fuller life experience for humans and animals everywhere. Somes has created a way to give back to “Petizens” around the World….BIG time!

The show airs at 11:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, August 3. To chat and listen click here, or if you just want to listen click here.

Posted: August 3rd, 2008 under Pet Tech News, pets.
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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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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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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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I was the featured guest on Animal Talk Naturally (web site) with veterinary naturopaths, Dr. Kim Bloomer and Dr. Jeannie Thomason. What a blast I had with them. They actually called me “Noble” for doing The Million Petizen Rally. I call it the right thing to do. We covered a lot of ground in the 45 minutes we had together. We talked about how Pet Tech got started, some important components of our PetSaver training and of course The Million Petizen Rally.

Just minutes after the interview I received several e-mails and orders for the book, “KYPH” and a request for the book to be reviewed in Canada!

Listen to the entire show here!

Posted: April 11th, 2008 under Million Petizen Rally News, Pet Tech News.
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We had a fun and energetic group of people at our most recent Pet Tech Instructor training, which we held in Pamana City, Florida last week. During the three-day training, everyone caught on quickly and are eager get moving to train pet lovers in their hometowns!

It was great to see such a wide spectrum of pet care professionals committed “to improving the quality of pet’s lives, one pet owner at a time.” We had a K-9 Officer, Animal Control Officer, Gulf Coast Community College Regional Trainer for the State of Florida, Pet Sitter & 2 Nurses and a Scoop!

Be sure to check our Pet Tech Instructor Listings to find a Pet Tech Instructor in your area. Or, if you’re interested in becoming an instructor, see our website for information on our upcoming Instructor Training classes.

Posted: April 2nd, 2008 under Pet Tech News.
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Last Sunday, we had a wonderful Pet Tech Instructor training. We added 7 new members to our Pet Tech family!

Cindy, Parker, and I are grateful for the dedication and commitment that we continue to get from our Instructors. We’re blessed to be consistently attracting the cream of the crop of the Pet Care Professionals — brilliant, passionate, and service-driven!

Many thanks to the Tamarack Hotel and Resort in Carlsbad. This was our first training there, and we can’t wait for our next one! Check out the view!

If you’ve got a passion for people and their pets, then you would love to check out our Pet Tech Instructor Training.

You can read more about it here.

Cindy and I are getting ready to pick up our first shipment of “Knowing Your Pet’s Health” books from the printer! 10,000 coming hot off the presses!

Gotta run — we’ll post an update soon!

Rally On!!
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The Pet Safety Guy

P.S. If you haven’t gotten involved in The Million Petizen Rally yet, what are you waiting for? You can help us raise 1 Million Dollars for Pet Charities like Dogs for the Deaf — so go to our website and join the Rally!

Posted: December 9th, 2007 under First Aid, Pet Tech News.
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